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Originally Posted by LenaWolf
The contents of the PDF is different from the contents of ePUB, so that wouldn't work.
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It's always better to do the ePub first. It can be converted from docx to epub and all text styles (character or paragraph) 100% map 1:1 to CSS and spans etc. Then can be proofed. Zero editing of HTML and text CSS. You might need to edit CSS (only) of some images.
PDFs can have headers, footers, columns, page numbers, footnotes at the bottom of the page, multiple page styles, differing margins for L & R (for binding), print registration (for each side of a leaf). An epub has none of these.
PDFs uses a design time size of paper. The epub has no paper size and is reflowable (yes there are fixed layout epub, but pointless compared to PDF).
The view of a PDF is fixed. The user can change L & R margins, line spacing and body font on epub.
[EDIT: If using LO Writer you edit odt files and do an extra docx save for epub conversion you never edit. You do true WYSIWG for PDF and export PDF direct from LO Writer. The odt file for epub can use a small paper size with tiny margins. Then when proofed a copy is edited and a template with styles for the PDF is applied. That changes spacings, margins, fonts and paper size. Next you add page styles for front matter, end matter, headings, footers, page numbers, true footnotes etc and finally edit the contents generation (or appendix / index etc) to have page numbers. Export PDF. Preview on 4K desktop or a Nxtpaper 14 tablet. Send PDF to Printer and it will be 100% correct.]