Preparing your documents for Upload

While preparing documents for upload, here are some guidelines to ensure your file is correctly formatted for upload.

Basic Document Requirements

Document Size (Content Upload Limit)

All plans come with unlimited public uploads. If you want to set your content to Unlisted, every Issuu plan comes with One Unlisted document. Once you reach that limit, you can subscribe to one of our Unlisted content packages. The Optimum plan offers unlimited unlisted uploads.

Please see the article for more information: Unlisted Content.

The limitations on the size of the document per upload for both Public and Unlisted content and the document size depend on the plan you choose.

• Basic Plan: 50 pages per document up to 50MB in size
• Starter, and legacy Pro Plans: 500 pages per document up to 100MB in size
• Legacy Plus Plan: 500 pages per document, up to 250MB in size
• Premium Plan:5000 pages per document, up to 500MB in size
• Optimum Plan: 5000 pages per document, up to 2GB in size

NOTE: Legacy Pro and Legacy Plus plans are no longer available for new users.

Page Dimension

The Issuu reading experience is responsive and will adapt to various screen sizes from desktops to mobile devices. This means that you can upload a document with any page dimensions. You can always upload your document as a draft which gives you the opportunity to check how your publication will appear before you publish it on Issuu.

Single Page Spreads

Short Video on Correct Page Formatting:

If you upload your document with single-page spreads, our system will automatically convert it to 2-page spreads. If you upload your content with 2-page spreads, it will show up on Issuu as 4 pages.

Accepted File Format

Our most highly recommended file format is PDF, but we understand the need for others. Issuu supported file format include:

• Word .doc, .docx
• PowerPoint .ppt, .pptx
• OpenOffice .ods, .odp, .odt
• WordPerfect .wpd
• Rich Text Format .rtf
• StarOffice .sxi
• Google Docs
• Google Slides
• ePUB
• MOBI

It is also important to take the following points into consideration while preparing documents for upload:

• Make sure your document will open without problems in a desktop reader (e.g. Acrobat Reader or Preview)
• Remember that the Issuu conversion system takes only the 1st 50 characters of a filename to construct the publication's URL.
• Make sure your file is not password protected
• Make sure user access is not restricted
• It should allow printing and copying.
• If you have added links, then export the document as Interactive PDF

If you are using InDesign to create your content, you can download this Issuu Export Preset and add it to your presets to ensure that during the export process, your PDF is Issuu-ready. If you encounter upload problems, refer to this guide.

Happy Uploading!