bookmarks in PDF input, and TOC in output

[pimpoum]

Hi all,

I'm sure someone have had this problem before but I can't find a post on it, and I just don't understand how calibre works...

THe problem:

I have a kindle DX, and I want to convert my OCR'ed & Bookmarked PDF files into PRC/MOBI files to read on my kindle.

Moreover, I'd like the bookmarks in my PDF to show as a TOC in my PRC/MOBI, just as they used to do on my PRS505 when I converted them into LRF...

Can anyone help?

Thanks guys

[ldolse]

There is no support for pdf bookmarks to be analyzed during conversion, and I haven't heard of anyone planning to do so. Many common types of Chapter Headers are automatically detected during pdf conversion. What do your chapter headers look like?

[pimpoum]

(thanks for replying)


hmm..I see..

I'm not sure what you're asking...I guess they are in "bold". But if you're asking the html tag I just don't have a clue...How can I know?

[ldolse]

Hmm.. I'm asking what the actual text headings are. But if they're in bold you can probably write an xpath for it. I had a similar book, and I used this xpath (under the structure detection preferences):

//*[((name()='b' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\w{2,}', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']

That will look for any bolded text with two or more word characters and mark it as a chapter. (most of the alternate tests aren't needed, I just modified the defaults slightly)

Alternatively you can post your book over on the bug tracker - bugs.calibre-ebook.com. I've been working on some new Chapter markup/splitting routines for pdf conversion, I can use your book as a test case, since it doesn't seem to work with the current functionality.