Thread: Aura HD Full Justification Need Help
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Old 08-31-2013, 06:02 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by xdrive View Post
I need help this is the first ereader I ever own, I have a couple of books epub with no DRM, I can change almost everything on them like fonts, weight,etc... the only thing I can't change is the justification on them, I would like to have full justification so it'll look like a real book. I have calibre and I've been trying to do it with no success.
More than likely this is because that particular epub contains internal css which is overriding the Kobo's 'justification buttons'.

If you understand how html & css works, this is easy enough to fix using the Sigil epub editor or calibre's Tweak ebook option.
  1. If the 'full justification' button has no effect, the internal css file probably contains one or more occurrences of text-align:left hard-coded in there. Removing them all should result in the Kobo buttons now working as expected. (Ideally, if you understand css well enough, you should remove only those occurrences which are causing the problem.)
  2. Alternatively, change every occurrence of text-align:left to text-align:justify. This option won't make the Kobo buttons work, but the book should now be full justified anyway.

If you're not comfortable with html/css there are a couple of calibre options you can try instead.
  1. Convert epub to epub and make sure that the Convert - Look&Feel - Text Justification box is set to Justify text. The Kobo justify buttons probably won't work but the book should be full justified anyway. Check by opening the converted epub in the calibre Viewer.
  2. Convert epub to epub with the following option set on the Convert - Look&Feel page. Find the Filter Style Information tab (about halfway down) and type text-align in the Other CSS Properties box. This option should allow the Kobo justify buttons to work as expected but there is a big caveat. This option will also remove any specific centre-align or right-align settings, e.g. centred headings will end up left-aligned. This may or may not be important to you.

Whichever of the 4 options you pick you will need to re-send-to-device the epub to the Kobo. Hope you can find something which works for you.
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