Please help! Indent question

nmc2136 · 10-21-2014, 11:45 PM

I am trying to convert an MS Word doc file to epub on Calibre and having a problem. The spacing of my indentations are not consistent.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I went into the "Look and Feel" option and changed the Indent Size field to "no change" since my document already had indentations. But when I view the converted file on a tablet, the indentation of each paragraph varies by a few spaces.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you!

PeterT · 10-21-2014, 11:57 PM

How is your Word documented formatted? Styles throughout, or, tabs / spaces to cause indents? If styles, are you consistent in how they are used.

nmc2136 · 10-22-2014, 12:04 AM

I used tabs for each paragraph indent. Is that incorrect?

eschwartz · 10-22-2014, 12:26 AM

You will want to use styles.

PeterT · 10-22-2014, 12:54 AM

Think this way. Letters, words, punctuation marks make up the content of what you are writing.

Styles define how it is displayed.

So using spaces or tabs to control layout is a problem.

nmc2136 · 10-22-2014, 09:53 AM

I am not sure how to use styles to indent my paragraphs, so should I just remove the tabs at the beginning of each paragraph and set the indent on Calibre?

Thanks!

BetterRed · 10-22-2014, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nmc2136

I am not sure how to use styles to indent my paragraphs, so should I just remove the tabs at the beginning of each paragraph and set the indent on Calibre?

Thanks!

@nmc2136 - In Word select/highlight a paragraph, click on a Style in the Home group, use Normal style for the body the text. If you right click a style you can Modify its properties - Formats->Paragraph for indentation spacing etc, Formats->Fonts for type faces etc. The standard keyboard shortcut to apply Normal Style is ctrl/shift/n.

BR

10-21-2014, 11:45 PM	#1
nmc2136 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Apple iPad (1st gen.)	Please help! Indent question I am trying to convert an MS Word doc file to epub on Calibre and having a problem. The spacing of my indentations are not consistent. Has anyone else encountered this problem? I went into the "Look and Feel" option and changed the Indent Size field to "no change" since my document already had indentations. But when I view the converted file on a tablet, the indentation of each paragraph varies by a few spaces. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you!

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10-21-2014, 11:57 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,309 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	How is your Word documented formatted? Styles throughout, or, tabs / spaces to cause indents? If styles, are you consistent in how they are used.

10-22-2014, 12:04 AM	#3
nmc2136 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Apple iPad (1st gen.)	I used tabs for each paragraph indent. Is that incorrect?

10-22-2014, 12:26 AM	#4
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)	You will want to use styles.

10-22-2014, 12:54 AM	#5
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,309 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Think this way. Letters, words, punctuation marks make up the content of what you are writing. Styles define how it is displayed. So using spaces or tabs to control layout is a problem.

10-22-2014, 09:53 AM	#6
nmc2136 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2014 Device: Apple iPad (1st gen.)	I am not sure how to use styles to indent my paragraphs, so should I just remove the tabs at the beginning of each paragraph and set the indent on Calibre? Thanks!