Anyway to remove paragraph spaces in pdb files?

twister · 03-11-2009, 09:03 PM

I'm using python2.6/ereader2html to convert my library of books I bought to html files and then using Calibre to convert to mobi files for my Kindle 2. It has worked great but I would like to remove the spaces in between the paragraphs. I have checked the remove space option in Calibre and it has not worked. The paragraphs are not indented so this probably would not work anyway unless these feature would indent paragraphs as well.

I have opened the html files in Word (2007) and tried to do it with find and replace with no luck. There is no paragraph markers, there is 2 manual line breaks.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

desertgrandma · 03-11-2009, 09:11 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, twister.

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susan_cassidy · 03-12-2009, 05:54 PM

In the Word Find and Replace menu, can't you specify (using the special character options) "line break" "line break" and replace with one line break or a paragraph marker?

twister · 03-12-2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

In the Word Find and Replace menu, can't you specify (using the special character options) "line break" "line break" and replace with one line break or a paragraph marker?

Thank you. I don't know why I didn't think of that. That worked. Thanks!

03-11-2009, 09:03 PM	#1
twister Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 3 and 2	Anyway to remove paragraph spaces in pdb files? I'm using python2.6/ereader2html to convert my library of books I bought to html files and then using Calibre to convert to mobi files for my Kindle 2. It has worked great but I would like to remove the spaces in between the paragraphs. I have checked the remove space option in Calibre and it has not worked. The paragraphs are not indented so this probably would not work anyway unless these feature would indent paragraphs as well. I have opened the html files in Word (2007) and tried to do it with find and replace with no luck. There is no paragraph markers, there is 2 manual line breaks. Any ideas? Thanks!

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03-11-2009, 09:11 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Welcome to MobileRead, twister. Someone will surely answer your questions shortly. In the meantime, check out the free books we have here, and enjoy the forums.

03-12-2009, 05:54 PM	#3
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	In the Word Find and Replace menu, can't you specify (using the special character options) "line break" "line break" and replace with one line break or a paragraph marker?

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