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Originally Posted by MrPLD
I'm just having a big rant at the moment on another thread here in the Writer's corner - seems that myself and SW are butting heads. I went to submit Elita's "Tree of Life" to Smashwords but they only accept .doc files... now it's starting to become abundantly clear how poorly formatted eBooks are appearing.
I'll probably come across in a very wrong way however this must be said - Microsoft Word is not an ideal platform for generating consistent quality work. Can you do it, yes; is it ideal, no. There's too many nuances and quirks within the ailing doc format which can hide issues that won't appear until after you've submitted it.
Paul.
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It's not so much the DOC format that is the issue. It is how Word sticks in a lot of asinine styles that have little or nothing to actually do with what you want done. If all the garbage was not even put in, Word would be a lot better. I've seen the mess you can get and unless you are converting to ePub, you'll never get it fixed. in ePub, you can fix the mess after the ePub is made and it's a lot easier to fix the mess in the ePub then it is in Word.