Caliber converting PDF to MOBI what am I doing wrong?

miller44 · 01-09-2011, 11:17 PM

Hi there, I donated to help support calibre and tried to search for the answer to this, sorry if it's redundant, but I am tech challenged. Here's the problem:

I convert pdf to mobi and usually it works great but for some reason this one PDF file I coverted (full book) has stuff like this popping up all over the place in the mobi, but it's not in the PDF:

Interior_MBE_26_11.indd 1
26/11/2006 14:06:39
Interior_MBE_26_11.indd 2
26/11/2006 14:06:39

Is there some setting for the conversion that will get rid of that. I feel like I have tried them all and nothing makes a difference.

Thanks,
Miller.

itimpi · 01-09-2011, 11:27 PM

That text will be in the PDF, but it could have been set to be hidden. You could use the calibre facility for removing headers/footers to get rid of it.

That option is under the Structure detection part of the conversion settings. You will have to construct a Regex expression to identify the text to be removed. This can look a little daunting the first time, but if you use the wizard available from the setting screen in conjunction with the regex tutorial in the calibre user manual this is not normally too hard.

miller44 · 01-09-2011, 11:30 PM

Good Gawd! RegEx? I was hoping for a check box of some kind. Okay I'll look into it, thanks for responding.

itimpi · 01-09-2011, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miller44

Good Gawd! RegEx? I was hoping for a check box of some kind. Okay I'll look into it, thanks for responding.

The problem is that the strings that need to be removed are nearly always specific to a particular file so there is no easy checkbox way to do this.

01-09-2011, 11:17 PM	#1
miller44 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: kindle	Caliber converting PDF to MOBI what am I doing wrong? Hi there, I donated to help support calibre and tried to search for the answer to this, sorry if it's redundant, but I am tech challenged. Here's the problem: I convert pdf to mobi and usually it works great but for some reason this one PDF file I coverted (full book) has stuff like this popping up all over the place in the mobi, but it's not in the PDF: Interior_MBE_26_11.indd 1 26/11/2006 14:06:39 Interior_MBE_26_11.indd 2 26/11/2006 14:06:39 Is there some setting for the conversion that will get rid of that. I feel like I have tried them all and nothing makes a difference. Thanks, Miller.

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01-09-2011, 11:27 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	That text will be in the PDF, but it could have been set to be hidden. You could use the calibre facility for removing headers/footers to get rid of it. That option is under the Structure detection part of the conversion settings. You will have to construct a Regex expression to identify the text to be removed. This can look a little daunting the first time, but if you use the wizard available from the setting screen in conjunction with the regex tutorial in the calibre user manual this is not normally too hard.

01-09-2011, 11:30 PM	#3
miller44 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: kindle	Good Gawd! RegEx? I was hoping for a check box of some kind. Okay I'll look into it, thanks for responding.

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