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johnb123 · 08-20-2010, 01:06 AM

thanks to all who answered my PDF to epub problems. I have researched it for some hours and found that apple with it's pdf output makes for nearly impossible conversion. PDF has its own display format that other free flowing text or more regimented html does not recognise.
I have solved the problem by a more tedius route, I load the pdf in ABBYY fine reader, fix any obvious errors, usually there are none, delete any superfluous cover images, and get ABBYY to save the file in html format.

Calibre then converts it properly.

Long winded but it works.

08-20-2010, 01:06 AM	#787
johnb123 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Nook	thanks to all who answered my PDF to epub problems. I have researched it for some hours and found that apple with it's pdf output makes for nearly impossible conversion. PDF has its own display format that other free flowing text or more regimented html does not recognise. I have solved the problem by a more tedius route, I load the pdf in ABBYY fine reader, fix any obvious errors, usually there are none, delete any superfluous cover images, and get ABBYY to save the file in html format. Calibre then converts it properly. Long winded but it works.