Kindle indesign plugin affecting epub exports??

I am having an issue that I can't find discussed anywhere so here goes. I have been exporting epubs for about two weeks now. Three days ago I downloaded the kindle plugin so I could get my ebook converted to a mobi file. After finally accepting the kindle limitations with fonts, spacing, etc. I finally created an acceptable kindle version of my book. BUT now whenever I generate an epub my output looks like a mobi. (lost all my fancy fonts, spacing, etc that used to work before I added the plugin) HELP....has anyone else experienced this issue? And yes, I do have seperated files and folders creating the two book files. I did this intentionally because of the limited font issue with the kindle. (btw, I am very new to all this so please keep suggestions simple)

I do have the latest Kindle plug-in installed and haven't had any problems exporting EPUB in InDesign CS5. I'd make sure you update your Kindle plug-in. I checked a week or two ago, and I had to redownload a later version. Also make sure InDesign is patched to the latest version 7.0.3. You could also try to restore your preferences in InDesign: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990

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I get the following message everytime when I try to export an Indesign document to epub.
" The file was exported but one or more problems were detected:
Resource: 1 missing
Macintosh HD:Ap…n
CS6.app:Contents:MacOS:template.css"
Can someone tell me what it means and what I can do to correct this.
Thanks
Regards
Claudine

Your InDesign CS6 file probably was created in an earlier version where the CSS file created was handled in a different way. It's associated with a "template.css" file that InDesign cannot find.
Choose File > Export > EPUB. Go to the Advanced panel. In the CSS Options section, select "template.css" in the Additional CSS section, and click Delete.

Cross reference not working properly in epub exported from IDCC

Hi,
I'm not sure whether this is a known issue within ID so forgive me for bringing it up if it is. I couldn't find any satisfying answer on this forum, hence my question.
It seems that cross references between the xhtml-docs created from split ID document during the epub export don't work properly. They link to the text anchors specified as relative links. My editor uses software compliant to many e-reader platforms that removes all the relative links between the xhtml files within any epub and replaces them by absolute hyperlinks (http://). The result is... broken links all over. Their specification asks for the the anchor entires in the content.opf file instead of the relative links. Is there a way to work it out in InDesign and have the content.opf file contain the navigation to the anchors in xhtml files within the epub?
I'm working with IDCC 9.1 btw. Would appreciate any help...
Kind regards, Kasia

Hi,
   Not sure exactly where you gone wrong.
   If you want the running sum to start from beginning for each YEAR and each LINES. Use this
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   If you want the running sum to start from beginning only for each LINES (regardless of YEARS). Use this
            =RunningSum([Sales revenue]; ([Lines]))
   Not sure why you added ROW in your functions. Hope this help. Works for me, just tested using my efashion with the same structure are yours.
Regards,
Ken
Edited by: Ken Low on May 9, 2011 8:15 AM
Edited by: Ken Low on May 9, 2011 8:17 AM

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