Create an ePub with Pages

Download the files to follow the training

Open up Pages

First, launch Pages, Apple’s text editor.

Press the big + button to create a new document.

Select a blank document (basic section).

To create a cover

• Insert a Page Break

• Insert the image for the cover and center it (just drag & drop the image)

• Lock the image (tap on the little brush in the upper right corner > Arrange > Lock)

• Insert a square (tap on the + button in the upper right corner: select Shapes > Basic), expand it, center it.

• Go back to the brush icon, select No Fill in Fill.

• Add a border (1px), select a grey colour. Lock it.

• Add a title (tap the + button in the upper right corner) by adding a text box in Shapes. Place it on your cover, change the text.

• Style your text (tap on the little brush): in Paragraph style, select Title; center the text, change the colour.

• Do the same to add the author (but a bit more little)
• Repeat to add the date and a publisher.

• Add the icon, resize it and select Opacity (brush > Opacity) ➝ 70 or 60%

💡 Should you have an image with a background you want to remove, select your photo, press the little brush. Choose Image and Instant Alpha.

💡 If something hides something, this means you have to go to Brush > Arrange > Move to back/front.

To add the story

• Copy and paste the short story.
• Style the sections (Heading for the main title, Heading 2 for "Questions", "Les personnages", "La vision", "Le genre du texte") in Brush > Paragraph style.

• Style the footnotes. To start with, copy the first footnote (the word’s definition).
• Locate the little number 1 in the fourth paragraph, erase it. Place the cursor next to the word.
• On the very bottom right corner, select the icon (lines with a + sign). Select Footnote. Paste your footnote.

• Do the same for the second footnote. You can erase the text at the bottom of the page.

To add video and sound

• Tap on the + button, select Images > Web Video.
• Style it (resize it and place it wherever you want).

• Maybe add a title (something like "Écoutez le conte"). Style it.
• To add the audio file, repeat the same actions but pick Insert from.

To export your document

• To make an ePub, you need to export it.
• Tap on the little circle with three dots on the upper right corner > Export > EPUB.

• Change the information you want.
• Tick "Use the first page as the book cover image".
• Make sure you select "Reflowable".

• Tap on Export, Continue.
• Choose an app (Books for instance)
• Open your book, allow the external content to show up.

• Have a look at the table of content. See how it works.
• Have a look at what you can do with an ePub (Speak, Look up; Highlight, Note, Translate, Spell…)

What’s next?

➡️ Publish your book (Tap on the little circle with three dots > Publish to Apple Books).
➡️ For a more complex layout, select when you create a book Fixed layout.