05-13-2010, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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TOC Creation & Calibre vs. MobiPocket
Thanks in advance for your help.
Wondering why Calibre is not creating a TOC when Mobipocket will take the same html file and will create one. My chapter is set as <h1>Chapter</h1> And I run the wizard in Calibre where it put it as //h:h1 But it never generates a Table of Contents. If I use Mobipocket it does. But since I am doing this for my Ipod Touch, I am using Calibre as it supports the file transfer wirelessly. Any help would be appreciated. |
05-13-2010, 11:21 PM | #2 |
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calibre creates a metadata toc not a toc inside the document.
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05-14-2010, 07:26 AM | #3 |
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My lack of education in this is 'field' is showing
I am not sure what "calibre creates a metadata toc not a toc inside the document" means. When I look at this tutorial link, I get the impression it can create a table of contents similar to the output in mobipocket.
It even shows the output. Pardon my ignorance then, but Calibre then doesn't create a table of contents one can see after the title page? and which when you tap on the chapter, it takes you to it. http://amalthia.mediawood.net/tutorials/ebooks/toc.html Thank you for taking the time to respond. |
05-14-2010, 10:25 AM | #4 |
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what that means is that calibre will create a toc that is accessible via the menu on your reader, not necessarily a part of the normal flow of the book.
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Check the viewer in the Ipod Touch and see if there is a button, icon or menu item for the TOC that you can click. The first time I realized that the TOC for epub wasn't required to be inline was when I used the create catalog feature in Calibre. I thought it was a mess until I stumbled through my own limitation and found the TOC menu item. Good Luck. |
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05-14-2010, 01:17 PM | #6 |
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I should probably add furthur clarification on that page. I thought I'd said something similar. But I think until people start to use the built in TOC it's not immediately obvious what it's there for or what it looks like?
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However, when you open the ebook in Calibre or some other ebook viewing program you can see the TOC for the ebook with either method used. For some ebooks I do insert an inline TOC as well as make sure it's accessible via the menu of the portable device. |
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05-15-2010, 08:17 AM | #8 |
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Mega Thanks
That clears up a great deal. Great responses! I'll look for that TOC option in Stanza on my ITouch in just a few minutes.
I appreciate everyone's time! |
05-15-2010, 11:32 AM | #9 |
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Works!
I am sure this isn't a surprise to the experts, but I can access the TOC through my ITouch and if I bring the Word 2003 file into MobiPocket first before converting it in Calibre it also creates the inline TOC. And that works!
I've got to figure out where I can set the inline TOC type to a larger font as its a bit small for selecting with the touch of my finger. But I am making great progress thanks to all your great feedback. I hope I can return the favor to others someday as my knowledge increases. |
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