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Originally Posted by chameleon68
Is there a reason not to save the file as .pdf in Word then convert it using Calibre?
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Originally Posted by Manichean
Yes: PDF is the absolute worst format to use as conversion source.
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I'll second that!
Best option is to save as "Web Page, Filtered", alternatively, RTF - or even TXT - anything but PDF!
For a "quick & dirty" conversion, directly to epub, "Aspose.Words for Microsoft Word" - link above - also works.
I'm told that Open Office Writer (free) has an available plug-in (also free) that can do epubs.
PDF should be an absolute last resort - the reason (I think) is in the way PDFs are coded - it doesn't make for a clean conversion - although the text in a PDF can be edited, it doesn't flow properly from one page to the next - which leaves a lot of editing to hammer it into good shape.
Try making a PDF from a simple text document - then convert that PDF back to Word's DOC or DOCX format - looks okay, right? Now click the "Show/Hide" button ¶ - you will see a Page Break at the bottom of each page - these would need to be edited out from the finished ebook.