Compile to epub isn't carrying text messaging format with it

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Hello again all….

Having some trouble getting text messaging formats to show correctly in epub compile. They show up perfectly fine in the compile to MS WORD below:

textsinword
textsinword543×262 21.5 KB

This is a shot of the epub vs scrivener. It’s not even justifying it correctly in epub.

epubvsscriv
epubvsscriv1590×456 108 KB

Tried:

  1. Having learned about Preserve Formatting (thank you Vincent_Vincent) recently, I tried that to no avail.

  2. Delete/readd Styles (did this twice):

txtmsgdefs
txtmsgdefs690×717 69.8 KB

Sample setup:

sampletext
sampletext801×293 34.1 KB

  1. Tried As-is and playing with these but not the last one… don’t know CSS well enough to venture here.

tries
tries818×562 74 KB

For “scene” pages my section layout is as follows:

assignsecttyp
assignsecttyp563×688 133 KB

Setting it to As-Is doesn’t work and introduces an issue of the Chapter Number and the first paragraph being forced to separate pages.

Searched and searched and I can’t find anything.

I’m stumped on how to move forward with this one.
Thanks in advance.

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Justification is a tricky one with ebooks. Most will take over that formatting based on the theme or settings of the ebook reader, and ignore whatever you try to do otherwise. I wouldn’t try to design around it in other words, and try to find something that will work whether the reader justifies or not.

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Thanks, I was beginning to get that feeling from how it was acting and what I was reading. Went to CMOS and I think I’ll just use the format I’m using in a different circumstance:

My office messenger pinged.
Brent: Cutting it close there, aren’t you? Approved. Have you started Kensington or Smith?
Me: Thank you. No, but I’ll spend time tomorrow and this weekend on them.
Brent: Make time for yourself. Enjoy the long weekend. You better be leaving town.
Me: Headed to the mountains.