[Tex2002ans]

Originally Posted by tboy2000

I wrote it all out in Word [...]

[...]

Then I pasted my story into Affinity Publisher and did my layout and exported to PDF.

[...]

Then I wanted to upload to Play Books [...].

[...]

Finally online converted to ePub [...]

PDF is the absolute worst format to convert from. ANYTHING would be better than that.

And you have no excuse, you have the original DOCX source files.

Why is Converting From PDF So Horrible?

PDF is only good as a final (output) format. It is designed for Print, not ebooks.

PDF converted into anything will be extremely problematic, because you have to redo:

• Text
• Formatting
  
  • Italics/Bold/Headings
• Images
  
  • Captions
• Blockquotes
• Alignment
  
  • Left/Center/Right
• [...]

When you go from something like DOCX->EPUB, all that information gets carried over automatically.

If you want more information, see my post in:

• 2022: "Remove blank pages"

What Should You Do Instead?

Go back to your DOCX / Word document and use Styles!!!

I highly recommend watching these 2 videos:

• Microsoft.com: "Word 2013: Use Quick Styles"
• "How to REALLY use Microsoft Office: Word Styles 101"

within ~20 minutes, you'll learn how to clean up your documents and save yourself HUNDREDS OF HOURS of needless pain/suffering.

For more info, see my posts in:

• 2020: "eBook Formatting in Sigil"

especially Posts #46, #50, and #52.