Underlined TOC Links

EasternDiv · 12-30-2011, 10:33 PM

My document was createad in Microsoft Word, then saved as html. I have removed the underlining in the Table of Contents, in the html file:

a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:none;}

The contents are far more attractive without the ugly underlines. My html file renders just the links perfectly fine, that is, with no underlines.

However, when I convert to ePub and open the ebook on iPad, the links are disappointingly underlined.

Can anyone tell me why this is the case and how to handle it?

Thank you very much.

HarryT · 12-31-2011, 07:02 AM

Moved to the ePub forum. Please post your message in the correct forum section - it makes life easier for everyone that way!

Thanks.

Toxaris · 01-02-2012, 05:01 AM

For one, it could be that the iBooks is ignoring your CSS. It ignores several CSS settings. On another note, you don't need a TOC. An ePUB has an internal TOC which is usually more than sufficient.

AZdave · 01-06-2012, 09:52 PM

As a practical item I would want links underlined. Or else how would I know them links? In a web browser I can cursor over the link and see where it points. In my ereader I have no way of telling what is a link or just plain text.

At least if I see an underline I can tap or get a stylus and try to open the link.

Jellby · 01-07-2012, 04:18 AM

Entries in TOC, or footnote numbers are obvious things to try, even if they are not underlined.

12-30-2011, 10:33 PM	#1
EasternDiv Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: iPad	Underlined TOC Links My document was createad in Microsoft Word, then saved as html. I have removed the underlining in the Table of Contents, in the html file: a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:none;} The contents are far more attractive without the ugly underlines. My html file renders just the links perfectly fine, that is, with no underlines. However, when I convert to ePub and open the ebook on iPad, the links are disappointingly underlined. Can anyone tell me why this is the case and how to handle it? Thank you very much.

12-31-2011, 07:02 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 55,165 Karma: 27556397 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Moved to the ePub forum. Please post your message in the correct forum section - it makes life easier for everyone that way! Thanks. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

01-02-2012, 05:01 AM	#3
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,175 Karma: 1000593 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	For one, it could be that the iBooks is ignoring your CSS. It ignores several CSS settings. On another note, you don't need a TOC. An ePUB has an internal TOC which is usually more than sufficient. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Also see thread here on Mobileread. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

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