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Originally Posted by nabsltd
But, because the DOCX format doesn't understand the CSS box model, you end up with the direct styling of paragraphs instead of using an enclosing box.
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It's a huge lot better than direct styling and what you get works on every ereader (gracefully degrades on mobi) and looks like the original. Then a copy can be edited adding page styles, headers, footers, page numbers, registration, line spacing and other things good for paper publish best avoided in ebooks for a good experience for the user.
You are giving yourself extra work by obsessing over what is possible than simply using what works very very well. Excessively complex use of CSS box model leads to errors and maintainability issues. It's not even needed for ebooks and has to be flattened to process to make a version to edit for paper. It's purely a shorthand.
Ebooks are not web pages/sites. They just happen to use some of the same technology. Also even a lot of web sites are now a bit broken because of people wanting latest browser feature and rating appearance higher than usability (such as grey text, unfolding or zooming as you "move" down the page etc).