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cdecaf · 10-14-2009, 03:44 AM

Hi,

I have been thinkering about this now for two days and couldn't find a clue.

My problem is I want to convert a bought pdf to epub (so sorry no sample - but I try to find one). The page numbers of the pdf show up just somewhere in between the text so I want them gone.

In the regex window (the one that does come up after clicking the magic wand next to "remove footer") the page numbers show up as

Code:

45 </p><p>

so I try

Code:

\d+ *</p><p>

Code:

[0-9]+ *</p><p>

and

Code:

\d+ *\<\/p\>\<p\>

all of these mark the correct regions in the window - but none of these show an effect in the produced epub.

Just as test I tried

Code:

\d+

- and yes it removes ALL numbers from the converted text.

Also I tried

Code:

ebook-convert book.pdf .epub --debug-pipeline

but it seems the option is no longer possible - all I get is the help for ebook-convert

So does anybody have an idea what I could try?
Thanks.

btw. I'm using calibre 0.6.17 on OSX Snow Leopard.

10-14-2009, 03:44 AM	#1
cdecaf Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: prs 505	Remove Footer Hi, I have been thinkering about this now for two days and couldn't find a clue. My problem is I want to convert a bought pdf to epub (so sorry no sample - but I try to find one). The page numbers of the pdf show up just somewhere in between the text so I want them gone. In the regex window (the one that does come up after clicking the magic wand next to "remove footer") the page numbers show up as Code: 45 </p><p> so I try Code: \d+ </p><p> Code: [0-9]+ </p><p> and Code: \d+ *\<\/p\>\<p\> all of these mark the correct regions in the window - but none of these show an effect in the produced epub. Just as test I tried Code: \d+ - and yes it removes ALL numbers from the converted text. Also I tried Code: ebook-convert book.pdf .epub --debug-pipeline but it seems the option is no longer possible - all I get is the help for ebook-convert So does anybody have an idea what I could try? Thanks. btw. I'm using calibre 0.6.17 on OSX Snow Leopard.