Convert HTML to RTF with Page Breaks

odusto · 03-12-2013, 02:40 PM

I've been trying to convert HTML files to RTF to be edited in Word. I would like there to be page breaks at each page but have not been able to get Calibre to do so. This is what I'm working with. Any clues?

<pagenum page="normal" id="p6" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#p6">6</pagenum>
</level2>
<level2 id="level2_000004">
<h2 id="h2_000004">
<strong id="strong_000003" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#strong_000003">2</strong>
<span class="text" id="span_000019" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#span_000019">Pete and</span>
<span class="text" id="span_000020" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#span_000020">Farl ey</span>
</h2>

itimpi · 03-12-2013, 02:53 PM

Why do you need to convert the files to rtf? Word can read and edit html files.

JSWolf · 03-12-2013, 03:25 PM

Why not edit in Sigil and create an ePub that you can use as a source format?

odusto · 03-13-2013, 10:47 AM

The objective is to turn Daisy books into large print paper books for visually impaired kids. I get the Daisy books from Bookshare that contain 10 files including XML, XSL, CSS and OPF. Since not all our kids can have eReaders I make them paper books from this in Word. Any ideas? The way I do it now is very time consuming and I know there must be a quicker way.

JSWolf · 03-13-2013, 11:08 AM

You could try using Calibre to convert to RTF and see how that goes.

odusto · 03-13-2013, 12:38 PM

Calibre seems like a good option but I can't make it keep page breaks in Word. I thought maybe that was possible under Structure Detection when converting but I have had no luck. The output is a RTF with no page breaks.

theducks · 03-13-2013, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odusto

Calibre seems like a good option but I can't make it keep page breaks in Word. I thought maybe that was possible under Structure Detection when converting but I have had no luck. The output is a RTF with no page breaks.

Isn't Structure detection more of an Input source function?

Did you try setting the 'Page Setup' to 'Generic' ?

BetterRed · 03-13-2013, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odusto

The output is a RTF with no page breaks.

If there's 'something' in the output RTF that indicates 'force new page here' eg

Code:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Then you could record a Word macro to convert it to a Page Break

BR

JSWolf · 03-13-2013, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If there's 'something' in the output RTF that indicates 'force new page here' eg

Code:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Then you could record a Word macro to convert it to a Page Break

BR

That is a very good idea to add something to the source to indicate page breaks and then search/replace into a page break.

BetterRed · 03-13-2013, 05:44 PM

My assumption was that the 'something' comes via the input, and I hoped my conditional statement implied that, but let's be pedantically explicit

If there's 'something' in the output RTF that ORIGINATES FROM THE INPUT that indicates 'force new page here' eg a squiggly line

Code:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Then you could record a Word macro to convert it to a Page Break

BR

kovidgoyal · 03-13-2013, 11:03 PM

IIRC, there is no support for page breaks in the RTF output plugin (which is largely unmaintained anyway).

odusto · 03-18-2013, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If there's 'something' in the output RTF that indicates 'force new page here' eg

Code:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Then you could record a Word macro to convert it to a Page Break

BR

This is a good idea. I will try to find something to do this. Thanks for the suggestion.

03-12-2013, 02:40 PM	#1
odusto Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: none	Convert HTML to RTF with Page Breaks I've been trying to convert HTML files to RTF to be edited in Word. I would like there to be page breaks at each page but have not been able to get Calibre to do so. This is what I'm working with. Any clues? <pagenum page="normal" id="p6" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#p6">6</pagenum> </level2> <level2 id="level2_000004"> <h2 id="h2_000004"> <strong id="strong_000003" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#strong_000003">2</strong> <span class="text" id="span_000019" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#span_000019">Pete and</span> <span class="text" id="span_000020" smilref="Fudge_a_Mania00001.smil#span_000020">Farl ey</span> </h2>

03-13-2013, 05:44 PM	#10
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,572 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	My assumption was that the 'something' comes via the input, and I hoped my conditional statement implied that, but let's be pedantically explicit If there's 'something' in the output RTF that ORIGINATES FROM THE INPUT that indicates 'force new page here' eg a squiggly line Code: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then you could record a Word macro to convert it to a Page Break BR

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03-12-2013, 02:53 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Why do you need to convert the files to rtf? Word can read and edit html files.

03-12-2013, 03:25 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,996 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Why not edit in Sigil and create an ePub that you can use as a source format?

03-13-2013, 10:47 AM	#4
odusto Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: none	The objective is to turn Daisy books into large print paper books for visually impaired kids. I get the Daisy books from Bookshare that contain 10 files including XML, XSL, CSS and OPF. Since not all our kids can have eReaders I make them paper books from this in Word. Any ideas? The way I do it now is very time consuming and I know there must be a quicker way.

03-13-2013, 11:08 AM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,996 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could try using Calibre to convert to RTF and see how that goes.

03-13-2013, 12:38 PM	#6
odusto Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: none	Calibre seems like a good option but I can't make it keep page breaks in Word. I thought maybe that was possible under Structure Detection when converting but I have had no luck. The output is a RTF with no page breaks.

03-13-2013, 11:03 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC, there is no support for page breaks in the RTF output plugin (which is largely unmaintained anyway).