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PKFFW · 09-30-2009, 08:26 PM

Hi,

I'm using WinXP with Calibre 0.6.5

When converting PDF's to epub or FB2 I keep getting some odd line breaks.

For example...

"They were

predators, vicious destroyers. And they scared

the living hell out of me."

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why, when and where these odd line breaks will occur.

When I use PDF Transformer to convert the PDF to RTF this doesn't happen. However, I don't like the way RTF looks on the BeBook.

When I try using Calibre to convert the RTF into epub or FB2 the result is unusable with lines overlapping each other and even more odd line breaks. I've also tried using PDF Transformer to convert the PDF to HTML and then Calibre to convert from HTML to epub and FB2 but the same problem with overlapping lines and more line breaks occur.

So any suggestions on why this might be happening and what I might be able to do to fix it? I much prefer the epub and FB2 formats overall.

Cheers,
PKFFW

09-30-2009, 08:26 PM	#1
PKFFW Wizard Posts: 3,783 Karma: 33064842 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: BeBook, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo H2O	Odd line/paragraph breaks in epub and FB2? Hi, I'm using WinXP with Calibre 0.6.5 When converting PDF's to epub or FB2 I keep getting some odd line breaks. For example... "They were predators, vicious destroyers. And they scared the living hell out of me." There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why, when and where these odd line breaks will occur. When I use PDF Transformer to convert the PDF to RTF this doesn't happen. However, I don't like the way RTF looks on the BeBook. When I try using Calibre to convert the RTF into epub or FB2 the result is unusable with lines overlapping each other and even more odd line breaks. I've also tried using PDF Transformer to convert the PDF to HTML and then Calibre to convert from HTML to epub and FB2 but the same problem with overlapping lines and more line breaks occur. So any suggestions on why this might be happening and what I might be able to do to fix it? I much prefer the epub and FB2 formats overall. Cheers, PKFFW Last edited by PKFFW; 09-30-2009 at 08:30 PM.