Table Borders indesign>mobi

digitaldish · 06-20-2011, 07:23 AM

Hi,

I've made a few ebooks in Indesign, exporting to mobi. I have made a table and selected 0pt for cell borders but when I view it on a kindle there are thick borders. What can I do?

Thanks,

HarryT · 06-21-2011, 06:57 AM

Try just "border=0" (ie pixels, not points). Remember that Mobi doesn't support CSS - the conversion tool is converting the table CSS into cell attributes in the Mobi table. You want to end up with "border=0" in the final Mobi HTML; that certainly does work.

Prestidigitweeze · 06-21-2011, 07:20 AM

That was quick. I'm impressed.

(BTW: I need to learn to help my company lay out books in InDesign and then convert them to mobi. At this point, I'm not sure where to look for a basic set of steps for both tasks. Any suggestions? The most demanding thing I have to lay out is probably poetry with various levels of indented lines in stanzas.)

06-20-2011, 07:23 AM	#1
digitaldish Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kindle	Table Borders indesign>mobi Hi, I've made a few ebooks in Indesign, exporting to mobi. I have made a table and selected 0pt for cell borders but when I view it on a kindle there are thick borders. What can I do? Thanks,

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06-21-2011, 06:57 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Try just "border=0" (ie pixels, not points). Remember that Mobi doesn't support CSS - the conversion tool is converting the table CSS into cell attributes in the Mobi table. You want to end up with "border=0" in the final Mobi HTML; that certainly does work.

06-21-2011, 07:20 AM	#3
Prestidigitweeze Fledgling Demagogue Posts: 2,384 Karma: 31132263 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: White Plains Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.	That was quick. I'm impressed. (BTW: I need to learn to help my company lay out books in InDesign and then convert them to mobi. At this point, I'm not sure where to look for a basic set of steps for both tasks. Any suggestions? The most demanding thing I have to lay out is probably poetry with various levels of indented lines in stanzas.)

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