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BetterRed · 11-06-2013, 04:23 PM

Re Word - Use paragraph formatting - avoid tabs and blank lines. If you can, save as DOCX and calibre convert from there.

As you have read PDF, is a bit 'of a hit & miss affair' - its almost always necessary to do some editing.

My starting point is to convert PDF to PRC via Mobicreator, if the PRC is 'reasonably OK' then I calibre convert the PRC to RTF and use Word 2007 to do the editing - where I have an array of macros to fix the common problems. If the PRC is not 'reasonably OK' then I may try other alternatives in no particular order - or I may decide to live with the PDF as it is.

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11-06-2013, 04:23 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,890 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Re Word - Use paragraph formatting - avoid tabs and blank lines. If you can, save as DOCX and calibre convert from there. As you have read PDF, is a bit 'of a hit & miss affair' - its almost always necessary to do some editing. My starting point is to convert PDF to PRC via Mobicreator, if the PRC is 'reasonably OK' then I calibre convert the PRC to RTF and use Word 2007 to do the editing - where I have an array of macros to fix the common problems. If the PRC is not 'reasonably OK' then I may try other alternatives in no particular order - or I may decide to live with the PDF as it is. BR What has Mozilla done to Firefox, it feels like I'm typing on tapioca pudding! Disable flash fixed it Last edited by BetterRed; 11-06-2013 at 04:32 PM.