Problem pdf to mobi - need advice

highstream · 01-05-2013, 06:13 PM

I'd like to ask advice on converting a pdf to mobi, the initial results of which are shown in the screenshot. I've read about and played with the parameters of this kind of conversion before with mixed success, though the results are usually readable. I don't know if it's related to the results with this one specifically, but the file is a bit odd to start with because in a PDF reader it takes two page-downs to get each page to budge (vs. one normally). Any suggestions? Thanks,

kovidgoyal · 01-05-2013, 11:54 PM

Adjusting the line unwrap factor in the pdf input section ofthe conversion dialog might help.

highstream · 01-06-2013, 12:14 AM

Thanks. Cutting that in half helped a lot. Two more questions. Here and there the conversion is doubling (or misreading) some letters and leaving out others (spaces). For example, "specific" becomes "specii c." Anything to do about that? Also, what controls spacing between words, given justified margins?

theducks · 01-06-2013, 10:16 AM

highstream
Please read the stickies at the top (especiall the PDF one).. This explains about what you see

01-05-2013, 06:13 PM	#1
highstream Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	Problem pdf to mobi - need advice I'd like to ask advice on converting a pdf to mobi, the initial results of which are shown in the screenshot. I've read about and played with the parameters of this kind of conversion before with mixed success, though the results are usually readable. I don't know if it's related to the results with this one specifically, but the file is a bit odd to start with because in a PDF reader it takes two page-downs to get each page to budge (vs. one normally). Any suggestions? Thanks, Attached Thumbnails

01-05-2013, 11:54 PM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,503 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Adjusting the line unwrap factor in the pdf input section ofthe conversion dialog might help. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

01-06-2013, 10:16 AM	#4
theducks Staff to 4 Cats Posts: 10,721 Karma: 2485850 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The (original) Silicon Valley, USA Device: Galaxy Tab 2,Black Astak PEz, K4NT(now Wifes)	highstream Please read the stickies at the top (especiall the PDF one).. This explains about what you see __________________ Using: Ubuntu(32 bit):Oneric,Precise and XPpro SP3, W7HP(64)- - Libre Office w/Writer2EPUB

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01-06-2013, 12:14 AM	#3
highstream Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	Thanks. Cutting that in half helped a lot. Two more questions. Here and there the conversion is doubling (or misreading) some letters and leaving out others (spaces). For example, "specific" becomes "specii c." Anything to do about that? Also, what controls spacing between words, given justified margins?


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