Mobi to Epub Text Alignment?

Dullahir · 03-17-2014, 02:48 PM

Greetings friends, it's been far too long.

My question of the hour is about the Calibre Conversion text alignment. When converting a mobi (or a PDF, or anything, really) to an Epub format, the text seems to desire aligning to the left.

Here is an example (And yes I read smut, deal with it, lol. I've also been on a few book covers.):

As you can see by the screesnhot, the text isn't central to the page, instead if is on the far-left. Is there a way to make it more central to the page? Thanks in advanced!

Nicolescu

eschwartz · 03-17-2014, 09:46 PM

Preferences ==> Conversion ==> Common Options ==> Look & Feel.

There is an option for "Text Justification", with your choice of "Original/Left align/Justify text".

It looks like your book has one paragraph per line, though. That probably means it was converted from a PDF, and you will need to "unwrap" it in the conversion settings, to make proper paragraphs that don't keep getting broken up in all the wrong places.

Dullahir · 03-17-2014, 11:23 PM

You're the best! Thank you so much for helping me.

Divingduck · 03-18-2014, 05:43 AM

In addition, look to the setting for Line unwrapping factor in the conversion dialog for PDF input and Heuristic Processing. Per default, these are set to 0.40 or 0.45. Make this smaller. I often use values between 0.12 and 0.25. You need to play around with these entries because this value is from book to book and content slightly different.

Edit: One remark. My answer relates only to PDF conversion.

03-17-2014, 02:48 PM	#1
Dullahir Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 13316 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Deva, Romania Device: Android	Mobi to Epub Text Alignment? Greetings friends, it's been far too long. My question of the hour is about the Calibre Conversion text alignment. When converting a mobi (or a PDF, or anything, really) to an Epub format, the text seems to desire aligning to the left. Here is an example (And yes I read smut, deal with it, lol. I've also been on a few book covers.): As you can see by the screesnhot, the text isn't central to the page, instead if is on the far-left. Is there a way to make it more central to the page? Thanks in advanced! Nicolescu Attached Thumbnails

03-18-2014, 05:43 AM	#4
Divingduck Wizard Posts: 1,166 Karma: 1410083 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-650	In addition, look to the setting for Line unwrapping factor in the conversion dialog for PDF input and Heuristic Processing. Per default, these are set to 0.40 or 0.45. Make this smaller. I often use values between 0.12 and 0.25. You need to play around with these entries because this value is from book to book and content slightly different. Edit: One remark. My answer relates only to PDF conversion. Last edited by Divingduck; 03-18-2014 at 06:01 AM.

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03-17-2014, 09:46 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Preferences ==> Conversion ==> Common Options ==> Look & Feel. There is an option for "Text Justification", with your choice of "Original/Left align/Justify text". It looks like your book has one paragraph per line, though. That probably means it was converted from a PDF, and you will need to "unwrap" it in the conversion settings, to make proper paragraphs that don't keep getting broken up in all the wrong places.

03-17-2014, 11:23 PM	#3
Dullahir Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 13316 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Deva, Romania Device: Android	You're the best! Thank you so much for helping me.