Chapter 5
Export and test the file
Turn export and test the file into a sale-ready guide asset in 30–45 minutes, with a concrete deliverable and clear quality bar—without discovering broken links, unreadable pages, or delivery problems after purchase.
What you’ll get
- Primary decision: Run file QA.
- Working asset: Add version and support information.
- Exit signal: one result the reader can complete and verify.
Before you begin
Bring the reader promise, latest draft, and one device the buyer will use. Set a 30–45 minutes timer. Design around reader action: every section should help the reader decide, do, check, or finish something.
| Decision | Reader evidence | Completion signal | Next action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export and test the file | Reader language, draft behavior, or a completed page | The reader can use it without live explanation | Continue to the next production stage |
Conversion checkpoint
A paid guide becomes easier to buy when the result, examples, usability, and delivery are tangible. Do not use length as a proxy for value. Make the next action visible and show enough real content to reduce uncertainty.
Run file QA
Check:
- Cover title, author, and version
- Table of contents and internal links
- Page order and numbering
- Text selection and search
- External links
- Image resolution and captions
- Forms or fields, if any
- File size and download speed
- Desktop, tablet, and phone readability
- Screen-reader structure where supported
- Filename without spaces or confusing version labels
Open the exported file in more than the authoring app. A PDF that looks correct in the editor can behave differently elsewhere.
Add version and support information
Include a version/date, contact route, file requirements, and update policy if updates are part of the offer. Do not promise “lifetime updates” unless you can define and sustain that commitment.
Finish line
- The output supports one reader action or decision.
- A complete example shows what good looks like.
- The page works on the smallest relevant screen.
- The next production step has a clear pass condition.
Build it in Tapmy
Upload the tested guide, preview, version note, and support instructions to Tapmy, then complete one buyer-path test before publishing the link.
