Losing Paragraph space after styling exporting from InDesign CC 2014

Reflect55 · 01-14-2016, 12:17 PM

Hello! I am losing my mind trying to figure out how to maintain my space before and after styling to my paragraphs. I have changed my export options to P and back to automatic. I am exporting from InDesign CC2014 Reflowable text 3.0. Taken off preserve settings.. Watched several videos on Lynda.com and I am doing everything I can to preserve that space after my paragraphs but it seems to be ignoring it. I have resorted to putting in the nonbreaking character-- but I can't seem to control the spacing on that and it's to big. Please help me figure out how to get my space after to show up-- without going into the code-- if possible. I am working on a recipe book and there are over 400 recipes. Any help or advice would be amazing at this point!

phillipgessert · 01-14-2016, 12:41 PM

I'm not sure you'll be able to diagnose the problem without going into the code, but the code generated from InDesign can be pretty noisy, so you may not be able to find it even then.

You might consider building a separate document version that has very minimal formatting, be exceptionally meticulous and picky about the formatting it has, and generate an ePub from that. Perhaps in pieces, to help isolate the problem.

Notjohn · 01-15-2016, 05:34 AM

Unless you're writing a technical manual, you're far better off with normal paragraphing, which is to say: indented first line, no extra space between paragraphs. Like ragged right, block paragraphs are a monstrosity brought to us by the early limitations of the world wide web. (IMHO, of course!)

pdurrant · 01-15-2016, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Reflect55

Hello! I am losing my mind trying to figure out how to maintain my space before and after styling to my paragraphs.

Are you exporting directly to a Kindle format? Or to ePub and then using the Kindle tools?

If directly, try going through ePub first.

01-14-2016, 12:17 PM	#1
Reflect55 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2016 Device: Kindle	Losing Paragraph space after styling exporting from InDesign CC 2014 Hello! I am losing my mind trying to figure out how to maintain my space before and after styling to my paragraphs. I have changed my export options to P and back to automatic. I am exporting from InDesign CC2014 Reflowable text 3.0. Taken off preserve settings.. Watched several videos on Lynda.com and I am doing everything I can to preserve that space after my paragraphs but it seems to be ignoring it. I have resorted to putting in the nonbreaking character-- but I can't seem to control the spacing on that and it's to big. Please help me figure out how to get my space after to show up-- without going into the code-- if possible. I am working on a recipe book and there are over 400 recipes. Any help or advice would be amazing at this point!

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01-14-2016, 12:41 PM	#2
phillipgessert Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 3196766 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Madison, WI Device: Kindle 5th Gen	I'm not sure you'll be able to diagnose the problem without going into the code, but the code generated from InDesign can be pretty noisy, so you may not be able to find it even then. You might consider building a separate document version that has very minimal formatting, be exceptionally meticulous and picky about the formatting it has, and generate an ePub from that. Perhaps in pieces, to help isolate the problem.

01-15-2016, 05:34 AM	#3
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,519 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Unless you're writing a technical manual, you're far better off with normal paragraphing, which is to say: indented first line, no extra space between paragraphs. Like ragged right, block paragraphs are a monstrosity brought to us by the early limitations of the world wide web. (IMHO, of course!)

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