Borderless tables in kindle?

wolf30 · 06-18-2018, 07:37 PM

Is it possible to have borderless tables in your kindle mobi files?

In my word document my tables show up as borderless, however when I try to preview it using the kindle previewer, there are now grey borders around my tables which is very frustrating. If I change it to have borders then its black borders. Is there a way to format it in word so that there are no borders when I upload my document to be converted to the kindle mobi format?

Hitch · 06-20-2018, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf30

Is it possible to have borderless tables in your kindle mobi files?

In my word document my tables show up as borderless, however when I try to preview it using the kindle previewer, there are now grey borders around my tables which is very frustrating. If I change it to have borders then its black borders. Is there a way to format it in word so that there are no borders when I upload my document to be converted to the kindle mobi format?

I am not expert in creating eBooks from Word, but I am in creating them in HTML. As far as I know, there is no way to force the borderless issue, only using Word, but if you can learn a bit of code/markup, you can fairly easily do that using HTML and CSS.

Hitch

kso · 06-21-2018, 10:20 AM

If the book is mobi _only_ do

Code:

<table border=0>

. If not, do it in your CSS:

Code:

table {border:none;border-collapse:collapse;}

Hitch · 06-21-2018, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kso

If the book is mobi _only_ do

Code:

<table border=0>

. If not, do it in your CSS:

Code:

table {border:none;border-collapse:collapse;}

S/he is working in Word, not HTML.

Hitch

wolf30 · 06-22-2018, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

I am not expert in creating eBooks from Word, but I am in creating them in HTML. As far as I know, there is no way to force the borderless issue, only using Word, but if you can learn a bit of code/markup, you can fairly easily do that using HTML and CSS.

Hitch

Can I edit the document in word somehow to incorporate the html or css code to the file and then convert it to the mobi format?

Hitch · 06-22-2018, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf30

Can I edit the document in word somehow to incorporate the html or css code to the file and then convert it to the mobi format?

You can use the STYLES. That's pretty much all you can do. Presumably, you're doing that now, is that right? Are you creating a special style, for the table?

Hitch

kso · 06-22-2018, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

S/he is working in Word, not HTML.

Hitch

Because s/he said "I am not expert in creating eBooks from Word, but I am in creating them in HTML" I assumed it'd make sense to export from word - which I don't use (linux only) to HTML, making the changes where they're not interfered with.

klaus

Hitch · 06-22-2018, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kso

Because s/he said "I am not expert in creating eBooks from Word, but I am in creating them in HTML" I assumed it'd make sense to export from word - which I don't use (linux only) to HTML, making the changes where they're not interfered with.

klaus

Klaus:

That was me, not the poster. :-)

Hitch

wolf30 · 06-22-2018, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

You can use the STYLES. That's pretty much all you can do. Presumably, you're doing that now, is that right? Are you creating a special style, for the table?

Hitch

No I'm not. I'm only doing that for the headers and the text. I didn't know you could do that also for tables. Let me try.

Update: I just tried creating a new table style and selecting no borders and saving it. When I apply the new style and try to preview it in the kindle viewer all of the borders are added back. Man, this is so frustrating.

Hitch · 06-22-2018, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf30

No I'm not. I'm only doing that for the headers and the text. I didn't know you could do that also for tables. Let me try.

Update: I just tried creating a new table style and selecting no borders and saving it. When I apply the new style and try to preview it in the kindle viewer all of the borders are added back. Man, this is so frustrating.

Yeah, I'm sorry--you're going to have to create an ePUB, crack that open in Sigil or in the Calibre ePUB editor, and tweak the code. I'm sorry, i wish I could tell you some magic way to do it in Word, but there's a reason that those of us who make more-complex books do it in code.

if you make the ePUB, find the applicable coding, and then pop back in with it here, we'll all pitch in to address it for you.

:-)

Hitch

kso · 06-27-2018, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

Klaus:

That was me, not the poster. :-)

Hitch

Arrrgh - lack of coffee. Sorry 'bout that.

Hitch · 06-27-2018, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kso

Arrrgh - lack of coffee. Sorry 'bout that.

:-) I know the feeling.

Hitch

theducks · 06-30-2018, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kso

Arrrgh - lack of coffee. Sorry 'bout that.

There is never enough Coffee

06-18-2018, 07:37 PM	#1
wolf30 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: kindle	Borderless tables in kindle? Is it possible to have borderless tables in your kindle mobi files? In my word document my tables show up as borderless, however when I try to preview it using the kindle previewer, there are now grey borders around my tables which is very frustrating. If I change it to have borders then its black borders. Is there a way to format it in word so that there are no borders when I upload my document to be converted to the kindle mobi format?

06-21-2018, 10:20 AM	#3
kso Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: UK Device: Android, iPad, iPod, kindle {keyboard,fire7,hdx8.9} kobo, Sony PRS 600	If the book is mobi _only_ do Code: <table border=0> . If not, do it in your CSS: Code: table {border:none;border-collapse:collapse;}

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