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column width in tables gets squished in epub

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Upon epub export, the columns from some of my Indesign tables get squished, hyphenating some of the category heds. Is there a way to set the columns to maintain a decent width so that the heds don't hyphenate, whether it be in ID or an epub editor?

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Dave Creamer of IDEASCorrect answer

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Long, wide, or complex tables and flowable EPUBs usually don't work well together. However, if you really want to use the tables, I would make a PNG graphic (not JPEG) and add copy the content in alt text area.

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Long, wide, or complex tables and flowable EPUBs usually don't work well together. However, if you really want to use the tables, I would make a PNG graphic (not JPEG) and add copy the content in alt text area.

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carlangelAuthor

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Thanks for the advice, guys.

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Derek Cross

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Sometimes, with a reflowable ePub, it's best to make a JPG of the table and use that (a graphic) instead.

Actually now that I've viewed your screen shots, I think it would be better if you didn't use tables for this text but you redesigned it as a single column.

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Frans v.d. Geest

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And how would that table be read out loud with Accessibility software Derek? 😉

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BobLevine

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There are CSS tricks you can use to format a table to become responsive but it depends on the table. Do some googling.

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