"Fixed Layout ePub" is not producing fixed layouts

[johnp83624439]

I've used InDesign CC several times to create fixed-layout ePub comic books that worked well on all the popular platforms. Those files were built using a Mac, for whatever that's worth. After switching to Windows, I tried the same procedure I've done before and the ePub exports like a reflowable comic book -- awfully! The dialogue balloons (created in InDesign), sound effects (largely copied over from an Illustrator workspace) are treated as separate graphic elements that sometimes show up on their own blank pages. Text is displayed on separate pages, underneath the graphics that might be there.

It's a mess. This should be simple. I've done it a million times before. What am I doing wrong?

[BobLevine]

You can start with some relevant info.

What version of ID? What EPUB reader?

[johnp83624439]

version 2017.1
10.1.0.56 x64 build

tried on Nook reader and something called "freda," all on the same Win10 machine

[johnp83624439]

excuse me: 12.1.0.56 x64 build. a little lysdexia at play

[johnp83624439]

Following is an example -- note the disembodied "H" all by itself in the far low right, which is text converted to outline from the previous page (the rest of that word did not make it). The large Serif text should be embedded comic book lettering dialogue font.

[johnp83624439]

Same page from a .pdf export, viewed in Acrobat Reader 2017 Release

[nicob110611]

Hi,

Did you ever discover how to fix that problem?

I urgently need to produce an epub that reads in Freda!!!

[BobLevine]

This discussion is almost seven years old. Please start a new one with full details of your problem but note that most EPUB readers don't handle fixed layout very well.