black strokes still in table even though I set strokes to 0. Please help..!!

[carlangel]

Hi Experts,

I inserted a table into the body of a text. I tried to hide the borders by doing things I saw here in the forum:

1. I selected the table icon at the top of the horizontal menu and clicked until the whole thing was selected, and set the strokes to 0 and the color of the strokes to "none." Exported, but still get a border around the table.

2. I highlighted the cells and went into cell options > strokes and fills and clicked there and set the stroke to 0 and color to "none." Still get a border around the table on export. 

Usually, I'm able to accomplish this by hovering over the edges of the table and doing it section by section but that didn't work either. Am I missing something? I'm attaching screenshots: one is the ID file and the other is a screenshot of the epub export in Apple's Books app.

Thanks in advance

[federico platon]

What yiur screeshots show are a frame selected. the blue path and the center anchors.

You have it selected.Please click outside, in an empty area.

Oh, I see a black line around in the other capture from the epub, excuse me.

Well, You need to select the external lines around, or all of them. Please take a look to my second capture, where I click inside that small window to click and select the unselected segments until they are blue. Then as all are selected, choose empty or none for the stroke and/or 0 for the value.

Finally, with nothing selected (press Esc) preview the page: press W or Shift +W 

[carlangel]

Hi Federico, 

Thanks so much for your response. I'm still getting the same result on my epub, with the black lines around the table. Would you mind taking a look at my screenshot to confirm if I selected correctly?

[federico platon]

Select the Table.

(click once into a cell, press Esc and type Ctrl/Cmd+A. To make sure everyting is selected)

In the control bar miniature: Click the blue lines to unselect them all  and proceed  then to select them all back again.

Then, press Esc to unselect the table. Select the Selection Tool, and preview the page. Press W or Sfift W.

Do they border around still appears?

Export to EPUB again. It's still there?

[carlangel]

Federico! 

Unfortunately, the lines are still there in the epub, but not in the preview of the ID doc (shift + W). I'm attaching a screenshot of the epub export with the border still around the table, and the preview of the ID doc, which shows no strokes. Mind-boggling. I've done tables before and was able to eliminate the strokes. Not sure what's going on here. Why are only some of the strokes not appearing? Thanks for your help, Federico!

[federico platon]

What you get on the ePub is a reflect of the styling instructions from the CSS file.

Likely you have some other table styles definitions that include instructions, rules, overriding (cascading) the local setings for that table. (Are you using an external CSS too?)

Please copy that table only, to a new file, export to ePUB, do you still have those lines around?

May you copy your CSS file and include it in a message?

[carlangel]

Federico!

Yes, still having the issues. I'm not using any CSS that I'm aware of. I'd like to attach or email an ID doc with the table pasted in the text box as it is in my book doc. Is there a way to do this on the forum or do I have to email separately? Let me know. Just in case, I sent the doc in an email reply from my inbox to the forum. Hope it goes to the right place.

Please let me know if you can help solve the issue or at least find out what I've been doing wrong. Thanks so much!

Carl

[federico platon]

The CSS file is "inside" the epub (It's a zipped folder with several files actually).

Use your Dropbox or any other service to share the original file or the epub.

[carlangel]

Hi Federico, how would I add you to a sharing service?

[federico platon]

https://www.dropbox.com/individual

[carlangel]

Hi Federico,

I have a Dropbox account, but how do I add you to share the file? I tried typing your name in the share box but it said it was invalid. Do I need an email address?

Thanks,

Carl

[federicoh31997127]

PLease remove your personal data, your email. I have contacted you already

[carlangel]

Done. thanks.

[federico platon · Accepted solution]

Install Sigil or any other epub editor

Open the epub and slect the auto generated (InDesign) CSS file.

By default a stroke is placed around any table. To remove that table border, change the Table > border-style to none (or  even delete that line).

[federicoh31997127]

none

[federicoh31997127]

none

[carlangel]

Thanks so much for your help, Federico!