How to make the margins smaller in ePub? - Page 2

ps67 · 11-22-2019, 09:00 AM

Another 2 thing I hate: font-size in the main paragraph and line-spacing. Both are useless.

dac10012 · 08-15-2022, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by deback

Another way to change any of the four margins is to use Convert. Open the preferences from the main Calibre window (ctrl-P). Click on Common Options and then click on Page Setup. Over near the bottom on the right, fill in the left and right margin lines with the values you prefer (I suggest setting left and right margins to 0). Click Apply and then when you convert, your margins will be what you've set under Page Setup

THIS WORKS!

JSWolf · 08-15-2022, 02:12 PM

IMHO, it's better to learn the code (unless you already know HTML/CSS) and change the margins. There could be other issues such as font size for the main text, line height needing removing, paragraph spaces to remove, and other things you would want to fix that a conversion will not fix.

dac10012 · 08-15-2022, 03:29 PM

I use FBR (Favorite Book Reader) with my android to read epubs and it allows you to change font size and adjust line spacing. It even allows you to change the margins...to a point. For some epubs, even when you set the R and L margins to 0, you end up with thousands of pages of what looks like a newspaper column. I have been using Calibre to convert epubs, which sometimes corrects the margins to something readable and also allows inserting a book cover where there is none. However, I was not aware of this handy preference feature which also allows you to shrink the margins of the epub you are converting. And you don't have to know how to program. No problems so far and the simplest solution I have found to a frustrating problem.

Sirtel · 08-15-2022, 03:40 PM

CSS/HTML code has nothing to do with programming. It's pretty simple, actually. Anyone can learn it relatively quickly. I did and I know zilch about computer programming.

Sometimes there are things one can only fix with editing the book code, not by conversion.

dac10012 · 08-15-2022, 03:52 PM

I don't have time to learn how to edit book code. This is easier and anyone can do it. To each his own.

theducks · 08-15-2022, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dac10012

I don't have time to learn how to edit book code. This is easier and anyone can do it. To each his own.

You don't have time to learn simple CSS?

Well we don't have time to help folk that wont invest a bit of effort

JSWolf · 08-15-2022, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dac10012

I don't have time to learn how to edit book code. This is easier and anyone can do it. To each his own.

It's actually very easy. And the more you learn, the more you can fix. As has been said, there is a lot you cannot fix with a conversion.

dac10012 · 08-15-2022, 04:43 PM

I learned a simple fix to my problem on this forum. Thanks!

08-15-2022, 03:29 PM	#19
dac10012 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2022 Device: FBReader	Making epub margins smaller in Calibre I use FBR (Favorite Book Reader) with my android to read epubs and it allows you to change font size and adjust line spacing. It even allows you to change the margins...to a point. For some epubs, even when you set the R and L margins to 0, you end up with thousands of pages of what looks like a newspaper column. I have been using Calibre to convert epubs, which sometimes corrects the margins to something readable and also allows inserting a book cover where there is none. However, I was not aware of this handy preference feature which also allows you to shrink the margins of the epub you are converting. And you don't have to know how to program. No problems so far and the simplest solution I have found to a frustrating problem.

08-15-2022, 03:52 PM	#21
dac10012 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2022 Device: FBReader	Book code I don't have time to learn how to edit book code. This is easier and anyone can do it. To each his own.

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ps67 Guru Posts: 755 Karma: 7025494 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Italy Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Elipsa, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Inkpad Color	Another 2 thing I hate: font-size in the main paragraph and line-spacing. Both are useless.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,758 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	IMHO, it's better to learn the code (unless you already know HTML/CSS) and change the margins. There could be other issues such as font size for the main text, line height needing removing, paragraph spaces to remove, and other things you would want to fix that a conversion will not fix.

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dac10012 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2022 Device: FBReader	I learned a simple fix to my problem on this forum. Thanks!

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