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Quoth · 09-29-2021, 04:40 AM

What retiredbiker says! ^^^^^^^

We use LO Writer in odt mode, but Save As "docx". Never re-open the docx in LO Writer. MS Word 2007 and later is similar, but only edit docx.

The epub looks just like the wordprocessor screen (I use a small page size so I can have a better idea of headings and images.

Paragraph Styles. Do not set line heights for ebook source, leave at default "single blank" or else the epub will have a line height that can't be changed by user.

We do use direct styling ONLY for italics, bold and bold italics that are part of a paragraph. No other direct style.
The paragraph styles map 1:1 to CSS. If the paragraph and other styles are correct the epub HTML and CSS is perfect.

In Calibre select embed fonts, subset fonts, line height = 0 and also Tablet for page setting (leaves images unchanged) as well as 5 pt margins. 0 is too small for some readers. Kindles have a larger minimum margin anyway.

I ONLY use A4 for documents I want to print as A4. It also makes it more pleasant to edit to have a smaller page size. I use 420 pt x 560 pt and 15 pt margins for all pages on all ebooks and only one page style and no setting of Page Style on insert page break before for ebooks.

When the ebook is fully proofed a copy is used for paper editions. All page styles must match printer's page size (306 x 505 pt for a mass market or pocket book) but you can have multiple page styles (front matter, main default page with headers, footers page numbers, a chapter first page, end papers). In that case all page breaks use a named style (in paragraph styles) with a named next page style in the page styles.

09-29-2021, 04:40 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,358 Karma: 105899727 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	What retiredbiker says! ^^^^^^^ We use LO Writer in odt mode, but Save As "docx". Never re-open the docx in LO Writer. MS Word 2007 and later is similar, but only edit docx. The epub looks just like the wordprocessor screen (I use a small page size so I can have a better idea of headings and images. Paragraph Styles. Do not set line heights for ebook source, leave at default "single blank" or else the epub will have a line height that can't be changed by user. We do use direct styling ONLY for italics, bold and bold italics that are part of a paragraph. No other direct style. The paragraph styles map 1:1 to CSS. If the paragraph and other styles are correct the epub HTML and CSS is perfect. In Calibre select embed fonts, subset fonts, line height = 0 and also Tablet for page setting (leaves images unchanged) as well as 5 pt margins. 0 is too small for some readers. Kindles have a larger minimum margin anyway. I ONLY use A4 for documents I want to print as A4. It also makes it more pleasant to edit to have a smaller page size. I use 420 pt x 560 pt and 15 pt margins for all pages on all ebooks and only one page style and no setting of Page Style on insert page break before for ebooks. When the ebook is fully proofed a copy is used for paper editions. All page styles must match printer's page size (306 x 505 pt for a mass market or pocket book) but you can have multiple page styles (front matter, main default page with headers, footers page numbers, a chapter first page, end papers). In that case all page breaks use a named style (in paragraph styles) with a named next page style in the page styles. Last edited by Quoth; 09-29-2021 at 04:49 AM.