@Hitch...
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"One last question--Can you confirm the original size of the image in your sample, in the last post, please?"
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I used a banner-like image, that had text in it, which was 450 x 168 pixels in size with a resolution of 300 ppi. This absolute sizing in pixels wasn't exactly 75% of screen width. It was actually slightly smaller but I wasn't so concerned with exact size -- I was more concerned about the image quality for the KFX display. And if you want a more accurate image percentage sizing for all KFX images, you can do fine width adjustments by increasing or decreasing the baseline width value in the dialog in my queries plugin. To reduce the width of the image, increase the baseline value and to increase the size then just reduce the baseline value in the dialog. You could also change image width size of individual images by simply altering the percentage value in the image styling in situ.
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"At my shop, as I mentioned, since CS went the way of the Dodo, we're *&^%$#@ busy. to the point that we might--gasp!--start a WAITING LIST. I mean...a waiting list????? What that means is, I don't get the chance, as I used to, to sit around and play with coding ideas, to see if this works or that does. When Amazon came out with the latest KP3, I was having kittens over the whole "export a KFX" file thing. "
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Yeah, me too. My answer to the KFX thing was to learn as much as I could about Kindle Create and thereby learn KFX as well. I know that you probably don't have time to learn KC but I've often wondered what you would say to a customer who brings you a single KPF file and then tells you that he/she accidentally deleted their master Word doc AND master KCB project file and can you help?(There have also been several instances of such problems on the KDP forum). There is an easy solution to that problem when you realize that that the KPF file is just a zipped version of your KC project file -- that contains both your final master KCB project file and original master Word doc. And I stumbled upon that solution completely by accident. It was one of those "I wonder what would happen if I try this..." moments. There's nothing written anywhere on the web about how to recover your master docs for Kindle Create. I found the solution completely by 'accident', which is really just another example of how poor the Kindle support documentation is for KC.
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"Plus, those of us in the biz don't really get a chance to do testing through the PW, as well. We are, to some extent, at the mercy of our customers. (For example, the customer that prompted this thread removed his KPF from sale. I can't buy or download a copy of it. I can't test it. He refuses to talk to Amazon...talk about grinding your teeth!)."
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Yes, I can appreciate your frustration -- he's no help at all !! I'm just glad that I'm not a professional formatter who must argue against or succumb to every customer's whim and fancy. Honestly, that would drive me up the wall for sure.
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"When Amazon came out with the latest KP3, I was having kittens over the whole "export a KFX" file thing. "
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To be honest about it, with this new KFX environment which is so poorly documented, I'm have a tough enough time just formatting my ebooks and books just for me...lol.