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j_dunn · 03-02-2009, 11:46 AM

OK everything I have convert fine except PDFs which for some reason convert through Calibre nothing like how other programs convert them.

Example:

I have a PDF that is just text, I put it on my 505 with the Sony E-Library software and it looks decent. Page breaks occur where they are in the PDF, if a page break occurs say in the middle of a "screen" then it leaves everything below the last line blank rather than spilling over the next page on it, etc. Same thing if I convert it with Convertdoc.

Now, if I convert it to epub or lrf with Calibre (in order to set up the metadata properly) it gets rid of all of the page breaks, or I should say it keeps them but the pages blend into one another instead of having buffer space on them, and instead of the reader saying "page 1 of 200" on each page it reads "page 1-2 of 200" on every other page or so as it is showing multiple pages on the same screen.

Is there some setting I am overlooking in Calibre? I've tried looking at all the "convert ebook" options but can't find anything that forces it to add the buffer space for the pages. Any idea or am I just going to have to depend on Sony's software (and manually editing the metadata) to get it looking right?

03-02-2009, 11:46 AM	#1
j_dunn Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-505	Is there a trick to PDF conversion? OK everything I have convert fine except PDFs which for some reason convert through Calibre nothing like how other programs convert them. Example: I have a PDF that is just text, I put it on my 505 with the Sony E-Library software and it looks decent. Page breaks occur where they are in the PDF, if a page break occurs say in the middle of a "screen" then it leaves everything below the last line blank rather than spilling over the next page on it, etc. Same thing if I convert it with Convertdoc. Now, if I convert it to epub or lrf with Calibre (in order to set up the metadata properly) it gets rid of all of the page breaks, or I should say it keeps them but the pages blend into one another instead of having buffer space on them, and instead of the reader saying "page 1 of 200" on each page it reads "page 1-2 of 200" on every other page or so as it is showing multiple pages on the same screen. Is there some setting I am overlooking in Calibre? I've tried looking at all the "convert ebook" options but can't find anything that forces it to add the buffer space for the pages. Any idea or am I just going to have to depend on Sony's software (and manually editing the metadata) to get it looking right?