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Old 01-18-2014, 11:25 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by elef View Post
Hi all, I'm trying to find a way to insert separators into e-books created with the converter (from txt files, mostly into .mobi format).
I have found one way of doing it: Add a line that only contains this:
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This is converted into a continuous horizontal line, which is fine for me. But there is a lot of wasted empty space after the line.
Like this:




I would like to pack text more tightly in order to get more text on the screen. So, is there any way to generate a similar horizontal line or other decent-looking separator element that is not followed by what is basically a blank line?
Those look similar to what Calibre calls soft scene breaks, A special Paragraph (found on the Conversion: Heuristic Process: tab of the conversion starting screen)

IMHO Paragraph Top (and bottom) Margins are the way to adjust the whitespace

To code a ( device robust) 74% width HR, 1/2em whitespace (in book editor)

Code:
usage: <hr class="hr74" />

Stylesheet: .hr74 {display block; margin: 0.5em 12%; text-align: center}
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