Are you looking to develop a more engaging and interactive way to speak to your audiences? Explore how Adobe DPS (Digital Publishing System) can enhance your current communications efforts and assist you in taking those efforts to an entirely new level.

1. An Introduction to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS)
Tracy Bryant | Creative Services Director, UF/IFAS

2. Play Pause Resume

3. WHY WE MOVED TO DPS
UF/IFAS Impact Magazine discontinued 3 years prior
Budget costs/restrictions
Desire to reach younger audience
The University invested in a DPS Enterprise license

4. STAFF RESOURCES
Writers/Editors
Photographers
Videographers
Graphic designers experienced with InDesign
Leadership

5. WHAT IT TAKES
A new way of working and thinking
Showcase content interactively to engage the reader
It’s all about the user
Users interact with mobile devices differently than how
content on a website or in print

6. THINGS TO CONSIDER
Will your app be vertical, horizontal or both?
If both, you will have to layout each article twice
What devices do you want to design for?
The more devices you want, the more layouts you will have
to tweak because of multiple screen sizes

7. THE DPS WORKFLOW
Create a Folio using the Folio
Builder Panel in InDesign
Add Articles (InDesign files)

8. THE DPS WORKFLOW
Create interactivity using Folio Overlays
slideshows, scrollable frame, videos,
html content, animation, etc.
Preview to test how it views and how
the interactivity works using the
Adobe Content Viewer app

9. THE DPS WORKFLOW
Editors and approvers must have Adobe Content Viewer app and
an Adobe ID to view content
Track changes and editorial marks is an obstacle since pdf viewing
will not show hidden content

10. THE DPS WORKFLOW
Once all the layout is done for each article, upload folio to the
DPS App Builder in Folio Producer

11. THE DPS WORKFLOW
Add properties in Folio Producer like a name and description

12. THE DPS WORKFLOW
Final step is publishing the folio through the Apple Store and/or
Google Play Store
Approval time
Apple Store - 7 days
Google Play - 24 hours

13. THINGS I’VE LEARNED
Font sizes needed are larger for mobile devices
20pt body copy seems to work well
Give yourself plenty of time to learn interactivity
Have access to tutorials like Lynda.com or Adobe contacts you
can consult with
The publishing process will take awhile, especially if you or your IT
staff are new to the process

14. MORE THINGS I’VE LEARNED
File organization is very important
Each article should have it’s own file folder
Keep links in a folder named “links” each article folder
Name files with _h for horizontal or _v for vertical
Test interactivity as you go
Create a service email account so if someone leaves you have
access to the account

15. UF/IFAS REACH
We launched in February of 2015 – YEAH!
Using tradition marketing tactics will help us create awareness of
the app and engage readers
Did it work?
The DPS website provides analytics
# of download, devices being used, which articles are being
read the most, and how long readers are spending

16. LESSONS LEARNED
It took longer than we anticipated, not so much because of the
software but because
It was something new, it was something different
Learning curve for interactivity
We had a whole lot of other things going on
And once we thought we were finished… We had to work
thorough UFIT

17. UF/IFAS Reach