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InD CS6, what happened to margin-top CSS property in EPUB?

May 31, 2012 1:58 AM

Tags: #cs6 #epub #css_style

I have been playing around with EPUB export in InDesign CS6. What surprised me the most is the missing CSS property. What's the reason to leave margin-top property out from the paragraph styles? Is this a feature, a bug or am I just doing something wrong? Others noticed this also?

 

Other thing which surprised me is the unit they use in margins. Earlier it was em but now it's pixel. Any way to change this?

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  • John Hawkinson
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    1. John Hawkinson,
    May 31, 2012 6:34 AM   in reply to Changilainen
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    It's not [just] you.

    I think there's some debate about whether it is bug or a feature, but it is definitely a change.

    (I haven't been following this issue carefully.)

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    2. Steve Werner,
    May 31, 2012 6:40 AM   in reply to Changilainen
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    A couple of us talked to the engineer who programs the EPUB for CS6 at PEPCON. He said, that originally it was intended as a feature, but, after hearing this reaction, they are considering it a bug, and expect it to be fixed, perhaps in the first bug fix of CS6.

     
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  • Changilainen
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    3. Changilainen,
    May 31, 2012 10:36 PM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    Thank you for the answer! I must say it's a really weird decision to leave out important CSS property. Hope it will be fixed/changed asap! Also having em units back in margin properties would be superb.

     
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  • ganderson2000
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    4. ganderson2000,
    Jun 1, 2012 1:44 PM   in reply to Changilainen
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    I would definitely consider it a bug. As it is I have to manually edit the css output file to get spaces above headings and quotes after each .epub export. The current export provides an unacceptable result.

     
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    5. travelling mac,
    Jun 15, 2012 2:02 AM   in reply to ganderson2000
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    I'll be using cs5.5. for EPUB's until they have fixed this (as well as the image size issue).

     
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    6. ganderson2000,
    Jun 15, 2012 6:55 AM   in reply to travelling mac
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    I went back to cs5.5. I feel like I've wasted my money on CS6 until they get this fixed.

     
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    7. sirroddesign,
    Jul 13, 2012 8:26 AM   in reply to Changilainen
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    Any word on the ETA of this fix? This has been so frustrating to manually have to fix this error for every ePub we do!

     
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    8. Bob Levine,
    Jul 13, 2012 8:34 AM   in reply to sirroddesign
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    AFAIK, there has been no acknowledgement that it will be addressed at all.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    9. Steve Werner,
    Jul 13, 2012 8:41 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Adobe doesn't pre-announce the date of updates (except Acrobat/Reader). And, even though the engineer I talked to indicated that it may happen, we won't know until it happens.

     
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    10. ganderson2000,
    Jul 25, 2012 9:26 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    A new update arrived today but this fix was not included. Work arounds still seem to take more work than using CS5.5

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    11. Steve Werner,
    Jul 25, 2012 10:13 AM   in reply to ganderson2000
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    @ganderson2000

     

    I see no update in Adobe Application Manager when choosing Updates. Nor, does it appear at www.adobe.com on the Downloads page. Where are you seeing this?

     
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    12. ganderson2000,
    Jul 25, 2012 10:39 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    @Steve,

    When I turned the computer on this morning it said updates were available: CS6 2.02, I believe-although I can't remember for sure or find that version listed now on any "About" screen. I just clicked "Yes" to update. I'm not sure why they arrived for me but not you. I did have a problem with Acrobat X quitting yesterday (another CS6 bug) and had to deactivate and reactivate the package to get Acrobat to work. Don't know it that would affect updates though. I have never seen any availabe when I checked.

     

    Anyway, the first thing I tested after the updates I received were installed was the epub export and nothing had changed regarding top spacing. Seems like we either have to add bottom spacing on previous paragraphs, use forced line breaks, edit CSS files, or create in CS5.5. For me, the latter still seems the easiest way to create an e-book after creating the print book.

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    13. Bob Levine,
    Jul 25, 2012 10:45 AM   in reply to ganderson2000
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    I think that was the number for the DPS updates.

     

     

     

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  • AnneMarie Concepcion
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    14. AnneMarie Concepcion,
    Jul 31, 2012 5:53 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Yep we're still waiting for the CS6.0.x update.

     

    Here's the recording of a webinar I did for Adobe (their Ask a CSPro series) a couple weeks ago where I covered the new EPUB features in InDesign CS6, including the new gotchas to watch out for.

     

    What's New in InDesign CS6 for ePub

    http://j.mp/cs6pro-epub

     

    It might help. BTW in the recording, you should drag the slider on the bottom to about the 4:00 minute mark, which is when the presentation begins after some tech difficulties.

     

    AM

     
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  • JerryDorris
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    15. JerryDorris,
    Oct 2, 2012 8:47 AM   in reply to Changilainen
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    This looks to be resolved in the new update!

     
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  • ganderson2000
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    16. ganderson2000,
    Oct 2, 2012 9:22 AM   in reply to JerryDorris
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    That's great news.

     
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