MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Software > Calibre > Conversion
Reload this Page Drop caps

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 05-18-2014, 08:31 PM   #1
RandyK
Junior Member
RandyK began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 1
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2014
Device: none
Drop caps
I'm having trouble with my drop caps at the start of each chapter. They're a line too low and the line they're supposed to be on is indented. The original document is in World, converted to HTML, then to MOBI and EPUB. Everthing looks fine until it goes through the conversion. Any suggestions? I'm new at this.

Thanks
RandyK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-18-2014, 09:01 PM   #2
BetterRed
null operator (he/him)
BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.BetterRed ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 20,583
Karma: 26954694
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sydney Australia
Device: none
If you have Word 2007 or later try saving as DOCX and convert the DOCX to EPUB/MOBI.

See http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/conv...-specific-tips

There is a sample DOCX you can download at that link, IIRC it includes Drop Caps

Also see http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....ats-to-convert

BR
BetterRed is online now   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 05-18-2014, 09:13 PM   #3
theducks
Well trained by Cats
theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
theducks's Avatar
 
Posts: 29,812
Karma: 54830978
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Central Coast of California
Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A
Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyK View Post
I'm having trouble with my drop caps at the start of each chapter. They're a line too low and the line they're supposed to be on is indented. The original document is in World, converted to HTML, then to MOBI and EPUB. Everthing looks fine until it goes through the conversion. Any suggestions? I'm new at this.

Thanks
Did you have Remove spacing between Paragraphs selected in the Look and Feel section of Conversion.

IMHO there are things like Dropcaps that just need TLC by hand (use the ebook-editor). I do all my fine tuning with Sigil or the new editor and gave up on trying for that perfect conversion result. Usually, I can do a quickey edit way faster than futzing with unique settings.
theducks is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Is there a way to strip drop caps? ficbot Calibre 2 08-30-2013 11:06 AM
drop caps in paperwhite? morrow Kindle Formats 7 12-11-2012 12:10 PM
Drop caps huebi ePub 8 03-04-2012 06:25 AM
The opposite of drop caps LostSock ePub 13 09-13-2011 07:07 AM
newbiq Q about Drop Caps and Calibre NASCARaddicted Calibre 2 01-14-2010 07:03 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:17 AM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.