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Old 01-09-2025, 04:52 AM   #5
Orion Invictus
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Originally Posted by retiredbiker View Post
I do a lot of converting old magazines, usually two columns, to epubs. Also with centered text boxes, advertisements, "continued on page nn", and whatnot. There are no magic shortcuts. OCR a column at a time, put the text into Writer, proofread and correct, and then finally you can make an epub.
It's not a scan, though. It already has the text and images actually embedded (if that's the right word) in the PDF. OCR would just be copy/paste. And I don't have time to correct the dozens of articles I'd need to read (especially because, ideally, I'd only be reading them once while summarizing them).

I just wanted to be able to use the Scribe's features that can only be used in e-books, like writing notes by hand in the middle of the text (as opposed to on top of the text or with the keyboard) and going through pages with a single touch (small thing, but useful). Sadly, it seems like that's just not happening.

Thank you both for the help, though. I'll make do with what I've got.

Last edited by Orion Invictus; 01-09-2025 at 04:53 AM. Reason: Thanking people for their help.
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