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Originally Posted by DNSB
They want a layout where text and graphics are in a fixed alignment?
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That's why I use PDF to make my own ebooks. I've got some commercially released EPUB ebooks and the formatting is lacking. Among the issues: excessing white space (sometimes as much as four lines, one item, and then another four lines), two blank lines between the paragraphs, widows and/or orphans, and inconsistent page numbering (I have to do three actual page turns to advance the page number by 1).
An advantage of PDF is that the page numbers are consistent. If the Table of Contents (ToC) shows a chapter begins on page 101, that's where it begins. Although I could make tappable chapters in the ToC, in the past it was easier just to insert the page number for each chapter in a ToC, and then enter the page number to go to a chapter. With my newest ereader (Nook Glowlight 4) that with some PDF ebooks it appears that it automatically figures out where the Chapters are and shows them in the Contents List, but I haven't figured out how it detects the chapters.
Added: I just discovered that if I insert a ToC (using Chapter Title style for the chapter headings) the Nook Glowlight 4 automatically makes the chapters in the ToC clickable. A pleasant surprise.