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trekky0623 · 11-05-2015, 03:52 PM

So, I usually convert my books to AZW3 before loading them onto my Kindle. In the device settings, I can see that there is an option to generate page numbers, and options for "pagebreak" style tag-searching generation, "accurate" generation, and "fast" generation, with "pagebreak" falling back to "accurate" if it fails.

However, this isn't what I want. What I would like to have happen is, if there are explicit tags for page numbers, to generate an APNX file with page numbers. However, if there are no tags, I do not want Calibre to make fake page numbers, so that if I'm citing a book, I don't unknowingly cite page numbers that aren't real.

Is there a way to do this?

EDIT: I might be totally wrong about all of this, btw. Do AZW3 format books even use APNX files? If not, will simply turning off the page number option preserve tagged page numbers?

11-05-2015, 03:52 PM	#1
trekky0623 Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Generating page numbers only when tags are present? So, I usually convert my books to AZW3 before loading them onto my Kindle. In the device settings, I can see that there is an option to generate page numbers, and options for "pagebreak" style tag-searching generation, "accurate" generation, and "fast" generation, with "pagebreak" falling back to "accurate" if it fails. However, this isn't what I want. What I would like to have happen is, if there are explicit tags for page numbers, to generate an APNX file with page numbers. However, if there are no tags, I do not want Calibre to make fake page numbers, so that if I'm citing a book, I don't unknowingly cite page numbers that aren't real. Is there a way to do this? EDIT: I might be totally wrong about all of this, btw. Do AZW3 format books even use APNX files? If not, will simply turning off the page number option preserve tagged page numbers?