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RJ_Cruze_Jr · 10-03-2008, 04:05 PM

Hi All!

One thing I've noticed is that if you have a book with oddly-named chapters -- like in a story collection forex -- calibre will still add the chapters to the TOC, but it doesn't always put a page-break between them.

I found a way to make it do that. Mind you, I've only tried this with books from Baen/Webscriptions (I tried it with LIT, PRC, and HTMLs extracted with ConvertLIT), so I don't know how well, or even if it'll work with books from other publishers.

In the Conversion menu (either while converting, or, like I did, in the conversion defaults) go to the "Chapter Detection" section, and in the box labeled "Force page break before tag:" put in the tag [a name]. When you convert, your chapters will all start on their own shiny new page

I know this isn't exactly earth-shaking in the tips and tricks department, but it does polish up the layout nicely.

10-03-2008, 04:05 PM	#1
RJ_Cruze_Jr Member Posts: 24 Karma: 58 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Tip: Chapter detection for Baen/Webscriptions Hi All! One thing I've noticed is that if you have a book with oddly-named chapters -- like in a story collection forex -- calibre will still add the chapters to the TOC, but it doesn't always put a page-break between them. I found a way to make it do that. Mind you, I've only tried this with books from Baen/Webscriptions (I tried it with LIT, PRC, and HTMLs extracted with ConvertLIT), so I don't know how well, or even if it'll work with books from other publishers. In the Conversion menu (either while converting, or, like I did, in the conversion defaults) go to the "Chapter Detection" section, and in the box labeled "Force page break before tag:" put in the tag [a name]. When you convert, your chapters will all start on their own shiny new page I know this isn't exactly earth-shaking in the tips and tricks department, but it does polish up the layout nicely.