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rocketgranny · 05-24-2010, 02:18 PM

Hi Ghostgrass.

I've run into the same kind of badly formatted files.The replies are right on target. You need to either:
(1) hand-edit the file using something like Sigil
- very-very time consuming
- you should have (or will acquire) a basic understanding of HTML codes.

(2) search for a better source version and try converting to your preferred format with Calibre.
- There are a lot of different versions floating around, so this is quite possible.

Of possible help is GrannyFix, a collection of 1-trick ponies (reg-ex) to clean up badly formatted text-files. As I run into new problems, I write another function, so it's a work in progress. View your text/pdf (?) file on your screen, right-click-copy the text and paste it into the text-box then pick & choose.

If you are lucky, there is an extra blank line inbetween the paragraphs in addition to the internal hard-returns at each line.

Also, Stingo wrote a macro for MS-WORD that is highly regarded.

Good Luck.
RocketGranny

05-24-2010, 02:18 PM	#13
rocketgranny Member Posts: 19 Karma: 54 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: San Francisco, CA Device: Nook	Hi Ghostgrass. I've run into the same kind of badly formatted files.The replies are right on target. You need to either: (1) hand-edit the file using something like Sigil - very-very time consuming - you should have (or will acquire) a basic understanding of HTML codes. (2) search for a better source version and try converting to your preferred format with Calibre. - There are a lot of different versions floating around, so this is quite possible. Of possible help is GrannyFix, a collection of 1-trick ponies (reg-ex) to clean up badly formatted text-files. As I run into new problems, I write another function, so it's a work in progress. View your text/pdf (?) file on your screen, right-click-copy the text and paste it into the text-box then pick & choose. If you are lucky, there is an extra blank line inbetween the paragraphs in addition to the internal hard-returns at each line. Also, Stingo wrote a macro for MS-WORD that is highly regarded. Good Luck. RocketGranny Last edited by rocketgranny; 05-25-2010 at 12:33 PM.