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HarryT · 04-23-2007, 09:18 AM

Hi vvv,

There is a minor issue - I hesitate to call it a bug - in Book Designer, which I was wondering if it would be possible for you to fix.

The English "titles" of "Mr." and "Mrs." are commonly spelled with a "." after them. When you load a text file into BD, the code that "cleans up" the book thinks that the "." marks the end of a sentence, and very often starts a new paragraph at that point, resulting in text like this.

......., said Mr.
Jones, .........

I've been "working around" this problem by editing the text file before I load it into BD, and replacing "Mr." by "Mr" and "Mrs." by "Mrs", then, once the file is in BD, doing a "search and replace" to put them back the way that they were.

Would there be any way to stop BD from starting a new paragraph after "Mr." and "Mrs."? It would save a lot of time if this could be fixed.

Thanks!

04-23-2007, 09:18 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Minor Book Designer bug (?) Hi vvv, There is a minor issue - I hesitate to call it a bug - in Book Designer, which I was wondering if it would be possible for you to fix. The English "titles" of "Mr." and "Mrs." are commonly spelled with a "." after them. When you load a text file into BD, the code that "cleans up" the book thinks that the "." marks the end of a sentence, and very often starts a new paragraph at that point, resulting in text like this. ......., said Mr. Jones, ......... I've been "working around" this problem by editing the text file before I load it into BD, and replacing "Mr." by "Mr" and "Mrs." by "Mrs", then, once the file is in BD, doing a "search and replace" to put them back the way that they were. Would there be any way to stop BD from starting a new paragraph after "Mr." and "Mrs."? It would save a lot of time if this could be fixed. Thanks!