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jhsrennie · 06-16-2011, 01:08 PM

I worked through the RTF generated by Word, and this does cause ebook-convert to generate a page break if it's converting to .mobi, but strangely I still get no page break when converting to .pdf:

Code:

{\rtf1\ansi
{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}}
{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\sa200\cf1\lang2057\f0
\fs28 Citizen of the Galaxy\fs24
\par Robert A. Heinlein
\par Copyright 1957
{\par \page }
\fs28 Chapter 1\fs24
\par "Lot ninety-seven," the auctioneer announced. "A boy."
}

The only difference is using:

{\par \page }
\fs28 Chapter 1\fs24

instead of:

\page\par\fs28 Chapter 1\fs24

though why that should make a difference I don't know.

I read up on XPath, but as far as I can see it's a method for identifying nodes in XML. If I wanted to use --page-breaks-before would I have to convert to XML then convert to PDF?

06-16-2011, 01:08 PM	#6
jhsrennie Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Android	I worked through the RTF generated by Word, and this does cause ebook-convert to generate a page break if it's converting to .mobi, but strangely I still get no page break when converting to .pdf: Code: {\rtf1\ansi {\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\sa200\cf1\lang2057\f0 \fs28 Citizen of the Galaxy\fs24 \par Robert A. Heinlein \par Copyright 1957 {\par \page } \fs28 Chapter 1\fs24 \par "Lot ninety-seven," the auctioneer announced. "A boy." } The only difference is using: {\par \page } \fs28 Chapter 1\fs24 instead of: \page\par\fs28 Chapter 1\fs24 though why that should make a difference I don't know. I read up on XPath, but as far as I can see it's a method for identifying nodes in XML. If I wanted to use --page-breaks-before would I have to convert to XML then convert to PDF?