Padding - compiling to ePub

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Hi,

Is there a way of adding padding to individual pages within a manuscript?

I have no padding in my manuscript at present, which is fine for the majority of my pages, but the text in my half-title and copyright pages is sitting at the top of the screen and I’d like to find a way of padding it to bring it down, closer to the middle.

Thanks

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Hi,

You can use the “Page padding” setting in the “Formatting” pane of compile to add padding to the top of pages that follow a page break.

All the best,
Keith

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I didn’t explain properly…

Each of my chapters is a separate document and each has the ‘page break before’ box ticked under ‘Contents’ because I want each chapter to start on a fresh page. I was looking for a way of singling out pages for individual tweaking. Is there a way to do in Scrivener, or do I have to get into the ePub file and tinker with the HTML?

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Ah, okay. The only way to tweak them individually would be by either hierarchical placement or type. So, a level 2 document can have different padding to a level 1 document, and a folder can have different padding to a text document. Beyond that, you would need to tweak it externally.

All the best,
Keith

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Thanks Keith,

I converted my problem pages to folders and applied the padding as you suggested. Worked perfectly.

Regards

Steve