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andrewdru · 08-29-2011, 04:06 AM

aahhaaa... I think I have found the solution.

MOBI format will only preserve paragraph spacing if the css margin-top is used. It will ignore margin-bottom. Further, the units of margin-top must be in Ems or similar, not cms.

My paragraphs were formatted mostly with space after, rather than space before. Bit tragic really!

Further, in my setup I started with an .odt file, with paragraph spacing measured in pts. Calibre has converted this spacing into cms. Is there a way to persuade it to make the conversion into Ems so the MOBI format will read it?

I hope this discovery might help others mystified by the vagaries of Kindle and paragraph spacing!

Thanks for you help.

08-29-2011, 04:06 AM	#12
andrewdru Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Canberra Device: calibre	aahhaaa... I think I have found the solution. MOBI format will only preserve paragraph spacing if the css margin-top is used. It will ignore margin-bottom. Further, the units of margin-top must be in Ems or similar, not cms. My paragraphs were formatted mostly with space after, rather than space before. Bit tragic really! Further, in my setup I started with an .odt file, with paragraph spacing measured in pts. Calibre has converted this spacing into cms. Is there a way to persuade it to make the conversion into Ems so the MOBI format will read it? I hope this discovery might help others mystified by the vagaries of Kindle and paragraph spacing! Thanks for you help.