01-31-2010, 09:46 AM | #1 |
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Does anyone know of a free program that can convert doc to epub? Calibre will only do so if I save the doc file as an rtf first and I have hundreds of doc files so do not want to have to do this. Someone here helped me with a program that will convert them to mobi and now I'd like one that will do epub so I can compare. Thanks! |
01-31-2010, 02:00 PM | #2 |
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Yout could try Atlantis Word Processor
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01-31-2010, 02:39 PM | #3 |
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Hi Laura,
Can't help you with a FREE doc to epub program, but I believe the Atlantis Word Processor will read DOC and write EPUB for a reasonable price ($35 I think). I haven't used it myself but I believe you can try it for free. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48775 (Sorry, cross-post ...) If you decide to stick with the long-winded-but-free option of MSWord I would recommend you convert your DOCs to HTML(Webpage-Filtered) rather than RTF before importing to Calibre. I think you will find more of the formatting in your source DOC will be correctly converted to the EPUB e.g. centre, right-align, hard-line-breaks to name but a few. Last edited by jackie_w; 01-31-2010 at 02:41 PM. |
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What platform are you on?
On linux, I'd just use something like AbiWord from the command line to convert .doc to .html (the link has instructions on batch conversion) and then to convert to ePub with calibre. It probably works on other platforms too. I've never tried. This definitely can be done for free, in a variety of ways. |
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Thanks for the info all. I am on Windows so can't do that. Also I have hundreds of doc files so I really want to avoid having to convert them to something else first and then to epub. I just want to directly convert the docs to epub without anything else inbetween.
I tried the free version of Atlantis but it only seems to convert half the document. |
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But the best way to go from doc to epub is via html(filtered html if you save from Word). More info here. Last edited by DoctorOhh; 01-31-2010 at 11:47 PM. |
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02-01-2010, 07:44 AM | #12 |
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I cannot say if the EPUB file is OK without having the original DOC file. As I understand, you cannot email or attach it.
Sorry, but the present version of Atlantis Word Processor cannot be used for reading EPUB books. |
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Can't you view the EPUB using the Ebook-Viewer in Calibre?
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02-01-2010, 08:26 AM | #14 |
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Jackie - I hadn't thought of that so I installed Adobe Digital Edition to view it and it is all there from the conversion so it must have been the transfer or something that went poorly. I transfered it again and it shows up great.
So AWP, thanks for your help but all is well and Atlantis worked perfectly. Atlantis doesn't do batch convert by chance does it? |
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You could also test your EPUBs under your Windows in Sony Reader and Mobipocket Reader.
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