How to use customized thumbnail viewer ("scrubber") thumbnails

Sometimes, specifically if you are using a lot of "web viewer" content, you may want to create your own thumbnails. By default the "web viewer" content will not be shown there.

Here's how to add your own thumbnails:

1. For each page you want to have a thumbnail for, you need to create an image with the following properties:

   • File Format: JPG
   • Dimensions for the portrait thumbnails: 128 × 167 pixels
   • Dimensions for the landscape thumbnails: 171 × 125 pixels

2. The thumbnails need to be placed in the same folder as the InDesign files for the article.

3. The files need to have the same name as the article, but should have the extension ".jpg"

A sample folder structure looks as follows:

MyPublication.indb
Article1_Pt.indd
Article1_Pt.jpg
Article1_Ls.indd
Article1_Ls.jpg
Article2_Pt.indd
Article2_Pt.jpg
Article2_Ls.indd
Article2_Ls.jpg

If the system cannot find a thumbnail for a specific article, it will generate one on the fly.