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Old 05-03-2024, 04:57 PM   #2
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Are you using doc or docx source?

Is it from MS Word or something else?

Note that LO Writer works best if you only ever edit doc or docx once to import from MS Word, then save in "odt", then do an extra Save As in docx to import to Calibre.

What do you mean "formatting is still not as good as it is on Android."

The epub format needs a decent 3rd party app for iOS and Android. Neither have built in epub support. Some apps are not very good.

You need also to embed fonts and use an app (Lithium, Bluefire, Aldiko Basic, Pocketbook on Android, some of those on iOS) that will use the embedded font and your ebook CSS.

Some are poor at even Latin-Roman embedded fonts & ligatures and worse for anything else.

What is you epub like in Calibre viewer compared to original source?

Note that if the Word docx file is created on a different PC to the one running calibre you need the same fonts installed, or in MS Word and LO Writer to pick the "Embed Fonts" option in Properties which slows saving and opening a lot. Better to have Calibre on the same computer, or make sure the same fonts installed. When you select "Embed Fonts" in Calibre epub conversion it looks on that computer for them.
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