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Quoth · 01-18-2022, 05:04 AM

What BetterRed ^^^^^ writes.

Same applies to LibreOffice. Edit in odt format and do extra Save As in docx as the odt input plug-in isn't as good and won't be improved.
Don't convert on a different PC unless you know about embedding or copying fonts.

OpenOffice name is owned by Oracle, so that project is basically dead. All the main contributors moved to the LibreOffice fork.

I only use RTF as a last resort to import documents to LO Writer or MS Word, and then all the styles and links and headings need checked.

My odt with Save As to docx and then conversion to epub2 are all looking like the original. I then only use a checked epub2 as the source for all other conversions. Amazon KDP works best with epub2 upload anyway.

I only use PDF for upload to POD / paper publishing, though I have about 30 old scanned books as PDF unavailable even for money in any other format. Too much effort to OCR and proof unless I was publishing them.

01-18-2022, 05:04 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,403 Karma: 107076273 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	What BetterRed ^^^^^ writes. Same applies to LibreOffice. Edit in odt format and do extra Save As in docx as the odt input plug-in isn't as good and won't be improved. Don't convert on a different PC unless you know about embedding or copying fonts. OpenOffice name is owned by Oracle, so that project is basically dead. All the main contributors moved to the LibreOffice fork. I only use RTF as a last resort to import documents to LO Writer or MS Word, and then all the styles and links and headings need checked. My odt with Save As to docx and then conversion to epub2 are all looking like the original. I then only use a checked epub2 as the source for all other conversions. Amazon KDP works best with epub2 upload anyway. I only use PDF for upload to POD / paper publishing, though I have about 30 old scanned books as PDF unavailable even for money in any other format. Too much effort to OCR and proof unless I was publishing them.