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Quoth · 01-09-2019, 05:59 AM

Linux Mint, Libre Office and Calibre.
When I am updating to a new version of a text I've written I've noticed that occasionally the cover image replaces the first image in the text. To keep all existing meta data and original "browsed for" cover image, I delete all book formats from an entry in Calibre after editing author on imported book (as that is my real, not pen name) and then Merge.
This has always been occasionally happening since I switched to odt and Linux instead of save as LibreOffice to .doc or earlier used MSWord 2002 on XP.
The source texts never have a cover image. I note you can turn off cover image detection in some other formats of import but not odt. Also .doc import isn't available on Linux Calibre though it is on Windows. Even installing Word on WINE makes no difference. Not a problem as LibreOffice Writer seems to import any version of Word doc or docx more reliably than some versions of Word do.

Am I doing something wrong or is there a setting or is it a bug? If I "convert" to epub I can open for edit in Calibre and the original image is in the list of stuff. If I find the correct place in the HTML then I can edit in the correct image without having to import it.

01-09-2019, 05:59 AM	#1
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,340 Karma: 105899727 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Import odt (Libre Office) Linux Mint, Libre Office and Calibre. When I am updating to a new version of a text I've written I've noticed that occasionally the cover image replaces the first image in the text. To keep all existing meta data and original "browsed for" cover image, I delete all book formats from an entry in Calibre after editing author on imported book (as that is my real, not pen name) and then Merge. This has always been occasionally happening since I switched to odt and Linux instead of save as LibreOffice to .doc or earlier used MSWord 2002 on XP. The source texts never have a cover image. I note you can turn off cover image detection in some other formats of import but not odt. Also .doc import isn't available on Linux Calibre though it is on Windows. Even installing Word on WINE makes no difference. Not a problem as LibreOffice Writer seems to import any version of Word doc or docx more reliably than some versions of Word do. Am I doing something wrong or is there a setting or is it a bug? If I "convert" to epub I can open for edit in Calibre and the original image is in the list of stuff. If I find the correct place in the HTML then I can edit in the correct image without having to import it.