FM 12 Kindle Page Breaks

[Art Campbell]

Thanks, Rick and Scott -- the embedded tag start at top isn't working, so
it looks like the file will be sliced and diced a bit.

Art Campbell
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Scott Prentice <sp10 at leximation.com>wrote:

>  Art...
>
> Unfortunately this CSS setting isn't honored by most readers .. Kindles
> are typically worse in this regard than EPUB readers.
>
> The only guaranteed way to get a page break is to force the content into a
> separate content file in the package. You should be able to do this by
> starting a new FM file for each place you want a page break. I assume
> you're generating the MOBI from a FM book?
>
> Cheers,
>
> ...scott
>
>
> On 4/21/14 6:26 AM, Rick Quatro wrote:
>
>  Hi Art,
>
>
>
> I don't know if there is a way to do this directly from FM12 to mobi. If
> you go to Epub, you can modify the CSS to give you page breaks then convert
> the Epub to mobi. There are two CSS declarations that you can try:
>
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> page-break-before: always;
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>
>
> or
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> page-break-after: always;
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> You will probably use the first one with the CSS for your headers that you
> want to force page breaks on. Please let me know if you have any questions
> or comments. Thank you very much.
>
>
>
> Rick
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>
>
> Rick Quatro
>
> Carmen Publishing Inc.
>
> 585-366-4017
>
> rick at frameexpert.com
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> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [
> mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com<framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com>]
> *On Behalf Of *Art Campbell
> *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2014 8:54 AM
> *To:* Framers List; Free Framers
> *Subject:* FM 12 Kindle Page Breaks
>
>
>
> I'm publishing a book into Amazon's Kindle format, mobi, and was hoping
> someone knows how to force a page break by adding it to a FM para tag or
> other FM code.
>
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> Any ideas?
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Art
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>
>
> Art Campbell
>             art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
> and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                                                       No disclaimers apply.
>                                                                DoD 358
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