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Old 07-21-2012, 01:53 PM   #9
julid
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julid,

If your original 'text' is simple (i.e your not using things like columns or flowing text around images etc) then the following might work as effectively for you as it does for me.

Rather than using Word's Save as Web Page, save the document in Word as an RTF (rich text format) file. Add the RTF to Calibre and convert the RTF to epub & mobi.[/b]
Normally I write in RTF, so I'll give it a shot with the original file.

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The simplest way to insert a page break in Word is CTRL/Enter
*palm face* So easy! I'll have to remember that.

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The only place you should have paragraph marks (hard returns) are at the end of paragraphs. If you use Word's Paragraph Formatting features for things like indents, space before/after, Widow/Orphan control
hate Widow/Orphan. I wish I could find a way to permanently turn it off.

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etc and save as RTF then you should get very faithful conversions.
I'll try the RTF version, BR. Thank you! Meanwhile, I plan to noodle with Sigil, just to see.

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