ePub page breaks/centering

When I export a book I wrote to ePub format via iWork the page breaks are ignored. I have also tried "Section" and "Layout" breaks which are also ignored. Any advice?

Also, is there a way to center, say, a short column of words on their own page? (Ex: Book Title by Blah Blah.)

Thanks!

Les

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 11:17 PM

21 replies

Aug 31, 2010 7:28 PM in response to d0csp33d

d0csp33d wrote:
I can explain it better. What exactly do you want to do?

Have my Pages page breaks "translate" properly when exported as ePub (without the solution messing up the Table of Contents, etc.) Thanks!
Robjohn

Aug 31, 2010 7:43 PM in response to d0csp33d

Yes, but they're already working fine. What I'd simply like to do is add some page breaks that have nothing to do with the TOC and have them "stick" (for example, to insert a page break after my book's dedication page, but before the table of contents even appears). Best!
D.D.

Sep 18, 2010 3:18 AM in response to d0csp33d

d0csp33d wrote:
How to use break page without being in the TOC?

1. Insert > Page Break
2. Inspector > Document Inspector > TOC > Select or Unmark
3. Mark the "Title of the Page", be sure to be in "free form" under Paragraph Style on the left side of the toolbar (only if you don't want to be shown in the TOC)

I'm not sure what you mean with your third point. How does one mark the "Title of the Page" ?

I'm trying to format a book of poetry and I want each poem to start on a new page but I don't want to format the title of each poem with the default Chapter Heading style provided in the epub template. The default style for the Chapter Heading is too large for my liking. I know that when the book is exported the reader will be able to adjust font size in iBooks on the iPad - but the Chapter Heading will still remain relatively much larger than the body text.

Any further help would be much appreciated.

d0csp33d

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Aug 31, 2010 7:10 PM in response to Robert Jackson3

I can explain it better. What exactly do you want to do?

d0csp33d

Level 1

76 points

Aug 31, 2010 7:30 PM in response to Robert Jackson3

Do you want your chapters to be present in your TOC?

Aug 28, 2010 8:26 AM in response to Arturus

Forcing a page break with the "Chapter Name" style is what I'm trying to avoid because, as you said, it shows up in the TOC. I guess I'll look at other books and see how they got around it. Quickly looking at "Winnie the Pooh" I notice all the pre-book welcomes, dedications, etc. are in the TOC.

I also notice in the Winnie book that are pages where the text is centered. Is this some kind of duplication & modification of the "Chapter Name" style?

Finally, There are certain fonts I'd like to use (i.e. Edwardian Script.) Short of them being made as a picture element is there any way they can be imbedded into a book?

Thanks!

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