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zcollis
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September 17, 2025
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Paragraph border in InDesign for epub issue

  • September 17, 2025
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Hi Everyone,

Hoping someone might be able to help me. I've created a book in InDesign and I'm exporting it to epub. Some of the paragraphs have a black border around them (see first screen grab), but when I go to export to epub, the text changes so there is a border around every line instead of the whole paragraph (see second screen grab). 

Does anyone know if there is any way of getting around this issue, so that the border is around all of the paragraphs instead of each line? 

Many thanks Zoe

 

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Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 17, 2025

Hi Z,

Here is a Kindle resource of supported tagging:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GG5R7N649LECKP7U

 

Maybe a table would accomplish what you are trying to make.

Bear in mind, tho, that the whole point of epub is to present text for reading as simply as possible. 

Mike Witherell
Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 17, 2025

Hi Z,

This was a good practical read:

https://www.amazon.com/InDesign-Kindle-Professional-James-Gifford/dp/B0D64JG963

 

Also, searching this forum or asking in this forum will often get you exactly the code you need.

 

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PS: Always round the corner radius of boxes, or else don't make boxes.

</opinion>

Mike Witherell
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    zcollisAuthor
    Participant
    September 17, 2025

    Thanks for your help Mike, I'll have a look into these and hopefully get sorted 🙂 

    nikunj.m
    nikunj.m
    Legend
    September 26, 2025

    Hey @zcollis, 

    Just checking in to see if you were able to get things sorted. If yes, please mark the resource shared by Mike that helped the most so that others can benefit from it as well.

     

    Let us know if you need further assistance! 
    Thanks,
    Nikunj

    Mike Witherell
    Community Expert
    Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 17, 2025

    EPUB can support ruled borders, but might also depend on the epub reader software. The most reliable method is always to manually define and include a CSS file with your EPUB export. This makes up for InDesign "over-doing it".

    Mike Witherell
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    zcollisAuthor
    Participant
    September 17, 2025

    Thanks Mike, is there anywhere that I can find a step-by-step guide on how to do that? I know how to use indesign for print but not for epub so any help would be much appreciated.

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