Formatting Standards(Calibre)

centuryx476 · 05-10-2013, 10:43 PM

Hello,

I like to have my eBooks as perfect as possible. What I mean by this is their are no bad spacing in the paragraphs(Ex: At the start of every paragraph it is indented and makes it look very out of alignment). Is there any way I can create a standard conversion template so that when I pass the.epub or .mobi thru it in calibre it fixes all the paragraphs and all to a set standard?

Do I use Sigil? If I do can anyone point me to like a step by step tutorial on how to use Sigil because that software is a little confusing...

Thank you

theducks · 05-10-2013, 11:36 PM

I like indented paragraphs (and Justified)

But for you other folk, there is conversion settings to remove the indent

Preferences: Common Options: Look and Feel

NOTE: If you have converted a title, it remembers the settings IT used...There is a reset button (or Tick box, in Bulk mode) on the conversion dialog to refresh to the preferences DEFAULTS.

centuryx476 · 05-12-2013, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I like indented paragraphs (and Justified)

But for you other folk, there is conversion settings to remove the indent

Preferences: Common Options: Look and Feel

NOTE: If you have converted a title, it remembers the settings IT used...There is a reset button (or Tick box, in Bulk mode) on the conversion dialog to refresh to the preferences DEFAULTS.

Wow, thank you very much. So simple that was and yet so stupid I am that I missed that setting.

Thank again

theducks · 05-12-2013, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by centuryx476

Wow, thank you very much. So simple that was and yet so stupid I am that I missed that setting.

Thank again

Calibre does have more than 1 or 2 settings

05-10-2013, 10:43 PM	#1
centuryx476 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Nook Color	Formatting Standards(Calibre) Hello, I like to have my eBooks as perfect as possible. What I mean by this is their are no bad spacing in the paragraphs(Ex: At the start of every paragraph it is indented and makes it look very out of alignment). Is there any way I can create a standard conversion template so that when I pass the.epub or .mobi thru it in calibre it fixes all the paragraphs and all to a set standard? Do I use Sigil? If I do can anyone point me to like a step by step tutorial on how to use Sigil because that software is a little confusing... Thank you

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05-10-2013, 11:36 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,939 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I like indented paragraphs (and Justified) But for you other folk, there is conversion settings to remove the indent Preferences: Common Options: Look and Feel NOTE: If you have converted a title, it remembers the settings IT used...There is a reset button (or Tick box, in Bulk mode) on the conversion dialog to refresh to the preferences DEFAULTS.

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