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Faster · 02-25-2011, 07:53 PM

Just one more suggestion for now - but it is a really beaut fixer.

After you've copied the PDF and pasted into Word notice that some of the font information is carried through. So before you attempt any changes select a bit of the text you want to remove and see what it says at the top of Word as to the font name and its size. Often you'll find that the font used for Author - Page, Title - Page, Page Number is different to that used in the body of the text. Consider such things as font name, font size, bold, italics or even a unique Style. Compare with the text you do not want to lose. If there is a difference you're laughing!
If this is the case go to Find Replace. Click in the Find box but don't enter anything. Click 'More'. Click 'Format'. Select 'Font' and choose the attributes of what you want to get rid of.
Leave 'Replace with' empty unless you need to replace with a space or paragraph marker (it varies from one document to another).
Try a Find Next then a Replace to check it's working before clicking Replace All.

One thing not pointed out above in the thread was why ^13 is used rather that ^p in the Find box. The reason is that you cannot use ^p when you select 'Use wildcards'; however, you can and should use ^p anytime in the Replace box. Also NEVER use ^13 in the Replace box. Here in means the ASCII character 13 and doesn't include all the hidden info about the 'paragraph'. In fact the preceding text is now not separated as a paragraph from the succeeding text.

One final tip. Notice the down arrows at the right side of both the Find and Replace boxes. That's your source of Find and Replace expressions you've already used (Same in Sigil) so you don't need to type them again.

02-25-2011, 07:53 PM	#13
Faster Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 12096 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tasmania Device: Sony PRS 650	Just one more suggestion for now - but it is a really beaut fixer. After you've copied the PDF and pasted into Word notice that some of the font information is carried through. So before you attempt any changes select a bit of the text you want to remove and see what it says at the top of Word as to the font name and its size. Often you'll find that the font used for Author - Page, Title - Page, Page Number is different to that used in the body of the text. Consider such things as font name, font size, bold, italics or even a unique Style. Compare with the text you do not want to lose. If there is a difference you're laughing! If this is the case go to Find Replace. Click in the Find box but don't enter anything. Click 'More'. Click 'Format'. Select 'Font' and choose the attributes of what you want to get rid of. Leave 'Replace with' empty unless you need to replace with a space or paragraph marker (it varies from one document to another). Try a Find Next then a Replace to check it's working before clicking Replace All. One thing not pointed out above in the thread was why ^13 is used rather that ^p in the Find box. The reason is that you cannot use ^p when you select 'Use wildcards'; however, you can and should use ^p anytime in the Replace box. Also NEVER use ^13 in the Replace box. Here in means the ASCII character 13 and doesn't include all the hidden info about the 'paragraph'. In fact the preceding text is now not separated as a paragraph from the succeeding text. One final tip. Notice the down arrows at the right side of both the Find and Replace boxes. That's your source of Find and Replace expressions you've already used (Same in Sigil) so you don't need to type them again. Last edited by Faster; 03-04-2011 at 02:25 PM.