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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks for the explanation about the use of italics and controlling the naming of the styles. So like for instance though, when I manipulate the paragraphing by modifying the style, I undo the manipulation before turning the .doc to a .html. But when I have an italic (or emphasis) style, I leave that style in there, right? Then it gets picked up properly as an italic because of the CSS of the .doc (the CSS that partially is created when creating the italics/emphasis style.)
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I'm not sure I'm clear on what you mean here. There are paragraph styles (spacing and indent and font etc. that effect the whole paragraph), and there are character styles (that effect just a span of text). You play with each according to the purpose of the style.
As I understand it, you (like me) tend to write your text with additional paragraph spacing - which, of course, you don't want in the final result. (I believe some people write in double or 1.5 line spacing.) If that is the manipulation you are talking about then it is your choice whether you modify the style in the original source (to remove the paragraph spacing) before export, or whether you modify the style in the CSS in the resulting output (epub or html). I tend to do it in my original source mainly because, when the time comes, I am producing not just an EPUB but also a print-ready PDF.
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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
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So yes, I am a believer. I WILL write with styles from now on. Thanks again!
P.S. Please don't ever leave MR (in case I have questions). 
P.S.S. 1000 views on this thread. I'm sure I'm not the only one you're helping! |
Okay, and now for the bad news. I've sold you on styles, which means I've also ruined you for Scrivener.
Or that's my understanding, I have not yet worked out how to achieve styled text in Scrivener, it doesn't look to be possible (which is a significant disappointment after all the good things I've said and thought about it in the past).