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andrewdru · 08-29-2011, 11:14 AM

Haaa, all problems solved.

I made one assumption when writing the above... actually my .odt file paragraph spacing was formatted in cms, not pts. As soon as I set Open Office Writer global measurement to pts, Calibre then formatted the ePub's css in pts.

And it appears that Kindle accepts pts in the margin-top css command. So I now have as much control over the paragraph spacing in Kindle as I can get, and it looks great on Kindle previewer and Kindle for Mac.

Btw - a tip I discovered...

Amazon say it's not possible to get your own documents into Kindle for Mac, I think. However, if you open them in KindlePreviewer, there is an option to 'Open in Kindle for Mac'. As far as I've seen so far, if you do this, your book becomes part of your library and is synched to Amazon and available then as part of your downloads, complete with bookmarks and other data.
Useful, eh!

Thanks to all who helped my troubleshoot this process.

Calibre certainly is a marvellous programme!

08-29-2011, 11:14 AM	#15
andrewdru Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Canberra Device: calibre	Haaa, all problems solved. I made one assumption when writing the above... actually my .odt file paragraph spacing was formatted in cms, not pts. As soon as I set Open Office Writer global measurement to pts, Calibre then formatted the ePub's css in pts. And it appears that Kindle accepts pts in the margin-top css command. So I now have as much control over the paragraph spacing in Kindle as I can get, and it looks great on Kindle previewer and Kindle for Mac. Btw - a tip I discovered... Amazon say it's not possible to get your own documents into Kindle for Mac, I think. However, if you open them in KindlePreviewer, there is an option to 'Open in Kindle for Mac'. As far as I've seen so far, if you do this, your book becomes part of your library and is synched to Amazon and available then as part of your downloads, complete with bookmarks and other data. Useful, eh! Thanks to all who helped my troubleshoot this process. Calibre certainly is a marvellous programme!