Widow/orphan control in conversions

starrigger · 06-14-2012, 04:24 PM

Hi everyone. A minor issue that's arisen in some of my recent conversions (of my own books) is widow/orphan control. I'd like to have it off, by default, so that book pages will have uniform lengths. I do have it off, by default, in Word when I format the books. But when I save to html and use Calibre to convert, the setting gets lost.

I can tweak the epub output by adding a bit of code to the CSS, but that requires hand-tweaking each conversion--a real pain if I have to go through multiple iterations to debug a book.

Is there a way to have Calibre automatically include this in the style sheet? Is it already there, and I've just missed it? If it's not there, could it be added as a checkbox in the conversion parameters?

Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 06-14-2012, 10:02 PM

You can add whatever CSS you like via the extra css option in the conversion dialog.

starrigger · 06-15-2012, 12:09 AM

Of course. (Doh!) I looked through all the conversion screens, and still managed not to see that. I've been at this too long!

06-14-2012, 04:24 PM	#1
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Widow/orphan control in conversions Hi everyone. A minor issue that's arisen in some of my recent conversions (of my own books) is widow/orphan control. I'd like to have it off, by default, so that book pages will have uniform lengths. I do have it off, by default, in Word when I format the books. But when I save to html and use Calibre to convert, the setting gets lost. I can tweak the epub output by adding a bit of code to the CSS, but that requires hand-tweaking each conversion--a real pain if I have to go through multiple iterations to debug a book. Is there a way to have Calibre automatically include this in the style sheet? Is it already there, and I've just missed it? If it's not there, could it be added as a checkbox in the conversion parameters? Thanks.

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06-14-2012, 10:02 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,039 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can add whatever CSS you like via the extra css option in the conversion dialog.

06-15-2012, 12:09 AM	#3
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Of course. (Doh!) I looked through all the conversion screens, and still managed not to see that. I've been at this too long!

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