Formatting in Sigil

Rizphil · 02-12-2012, 05:18 PM

Greetings all.
I'm trying my hand at writing my own ebook using Sigil, however I'm having trouble formatting it the way I'd like. Specifically, I do not want any spacing between paragraphs, and after the first paragraph, I would like an indent just like you see in a paperback book. Every time I begin an new paragraph, Sigil creates a blank line and the new paragraph is once again left aligned.
I've opened other Sigil ebooks which are formatted the way I want mine to look, and cut and pasted some of the code in the code view to my book, but still no luck.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

DiapDealer · 02-12-2012, 05:25 PM

Brush up on CSS. You're seeing the default style for paragraphs.

mmat1 · 02-13-2012, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rizphil

Specifically, I do not want any spacing between paragraphs, and after the first paragraph, I would like an indent just like you see in a paperback book. Thanks

Put the following code in the <head> section of you html-file:

<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
p { margin: 0 0; text-indent: 1em; text-align: justify; }
/*]]>*/
</style>

Every paragraph (including the first one) will use this. It will have a small indent and there will be no space between paragraphs.

Did this get you a bit closer to the formatting you want ?

Keroberos · 02-13-2012, 05:31 PM

A good place to check out for learning CSS is the w3school site.

Toxaris · 02-14-2012, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmat1

Put the following code in the <head> section of you html-file:

<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
p { margin: 0 0; text-indent: 1em; text-align: justify; }
/*]]>*/
</style>

Every paragraph (including the first one) will use this. It will have a small indent and there will be no space between paragraphs.

Did this get you a bit closer to the formatting you want ?

Although fine in general, I would really recommend not doing this in an internal stylesheet, but rather a external. It makes formatting a lot more predictable and repeatable. It also saves size and makes it easier maintainable.

02-12-2012, 05:18 PM	#1
Rizphil Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: ibook	Formatting in Sigil Greetings all. I'm trying my hand at writing my own ebook using Sigil, however I'm having trouble formatting it the way I'd like. Specifically, I do not want any spacing between paragraphs, and after the first paragraph, I would like an indent just like you see in a paperback book. Every time I begin an new paragraph, Sigil creates a blank line and the new paragraph is once again left aligned. I've opened other Sigil ebooks which are formatted the way I want mine to look, and cut and pasted some of the code in the code view to my book, but still no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks

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02-12-2012, 05:25 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,038 Karma: 199464182 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Brush up on CSS. You're seeing the default style for paragraphs.

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Keroberos Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 238654 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kobo Mini (4GB), Nook Classic wi-fi, iPod Touch (Bluefire Reader)	A good place to check out for learning CSS is the w3school site.

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