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Old 08-16-2011, 09:42 PM   #1
goldenhair
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Conversion from ePub to PDF almost perfect, but...

Hey everyone!

So I've been trying to find a way to get neat PDFs when converting from an e-reader friendly format, like lit, epub or mobi. I've reached a pretty decent result but there's still something bugging me: I can't seem to add margins on the top and bottom of the PDF. I'm going to tell you what I do so you can hopefully tell me where I go wrong.

First, in the Look & Feel section, I change the base font size to 18,0 pt and put this:
Quote:
body {
font-family:Times New Roman, Georgia, serif;
margin-top:50px;
margin-bottom:50px;
margin-left:50px;
margin-right:50px;
}
under "Extra CSS".

Then, in the Page Setup section (and I suspect this is where it somehow goes wrong), I select iPad as the Output Profile because I've found it's one of the only profiles that doesn't produce a giant font.
I then put every margin (top, bottom, left and right) at 50px and convert.

I get a pretty good result, and I've found I can change the left and right margins as I please, but no matter what I do the top and bottom margin remain the same (ie: nearly non existent).
Interestingly enough, if I delete the margin info in the extra CSS section, the result is the same.

Any ideas?
Thank you!

Last edited by goldenhair; 08-16-2011 at 09:45 PM.
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