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wallcraft · 01-22-2011, 11:03 PM

There isn't an easy way to get a background color in MOBI.

One simple approach is to use horizontal rules to separate the text.

In Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide Joshua Tallent suggests using tables for pull quotes, for example:

Code:

<div align="center">
 <table cellpadding="10" style="margin-left:0;">
 <tr><td><hr width="500" /></td></tr>
 <tr><td align="center" border="1" style="background-color:#C0C0C0">We must have a concrete idea of anything, even if it be an imaginary idea, before we can comprehend it.</td></tr>
 <tr><td><hr width="500" /></td></tr>
 </table>
 </div>

On the Kindle 2 (and 3?) this will have a background color.

01-22-2011, 11:03 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	There isn't an easy way to get a background color in MOBI. One simple approach is to use horizontal rules to separate the text. In Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide Joshua Tallent suggests using tables for pull quotes, for example: Code: <div align="center"> <table cellpadding="10" style="margin-left:0;"> <tr><td><hr width="500" /></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" border="1" style="background-color:#C0C0C0">We must have a concrete idea of anything, even if it be an imaginary idea, before we can comprehend it.</td></tr> <tr><td><hr width="500" /></td></tr> </table> </div> On the Kindle 2 (and 3?) this will have a background color.