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Old 06-06-2011, 09:05 AM   #19
dezignlady
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Tables are fine in ePub, but most readers will do funny things with them, they are particularly problematic in relation to pagebreaks. I don't think a table is the solution here
Thanks, this is good to know!

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This could work, and you can place the notes mid-paragraph too. You just have to put them in a box with an explicit width and "float: right". You can't use a <div>, though, because those are forbidden inside paragraphs (<p>). Try something like this:
Ok this is the approach I will give. I have to figure a quote first so will prep a pdf to show them the approach just to make sure it is palatable. It will actually take less time to do that then the table routine!

One other general question.
The other book that I worked on I just used the existing file to convert but since this is getting dumped into InDesign from Pagemaker it's a total makeover so was thinking I would just set up for ePub export. Is there an optimum setup for ePub that I should start with?

thanks so much for your help.
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