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Old 08-31-2009, 02:22 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Calibre is an excellent program, but PDF conversion is not one of its strengths. Try "Book Designer" - it converts PDFs as well as anything I've come across.

Unfortunately, however, PDF files sometimes simply cannot be converted well. A PDF files does not contain "text" - it has no paragraphs, lines, words, etc; just drawing instructions for individual letters. As such, it is extraordinarily difficult to convert.
I used BD to convert some PDF's I have and it seems to be doing a fairly good job. However, the only thing it is doing poorly is maintaining italics and bold type face. Am I missing a setting or can this just not be done?
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