convert a 2-column pdf ?

cybmole · 12-25-2010, 03:29 AM

is there any practical way to convert a pdf format book which has been created as 2 x book "pages" per pdf "page" ? i.e. each page of the pdf contains both a left and right pair of book pages.

so it would have to be processed as 2 columns ?

Manichean · 12-25-2010, 07:41 AM

It's been said that the new PDF conversion engine currently in development would be able to handle multi-column PDFs correctly, however, the current engine can't. You may have some success in using third-party tools to cut the pages in two before converting.

DoctorOhh · 12-25-2010, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybmole

is there any practical way to convert a pdf format book which has been created as 2 x book "pages" per pdf "page" ? i.e. each page of the pdf contains both a left and right pair of book pages.

ldolse had the following to say on this topic.

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Originally Posted by ldolse

Not really. The current pdf engine doesn't support multi-column. A new pdf engine is in the works that will support multi-column. You can access it today via the command line by using the ebook-convert command with the argument --new-pdf-engine. It won't fully convert the book, but it will turn a multi-column pdf into a single column html file if you also specify a debug output location using the -v argument.

That said the html file it produces today is pretty rough and will definitely need further editing - it may not be worth it to you.

12-25-2010, 03:29 AM	#1
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12-25-2010, 07:41 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	It's been said that the new PDF conversion engine currently in development would be able to handle multi-column PDFs correctly, however, the current engine can't. You may have some success in using third-party tools to cut the pages in two before converting.

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