Can't remove wide margin left side :(

allowingtoo · 10-02-2011, 01:11 PM

The Author somehow has included a WIDE margin on the left side of the book and for the life of me I can't find out how to remove it. This is what it says at the top of the page:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Learning</title>
<link href="../Styles/stylesheet1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/

@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; }
/*]]>*/
</style>
</head>

<body class="calibre" id="filepos175">
<div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_2"></div>

<blockquote class="calibre8">
<blockquote class="calibre9">
<a class="calibre13" href="../Text/Learning_split_002.html#filepos18839"><span class="calibre3 italic bold calibre14 underline">One</span></a>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>

<blockquote class="calibre8">
<blockquote class="calibre9">
C<span class="calibre4">ODY</span> C<span class="calibre4">OLEMAN</span> <span class="calibre4">

******************

But then I see on down in the page:

</blockquote>
</blockquote>

<blockquote class="calibre10">
<blockquote class="calibre11">

and I don't think I've ever see that before. Is that what is making it do that?

theducks · 10-02-2011, 01:30 PM

That is NOT a margin problem.

You have nested (2 sets deep of) blockquotes. Each steps in a set amount (usually determined by the reading device).
Remove a (matching) pair an see if it pleases

You showed multiple PAIRS:
Be sure to get the correct TAG pairs or

allowingtoo · 10-02-2011, 01:57 PM

Oh, I didn't see that.

But I did find another answer through searching again through the Calibre forum. Duh. I haven't used Sigil enough.

Searching through the Stylesheet showed me that there was a .5em margin coded in there. Once I set that to Zero I was all set

I didn't even know the stylesheet was there or that I could edit it.

Learn something new everyday. I love Sigil.

10-02-2011, 01:11 PM	#1
allowingtoo Bibliophile Posts: 154 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Amazon	Can't remove wide margin left side :( The Author somehow has included a WIDE margin on the left side of the book and for the life of me I can't find out how to remove it. This is what it says at the top of the page: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Learning</title> <link href="../Styles/stylesheet1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css"> /<![CDATA[/ @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } /]]>/ </style> </head> <body class="calibre" id="filepos175"> <div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_2"></div> <blockquote class="calibre8"> <blockquote class="calibre9"> <a class="calibre13" href="../Text/Learning_split_002.html#filepos18839"><span class="calibre3 italic bold calibre14 underline">One</span></a> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote class="calibre8"> <blockquote class="calibre9"> C<span class="calibre4">ODY</span> C<span class="calibre4">OLEMAN</span> <span class="calibre4"> ****************** But then I see on down in the page: </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote class="calibre10"> <blockquote class="calibre11"> and I don't think I've ever see that before. Is that what is making it do that?

10-02-2011, 01:30 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	That is NOT a margin problem. You have nested (2 sets deep of) blockquotes. Each steps in a set amount (usually determined by the reading device). Remove a (matching) pair an see if it pleases You showed multiple PAIRS: Be sure to get the correct TAG pairs or Last edited by theducks; 10-02-2011 at 05:12 PM. Reason: typo

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10-02-2011, 01:57 PM	#3
allowingtoo Bibliophile Posts: 154 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Amazon	Oh, I didn't see that. But I did find another answer through searching again through the Calibre forum. Duh. I haven't used Sigil enough. Searching through the Stylesheet showed me that there was a .5em margin coded in there. Once I set that to Zero I was all set I didn't even know the stylesheet was there or that I could edit it. Learn something new everyday. I love Sigil.