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David Derrico · 08-03-2010, 05:34 PM

First of all, thank you for an excellent e-book organization and conversion program.

I recently started using Calibre not only for organization, but also to format my e-books, by converting my HTML files into MOBI and ePub formats.

For the output, I prefer first line indents in paragraphs, with no blank lines between paragraphs.

My problem is that I can set the Calibre export options to (a) leave blank lines between paragraphs and retain the paragraph indents encoded in my HTML /CSS, or (b) remove blank lines and add paragraph indents of a set amount. The problem with option (b) is that it adds paragraph indents even to centered lines (such as chapter headings), which makes them off-center. This is regardless of the CSS styles I specify (where <p> tags have a first-line indent set and <h1> or other centered styles have the first-line indent set to 0).

I was wondering if either I am missing a way to get what I want (no blank lines between paragraphs, but it respects the existence or absence of first-line indents I set through CSS), or if this is perhaps a feature that could be added to a future version of Calibre? (Perhaps a check-box to "retain paragraph indents set through CSS when removing blank lines" or "do not add indents to centered lines.") As far as I can tell, this one nitpick is the only thing preventing Calibre from creating perfect MOBI output for me.

Thank you in advance for any help on this matter!

08-03-2010, 05:34 PM	#1
David Derrico Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 510132 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South Florida Device: Kindle 3 & Kobo Wireless	Calibre Indent Issue When Removing Blank Lines (Converting From HTML to MOBI or EPUB) First of all, thank you for an excellent e-book organization and conversion program. I recently started using Calibre not only for organization, but also to format my e-books, by converting my HTML files into MOBI and ePub formats. For the output, I prefer first line indents in paragraphs, with no blank lines between paragraphs. My problem is that I can set the Calibre export options to (a) leave blank lines between paragraphs and retain the paragraph indents encoded in my HTML /CSS, or (b) remove blank lines and add paragraph indents of a set amount. The problem with option (b) is that it adds paragraph indents even to centered lines (such as chapter headings), which makes them off-center. This is regardless of the CSS styles I specify (where <p> tags have a first-line indent set and <h1> or other centered styles have the first-line indent set to 0). I was wondering if either I am missing a way to get what I want (no blank lines between paragraphs, but it respects the existence or absence of first-line indents I set through CSS), or if this is perhaps a feature that could be added to a future version of Calibre? (Perhaps a check-box to "retain paragraph indents set through CSS when removing blank lines" or "do not add indents to centered lines.") As far as I can tell, this one nitpick is the only thing preventing Calibre from creating perfect MOBI output for me. Thank you in advance for any help on this matter!