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Old 09-04-2019, 08:50 PM   #1
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PDF (magazine style columns) to ePub Conversion

First, I know that PDF is a bad source to try to convert from. It's the only source I have though.

The PDF is laid out "magazine style" with the text in columns, meant to be read down column 1, then down column 2:

Code:
This is some text               The text in the second
that is in the first            column is formatted like
column.                         this.  I guess you get 
                                the idea.
It has paragraphs
laid out like this.
...And when I convert to ePub, I end up with lines that scramble the paragraphs from column 1 and 2 together making it impossible to read comprehensively:

This is some text
The text in the second
that is in the first
column is formatted like
column.
this. I guess you get
the idea.
It has paragraphs
laid out like this.

...Basically every 2nd line belongs with a different paragraph from another column.

Is there any way to convert this successfully?

Cheers
TRJB

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