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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Your indents should be in ems, not pts. I use 1.2em and that looks good without being too wide an indent. So change these ##.##pt indents to 1.2em and see what you think. Yo can change from there if you don't like 1.2em. 1.5em (to me) seems to be the largest size to use without being overly large.
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Yes, obviously ems are best for ebooks & webpages.
However, the word processor only uses absolute (except for fonts which can be %), such as metric, imperial or points. It's not possible to specify indents in ems in the source. I do edit the styles in the source and save different versions for paperback (export PDF), Smashwords (save As .doc), Amazon (save As .doc)and Google (I edit the Smashwords ePub). The Smashwords converted ePub and Amazon mobi from .doc exported from Libre Office is fine.
There IS an option to remove blank lines and put an indent based on ems in Calibre. However that messes up some aspects. Editing the css for the body text to 1.5em is better, Calibre seems to do it to all styles.
Sometimes (whatever it is), the Kobo H2O DOES do correct indent for the body text. Note that it's not a problem on Calibre's own eReader, or on other ePub ereaders or conversion to Mobi.
So though whatever it is due to Calibre conversion, only my Kobo H2O is "sensitive" to this issue.