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AuthorGreg · 07-21-2012, 11:24 PM

Well, JS, you're right. It produces unpredictable and inconsistent output. But hell, at least it got some things right I hadn't been able to accomplish with either Calibre or Sigil, including the scalable line spacing and SOME of the em dashes.

That Meatgrinder thing really paints your wagon as far as having no choice but using Microsoft Word. So even if you style everything PERFECTLY in Word, you're still at the mercy of a mysterious process, over which you have NO control.

I'm about to give up on this em dash thing and just go to two hyphens instead. Hopefully the electronic media world will forgive and tolerate my decision.

Thanks,

Greg

p.s. The file displayed PERFECTLY in Adobe Digital Editions, however. I really don't understand this stuff, but I am convinced there's a bug in the reader for the Nook Simple Touch.

07-21-2012, 11:24 PM	#28
AuthorGreg Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kindle 2nd Gen, Kindle 7" Fire HD	Well, JS, you're right. It produces unpredictable and inconsistent output. But hell, at least it got some things right I hadn't been able to accomplish with either Calibre or Sigil, including the scalable line spacing and SOME of the em dashes. That Meatgrinder thing really paints your wagon as far as having no choice but using Microsoft Word. So even if you style everything PERFECTLY in Word, you're still at the mercy of a mysterious process, over which you have NO control. I'm about to give up on this em dash thing and just go to two hyphens instead. Hopefully the electronic media world will forgive and tolerate my decision. Thanks, Greg p.s. The file displayed PERFECTLY in Adobe Digital Editions, however. I really don't understand this stuff, but I am convinced there's a bug in the reader for the Nook Simple Touch. Last edited by AuthorGreg; 07-21-2012 at 11:27 PM.