Problem with text formatting (font size)

[nina]

Hi,

This macro is great, I made a 600 pages ebook without too much trouble! Everything looks fine now, except one thing : the text formatting in my cover page.

I wrote the title etc using font size 30, but it doesn't display in my ebook : the title appears to be in 12 or 14.

Also, I tried to insert an image but it didn't work, but really if I could at least format my book title correctly it would be just perfect!

Thanks for your help!
Nina

[Peter Gorod]

Hi nina,

eReader doesn't really have font sizes, that's why Publish eBook ignores the font size in your Word document.

There is a workaround though. Users can select to display fonts as small or large in eReader.

If you specify "Emboss" font property in Word, it will get converted to eReader as "Force Large Font". Note that this will only make your title actually stand out if the user is displaying in small fonts, but that is the default so the "emboss" workaround usually does a good job with titles (that's what I use).

However, don't fall into the temptation of specifying all the rest of your text as "force small font" (using "engrave" in Word) to make sure the title will stand out! The "force" font size options should be used minimally so the user can control his favorite way to display in eReader.

I hope this solves your problem satisfactorily!

[nina]

Hi, Thanks for your answer!

I don't really understand how to specify "emboss" in MS Word... Do I have to select my title and then apply a title to it ?

Also, I had another small question : how do I make ereader display the title of the chapter at the top of the page ?

Thanks !

[Peter Gorod]

nina said:

Hi, Thanks for your answer!

I don't really understand how to specify "emboss" in MS Word... Do I have to select my title and then apply a title to it ?

Also, I had another small question : how do I make ereader display the title of the chapter at the top of the page ?

Thanks !

"Emboss" is under Format-->Font in Word. It's just a simple text format like italics or bold.

To make the chapter titles start a new page use Insert->page break in Word. The easiest way to do it is place your cursor at the very beginning of the chapter title line and pressing Ctrl-Enter.

[nina]

I got it, thanks a lot!

Your macro is very useful, and it's great that you can answer our questions.

Nina