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lostinlodos · 07-30-2017, 05:06 PM

Hi. I'm not sure where to post this so feel free to move me!
I created a document in Microsoft word that I then converted to ePub in Calibre. It's 56XX pages long and image heavy.
I now have two problems. First I accidentally deleted (shredded) the folder I was using for various page things including my source docx.
Second my file is too big for most readers, at 160MB.
iBooks crashes and Totalreader stalls for a long time (almost half an hour) on each load.
It displays fine on most of my PC apps so it's definitely a size or length problem.
I've tried converting the ePub back to docx and Microsoft Word can't load it, invalid file. Fact, Atlantis is the only WP that can load Calibre's docx. Resaving from AT doesn't help, still can't load in word.

SO: question is, is there an easy, direct, automated way to split my ePub into, say, 500 page chunks? (Not worried about where it splits at the moment I can fix sentence cutting and stuff manually). Like drag n drop type 500 click and walk away?
Or is there another text based format I could use to do this. PDF works and gives me a "valid" output but the formatting is messed up and I'm simply attempting to not have to rearrange and reformat more than 5000 pages.
Please, any help would be wonderful!

07-30-2017, 05:06 PM	#1
lostinlodos Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: multi	Breaking down a massive file Hi. I'm not sure where to post this so feel free to move me! I created a document in Microsoft word that I then converted to ePub in Calibre. It's 56XX pages long and image heavy. I now have two problems. First I accidentally deleted (shredded) the folder I was using for various page things including my source docx. Second my file is too big for most readers, at 160MB. iBooks crashes and Totalreader stalls for a long time (almost half an hour) on each load. It displays fine on most of my PC apps so it's definitely a size or length problem. I've tried converting the ePub back to docx and Microsoft Word can't load it, invalid file. Fact, Atlantis is the only WP that can load Calibre's docx. Resaving from AT doesn't help, still can't load in word. SO: question is, is there an easy, direct, automated way to split my ePub into, say, 500 page chunks? (Not worried about where it splits at the moment I can fix sentence cutting and stuff manually). Like drag n drop type 500 click and walk away? Or is there another text based format I could use to do this. PDF works and gives me a "valid" output but the formatting is messed up and I'm simply attempting to not have to rearrange and reformat more than 5000 pages. Please, any help would be wonderful!