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gandor62 · 06-01-2010, 06:40 PM

In the text of the Book I have this

CHAPTER ONE There was a faint smell of oil, turpentine and beeswax in the shop

I do not get a table of contents at all, I have check auto generate but when I view in Calibre the TOC button does nothing.

The original file was a text file that I converted to Epub, so I'm guessing that there are no headers H1 or anything in the text. I am assuming that this may be the problem. I suppose I was hoping that maybe Calibre read the text looking for the words Chapter and assumed that it was a break and input the headers for me.

I am not sure what to do to get the TOC to generate.

I have the file open in an editor and the following is what is there

<p>CHAPTER ONE There was a faint smell of oil, turpentine and beeswax in the shop

I see the problem now.

I think I need to put a header or something in so tell Calibre that there is a chapter break.

Does anyone have a clue as to what should be there. 20 chapters in this book so manually editing should not be a problem.

06-01-2010, 06:40 PM	#4
gandor62 Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: iPod Touch, Ipad, Kindle 2	In the text of the Book I have this CHAPTER ONE There was a faint smell of oil, turpentine and beeswax in the shop I do not get a table of contents at all, I have check auto generate but when I view in Calibre the TOC button does nothing. The original file was a text file that I converted to Epub, so I'm guessing that there are no headers H1 or anything in the text. I am assuming that this may be the problem. I suppose I was hoping that maybe Calibre read the text looking for the words Chapter and assumed that it was a break and input the headers for me. I am not sure what to do to get the TOC to generate. I have the file open in an editor and the following is what is there <p>CHAPTER ONE There was a faint smell of oil, turpentine and beeswax in the shop I see the problem now. I think I need to put a header or something in so tell Calibre that there is a chapter break. Does anyone have a clue as to what should be there. 20 chapters in this book so manually editing should not be a problem. Last edited by gandor62; 06-01-2010 at 07:06 PM.