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Old 05-07-2016, 06:14 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by KevinH View Post
The only real difference is the old editor used separate input fields for title, language, and, first author, and then table cells (with fixed columns) for everything else.

The new approach uses a tree view instead of a table view to show what attributes belong to what elements, and no longer uses separate input fields at the top since under epub3 you can have multiple titles, multiple authors, and even multiple languages.

The tree view allows both epub2 and epub3 to use almost identical approaches, prevents the shoehorning into a fixed table, allows flexible dates and etc. There really wasn't another approach that worked for both in a similar way as epub3 metadata is much more flexible.

Hope you get used to it.

KevinH
There is one other main difference.

A tick mark if the identifier is assigned.
I would love to see some sort of highlight (bold) if the intensifier has been used. Currently, the best way is to open the OPF: Guide section
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