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carlangel
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August 8, 2020
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column width in tables gets squished in epub

  • August 8, 2020
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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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Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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
Dave Creamer of IDEASCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 9, 2020

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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carlangel
carlangelAuthor
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August 11, 2020

Thanks for the advice, guys.

Derek Cross
Community Expert
August 9, 2020

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.

Frans v.d. Geest
Community Expert
August 9, 2020

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

BobLevine
Community Expert
August 9, 2020
There are CSS tricks you can use to format a table to become responsive but it depends on the table. Do some googling.