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Zora · 11-04-2013, 03:23 AM

I used to check my finished epubs by viewing them in Calibre for the ePub version and in the Kindle app for the mobi version (after I had made sure that they passed the online ePub Validator). Someone with more formatting experience than I have told me that Adobe Digital Editions was the ePub reader to use for checking the appearance; this was the program that all the big publishers used.

So I downloaded and installed it on my desktop and ... I'm flummoxed by the fact the pages display with no margins at all. I get a white page on a black background, with the text snugging up to the left margin. I hate the look. I cannot figure out how to adjust ADE to display with margins. I am afraid to tweak my .css file, because the books do display properly in all other apps and on all devices. Not just for my apps and devices, but on those used by the readers who bought books I had formatted. No complaints.

Is this just one of those oddities I should ignore? Or is there a way to configure my app or tweak my .css?

11-04-2013, 03:23 AM	#1
Zora Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Honolulu Device: iPod Touch, Nexus tablet	Setting margins for ADE I used to check my finished epubs by viewing them in Calibre for the ePub version and in the Kindle app for the mobi version (after I had made sure that they passed the online ePub Validator). Someone with more formatting experience than I have told me that Adobe Digital Editions was the ePub reader to use for checking the appearance; this was the program that all the big publishers used. So I downloaded and installed it on my desktop and ... I'm flummoxed by the fact the pages display with no margins at all. I get a white page on a black background, with the text snugging up to the left margin. I hate the look. I cannot figure out how to adjust ADE to display with margins. I am afraid to tweak my .css file, because the books do display properly in all other apps and on all devices. Not just for my apps and devices, but on those used by the readers who bought books I had formatted. No complaints. Is this just one of those oddities I should ignore? Or is there a way to configure my app or tweak my .css?