Shading in cells in tables - MS Word to epub

Denwayz · 04-12-2018, 08:51 PM

MS Word allows for shading in the cells of tables, but this disappears on Calibre conversion. Is there a way to keep them without turning the table into an image?

kovidgoyal · 04-12-2018, 09:48 PM

If you mean background color it is kept automatically. See the sample docx conversion: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...word-documents

Denwayz · 04-18-2018, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If you mean background color it is kept automatically. See the sample docx conversion: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...word-documents

Take a look at the attached screenshots. In the first (MsW) cells are shaded, and in the second (Calibre converted) they are unshaded.

kovidgoyal · 04-18-2018, 08:17 PM

Then presumably you are using something other than background color to achieve that shading.

Denwayz · 04-18-2018, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Then presumably you are using something other than background color to achieve that shading.

As shown in the example, this is controlled by MsWord Borders & Shading for cells in a table. In this case, the shading was set at 10%. Since Calibre picks up the border setting(s), why not the shading?

kovidgoyal · 04-18-2018, 11:31 PM

Because there is no equivalent to shading in CSS.

Denwayz · 04-18-2018, 11:36 PM

I assume then that the only alternative is to print the MsWord table, photograph it, and insert the image into the MsWord text in place of the table. Yes?

kovidgoyal · 04-19-2018, 12:41 AM

Or just use a background color instead like in the sample docx file I linked to.

Denwayz · 04-19-2018, 07:33 PM

I see that there manual mentions a demo file, but where is it to be found? There is no link from there.

I very much doubt that background color will allow for scaling (text that fades into and out of view depending on the weight/percent) unless perhaps it is tweaked in html. If you mean MsWord's text highlight color, it won't fill the entire cell AFAIK, but there may be a way.

PeterT · 04-19-2018, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denwayz

I see that there manual mentions a demo file, but where is it to be found? There is no link from there.

See https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/conversion.html

The demo is at https://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/demos/demo.docx

04-12-2018, 08:51 PM	#1
Denwayz Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: None	Shading in cells in tables - MS Word to epub MS Word allows for shading in the cells of tables, but this disappears on Calibre conversion. Is there a way to keep them without turning the table into an image?

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04-12-2018, 09:48 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you mean background color it is kept automatically. See the sample docx conversion: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...word-documents

04-18-2018, 08:17 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Then presumably you are using something other than background color to achieve that shading.

04-18-2018, 11:31 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Because there is no equivalent to shading in CSS.

04-18-2018, 11:36 PM	#7
Denwayz Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: None	I assume then that the only alternative is to print the MsWord table, photograph it, and insert the image into the MsWord text in place of the table. Yes?

04-19-2018, 12:41 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Or just use a background color instead like in the sample docx file I linked to.

04-19-2018, 07:33 PM	#9
Denwayz Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: None	I see that there manual mentions a demo file, but where is it to be found? There is no link from there. I very much doubt that background color will allow for scaling (text that fades into and out of view depending on the weight/percent) unless perhaps it is tweaked in html. If you mean MsWord's text highlight color, it won't fill the entire cell AFAIK, but there may be a way.

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