Re: indd > epub all line breaks (carriage returns) removed

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August 17, 2022
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I'm having exactly the same problem. Did anyone find an answer?

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SJRiegel

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Try this:

Instead of using an empty paragraph to add space, use the built-in Space Before or Space After paragraph settings to create the gap. Double returns for spacing is not a recommended method.

Also, use line breaks instead of paragraph returns for the lines that should not have space after them.

James Gifford—NitroPress

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This is really the correct answer: don't use soft returns (by any name) in documents meant for EPUB export.

However, there is a specific setting in reflowable export, whether to leave them or strip them (the latter being the standard-based alternative):

Check this, and soft returns will be stripped. Uncheck it, and they will (usually) remain.

But the real solution is to use styles to manage line spacing and paragraphs, not line breaks by any name.

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BobLevine

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Says who? Why is it a problem, it's how most designers, writers, editors do it. It's only a problem if exporting to epub and only now a problem exporting to epub because some decided to make it a problem. And why are line breaks supported? Surely line breaks have even less place in a properly formatted document which is going to become a reflowable epub? It makes no sense.

I strongly suggest you educate yourself. You can thank me later.

I'm done debating this. Buy yourself a typewriter if you want to use two returns. And don't forget to hit two spaces after a period.

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