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Old 08-18-2024, 08:51 PM   #1
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odd artifact in epub viewer
I have added a few epub books that have this small rectangular artifact, randomly covering words. This has happened in only a few epubs. So far it doesn't make the book unreadable, I can usually figure out what word(s) it is hiding. But I'd rather it wasn't there.

any idea why it is there? is there a way to remove it?
I have attached a pic of the artifact. It this isn't sufficient, let me know.
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to be clear: this artifact will appear periodically throughout the epub. Randomly, it seems.
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Is it always in the same location on the screen or anywhere on the page/screen.

Have you opened up the epub file in the Editor and checked what code is in the location of the artifact?
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That book was probably a PDF conversion.
The random is because PDF is a paste up format and the conversion is a Top Down interpretation.
Look at the code, those are probably scene break markers, that are now in the incorrect location. PDF is a terrible source format.
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to be clear: this artifact will appear periodically throughout the epub. Randomly, it seems.
The example in your screen appears to be an image caption… do all occurrences of the artefact occur in captions, or are there instances in the body of the work?

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Is it always in the same location on the screen or anywhere on the page/screen.

Have you opened up the epub file in the Editor and checked what code is in the location of the artifact?
No. appears in different locations.

I have no idea how to check the code. And check the code in each instance. what would I do if I found it?
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The example in your screen appears to be an image caption… do all occurrences of the artefact occur in captions, or are there instances in the body of the work?

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No, appears in body also.
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I have no idea how to check the code. And check the code in each instance. what would I do if I found it?
Open the ebook in the editor.
Find the correct chapter that contains the artefact. You may have to open a few of the xhtml pages in the left panel to find it, if they are poorly named.
Find the location where the artifact appears.
Copy the code into a post here. It probably won't be enough and we will need to see code from the css file also, but lets start with this part first.
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Open the ebook in the editor.
Find the correct chapter that contains the artefact. You may have to open a few of the xhtml pages in the left panel to find it, if they are poorly named.
Find the location where the artifact appears.
Copy the code into a post here. It probably won't be enough and we will need to see code from the css file also, but lets start with this part first.
It would be best to have both the HTML and CSS code posted as the same time.
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The entire epub would be even better....
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