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Originally Posted by Quoth
Do epubs FIRST, then a copy of source to do PDFs professionally.
Even so the same rules of no extra white space by tabs, empty lines or extra spaces apply. The styles work perfectly 1:1 to CSS and create perfect PDF if done correctly. At least Word since 2007 and version 3.x of Libre Office. That's a long time ago.
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The contents of the PDF is different from the contents of ePUB, so that wouldn't work. PDF also comes in a bilingual version as well as in single language versions. It has different illustrations which are larger, taking advantage of a larger page size. These versions of the book are produced from the same ODT sources with LibreOffice using master documents built up of different parts. The ePUB version is just one version, so I wish to avoid editing ePUB. I managed to make all styles with LibreOffice and apply a few rules through Calibre for the ePUB. And yes, there are a few work-arounds, although I do keep them to a minimum.
To clarify, I have one ODT document for the ePUB which contains text and graphics in the right places. I have another document for English PDF, another one for Portuguese PDF, a third one for the bilingual version PDF which I generate all directly from LibreOffice. All text sources of the book are simple ODT documents divided up into sections between which pictures can be placed in the files made for ePUB and the various PDFs. These text sections are imported into the master documents for each output type. Note that picture placement is different for each format because of the layout.
Because of this workflow, editing ePUB is undesirable for me because it is the last step in a long chain. Which is why I am working on the conversion rules for my specific needs.