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Borek · 06-09-2014, 10:53 AM

Hi All,

Did some searching of the forum, but couldn't find anything relevant.

I have an OpenOffice.org document that I am trying to convert to ebook formats. I am doing it using Calibre. Documents is correctly exported to EPUB (or at least it is converted in a way that satisfies me, taking into account I have about two hours experience only).

Problem is with conversion to MOBI. Part of the document contains indented text that tries to simulate forum discussion, with headers and quotes. Something like

Code:

What he saw on the screen was:
     John wrote:
          in the answer to Borek's post:
               Problem is with conversion to MOBI. Part of the document
               contains indented text that tries to simulate forum discussion,
               with headers and quotes.
          Don't use MOBI.

With each indent being 1 cm.

Unfortunately, in MOBI these indents become so large, "Problem is with conversion..." is shifted right way too far, so any longer text becomes barely readable (split between many lines containing just a word or two), something like:

Code:

What he saw on the screen was:
                John wrote:
                                in the answer to Borek's post:
                                                Problem is with conversion 
                                                to MOBI. Part of the 
                                                document contains 
                                                indented text that tries to 
                                                simulate forum discussion,
                                                with headers and quotes.
                Don't use MOBI.

Anyone had this problem before? Any idea what to do?

06-09-2014, 10:53 AM	#1
Borek Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kindle	problems with indented text when converting to MOBI Hi All, Did some searching of the forum, but couldn't find anything relevant. I have an OpenOffice.org document that I am trying to convert to ebook formats. I am doing it using Calibre. Documents is correctly exported to EPUB (or at least it is converted in a way that satisfies me, taking into account I have about two hours experience only). Problem is with conversion to MOBI. Part of the document contains indented text that tries to simulate forum discussion, with headers and quotes. Something like Code: What he saw on the screen was: John wrote: in the answer to Borek's post: Problem is with conversion to MOBI. Part of the document contains indented text that tries to simulate forum discussion, with headers and quotes. Don't use MOBI. With each indent being 1 cm. Unfortunately, in MOBI these indents become so large, "Problem is with conversion..." is shifted right way too far, so any longer text becomes barely readable (split between many lines containing just a word or two), something like: Code: What he saw on the screen was: John wrote: in the answer to Borek's post: Problem is with conversion to MOBI. Part of the document contains indented text that tries to simulate forum discussion, with headers and quotes. Don't use MOBI. Anyone had this problem before? Any idea what to do? Last edited by Borek; 06-09-2014 at 06:17 PM.