Easy way to remove carriage returns between paragraphs?

Alda · 11-06-2014, 12:52 PM

Hi,

I have a manuscript that I'm converting to ebook format using Sigil. The original was written in block paragraph style, i.e. with a return between each paragraph. I would prefer a regular paragraph style - no spaces between them, and with an indent for each one. Is there any easy way to do that with a stylesheet, and if yes, could someone give me the css for that?

Thank you!

Alda

UPDATE: Never mind, I googled around and figured out how to do this using Calibre. I don't know how to delete this post so will have to leave it here, but no answer required.

Notjohn · 11-07-2014, 11:00 AM

Personally, I would keep Calibre out of the process, if you can find another way around.

If you have a double </p><p> tag, a simple search & replace can change them to a single one, for example.

The indent would be handled in the style sheet. For a plain <p> you might do this:

p {
margin-top:0.0em;
margin-bottom:0.0em;
text-indent:1.0em;
text-align:justify;
}

You can see (and are welcome to borrow or adapt) my style sheet at http://notjohnkdp.blogspot.com/

11-06-2014, 12:52 PM	#1
Alda Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 22 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	Easy way to remove carriage returns between paragraphs? Hi, I have a manuscript that I'm converting to ebook format using Sigil. The original was written in block paragraph style, i.e. with a return between each paragraph. I would prefer a regular paragraph style - no spaces between them, and with an indent for each one. Is there any easy way to do that with a stylesheet, and if yes, could someone give me the css for that? Thank you! Alda UPDATE: Never mind, I googled around and figured out how to do this using Calibre. I don't know how to delete this post so will have to leave it here, but no answer required. Last edited by Alda; 11-06-2014 at 01:11 PM.

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11-07-2014, 11:00 AM	#2
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Personally, I would keep Calibre out of the process, if you can find another way around. If you have a double </p><p> tag, a simple search & replace can change them to a single one, for example. The indent would be handled in the style sheet. For a plain <p> you might do this: p { margin-top:0.0em; margin-bottom:0.0em; text-indent:1.0em; text-align:justify; } You can see (and are welcome to borrow or adapt) my style sheet at http://notjohnkdp.blogspot.com/