Tutorial Kvisoft
Tutorial Kvisoft
Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro is an easy to use yet powerful flip book making software. It just take a few clicks to
make a flash flipbook, and then share online, distribute on mobile, deliver offline, and so on.
Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro, a helpful Flash & HTML5 page turning software, offers you a professional yet easy
way to design 3D animated flipping page publications from PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint files, images and flash
movies. A nice program for anyone to generate digital publishing creations like digital magazine, image gallery, flip
catalog, e brochure, page turning eBooks, e-newspaper etc. And it is a handy tool for converting those copies to
videos.
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any form without the express written permission of Kvisoft Corporation.
The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of Kvisoft Corporation.
The Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro program and all files distributed with Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro are the
property of or distributed through a distribution license held by Kvisoft Corporation. Distribution in any modified
form is expressly forbidden without written permission from Kvisoft Corporation, which shall not be unreasonable
withheld. Any exploitation of Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro for profit is forbidden without written permission from
Kvisoft Corporation.
SEO Friendly
All texts would be indexed by search engines after converting PDF to Flash
magazines. 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 digital magazines via the internet.
This program is powerful and professional with rich functions, for other
features, check this page
http://www.kvisoft.com/flipbook-maker-pro/features/
Basic:
1 GHz+ processor
512MB system memory
Windows XP or later
Adobe Flash Player 9
40 MB hard drive space for installation
1024x768 display
Recommended:
2 GHz+ processor
1GB system memory .
Windows XP or later.
Adobe Flash Player 10
40 MB hard drive space for installation -
Windows-compatible sound card
Purchase licenses
We offer 30 days free trial version which can be downloaded here. Trial version almost work same as purchased
version except trial has watermark which can be removed once register with authorized license.
After 30 days trial is over, if you want keep using it, please go to kvisoft website for ordering information and
current pricing. Once you purchase Flip Book Maker Pro, you get these benefits:
If you have purchased Flip Book Maker Pro, you may register by instructions on the Registration page. If you do
not wish to purchase Flip Book Maker Pro, simply uninstall it.
If you purchase FlipBook Maker 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 FlipBook Maker Pro as a
fully-registered version. There are 2 ways to register:
2. If you already open the program and in its Design page, you can use the Help menu in left top corner, 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.
1. Home Page
After import files, it will switch from home page to Design window as following picture:
New: Start a totally new project. mobile HTML5 phone and pad version.
Open: Open saved project for editing continuously. Publish: Go to Publish window and output publication.
Save: Save modification to current project. There is an arrow on right side of Publish button. It will
Edit Page: Open Page Editor for page editing. show submenus: Batch Publish / Publish as Video.
Preview: See final result of flash based HTML version, Close project: Close the project which is being edited.
4). Template. It shows various pre-designed template for users to build e-book in seconds.
5). Settings. Here, you can customize your book by optional settings. Get more details on page Advanced Settings.
6). Languages. This part is for setting language of navigation buttons and menus on the output flip book.
7). Viewing area. Click the bar on page edge to expand panel (which will hide tab of Page/Bookmarks/Contents).
8). Page. Here displays thumbnails of pages, you also can add / delete page(s), change thumbnails size, preview
page(s), arrange order of pages.
9). Bookmarks. This panel allows you create or edit bookmarks. Check more details on Bookmarks tab.
10). Contents. This panel enable you build or modify table of contents. Get more instruction to on Contents tab.
After clicking Edit Page button on top of design window, the Page Editor will show up. It enables
you to insert and edit rich interactive multi-media elements to flipping pages, including text, image, media, and
shape.
This page editor contains 4 main tabs, Page, Outline, Insert, edit, Page and Outline tab. Middle right field is
workspace for editing the selected page. There are 2 arrows on topper left to undo or redo modification, while 3
buttons to minimize/maximize/close on topper right.
1. Page panel. It shows page thumbnails, click on one of them to select the page you want to add elements.
2. Outline panel. It displays elements you have added. You can click on its title to select it for further editing.
3. Insert panel. It is for adding multi-media elements to page, like text, image, video, SWF, shape. For details
about how to add/ edit those elements, please refer to Part2 Add Media Elements.
4. Edit tool panel: Title of this tab is the name of selected element type. This tab with editing tools will display in
these cases:
a. After draw a frame on the page, a small window shows to add content, switching to Edit tab from Insert tab.
b. Click added elements on page, blue frame will appear which means it is in editing condition, with editing tool.
c. Open Outline tab, click specific elements title, you could choose page or switch editing for elements.
Action panel allows you to set interactive actions with readers. For example, you could set action after reader
click mouse on the element.
1. Import Files
After click the New Project menu on home page, you could select a file and import it to the program.
Support files include PDF, Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Flash movies (.flv, f4v, mp4 and .swf), and images
(.jpg, .png, .bmp, .jpeg, gif).
Import Settings.
After selected the file you want to import, here is Import Files window:
2) Page Rages.
a. All Pages: import all pages.
b. Custom: import some of pages. For example, '1, 3, 6, meaning only importing page 1, 3 and 6, while '7-10'
meaning importing from page 7 to 10.
Check Import first 10 pages for quick preview as you like.
3) Page Quality.
High quality output large file, low quality output small file. Just choose what you need.
5) Page Preview. After input number or adjust the bar under thumbnail, you could preview all pages.
6) Click 'Start' button to save your settings and import files to Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro.
Multi-language Version
If your document has several versions with same content but in different languages, you could click the
Then the software will automatic generate one flipbook in Multilanguage. Readers can switch languages freely
during reading time.
Select Template
FlipBook Maker Pro offers you an easy way to make a Flash Flipping Book by using variety of flip book pre-set
templates. Just click thumbnail on the left side, then you could view result on the right side.
To save project, you could open it next time as customized template, and continue editing.
Advanced Settings
In Settings panel, there are plenty of options for you to custom and personalize your publication. It is divided into
4 categories, Main Settings, Book Settings, Brand Settings and Button Settings. Inputting words on the search box,
it will help you to locate specific option quickly.
Main Settings
Magazine Name
You can type to input the Magazine Name which will show on top of flipping book. By clicking the Edit button, you
can change title name, input URL which will be opened once readers click the magazine name, or set
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font/size/style/color etc.
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.
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Sound of background
You can enable / disable page flip sound (the sound of flipping pages) or background sound (sound which playing
during reading the whole book).Press Music Edit button, you could add your favorite music songs and do some
simple modifications.
2. Advanced Settings.
There a lot of options for setting your book, right to left, hard cover/page, animate corner in start(a flipping
animation for book corner once open the book), center book when closed, landscape mode, opened book.
Besides, you could set other settings about drag area, flip speed, page thickness, spine, reflection, auto play, etc.
3. Brand Settings.
For commercial publications, it is good to brand your creations. Here, you could add logo and set preloader.
Add Logo
You can add your company logo which will stay beside book pages. To add logo, here are simple steps:
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.
e. Set position of logo: Left Top, Right Top, Left Bottom or Right
Bottom, choose one.
If you do not want to show logo, just tick the option of None.
4. Button Settings.
In this section, you could decide what button(s) should be displayed on navigation bar of published flipbook, by
ticking box accordingly. To hidden button(s), just do not tick the box before options.
Set Bookcase
Readers can select and open another publication in bookcase.
Page Arrangement
In the Page panel, it shows page thumbnails. Clicking on a thumbnail, its frame becomes red which means it is
selected. Then you could:
Preview page(s). Once click the thumbnail, middle viewing area will display the whole page you selected.
Change thumbnails size. Thumbnails can be enlarged or shrink by the bar next to Delete button.
Add / Delete page(s). Use the Add button to add new page(s) or click Delete button to delete selected page.
Set Bookmarks
You can add / edit / delete bookmark here, and select different color for bookmarks.
Table of Contents
Program will load table of contents information automatically if your original PDF file has one. If not, you also can
create table of contents in Contents panel with buttons as pictures shows. To edit content in this table, just simply
click over the title or page column, then type title content and page number accordingly.
In the Page Editor tab, you can add rich interactive multi-media elements, including text, image, video media, and
shape. Following are instruction of adding and editing various elements.
Text
Here, text includes plain text/ dynamic text/ bubbles callouts. Steps to add text:
1. Select specific page > Click Plain TXT / Dynamic TXT / Callouts button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a
frame on page.
2. Type text content on pop-up window.
3. Set elements properties, position, size, layer order, font, paragraph, respond action after mouse click, effect of
text entrance and leave, and style.
4. Mouse-click over added element or click element title on Outline panel, to continue editing text.
Image
This function allows you to add online or offline image, image gallery / slideshow, screenshot and Flickr pictures to
flipbook.
1. Online or offline image.
Select specific page > Click Plain TXT / Dynamic TXT / Callouts button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a
frame on page > Load local image form PC or enter URL of online image.
Then use the image toolbar to set image properties, layer, mouse click action, and picture style.
3. Screenshot.
Select specific page > Click Screenshot button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a frame on page > Then
follow tips displayed on the current screen:
Left click, hold & drag mouse to draw frame of capture.
Press ESC key or right click to exit.
After you draw a frame, tips are like these:
Left click to resize capturing area and position.
Double click within capturing frame to save image and end this operation.
Right click to reselect.
When screenshot is captured and added to page, you could use toolbar to do more setting about properties, layer,
action, effect, and style, same as above toolbar.
4. Flickr Image.
Select specific page > Click Flickr button) > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a frame on page > Add Flickr
window will pop up.
Then input Flickr ID or URL to add image from Flickr. To do image editing, just as above instruction on Point.1.
Video
Including offline/online video, YouTube/ Vimeo.
1. Add offline/online video:
Select specific page > Click Video button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a frame on page > Add Video
window will pop up, then select offline video from PC or online video with UR.
After, you could use toolbar to do more editing and settings about properties, layer, play controls, and skin style.
Music
To add music to single page, please follow these steps:
Select specific page > Click Music button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a frame on page > Add Music
window will pop up, then select offline music from PC or input URL of online music.
After, you could use toolbar to do more editing and settings about properties, layer, play controls and skin.
SWF
Flash SWF files are also supported, follow these steps to add them to page:
Select specific page > Click SWF button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a frame on page > Add SWF
window will pop up, then Import from PC.
Shape
There are plenty of built-in shapes, like line, rectangle, flowchart, banner and so on. Steps to add shape:
Select specific page > Click Shape button > Left-click, hold & drag mouse to draw a frame on page.
After, you could use toolbar to do more editing and settings about properties, layer, and type.
Click the Preview button on Design tab, to view final edition of your flipbook. It contains 3 preview results: HTML
(Flash Based), Phone (HTML5 Based), Pad (HTML5 Based).
After editing work is done, you could click Publish button on Design tab to set publishing options.
Publish Options
Format setting. You could publish flipbook as HTML flash, HTML5 mobile, standalone SWF, EXE, APP, screen saver.
Path setting. Here you could define output file store path, and name of book/ output folder.
After Publishing setting. For setting actions after published, just pick what you like. Available options including
compressed to ZIP, upload to FTP, delete local copy after uploading.
Batch Publish
There is an arrow on right of Publish button on Design window, click it to select Batch
Publish. Then use Add button to import multiple PDF files. To delete selected PDF, just hit
the Delete icon. After finish other publish options and settings, press Start button to do
batch conversion.
Now you are satisfied with your flip book and want to publish to share with others. There are many ways:
Upload and host to online website:
1. Select HTML or SWF format option to publish your flipbook.
2. Upload to FTP. You could manually FTP the whole output folder to your website server. Or use the built-in
option Upload to FTP. Then you could get URL for index.html or swf file. That is the URL of your online flipbook.
3. If you want to embed flipbook into an exist page, get code from
http://www.kvisoft.com/tutorials/publish-flipbook-online-when-you-have-no-site.html
To make digital publications which can be viewed on mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod and Android-powered
devices, you just need to check mobile option when publishing, and then upload your publications to website, so
people can visit that online flipbook on mobile devices with internet.
When viewers reading flipbook online, they can click the Share button on navigation bar, to share the flipping
book to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg and more social sites or E-mail or copy it to others.
1. When in Publish window, check the option of Compressed to ZIP in After publishing settings.
2. Enclose zipped package in output folder to your email.
3. Send.
Share it as ScreenSaver
Flip Book Maker Pro allows you to create a screensaver file (*.scr) so that you can set a flip book as your desktop
screensaver. In this way, you can also easily share your engaging flip book with anyone who can see your PC.
You may burn output flipbooks to CD, or other storage devices, then distribute them offline. In this case, it is
better to publish flipbook as EXE or SWF format.
What is difference between Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Pro regular and pro version?
Please refer to this page: http://www.kvisoft.com/flipbook-maker/vs-pro/#tabs.
Why does Flip Book Maker prompt me to install Adobe Flash Player?
Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or above is required. Without it, it may cause the failure of flip book creation.
How to save and open flipbook project .fb files for further editing?
On Design window, use the shortcut button Open/Save/Close Project to open/save/close unfinished edition,
or select submenus under File menu.
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