Indesign book layout checklist
There are a lot of pieces to keep track of when finalizing a book layout in InDesign. Much of this can be generalized to a simple checklist.
[ ]Metadata in File Information updated based on copyright page[ ]Parent pages applied correctly for all pages[ ]Paragraph styles for all paragraphs[ ]All /italics//*bold*/etc. converted to character styles[ ]Auto-generated table of contents added and updated[ ]Bookmarks for all pages not automatically added by the Table of Contents (e.g. cover, back cover, copyright, table of contents, etc.)[ ]All internal page references converted to cross references[ ]All URLs converted to hyperlinks
Optional extras
[ ]Cover pages prepended[ ]New section for cover pages[ ]Section prefix:c
[ ]Conditional text for multiple versions (i.e. if we need to credit different printers depending on the run)