If you didn’t already know, iSpring Flip is now a module of the iSpring Suite which
means it is included with iSpring Suite and installed within it!
This awesome program converts documents to into e-books!
Take a look at this book in PDF format.
Overall it looks good, but it is a little clunky and hard to read and any PDF reader
will give you the same experience.
It would look much better as a real book with flipping pages.
So why don’t we see what iSpring Flip can do to help.
To create an e-book you can open iSpring Flip in the Quick Start menu or in the Windows
menu as with any application.
From here you can start from a PDF, Word document or even PowerPoint presentation.
Select Browse to find your file.
Awesome, here is my book.
From this window you get a full overview of your book.
You can navigate through the pages using the thumbnails or the arrows at the bottom.
You can also get a zoomed in view of your page with this hand zoom bar over here.
Let’s take a look at what iFlip has already done for our e-book.
Just check out the Preview up top.
Wow, see that amazing page turn animation that’s been added.
That looks so much better already.
If you feel the need to compare your old PDF to this new flip book, you can switch back
and forth between them with this Book icon below.
You can also preview what your book will look like on different devices.
As you can see, depending on your device and it’s orientation iSpring Flip will adapt
your book content as well the player controls for the optimal viewing experience.
Once you are satisfied with how your e-book looks you can go ahead and publish.
I am super happy with mine!
Now I just have to decide my publication output.
I can choose to publish directly to my computer, which will give me a file that I can then
upload to the platform of my choosing.
iSpring Flip also allows publication directly to an LMS if you want to use this e-book for
training.
You can choose any format that your LMS supports like the most popular standard SCORM 1.2 and
2004, Experience API, or cmi5.
There are also a couple of built in options for one-click publishing.
iSpring Learn LMS which offers advanced reporting and gamification features, and iSpring Cloud
sharing service which lets you instantly share interactive content like flipbooks and PowerPoint
presentations online.
I am going to stick with My Computer today.
Here I can choose a title and destinations folder as well as my output options.
iSpring Play is a free mobile app that your users can use to download and view your e-book
when there is no internet connection.
I always like to have this selected.
You can choose your quality settings here by selecting a preset or choosing your own
settings.
I like to make sure my e-book is going to be as higher quality as possible.
In Additional Settings you can password protect your book.
I want to restrict access for my publication.
You can also enable text editing and viewing from a local drive because some browsers restrict
you to viewing content locally, this creates a copy of the book that can be viewed from
a flash drive, hard drive, CD or DVD.
Now, all you have to do is select Publish.
Yay, it’s ready.
From here you can open the folder it has been saved in, email it, upload it to FTP or create
a zipped version of it or, of course, you can view it in a browser to see how it looks.
Since I opted to password protect my book I have to enter the password now.
Wow, that looks so much better than a plain PDF.
I don’t know about you but I am never going to publish an e-book without putting it through
iSpring Flip again.