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Originally Posted by BrowncoatCat
People in the real world who want to visually lay out a visual product like a book do not want to learn reams of complex coding. They just want to get the job done.
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Even if the end result causes issues due to the extremely poor code output? InDesign is bad enough but at least the code it outputs while convoluted works. Too many other WYSIWYG editors that claim to be epub editors output code that does not work when for example,uploading it to SmashWords or Amazon or even a simple pass through epubcheck. I shouldn't complain too much though -- cleaning the stables supports my hobbies.
For the most part, if you want visual layout, I's suggest using Microsoft Word or OpenOffice with styles, output a .docx file and use calibre to convert it to epub. If you use styles correctly, you can get a very clean epub file which needs minimal touchup. It does take some effort but once you have your styles set up, just re-use as needed.