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Old 07-04-2016, 09:00 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by KevinH View Post
Yes, editing the content.opf is done in a code editor. Since embedded html tags would make the xml in the opf not well-formed, the < and > and & must all be properly "escaped". You can of course use embedded html tags inside metadata, it is just not something I suggest as the device typically formats these the way it wants if it displays them at all.

Kevin
I mainly fill the "dc:description" field so that it shows in calibre. My device (Sony PRS-T2) doesn't show ebook metadata, I don't know if other readers do.

I've seen some ebooks that not only use html tags in the metadata but also CSS classes.
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