DOC.X to MOBI Conversion Problem

Knuckles McGinty · 01-22-2015, 10:49 AM

I load a doc.x file into Calibre. The file has a hyperlinked table of contents which works perfectly well in the doc.x file. I convert the doc.x file to the MOBI (or EPUB) format. I can see the table of contents in the MOBI (or EPUB) file. When I click on any entry in the table of contents Calibre takes me to the first page of my document. It does not take me to the chapter start page.

NOTE: A year or two ago I used to use MobiPocket Creator to convert my doc file to HTML. I added 'hooks' to the file while it was resident in MobiPocket. Next, I opened the HTML file in SIGIL. IN SIGIL I worked my way through the file, highlighting all the chapter headings and assigning H2 header categories to each chapter heading. Last I pushed the button to generate a table of contents. Moments later I had an EPUB file which Calibre converted to the MOBI format with a working table of contents. I was able to upload these files to Amazon, so I knew I was doing things right. What pray tell, am I doing wrong this year?

Knuckles McGinty · 01-25-2015, 07:38 PM

Problem Solved! I un-installed a plugin called: Quarantine and Scrub by DaltonST Now I have a working Table of Contents (TOC) in my MOBI files.

drsimpson · 09-11-2017, 06:23 PM

Hello!

I am having same problem converting a .docx to a .mobi file on a MacBook pro Sierra OS X with Microsoft Word 2016.

I have bookmarked all relevant headings (with the same style) and have tried both a manual and automatically created Table of Contents (TOC). Both times, using Calibre, the hyperlinks to some the Chapter headings would link back to the first page. When I did this a year ago with my first 3 ebooks, the TOC manually worked fine. Now when I go back to re-edit it, with a new version of calibre, it doesn't work properly.

I am not sure about the GUI add-on you were speaking of, as I am not aware if I have downloaded it or if it was automatically packaged. If there is a way to remove it, I would do it. Help!

Thanks

kovidgoyal · 09-11-2017, 09:08 PM

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01-22-2015, 10:49 AM	#1
Knuckles McGinty Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	DOC.X to MOBI Conversion Problem I load a doc.x file into Calibre. The file has a hyperlinked table of contents which works perfectly well in the doc.x file. I convert the doc.x file to the MOBI (or EPUB) format. I can see the table of contents in the MOBI (or EPUB) file. When I click on any entry in the table of contents Calibre takes me to the first page of my document. It does not take me to the chapter start page. NOTE: A year or two ago I used to use MobiPocket Creator to convert my doc file to HTML. I added 'hooks' to the file while it was resident in MobiPocket. Next, I opened the HTML file in SIGIL. IN SIGIL I worked my way through the file, highlighting all the chapter headings and assigning H2 header categories to each chapter heading. Last I pushed the button to generate a table of contents. Moments later I had an EPUB file which Calibre converted to the MOBI format with a working table of contents. I was able to upload these files to Amazon, so I knew I was doing things right. What pray tell, am I doing wrong this year?

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01-25-2015, 07:38 PM	#2
Knuckles McGinty Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	Problem Solved! I un-installed a plugin called: Quarantine and Scrub by DaltonST Now I have a working Table of Contents (TOC) in my MOBI files.

09-11-2017, 06:23 PM	#3
drsimpson Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: Kindle	Hello! I am having same problem converting a .docx to a .mobi file on a MacBook pro Sierra OS X with Microsoft Word 2016. I have bookmarked all relevant headings (with the same style) and have tried both a manual and automatically created Table of Contents (TOC). Both times, using Calibre, the hyperlinks to some the Chapter headings would link back to the first page. When I did this a year ago with my first 3 ebooks, the TOC manually worked fine. Now when I go back to re-edit it, with a new version of calibre, it doesn't work properly. I am not sure about the GUI add-on you were speaking of, as I am not aware if I have downloaded it or if it was automatically packaged. If there is a way to remove it, I would do it. Help! Thanks

09-11-2017, 09:08 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,903 Karma: 22666668 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186697