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October 10, 2021
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First line indent paragraph not formatting in epub correctly

  • October 10, 2021
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Hi!

I'm using CC2021 and trying to make an epub 3.0 book. All my styles EXCEPT the first line indent paragraph styles are converting correctly !

What am I doing wrong??!!!

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James Gifford—NitroPress
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October 11, 2021

Are the styles all chained to one 'master' style with the indent setting? Have you tried setting the indent in at least a few of the downstream styles to see if that cures the problem?

 

In any of these styles, preferably the one a the top  of the "Based On:" chain, look at Export Tagging (it's the last item in the Paragraph Style Options menu, one hardly anyone ever looks at) in the Export Details list, does that style show "text-indent" of some small value (typically 12-20px)? What about the downstream styles, or other styles with indent specified?

Kimmi15A9Author
Participant
October 17, 2021

I started over from a 'fresh' earlier copy and applied all I learned from videos over the WEEKS I have been working on this.And I did look at the 'master' style and made some changes for consistency.

Turns out my reader, Overview, isn't as good as it should be (and yes it's the recent update on Windows 10). Other readers seem to work fine now.

Thank you for the reply NitroPress...made me think about a few things 🙂

Michael Bullo
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 10, 2021

Are you previewing the EPUB export in more than one reader? Is the problem consistent?

Kimmi15A9Author
Participant
October 11, 2021

Yes.it is consistent...I've looked at it in 3 different readers and they all do the same...no indent.