InDesign lets you put text or images anywhere on your page. That kind of non-linear layout is great when designing a page, but it’s a huge problem when exporting EPUB, HTML, or accessible PDF. The Articles panel lets you define an order for those objects (what comes first, second, etc.) when you need to export your document to EPUB, tagged accessible PDF, or HTML. It’s easy! Videocast episode #13: The Articles Panel, recorded by our special guest contributor Mike Rankin, explains it all for you.

You can watch the videocast by clicking on the video below, or go directly to our channel at indesignsecrets.blip.tv. These videos are also available on Adobe.tv (though it usually takes a few weeks for each episode to be posted there). Alternatively, you can watch (or even subscribe) to the video podcast on iTunes with this link.

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Note that this topic also relates to the blog post Steve Werner posted about the Articles panel.