Centering a picture

[JaniceGF]

Hi,
I have a docx file which I have imported into Calibre. There are glifs in it, between sections, and Calibre treats them like text instead of pictures. As a result, the picture is left justified instead of centered on the page. I have tried to change the css without success. Can someone tell me how to do that?

<p class="block_8"><img src="images/image1.png" alt="Stag_Head_clip_art_small" class="calibre4"/></p>

is what Calibre has written.

BLock_8

.block_8 {
display: block;
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 1.125em;
line-height: 1.5;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 36pt;
padding: 0;
margin: 6pt 0 0
}

Inherited
calibre {
color: black;
display: block;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
padding-left: 0;
padding-right: 0;
margin: 0 5pt
}

Thanks

[Toxaris]

From a quick glance it should work fine. On what device/program are you seeing a different result?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Toxaris

From a quick glance it should work fine. On what device/program are you seeing a different result?

Actually, it won't work fine. The 6pt left margin will make the images off-center.

[DigitEditLab]

Just wonder... In .block_8 try either of the following, then both together:

margin: 6pt 0 0 0; (shorthand for margin-top margin-right margin-bottom margin-left)
text-indent:0px; (it might entail an offset to the right)

So what?

[loximuthal]

I'm guessing it's the text-indent: 36pt; in .block_8 throwing the alignment off.

[Toxaris]

Text indent and margin should perhaps move the picture a bit off centre, but not left justified.

[theducks]

is this another case of ADE tossing out the CSS and what else you see is just viewer 'default'?

Try adding:

font-weight: bold;

to a style on a normal paragraph

[JSWolf]

Could be that there is an error in the CSS and ADE is ignore the entire thing.

Post your CSS and someone might see what's going on.

[mrmikel]

This is where loading it in the editor and using the live css function can help. It will show all the css which applies at this particular point.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by mrmikel

This is where loading it in the editor and using the live css function can help. It will show all the css which applies at this particular point.

But will the editor say if there is an error someplace else int he CSS that will cause ADE to ignore then entire CSS?

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But will the editor say if there is an error someplace else int he CSS that will cause ADE to ignore then entire CSS?

Check Book will, so yes.

(At least, ordinary errors. Who knows if ADE will throw a hissy fit over something totally normal; calibre probably doesn't have a check for every stupid bug ADE has.)

[mrmikel]

It can also be checked at

http://www.css-validator.org/

to take care of errors in the stylesheet itself.

[theducks]

My older device has a hissy over some valid CSS3 is in the stylesheet.

We know the rule is to ignore unknown commands.


We know in reality it ignore the whole sheet.

[JaniceGF]

Originally Posted by Toxaris

From a quick glance it should work fine. On what device/program are you seeing a different result?

I viewed it on the sony ready on my PC and Aldiko on my Nexus 7. Both had the glif left justified.

[JaniceGF]

I included the css in my original message. I also tried margin:auto and got

.block_8 {
display: block;
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 1.125em;
line-height: 1.5;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 0;
padding: 0;
margin: 6pt auto auto

in the computed style, margin left and right are 0.