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Croker · 01-13-2011, 06:56 AM

Hello!

I'm just part way through scanning my first book, and I'm having some issues. I've got the scanning and OCR worked out now, to the point that I can get the text into a Word document with the formatting I like.

However, here's where I run into trouble. The ultimate intended destination for these files is my Kindle. I have tried importing the Word file directly into Mobipocket Creator, but that doesn't seem to work as I'd like. Page breaks seem to be recognised, but line breaks don't. So, if I've put a heading like "Chapter One", I leave a blank line underneath it. When created by MobiCreator, though, the blank line has vanished. Also, one paragraph (and a sentence in another paragraph) decided to display as bold, for no apparent reason.

Should I be trying to send the text from Word into another format first, and then convert to mobi later? Should I even be sending the text from the OCR program to Word?

Any advice warmly received!

01-13-2011, 06:56 AM	#1
Croker Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 630 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kobo Libra Colour, obv.	Scanning/OCR going okay...converting to a final format isn't Hello! I'm just part way through scanning my first book, and I'm having some issues. I've got the scanning and OCR worked out now, to the point that I can get the text into a Word document with the formatting I like. However, here's where I run into trouble. The ultimate intended destination for these files is my Kindle. I have tried importing the Word file directly into Mobipocket Creator, but that doesn't seem to work as I'd like. Page breaks seem to be recognised, but line breaks don't. So, if I've put a heading like "Chapter One", I leave a blank line underneath it. When created by MobiCreator, though, the blank line has vanished. Also, one paragraph (and a sentence in another paragraph) decided to display as bold, for no apparent reason. Should I be trying to send the text from Word into another format first, and then convert to mobi later? Should I even be sending the text from the OCR program to Word? Any advice warmly received!