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XFlip Help Document – xflip.com

Welcome to XFlip Pro.................................................................................................................3

Overview..................................................................................................................................3

Key Features............................................................................................................................8

Getting Start................................................................................................................................10

System Requirements............................................................................................................11

Installation.............................................................................................................................12

Licensing Information..........................................................................................................12

Registration...........................................................................................................................13

Purchasing XFlip Pro Online...............................................................................................15

Using XFlip Pro...........................................................................................................................17

Add File..................................................................................................................................19

Design.....................................................................................................................................22

Add Hyperlinks...........................................................................................................24

Add Text.........................................................................................................................26

Add Image....................................................................................................................28

Add SWF.......................................................................................................................29

Add Video.....................................................................................................................31

Add Sound...................................................................................................................32

Add YouTube Video...................................................................................................34

Add Hotspot.................................................................................................................36

Setting....................................................................................................................................38

General Setting.............................................................................................................38

Advanced Setting.......................................................................................................40

Navigation Setting.....................................................................................................42

Logo Setting................................................................................................................43

Language Setting.......................................................................................................44

Bookmark Setting......................................................................................................45

Tablet of Content Setting.........................................................................................46

Publishing Flip Book............................................................................................................48

Share Flipbook............................................................................................................49

Service..........................................................................................................................................51

Technical Support.................................................................................................................52

FAQs (Frequently Asked Question).....................................................................................53

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Welcome to XFlip Pro

XFlip Pro is an easy to use yet powerful flip book making software. Only a few clicks to

make a flipbook to share online.

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translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of XFlip

Corporation .

The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not

represent a commitment on the part of XFlip Corporation.

The XFlip Pro program and all files distributed with XFlip Pro are the property of or

distributed through a distribution license held by XFlip Corporation. Distribution in any

modified form is expressly forbidden without written permission from XFlip Corporation, which

shall not be unreasonable withheld. Any exploitation of XFlip Pro for profit is forbidden

without written permission from XFlip Corporation.

Overview

XFlip Pro provides you a professional way to integrate hyperlinks, videos, images, sounds,

clipart and more multimedia objects to your output flipping page books. This is a nice program

to make digital publications.

Brand new Interface, more easy-to-use

The newly-designed XFlip Pro makes it more intuitive for users. Once opening the page flip




software, you will see ten main buttons: New Project, Open Project, Save, Import Files, Add

Music, Design, Preview, Publish, BatchConvert, Setting. Well, the flipping book creation work is

so easy with only a few steps.

Import multiple type files

Besides importing PDF files to flipbook, you also can import Office documents (PowerPoint,

Word, Excel), Flash movies (.flv, f4v, mp4 and .swf), images (.jpg, .png, .bmp, .jpeg, gif) as

flipping book pages. Therefore, it would be a nice application to make photo flipping books

and video flipping books.

Integrate Multimedia objects to PDF pages

Adding multimedia to your PDF pages is very simple. You can add text, hyperlinks, video

(YouTube video included), Flash movie, images, hotspot, clipart, and sound to output

PDF flipping pages and enrich your output PDF flipping book. It would be a good tool to




enhance the PDF reading experience.

Mobile Device Support

Make digital publications and run on mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod and Android-

powered devices. It's easier for you to view the publication on the go and share the flipping

effect PDF books with anyone around the world, whether PC or mobile readers. Only a

browser is required in a mobile device to get it work. Users on iPhone, iPad, Android mobile

devices will get the very best online reading experience via a mobile browser.

Table of contents

Any page of the book can be reached in a moment with table of contents.

Make your publications more useful and attractive for users and allow them to use the




structured view using the original PDF's bookmarks or contents.

Create customized table of contents as you like if the imported PDFs don't have bookmarks.

Edit the original PDF's bookmarks freely when you want to modify its structure.

Useful Pre-sets

XFlip Pro provides you a lot of useful pre-set for you to quickly make attractive flipping books.

You can design your own custom style themes with built-in setting functions: navigation bar

setting, LOGO setting, Google Analytics setting, background image and music, and other

powerful settings.

SEO Friendly




All texts from PDF would be indexed by search engines after converting it to Flash flip book.

The page flipping books are SEO friendly. You also can do in-page SEO optimization work

(define page title and meta data) for web and everyone can find your publications through the

internet.

Google Analytics Integration

Extend the power of Google Analytics in your publications. By inputting your Google Analytics

account ID in the publishing flip book, you can monitor and analyze the traffic of your online

flipping book with ease in your Google Analytics account live. Nice way to increase your

marketing effectiveness using Google Analytics within the publications.

Social networks sharing

The Flash flipping books created from PDF via XFlip Pro provide the proper means of

integration with popular social network sites. Viewers can share the flipping book to




Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg and more sites or E-mail or copy it to others.

Flexible publishing options

XFlip Pro software enables you to publish PDF file to multiple file formats.

Publish it to HTML format for Website use.

Cvert it to Standalone SWF file for sharing online.

Pblish for viewing on mobile devices (iPhone, iPadiPod Touch, and even Android-powered

devices)

Otput to MAC executable file (APP format).

Cnvert it to flipping book as stand-alone EXE for CD delivery.

Produce ZIP package and email it to your customers.

Key Features

XFlip Pro lets you convert PDF/PPT/Word/Excel to page flipping books for easily distributable

and accessible from anywhere in the universally viewable Flash format.

Import with various options Import PDF file for converting it to page-turning flip book.

Import Office document (Powerpoint, Word, Excel file) for converting it to page-turning

flip book.

Import image files (*.jpg, *.bmp, *jpeg, *.png, *.gif) for photo flip book.

Import Flash movies and videos (*.swf, *.flv, *.f4v, *.mp4).

Page editing features





Add text to pages and set the formatting for the fonts

Add hyperlinks to pages

Add videos to pages, live You Tube video supported

Add SWF to pages

Add images and add active to the image

Add hotspot and sound

Add effects for each page or all pages

Templates setting

Templates setting Flipbook title settings

Create Right to Left flipbook

Set Password for output flipbook

Build-in Google Analytics integrate support

Define drag area and drag range

Navigation bar style customizable

Visual windows to set permissions for printing, sharing, bookmarks, search, table of

contents and other buttons

Set color, image and sound for background

Brand flipping book with logo and link

Define auto play setting and video player skin

Table of contents enabled

Save the customized templates for next time use

Support setting flipping speed

Live preview function

Support pre-setting bookmarks

Edit function for Table of contents

Flexible Output Formats

Output your PDF/PowerPoint/Word/Excel/image/Flash to flip book as HTML, Standalone

SWF, EXE, ZIP, APP or ScreenSaver.

Publish for viewing on mobile devices (iPhone,iPad, iPod Touch, and even Android-

powered devices).

Output it as stand-alone EXE for CD delivery.

Publish it as HTML which allows you to upload to a website to be viewed online. It

also provides the HTML code for webpage.

Publish it as Stand-alone SWF file for users to download from website or share

online.

Create ZIP package for quick Email delivery.

Publish for MAC executable file (APP).

Output to screensaver format.

Output Page-flipping features

Drag or click on the corner of a page to flip to the next page




View with pre-loading needed pages to open quickly; do not need to wait all pages

loaded

Use button to control page, such as Previous, Next, Cover, Backcover etc

Flip pages automatically or manually

Auto loop the flip book or not

View page-flipping ebook full screen

Use thumbnail to navigate

Zoom in/ out both pages

Turn on or turn off the page-turning sound

Double click to change to the thumbnail mode

Input password to unlock encrypted pages

View flipbook repeatedly

Full screen view mode

Search function enabled

Download the original PDF from web site directly

Share eBook URL via email

Support sharing flipbook to social networks

Add bookmark when reading

Getting StartXFlip Pro helps you instantly turn your digital photos into an interactive Flash Flipping Album

from ready-to-use templates in only a few clicks.

Easy Steps to Create, Publish & Share your Flipping Book

We offer 30 days Free Trial Before Buy.Trial version and formal version is almost same except a few limitations:

1. The software will not function after 30 days.

2. An evaluation watermark will display on the output files.

Once the evaluation period is over, you must either register it or uninstall the software.

How to download trial program: Please download free trial from this link: http://www.xflip.com/download.html

How to install trial program:Please refer to Installation page.

How to start trial version: After install and run XFlip Pro, Please click Try button on this registration interface.



http://www.xflip.com/download.html


System Requirements

Basic: 1 GHz+ processor

512MB system memory

Windows XP or later

Adobe Flash Player 9

60 MB hard drive space for installation

1024x768 display

Recommended : 2 GHz+ processor

1GB system memory

Windows XP or later

Adobe Flash Player 10

60 MB hard drive space for installation

Windows-compatible sound card




Installation

You can easily install XFlip Pro after downloading a copy from our website

www.XFlip.com.

To Install XFlip Pro: Go to www.XFlip.com and download XFlip Pro (Allow Blocked Content if there is a hint on top

of Internet Explorer).

When download is complete, double-click the downloaded file.

Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.

If you are using Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7, you must have administrator privileges to install

XFlip Digital Publishing Software.

Installation Notes:

License Agreement. To use XFlip Digital Publishing Software, you must agree to the terms of

the license agreement. Read the terms of this agreement carefully, and check the option I

accept the agreement and click < Next > to continue. If you do not agree, click < Cancel > to

abort installation.

Destination Folder. Specify the location to install the program to. If the default location is

acceptable, click < Next >. Directly input an alternate location or click < Browse > to select a

folder.

Additional Options. This screen allows you to choose if you would like to add a Desktop icon

and/or Quick Lunch link to your system.

Ready to Install. When this screen appears, you are ready to install the XFlip Pro. Click <

Install > and wait for installation to complete.

Licensing Information

After 30 days trial is over: Please purchase it if you want to keep using it, please go to http://www.xflip.com for

ordering information and current price.

If you do not wish to purchase XFlip Pro , simply uninstall it.

If you have purchased XFlip Pro, you may register by instructions on the Registration

page.




http://www.XFlip.com/



Once you purchase XFlip Pro, you get these benefits: Product registration, including a registration key

Fully functional software to use forever.

Remove the evaluation watermark from the output files.

No-hassle e-mail tech service support, fast response.

Registration

XFlip Pro is distributed as "try before you buy" software. It runs as a trial version until you

enter your registration keycode. During the trial period, you may evaluate almost all the

functions and features of the software. When the trial ends, you must either purchase the

software or uninstall it.

If you purchase XFlip Pro , you will receive an email with Registration email address and

keycode right away after this order is processed successfully. After registration, you're allowed

to run XFlip Pro as a fully-registered version.

How to register :




There are 2 ways:

1. Doble click shotcut icon of our program on desktop. Log in window will pop up. Please

enter your registration email address and keycode EXACTLY as same as what we

sent. Please do not use your own email address. Ater input registration information, please

click Register.

2. If you already open the program and in its main page, you can use the help menu on the

top of interface, choose Help > Register

Then log in window will appear, please register as above first method.

Note:

1. Multi use: Please note that normally 1 license is just for 1 computer. If you want to use our

software in multi computer, please buy multi license package.

2. Change PC: If you want to change computer, please first uninstall it in your old computer,

then install it in your new computer.




3. Reinstall Windows: If you reinstall your Windows, keycode can still work.

4. Upgrade:

There are 2 kinds of upgrade:

a. Upgrade from version 2 to version 3, it's not free. Old keycode will not work in

upgraded version. You need to paid for new keycode. Please contact us to

get upgrade link.

b. Upgrade from version 3, it is free. Old keycode can still be used after you

upgraded.

There're 2 ways to upgrade:

a. Visit our site to check out the latest version of the program. Normally, we

indicate the new release on the main web page. We always provide our users

with the up-to-date download URL. And You just download the new version,

and install on your computer.

Note: Please make sure that you have the former version installed already. No

need to uninstall former version.

b. Run your XFlip Pro , directly click on ''Update'' under ''Help'' menu on the top

of interface, then start the downloading process. It will automatically connect

with the recently released version. Please make sure that your internet is

available.

We now suggest that you choose the first option to upgrade as you may get more info

about from our website.

Purchasing XFlip Pro Online

After free 30 days trial expired, you need to purchase license if you want to keep using it.

When you purchase XFlip Pro, you'll get following benefits: Product registration, including a registration key.

Full functional software to use forever.

Remove the evaluation watermark from the output files.

No-hassle e-mail tech support, fast response.

How to purchase XFlip Pro step-by-step:

Step 1: Visit our website for ordering information and current price

You can visit our website http://www.xflip.com and click Buy Now button for ordering

information. Or click Help menu in top of our program's interface, Help > Buy

Online. Please make sure you are connected to the internet. An internet browser will open

our website ordering page.

Step 2: Choose the license you'd like to purchase





We provides a variety of volume licensing options for purchasing our products. Commercial

and volume license are available for individuals or organizations such as businesses that are

looking to license multiple copies of a single XFlip product for use.

All of our e-commerce services are provided by the leading software delivery providers

SWReg. Please shop with confidence by knowing that you are totally protected when you

order through secure servers of our e-commerce provider SWReg.

Step 3: Remove the unnecessary items from the shopping cart

By default, SWReg will always add an item Registration Backup Service listed underneath

XFlip programs. This item is charged by SWReg, not us. Actually we'll provide this service for

you for free. You may remove this item if you do not want it and then click 'update chart' to

update your shopping cart.

Step 4: Select the payment method

Payment options include: Mastercard, Eurocard, VISA, Delta, JCB, Switch, Solo, Discover,

American Express, Diner's Club, US personal check, International Money Orders, bank wires

and PayPal. The checkout process allows users to purchase with their currency of

preference.

Step 5: Complete your secure order

Enter the information asked by SWReg to complete your secure order. You will receive a

Registration email address and keycode by email immediately after your order is processed

successfully. Then you can go ahead to Registration .




Using XFlip ProXFlip Pro comes with user-friendly and wizard-guided interface that enables you to quickly

make a Flipping Digital Magazine. There are 10 tabs on our main interface, as this picture

shows.

There're six menus on the top of main interface. Following is their using instruction.

File Menu:

Insert Menu:

View Menu:




Option Menu:

Click the options bar under 'Option' menu, the Setting window will pop up, you can do the

settings.

Help Menu:

It's only easy steps away from a stunning Flip Book, simply import

PDF/PowerPoint/Word/Excel and Publish, here's a flipbook!

If you want add more your own style to your flipbook, you can use design tab and setting tab.

Please refer to following full 4 steps to make a outstanding digital magazine.

Step1: Add File

Step2: Design

Step3: Setting

Step4: Publish




Add File

XFlip Pro can import multiple files. Besides importing PDF files to flipbook, you also can

import Office documents (PowerPoint, Word, Excel), Flash movies (.flv, f4v, mp4 and .swf),

images (.jpg, .png, .bmp, .jpeg, gif) as flipping book pages. So, it would be a nice application

to make photo flipping books and video flipping books.

1.Add FileClick "Import Files" submenu under Insert Menu to add files from computer to XFlip Pro, or

use shortcut keys Ctrl + O.

Or use this button on top of the interface to add files.

2. Select file

In this window, you can select the file you want to import. To select more than one file, hold

the Ctrl or Shift Key while clicking on files you want to add.




3. Settings

After selected the file you want to import, there's a window show like this, following is its

instruction:

1)Source File. click this icon to select the file you want to import.

2)Page Rages. There're 4 options:

a. All : Means importing all pages of your file.

b. Odd : Means importing odd pages of your file.

c. Even : Means importing even pages of your file.

d. Custom: Just import some of them. For example, if you enter '1,3,6', means

you only want to import page 1, 3 and 6. If you enter '7-10', means you want

to import from page 7 to page 10.

4. Arrange position of pages

When files are imported, thumbnails are showing on the bottom of page, you can change

position/location of these pages by left clicking Drag-n-drop desired page thumbnail

to the position you want.




You could also move multiple pages to new position after select them by holding Ctrl Key or

Shift Key.

5. Delete Files

Select a file then click "Delete" button on above picture to remove that file from flipbook .

To delete multiple photos, select them by holding Ctrl Key or Shift Key while clicking on

photos, and then right click, click "Delete" button.




Design

After importing files to XFlip Pro , you can now design your flipbook pages with multimedia

objects and element to your flipbook pages.

You can add hyperlinks, text, images, Flash movie SWF,video (YouTube video included),

sound, hotSpot to output PDF flipping pages and enrich your output PDF flipping book. It

would be a good tool to enhance the digital publications reading experience.

Interface explaining:

1.Working Area Element. This is for adding multimedia objects, including Hyperlink, Text,

Image, Hotspot, Add SWF , Video, YouTube Video , Sound.

2.Layout. Here you can change the positions of the existing elements, or delete elements

that you want to give up. You can also drag this Layout tool box to working area and close it

by the button . If you want it display again, you can find this submenu under the View menu, just click to set it display again.




3.Properties. Set properties for the elements that you added. This tool box also can be drag

and you can also closed it by the button . And you can also find this submenu from the View menu.

4.Page content. As work platform, you can edit pages.

5. Page selection: You can view thumbnails, click and select the page you want to edit.

To add pages, just click the Import Files button on the top menu,please refer to previous

page for how to add file.

To delete the page, right click the thumbnail page you selected, and then click the delete

option to discard the page.

Note, please first select page before starting any edit. In following instruction of page

edit, I will by pass this step.




Add Hyperlinks

Add Blank Link

1. Click at the left of the interface.Left click, hold and drag the mouse to

draw a frame on where you want to add hyperlink.

2. 'HotSpot Properties' tool box will be available at the right of the work area,

click "Action" button under link option, 'link' Window pop up, here you can do Internal

Linking, Email link, and words you type will show on your page.

3. Position settings. You can drag the frame the to adjust the position of

hyperlinks.

4. Link Action. Choose the radio button of ''Go to a page''.

If you choose hyperlink, please write down the link and select which way it will open,

in a new window or current window.

5. Click "OK". The hyperlink will appear on the page you chose.




6. To modify setting or delete the hyperlink you just created , please set the

"Layout" and "HotSpot Properties" tab on the right.

Add Text Link

1. Click at the left of the interface.Left click.

2. Hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame on where you want to add hyperlink.

3. 'Text Properties' tool box will be available at the right of the work area,

4. Click "Action" button under link option, 'link' Window pop up, here you can do Internal

Linking, Email link, and words you type will show on your page.

5. Link Action. Choose the radio button of "Hyperlink". Type the text you want to display for

the link in the Text box. If you choose hyperlink, please write down the link and select

which way it will open, in a new window or current window.

6. Click "OK". The hyperlink will appear on the page you chose.

7. To modify setting or delete the hyperlink you just created, please set the "Layout" and

"Text Properties" tab on the right.

Modify/ Delete




To modify hyperlink settings, double click its name, edit window will be available on the right.

To delete the hyperlink you do not want, please click 'Delete' Key on your keyboard.

Add Text

Add

1. Click Button at the left of the interface.

2. Left click, hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame on where you want to add texts.

3. 'Text Properties' window will be available. Type text content you want to add.

4. Set style of text, including Font, Color, Bold, Italic, Underline, size, etc. Tip: It is better you

choose a large font for easier look.

5. Position settings. You can enter the parameters of X/Y/Width/Height to adjust the position

of image.

6. Action. There're 4 actions when you click this text:

a. None. There's no action / respond when you click text.




b. Hyperlink. It will link to the website you specify. Enter link, and

select which way you want it to appear, in new window or current window.

c. Got to a page. You can specify it go to a page when you click the text. Just

enter the page number in the check.

d. Email to. You can enter email address, then it will send email to someone you

want when click the text.

7.Click "OK". The text will be saved and appear on the page you chose. You can just click

''Delete'' Key on your keyboard if you do not want to add this text.

Modify/ Delete

If you feel the added texts are not good as expected, then go to the 'Text Properties' interface

at the right and modify the parameters of the texts.

To change the parameters, please double click the name of the text and do the settings. You

can also drag the 'Text Properties' window to any position of working area.

To delete it, you can select it by click the name from 'Layout' window, then click button .




Add Image

Add

1. Click Image button at the left of the interface.

2. Left click, hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame on where you want to add image.

3. 'Image Properties' window will be available at the right of the interface.

4. click this button to select the image you want to add to this page.


of image.

6. Action. There're 4 actions when you click this image:

a. None. There's no action / respond when you click image.

b. Hyperlink. It will link to the website you specify. Enter link, and select which way you want

it to appear, in new window or current window.

c. Got to a page. You can specify it go to a page when you click the image. Just enter the

page number in the check.

d. Email to. You can enter email address, then it will send email to someone you want when

click the image.

7. Click "OK". The Image will appear on the page you chose. You can just click ''Delete' key




on your computer if you do not want to add this image.

Modify/ Delete

If you want to change them, please double click the name, the 'Image Properties' will be

available, just do changes.

Or delete them by select the name from Layout window, click button .

Add SWF

SWF is the dominant format for displaying animated vector graphics on the web, it can

also be used to decorate the flipping page.

Provided you have such SWF files in the computer, it can be added to the pages

easily by the following steps:




Add

1. Click Add SWF Button at the left of the interface.

2. Left click, hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame on where you want to add SWF.

3.'SWF Properties' window will be available. Click this icon to select the file you want to

import.


of the SWF.

5. Click "OK". The SWF will appear on the page you chose. You can just click ''Delete'' if you

do not want to add this SWF.

Modify / Delete

If you want to adjust SWF setting, please double click the name of Elements at the right of the

operator interface.

To delete the SWF you do not want, please click the button .




SWF can embellish the flipbook page with dynamic effect.




Add Video

Do several clicks that you can easily add any video to output flash flipping e-

book:

Add

1. Click Add Video Button at the left of the interface.

2. Left click, hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame on where you want to add video.

3. Add Video window will pop up. Click this icon to select the file you want to add.


of the SWF.

5. Options. You can set added video's display mode:

a) Loop. It will play from beginning again and again once video is end after this page is

active.

b) Auto Play. It will play automatically once you open flipbook without any click on play

button, and it will stop once video end.

c) Play only when page actived. It will play once the page which embed the video is

open.

6. Click "OK". The video will appear on the page you chose. You can just click ''Delete'' if you

do not want to add this video.

Modify / Delete

If you want to adjust video file setting, please double click the name of Elements at the right




of the operator interface.

To delete the video you do not want, please click button .




Add Sound

Add

1. Click Add Sound at the left of the interface.

2. 'Sound Properties', window will be available. Click this icon to select the sound file

you want to import. Click this icon to play the sound you selected. Then it will return to

, click it to stop playing the sound file.

3. Sound play mode settings. There are 3 options:

a) Play only when page actived: Sound will be play once the page which embed

sound is active.

b) Loop: It will play when page is active.When the sound is end, it will restart again

automatically from beginning, play again and again.

c) Auto Play: Play from beginning once page is active, then it will stop when music is

end.


of the Sound box.

5. You can just click ''Delete'' if you do not want to add this sound.

Modify / Delete

If you want to adjust sound file setting, please double click the name of Elements at the right





To delete the sound you do not want, please click button .




Add YouTube Video

Add

1. Click Add YouTube Button at the left of the interface.

2. Left click, hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame for video show on the page, it can be

as large as you like as long as it is smaller than the page.

3. 'YouTube Properties' window will be available.

4. Enter your video ID (You can copy the URL address of your Youtube video in this blank).

Please make sure that your network is OK, otherwise you can not open it to play. 5. Position

settings. You can enter the parameters of X/Y/Width/Height to adjust the position of the SWF.

6. Click "Refresh". The video will appear on the page you chose. You can just click ''Delete'' if

you do not want to add this video.

Modify / Delete

If you want to adjust video file setting, please double click the name of Elements at the right


To delete the video you do not want, please click button .




Add Hotspot

Add

1. Click Hotspot Button at the left of the interface.

2. Left click, hold and drag the mouse to draw a frame on where you want to add hotspot.

3. Add Hotspot window will be available. Position settings. You can enter the parameters of

X/Y/Width/Height to adjust the position of hotspot.

4. Action. There're 4 actions when you click this hotspot:

a) None. There's no action / respond when you click text.

b) Hyperlink. It will link to the website you specify. Enter link, and select which way you want

it to appear, in new window or current window.

c) Got to a page. You can specify it go to a page when you click the text. Just enter the

page number in the check.

d) Email to. You can enter email address, then it will send email to someone you want when

click the text.

5. Click "OK". The hotspot will appear on the page you chose. You can just click ''Delete'' if

you do not want to add this hotspot.

Modify / Delete

If you want to hotspot setting, please double click the name of Elements at the right of the

operator interface.

To delete the hotspot you do not want, please click button .




Setting

This tab let you customize your flipbook as you like. You could set Page Size,

Company LOGO, define some advanced settings and edit language. Make your flipbook

outstanding easily.

As picture shows, this tab contains 7 parts. Include tabs General, Advanced, Navigation,

Logo, Language, Bookmark and Tablet of Content. After save your settings, you can preview

your flipbook by clicking the Preview button on the top menu. And it's

convenience for you to do some change before publish.




General Setting

1) Page Size:

a) Autofill: automatically adjust the size of the output files according to your current file

page size.

b) Customize: You can enter the parameters of Width/Height to adjust the Page Size.

2) PDF Setting:

a) Render Profile, there are 2 formats you can be chose to convert to. SWF or JPEG.

b) Rasterize, There're 3 options you can choose about Rasterize, None, Vector

Shapes(convert Vector Shapes to Bitmap) and Vector Shapes & Text (convert

Vector Shapes and Texts to Bitmap). If your PDF document contains some special

shapes that can't be displayed normally, try these options.

c) Image Quality, you can select page quality by yourself. High quality output large file,

low quality output small file. Just choose what you need.




These are optional usages, you can choose them according to your demand.

a) Generate thumbnails for page quick preview. When you view flipbook online, the

flipbook is been loading, XFlip Pro will generate thumbnails for you to take a quick

preview. It may cause burring text or image, but it will be crisp after load completely.

b) Extract table of content. Table of content can be copied to flipbook, so you do not

need to generate it manually.

3) Title option:

You can change the title content which shows on left top of flipbook. You can change title

name/url/font/size/color etc.

After this general setting, you can save as a templete for your next using by click the button

'SaveAsTemplate'. And if you set this templete before, just click button 'LoadFromTemplate' to

use your previous template.




Advanced Setting

1) Book Option:Right To Left: Read flipbook from right to left.

Hard Cover or Hard Page: Make your cover or pages look hard.

Center book when closed: Put the flipbook in the center when it's close, otherwise it's on right

or left.

Repeat Play: If your select ''Repeat Play'', the flipbook will continually to play from start when

it goes to last page.

Autoplay in start: If you want your flipbook auto play without click to flip, please tick the

option ''Autoplay in start''. You could set how many seconds of time gap when flip between 2

pages. Please change the number in the check after ''Auto Flip Duration'', range from 0 to

100.

Password: You can set password from here, so who read this book should enter password

first.

Google Analytics: By inputting your Google Analytics account ID in the publishing flip book,

you can monitor and analyze the traffic of your online flipping book with ease in your Google




Analytics account live. Nice way to increase your marketing effectiveness using Google

Analytics within the publications.

Page Thickness: Set thickness of pages, it's from 0 to 5, bigger number means thicker page.

Flip Speed: The speed of flipping book, from 0 to 1, smaller number means slower speed.

2) Margin: You can modify margin of magazine on this section by changing the number, to arrange the

book position on page.

3) Background: a) From the 1st option, you can select single color, or mix another color by ticking the

check before 2nd color check. By 3rd check, you also can choose the way how color

gradual change, there're 3 selections for you : Radial, Linear-h and Linear-v.

b) From the 2nd single option, you can embed static or dynamic colorful background

which added fun and good look to your flipbook.

c) You can change transparency of background from here:

Tips: Add own background

You can add you own pictures as your background, just paste them into correct folders under

background folder(where you install our program), like:

Then you could select it as above point 2.

After this setting, you can save as a templete for your next using by click the button






Navigation Setting

From this section, you can edit buttons which you want to show or hide on your flipbook.

Don't forget to click 'OK' button to save the changes.


'SaveAsTemplate'. And if you set this templete before, just click button 'LoadFromTemplete' to

use your previous templete.




Logo Setting

1). Logo Option:Here are simple steps to add logo:

a) Tick on Logo option.

b) Click button to load your brand logo from local driver.

c) Enter the link which will direct to the page when you click the logo. If you do not

want it, just leave it blank.

d) Set width and Height of Logo.

2). Set postion of logo: Left Top, Right Top, Left Bottom or Right Bottom, choose one.







Language Setting

You can choose interface language of output flipbook by select the check box.







Bookmark Setting

You can add / edit / delete bookmark here, and system will be auto generated different color

for different bookmarks. If you want to edit the bookmarks, you can double click the name of

bookmak under Title bar. And under Page bar, you can also double click the page to edit, the

color can also be changed after double click, a color selected small window will pop up, you

can choose your favorite one.

You can add bookmark by click the button . To delete the bookmark you do not want,

please click the button .







Tablet of Content Setting

Program will load directory information automatically from your original PDF file.

If not, you also can add or delete by these buttons:

1. First button is for adding new title, new title will locate in last always.

2. Second button is for insert a new title, it will locate between the title you

clicked and the title next to it.

For example, if I click 1st title, after I click this button to add, then the new title

will appear between 1st title and 2nd title.

3. Third button is for adding subtitle.

4. Forth button is for deleting.

To edit Tablet of content, just simply click the title and page section, you

can type title content and page number accordingly.




Take a Preview:







Publishing Flip Book

Publish format

You could publish the flip book as HTML, Standalone SWF, EXE, ZIP, ScreenSaver, APP.

Making a HTML file

Both HTML files and SWF file will contain the embed code of your flip book. It's convenient to

use flip book on a website.

The SWF file included is suitable for publication on the web because of its small size and

user-friendly interactivity. You need Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or later to play SWF files.

Making a Standalone SWF

You can upload the standalone SWF flipbook to your web, blog, Facebook etc for online

sharing.

Making an EXE file

An Executable file is a standalone flash flip book that runs on any Windows PC. This EXE

file includes all of the information needed for display, no additional software is required. Ease

of playback makes the Executable output a widely-used format for sharing your flip book with

others. Executable file is a nice way to deliver your flip book for presentation.

*Warm prompt, most email server reject to delivery emails with EXE file, if you want to send

them, please first zip it.

Making a ZIP file



http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/


On the publish page, you could select zip and then start publish. It will generate a ZIP file.

After publish, there's a pop up window, you could use email function to send it to your

recipients. But first of all, you should install email client, like "Outlook".

Making a ScreenSaver file

You can publish it as a screensaver and make it ready-to-use .

Making a APP file

You can output as MAC executable file (APP), which can run on Mac.

Output Settings

You can define file folder and name of output SWF file.

Please remember to tick the check before 'Also create mobile version' if you want to view

this flipbook on mobile devices and the check before 'Generate auto-run file for CD' if you

want the output file can auto-run on CD when you run CD on your computer.

Share Flipbook

Now you are satisfied with your flip book and want to publish to share with others. There's

many ways:

Social networks sharing: The Flash flipping books created from PDF via XFlip Pro provides the proper means of

integration with popular social network sites. Viewers can share the flipping book to

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg and more sites or E-mail or copy it to others. First, click

share button when you view it online, then choose social bookmark. Also you could send your

link to any of your friends.




Share it on website:

a) Select HTML format option to publish your flip book.

b) Upload all files and folders under output folder to your website.

c) Get the link of the index.html file, type the link of your SWF file to browser, the

flipbook will display. You can also share the flipbook by this link.

View on Mobile Device:

Make digital publications which can be viewed on mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod and

Android-powered devices. You just need to upload your publications to website, and people

can use mobile devices to read them. Only a browser is required in a mobile device to get it

work. Convenient to everybody to read your new publications.

Email to others:

a) Use email function after you publish successfully. But first of all, you should install

email client, like "Outlook".

b) Zip all output files, and send the zip file to others via email. You cannot attach and




send EXE file via email directly, email service will reject it for considering it's viruses

or other malware. So you have to package it up as a zip file. Your clients can read it

after unzip it.

Share it as ScreenSaver:

XFlip Pro allows you to create a screensaver file (*.scr) so that you can set a flip book as

your desktop screensaver. This way, you can also easily share your engaging flip book with

friends.

ServiceTrial Policy We provide free fully-functional 30-day trial. To try our XFlip Pro , please download and install

it on your computer. And then open the software, click "try" button to begin the try process,

and you have 30 trial days only. After it expires, you need to purchase it if you wan to use it

continuously.

Upgrade Policy

There're 2 kinds of upgrade:

a) Upgrade from version 1 to version 2, it's not free. Old keycode will not work in

upgraded version. you need to paid for new keycode. Please contact us to get upgrade

link.

b) Upgrade from version 2, it is free. Old keycode can still be used after you upgraded.

There are 2 ways to upgrade:

a) Visit our site to check out the latest version of the program. Normally, we indicate the new

release on the main web page. We always provide our users with the up-to-date download

URL. And you just download the new version, and install on your computer.

Note: Please make sure that you have the former version uninstalled already. No need to

uninstall former version.

b) Run your XFlip Pro , directly click on 'Update' under 'Help' menu on the top of interface,

then start the downloading process. It will automatically connect with the recently released

version. Please make sure that your internet is available.

We now suggest that you choose the first option to upgrade as you may get more info about from

our website.

Refund Policy We allow 30-days to refund or exchange product if there's problem caused by defect of

our product and we do not fix it after you contact us.




Once it's more than 30 days from the date you ordered, refund/exchange is no longer

allowed.

Please kindly note that we are not responsible to refund for these causes:

1. Human error/mistake/carelessness/negligence: mistake made by person,

such as place order wrongly, changed mind after purchased, etc.

2. Mechanical failure/problem/fault/error: Such as your computer

crash / broken, browser crash, etc

Contact Us Your satisfaction is very important for us. We always try our best to provide you with the best

products and service. So, any questions or suggestions about our products, websites and

service welcome.

We promise you that we will deal with emails within 48 hours after receiving them. Please do

not hesitate to contact us.

Sales question, Email: sales#xflip.com (replace # to @)

Customer service, E-mail: support#xflip.com (replace # to @)

Technical Support

We do our best to ensure that our product documentation is clear and comprehensive, but

some problems do require technical support, please use the following methods to find the

solution.

a) The Help Document is built into the software and contains details on every feature

in XFlip Pro . Please consult this material while you are working in this software,

choose Help > Help .

b) Visit the our website and view tutorials of XFlip

Pro http://www.xflip.com/tutorials.html

c) Visit the our website and view FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) at

http://www.xflip.com/faq.html

d) XFlip Support puts you in contact with a XFlip Support Representative. E-mail us at

[email protected] explaining the issue you have encountered in detail, with picture

and screen shot is better, so we could catch your meaning easily and provide you

solution accordingly. Normally, email will be respond in 48 hours, please wait with

patience and do not send duplicated emails. Thank you.



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FAQs (Frequently Asked Question)

What is the requirement to run the software?XFlip Pro will run on any PC with Windows 7 / XP/ Vista 32-bit and 64-bit operating

system.

The minimum system requirements: 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM and Adobe Flash Player

9.

Recommended: 2 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM and Adobe Flash Player 10.

May I use books created by XFlip Pro for commercial purposes?Yes, you may sell your books created with Flip Book Maker if you've already purchased the

Commercial License.

Can I have discount if I order a lot?Yes, sometimes, we can offer you discount accordingly. Please email us with product name

and quantity you want.

Can I buy one license and use it on many computer?No, 1 license for 1 computer only. If you want apply multi user, please purchase multi

licenses.

How do I find out which version of this software I am using?You will find the version numbers at About page under Help menu on the top of the

program.

Why does Xflip Pro prompt me to install Adobe Flash Player?Adobe Flash Player 9.0 is required to run XFlip Pro. If it's detected that your operating

system has not yet installed the Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or later version, we'll launch a Adobe

Flash Player Installer to proceed with the installation. The lack of Adobe Flash Player may also

cause the failure of flip book creation.

How to email flipbook to others?1st method: Publish as ZIP on the publish tab. Then a window pop up, you could use

email function to send it to your recipients. But first of all, you should install email client, like

"Outlook".

2nd method: Publish as other formats, and ZIP all output files by yourself, then email the

ZIP package manually.

Tips: You cannot attach and send EXE file via email directly, email service will reject it for

considering it as viruses or other malware, So you have to package it up as a zip file. Your

clients can read it after unzip.

Does it support CD auto run?




Yes. But first make sure that you open the drive auto run function on your computer.

How can I upload flipbook to website?1. Select HTML format option to publish your flip book.

2. Upload all files and folders under output folder to your website.

3. Get the link of your flipbook.

4.

How can I update?Please run XFlip Pro and click 'Update' under the Help menu on the top of main

interface, then 'Update Center' window pop up, please start the downloading process. It

may automatically connect with the recently released version, please make sure that your

network is fine. Some upgrade is not free, please refer to our upgrade policy in page

Service.

Why text is burring when viewing flipbook on website at the beginning?It's because the book is loading, not yet finished. That was a quick preview.

After loaded completely, it will be crisp. If you do not want this, please do not tick the

check in generate

setting under 'Setting' window.

How to save and open .xflip files?

Please click 'save' or 'open' under File menu on the top of our program.

Can I run flipbook on Mac? Yes, you can run flipbook on Mac, please publish as APP file, But you can not run our

program on Mac, since it's based on Windows.

Can I run flipbook on mobile? How to? Yes. Our flipbook support mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, Android-powered

devices.




First you need to upload flipbook to website, then you can view it by visiting that site

from browser in your mobile devices.

How to embed flipbook to WordPress?Please refer to our website for tutorial of full steps in details.

Do you have demo for iPad?Yes, please refer to http://www.xflip.com/samples.html

How to publish flipbook online if I do not own a website?You can upload your flipbook for online use with free online file uploading site, Please

refer to our website for tutorial of full steps in details.

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