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Denwayz - I recommend you do not use empty paragraphs to get vertical spacing, use before and/or after spacing in Word's Paragraph options, preferably via a named Style.
And that's a general recommendation, nothing to do with HTML, or ePub, I make the same recommendation if the document is to end up as ink on paper. A word processor (Writer, Word, Wordperfect etc) should not be treated like a glorified typewriter
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