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lukaszr
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Jun 9, 2019 12:29 PM UTC
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InDesign to epub to mobi footnotes problem

Hello everyone,

I've exported ebook from InDesign to reflowable epub 2.0.1. Then I converted it to mobi (both versions: old and new in one container) with Calibre so I have nice ebook with embedded fonts and all styles I want on Kindle Paperwhite 2. The problem lies in footnotes that display incorrectly.

Please look at the photos. Footnotes have indents I don't want to be there.

 

I tried many ways, for example "text-indent:0 !important" for footnote-text in css; exporting mobi with Kindlegen and Kindle Previewer, but nothing seems to be helpful.

When I do this:

  • delete styles from footnotes in ID and export epub 2.0.1
  • then delete the style "body {epub-hyphens: auto;}" in css in the epub
  • create old version mobi in Calibre

footnotes display correctly in the middle of the screen but I have no embedded fonts and styles.

What should I do in InDesign file (or in css exported from InDesign with epub) to have all of my desired things: embedded fonts, styles and footnotes without indents?

What do you think: is it ID's problem or should I ask Amazon for help?

Thanks for any clue

Łukasz

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7 replies

Derek Cross
Community Expert
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Jun 10, 2019 1:30 PM UTC

You should use ePub 3 (not saying this will resolve your issue though).

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lukaszr
lukaszrAuthor
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Jun 11, 2019 7:01 AM UTC

Thanks for your reply. But it doesn't work neither

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Derek Cross
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jun 11, 2019 7:09 AM UTC

Can you crack open the ePub and edit the CSS?

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Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jun 9, 2019 1:00 PM UTC

Moving to InDesign EPUB forum

We have no InDesign to Mobi forum but this is as close as you can get.

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lukaszr
lukaszrAuthor
Participant
Jun 11, 2019 6:58 AM UTC

Thank you.

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