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Old 07-12-2011, 06:28 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by dezignlady View Post
should I edit it at CSS level?
I think you overestimating what InDesign is capable of...

Think of ID like a packet bought cake mix. It contains all the ingredients you need to produce said cake. But you still need to mix the stuff together and bake it...export out to ePub. Unzip it and edit the CSS and content.opf and metadata and and....

You see where I'm going with this...

ID is only the First step and long list of processes. You have to dumb down the InDesign file as much as you can, take out nested styles, apply character style to everything...etc etc.

Then do all your formatting by editing the CSS. (I use dreamweaver) all you are really hoping for is that ID brings accross the styles, which you can then manipulate in your CSS...
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