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retiredbiker · 01-03-2019, 07:59 PM

If you are in the editor, open the css file (there may be more than one...).

Search in the current file (or all style files) for

Code:

text-align: justify;

and replace with

Code:

text-align: left;

and do a replace all -- save the search so it's dead easy next time.

That's it for books that come fully justified...except for the odd one with really weird coding.

Now I have a Kindle and a Kobo. If there is no justification specified, the Kindle will do full justification, but the Kobo will not, it gives the ragged-right, which is what I need since I have to read with huge print. So if I'm editing a book and not sure where I'll read it (most books), I want to add explicit left justification to cover the Kindle. I find the common text styles for most paragraphs, and just add it in. (Actually I usually just copy in the whole style coding from my cheater file...standard indent, noindent, chapno, and so on styles. Then I have known and predictable code in the css. I always do things I can at the block level, not the body...call me a control freak.)

01-03-2019, 07:59 PM	#5
retiredbiker Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 3886916 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Pop_Os!, Kobo Forma	If you are in the editor, open the css file (there may be more than one...). Search in the current file (or all style files) for Code: text-align: justify; and replace with Code: text-align: left; and do a replace all -- save the search so it's dead easy next time. That's it for books that come fully justified...except for the odd one with really weird coding. Now I have a Kindle and a Kobo. If there is no justification specified, the Kindle will do full justification, but the Kobo will not, it gives the ragged-right, which is what I need since I have to read with huge print. So if I'm editing a book and not sure where I'll read it (most books), I want to add explicit left justification to cover the Kindle. I find the common text styles for most paragraphs, and just add it in. (Actually I usually just copy in the whole style coding from my cheater file...standard indent, noindent, chapno, and so on styles. Then I have known and predictable code in the css. I always do things I can at the block level, not the body...call me a control freak.)