Ebook Viewer cutting off the first 1 or 2 characters

stevenospam · 10-14-2013, 01:04 PM

I've been searching the forum, without success, and hope someone can help me. I converted Mastering the Art Of French Cooking from azw3 to epub using Calibre 1.6. I had already removed the DRM. When I bring the epub copy up in Ebook Viewer on my PC (Windows 7 64bit), the first two characters are cut off. I'm attaching a screen snip.

A copy/paste of the same information has all the characters:
1 tsp salt
⅛ tsp freshly ground pepper
¼ tsp ground thyme or sage
⅛ tsp ground bay leaf
Pinch of allspice

I'm a Calibre newbie when it comes to margins etc. so please be specific if there is a setting I should change.

theducks · 10-14-2013, 01:54 PM

You may NOW have a Negative margin
Might be caused by stripping a Block quote on a Hanging indent (negative text-indent)

stevenospam · 10-14-2013, 03:28 PM

@theducks
Thanks for the response but I have no idea where to look for the problem you mentioned, the syntax that would cause the problem or how to fix it.

kovidgoyal · 10-14-2013, 03:34 PM

Disable remove fake margins in the structure detection section of the conversion dialog.

stevenospam · 10-15-2013, 10:42 AM

Removing the fake margins did the trick. Thanks so much! I would never have figured that out on my own.

10-14-2013, 01:04 PM	#1
stevenospam Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: PC & Kindle	Ebook Viewer cutting off the first 1 or 2 characters I've been searching the forum, without success, and hope someone can help me. I converted Mastering the Art Of French Cooking from azw3 to epub using Calibre 1.6. I had already removed the DRM. When I bring the epub copy up in Ebook Viewer on my PC (Windows 7 64bit), the first two characters are cut off. I'm attaching a screen snip. A copy/paste of the same information has all the characters: 1 tsp salt ⅛ tsp freshly ground pepper ¼ tsp ground thyme or sage ⅛ tsp ground bay leaf Pinch of allspice I'm a Calibre newbie when it comes to margins etc. so please be specific if there is a setting I should change. Attached Thumbnails

10-15-2013, 10:42 AM	#5
stevenospam Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: PC & Kindle	Solved Removing the fake margins did the trick. Thanks so much! I would never have figured that out on my own.

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10-14-2013, 01:54 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,928 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You may NOW have a Negative margin Might be caused by stripping a Block quote on a Hanging indent (negative text-indent)

10-14-2013, 03:28 PM	#3
stevenospam Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: PC & Kindle	@theducks Thanks for the response but I have no idea where to look for the problem you mentioned, the syntax that would cause the problem or how to fix it.

10-14-2013, 03:34 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,240 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Disable remove fake margins in the structure detection section of the conversion dialog.

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