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sulcus
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How do you do page ends when you don't want the text to just run on (ie end of one chapter, break before beginning of the next?). This is working in Word. Thanks
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
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mrflint
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As far as I can tell you just insert a page break, just as you normally would. (I've done a few tests, and done everything except the final upload & publish stage). So the process seems to be: strip out tabs, and anything but single line spacing. (But bold and italics can stay) For indented paragraphs set this up as a style in word. If you like the first para of a scene to be non-indented, set this up as a separate style on Word with a first line indent of 0.01" (Peculiar, I know - it's all to do with the transfer to Kindle format) You might also like to add a table of contents at the beginning of the book using hyperlinks for each chapter. (I've had a few Kindle books that don't have this, and it's very frustrating to a reader). I like my chapters to start about 1/3 of a page down. I found that if you hyperlink to the actual Chapter Heading, then sometimes the Kindle starts the chapter at the top of the page. The workaround seems to be to put the Word hyperlink to a paragraph mark a couple of lines above the actual Chapter Heading. Finally, save as simple html web page. Here are a couple of links I found very useful: The Author & her Unicornfonerbooks
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sulcus
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Quote: mrflint, Saturday, 18 Jun 2011 08:13As far as I can tell you just insert a page break, just as you normally would. (I've done a few tests, and done everything except the final upload & publish stage). So the process seems to be: strip out tabs, and anything but single line spacing. (But bold and italics can stay) For indented paragraphs set this up as a style in word. If you like the first para of a scene to be non-indented, set this up as a separate style on Word with a first line indent of 0.01" (Peculiar, I know - it's all to do with the transfer to Kindle format) You might also like to add a table of contents at the beginning of the book using hyperlinks for each chapter. (I've had a few Kindle books that don't have this, and it's very frustrating to a reader). I like my chapters to start about 1/3 of a page down. I found that if you hyperlink to the actual Chapter Heading, then sometimes the Kindle starts the chapter at the top of the page. The workaround seems to be to put the Word hyperlink to a paragraph mark a couple of lines above the actual Chapter Heading. Finally, save as simple html web page. Here are a couple of links I found very useful: The Author & her Unicornfonerbooks Brilliant thanks. Do we right justify as well?
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
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mrflint
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The Kindle seems to handle that itself too - a bit like a web page, I think. (Which makes sense, as the device can display in 8 different font sizes according to the readers individual taste. [Mind you, the largest fint is so big, you'd be hard pressed to get a single word on each line!])
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sulcus
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Quote: mrflint, Saturday, 18 Jun 2011 09:19The Kindle seems to handle that itself too - a bit like a web page, I think. (Which makes sense, as the device can display in 8 different font sizes according to the readers individual taste. [Mind you, the largest fint is so big, you'd be hard pressed to get a single word on each line!]) And I assume we strip out footers & page numbers? Will it preserve underlining as well?
This post was last edited by sulcus, 18 Jun 2011, 09:48
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
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mrflint
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trip out footers & page numbers - Yes
By default Kindle doesn't show page numbers - because the size of page is defined by whatever font the the reader used. Instead it uses memory locations - show as a percentage and big numbers in their thousands. The latest software update does allow page numbers which, as far as I can see, are determined by reference points with the print version. I glanced at the 'how to's', but it seemed so complicated I quickly glanced away again!
Re underlining - I haven't tried it, but I would assume it would keep it in the same was as italics and bold. Strangely all hyperlinks in Kindle are underlined, whether you like it or not!
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sulcus
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Quote: mrflint, Saturday, 18 Jun 2011 10:50trip out footers & page numbers - Yes By default Kindle doesn't show page numbers - because the size of page is defined by whatever font the the reader used. Instead it uses memory locations - show as a percentage and big numbers in their thousands. The latest software update does allow page numbers which, as far as I can see, are determined by reference points with the print version. I glanced at the 'how to's', but it seemed so complicated I quickly glanced away again! Re underlining - I haven't tried it, but I would assume it would keep it in the same was as italics and bold. Strangely all hyperlinks in Kindle are underlined, whether you like it or not! I am forever in your debt mrflint. Thank you so much. The article you pointed me to was very useful as well - good for any neophyte Kindlers lime me I recommend it.
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
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