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Old 07-21-2012, 06:01 AM   #17
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but at some point it surely becomes simpler to have 2 styles e.g.

1. class="para1" - for 1st paragraphs, styled to have zero indent, set margins to taste ( also useful after a scene break)

2. class = "para" for all other paragraphs, set indent & margins to taste

rather than a complicated h3+p... expression that will need editing whenever you come
up with a new way of starting a chapter ?

so your book now has 1 x body 1 x header , 2 x paragraph styles.

add extra styles e.g. for italics, if needed, or to have different indents and/or text sizes for such narrative things as diary entries, book extracts, signage, notes slipped under doors....

...but don't go overboard on that stuff, big chunks of bold or italicised text may look ok on the printed page but can look awful on an e-reader
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