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Originally Posted by sallyember
Can someone please write about how to fix these in MS Word format, not epub software, and NOT as if I can actually see this code (which I cannot) in my document?
Thanks.
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There is your problem. You are using .doc directly, and heaven knows what Smashwords is doing to it.
You say you don't own and don't want InDesign or calibre, but you don't need to "own" calibre, or Sigil for that matter.
And you might want to re-evaluate your "don't want" stance, since in order to actually control your EPUB upload you will have to create it yourself.
There is NO solution for for not knowing how to make an EPUB correctly, other than learning how to make it correctly or paying someone else to do it for you.
Pablo's quick and dirty
EPub Tutorial might help you lean the basics.
Sigil and calibre both include error checkers which are far more helpful and descriptive than EpubCheck. (calibre's focuses on real-world problems, Sigil's is more like EpubCheck with comprehensible error messages.)