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Quoth · 11-08-2022, 05:13 AM

On Calibre there is an option on docx import to "Don't detect cover from file".
Also if you have a docx:
1) Always edit the docx (or if LO Writer edit odt and extra Save As docx)
2) During development always SaveAs with incremented version number before changes to docx already as epub.
3) Always go Metadata and delete the docx after conversion to epub
4) Always make all other formats from epub
5) Trivial to import fresh edited docx in Metadata window and delete old epub & other formats.

I only edit the epub in Calibre (if the source is wordprocessor) to tweak image CSS as I can't get graphics style in wp to have a % width or height and other auto that's recognised in Calibre as CSS. All the headings and paragraph etc styles map perfectly to css.

A long time since I used a Mac, but I think LibreOffice is a better choice now than MS Office (Word), and free for a Mac as MS is more focused on Office365 on Web. Better PDF export. But you need to save/edit any imported docx as odt and fix page, heading, graphics & paragraph styles and only edit odt. The spreadsheet isn't so fussy. I switched to LO completely on Windows in 2014 or 2015 and then to Linux completely by Jan 2017.

11-08-2022, 05:13 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,235 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	On Calibre there is an option on docx import to "Don't detect cover from file". Also if you have a docx: 1) Always edit the docx (or if LO Writer edit odt and extra Save As docx) 2) During development always SaveAs with incremented version number before changes to docx already as epub. 3) Always go Metadata and delete the docx after conversion to epub 4) Always make all other formats from epub 5) Trivial to import fresh edited docx in Metadata window and delete old epub & other formats. I only edit the epub in Calibre (if the source is wordprocessor) to tweak image CSS as I can't get graphics style in wp to have a % width or height and other auto that's recognised in Calibre as CSS. All the headings and paragraph etc styles map perfectly to css. A long time since I used a Mac, but I think LibreOffice is a better choice now than MS Office (Word), and free for a Mac as MS is more focused on Office365 on Web. Better PDF export. But you need to save/edit any imported docx as odt and fix page, heading, graphics & paragraph styles and only edit odt. The spreadsheet isn't so fussy. I switched to LO completely on Windows in 2014 or 2015 and then to Linux completely by Jan 2017. Last edited by Quoth; 11-08-2022 at 05:18 AM.