Question on how to edit text margins (avoiding corner)

adannada · 08-07-2016, 07:31 AM

Hi everybody,
I'm a long time user of Calibre but just for pretty basic stuff.

My Kobo Mini is in its last days and nowadays it works partially with a (probably broken) "frozen" corner, but the rest of the screen still looks readable.

I found around the forum some old posts mentioning that some feature in the Calibre Editor allow to set a Top or side margin (with pixels? %?) so the text of the resulting epub file would fit into the working section of the screen.

Could someone give me a hint on how to do that (if it's possible)? I went around every option on the Edit section and I didn't find anything...

Thanks in advance!

Thom* · 08-07-2016, 11:14 AM

You might consider adding or modifying the following in the css file.

body {
margin-left: 6.5em;
}

Pick the margin you want to increase and change the value of em as you see fit.

JSWolf · 08-07-2016, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thom*

You might consider adding or modifying the following in the css file.

body {
margin-left: 6.5em;
}

Pick the margin you want to increase and change the value of em as you see fit.

That won't work in may cases. But, an @page should work.

However, the problem is that the screen is broken and eventually will get worse. I suggest a replacement.

adannada · 08-07-2016, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thom*

You might consider adding or modifying the following in the css file.

body {
margin-left: 6.5em;
}

Pick the margin you want to increase and change the value of em as you see fit.

Thank you, I'll try that!

adannada · 08-07-2016, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That won't work in may cases. But, an @page should work.

Thanks for the tip. With the same kind of syntax that the body line suggested by Thom?

(And yes, a replacement will come soon, I was just trying to take some advantage of the last rays of life of my dear Kobo Mini until then

)

JSWolf · 08-07-2016, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adannada

Thanks for the tip. With the same kind of syntax that the body line suggested by Thom?

(And yes, a replacement will come soon, I was just trying to take some advantage of the last rays of life of my dear Kobo Mini until then

)

Yes, similar syntax. Yes any combination of margins that you need. @page set the margins for the page and any other margins work off of those set in @page.

adannada · 08-08-2016, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, similar syntax. Yes any combination of margins that you need. @page set the margins for the page and any other margins work off of those set in @page.

I'll try (In fact, already trying, let's see if my old pal gets to load something to check if it works).

Thanks again to both!

theducks · 08-08-2016, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adannada

I'll try (In fact, already trying, let's see if my old pal gets to load something to check if it works).

Thanks again to both!

Borrow one (copy) from another book , Paste, Adjust the numbers to taste

davidfor · 08-08-2016, 09:10 PM

As we are talking about a Kobo device, you might be able do this without editing the book. The KoboTouch driver supports adding some CSS to all stylesheets in the book during the send to the device. The instructions are in here. Using @page with this might not work as they are treated a little differently than other styles. Part of the reason for doing this was to have a way to remove @page styles, but I have forgotten whether they will be put in if they don't already exist.

08-07-2016, 07:31 AM	#1
adannada Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Kobo Mini, Aldiko	Question on how to edit text margins (avoiding corner) Hi everybody, I'm a long time user of Calibre but just for pretty basic stuff. My Kobo Mini is in its last days and nowadays it works partially with a (probably broken) "frozen" corner, but the rest of the screen still looks readable. I found around the forum some old posts mentioning that some feature in the Calibre Editor allow to set a Top or side margin (with pixels? %?) so the text of the resulting epub file would fit into the working section of the screen. Could someone give me a hint on how to do that (if it's possible)? I went around every option on the Edit section and I didn't find anything... Thanks in advance!

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08-07-2016, 11:14 AM	#2
Thom* The Fumbler Posts: 66 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: android 4.2/fbreader	You might consider adding or modifying the following in the css file. body { margin-left: 6.5em; } Pick the margin you want to increase and change the value of em as you see fit.

08-08-2016, 09:10 PM	#9
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,906 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	As we are talking about a Kobo device, you might be able do this without editing the book. The KoboTouch driver supports adding some CSS to all stylesheets in the book during the send to the device. The instructions are in here. Using @page with this might not work as they are treated a little differently than other styles. Part of the reason for doing this was to have a way to remove @page styles, but I have forgotten whether they will be put in if they don't already exist.

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