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Old 07-27-2014, 09:12 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by u238110 View Post
Calibre displays the below note in the following area: Convert -> Look & Feel -> Linearize tables option:

Some badly designed documents use tables to control the layout of text on the page. When converted these documents often have text that runs off the page and other artifacts. This option will extract the content from the tables and present it in a linear fashion.


Does this have any relevance?
Yes. Ebook formats have horrible support for tables, and they should not be used.

Ideally, you should use a fixed-format ebook; failing that, you can simply use images of what you want. Tables will break in weird and wonderful ways at weird and wonderful times.
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