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hfdt · 06-21-2025, 04:40 PM

Hi, all.

I do at least one page of journaling in Microsoft Word every day, and sometimes I find it interesting / grounding to re-read past journal entries, and I would like to do that re-reading on my Kindle Paperwhite. I've managed to get several entries onto the device using Calibre; that's not a problem. What I'm looking to do now is this:

I want one AZW3 file with ALL these old journal entries in it, and I want it to have a tappable TOC with a link to each entry.

The thing is, I've been doing this for a long time, and I have over eight thousand individual .docx files that would need to be incorporated. A friend suggested I convert the pile of .docx files into one giant PDF and then convert the PDF into AZW3, because when you combine files in Acrobat, it bookmarks each separate file automatically unless you tell it not to. I tried this, but I could not find a way to parlay those bookmarks into a TOC in Calibre - and in any case, I've since read that PDF is not ideal as a starting format.

Any ideas how I can get from a pile of .docx files to one massive AZW3 with a tappable TOC?

Thanks in advance.

06-21-2025, 04:40 PM	#1
hfdt Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2025 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Convert Thousands of DOCX Files into One AZW3 (with Tappable TOC) Hi, all. I do at least one page of journaling in Microsoft Word every day, and sometimes I find it interesting / grounding to re-read past journal entries, and I would like to do that re-reading on my Kindle Paperwhite. I've managed to get several entries onto the device using Calibre; that's not a problem. What I'm looking to do now is this: I want one AZW3 file with ALL these old journal entries in it, and I want it to have a tappable TOC with a link to each entry. The thing is, I've been doing this for a long time, and I have over eight thousand individual .docx files that would need to be incorporated. A friend suggested I convert the pile of .docx files into one giant PDF and then convert the PDF into AZW3, because when you combine files in Acrobat, it bookmarks each separate file automatically unless you tell it not to. I tried this, but I could not find a way to parlay those bookmarks into a TOC in Calibre - and in any case, I've since read that PDF is not ideal as a starting format. Any ideas how I can get from a pile of .docx files to one massive AZW3 with a tappable TOC? Thanks in advance.