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robertlc · 10-18-2009, 11:21 PM

I have a few PDF files someone else converted using ABBYY PDF Transformer.

Each page has a graphic in both top corners.

Looking at the page in Calibre's header wizard shows the encoding behind the graphic as this:

<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">PDF Transform</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">PDF Transform</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">Y</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">Y</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">Y</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">er</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">Y</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">er</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">B</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">2</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">B</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">2</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">B</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">.0</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">B</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">.0</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">A</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">A</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">Click here to buy</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">Click here to buy</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">w</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">w</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">w</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">w</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">w . </a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">w</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">A B B YY.com</a>
<a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy">.A B BYY.com</a>

When converted to a mobi file, I get a bunch of lines that start with "PDF Transform" and then several letters, a couple of "Click here to buy," some more letters and then the "A B B YY.com" and ".A B BYY.com".

On my Kindle 2, this makes up about 2.5 pages I have to skip through every 3 or so pages and is annoying.

Can someone please tell me what I need to enter in the "Header Regular Expression" box?

Thanks in advance!

10-18-2009, 11:21 PM	#1
robertlc Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle 2	[Old Thread] Removing ABBYY header in a PDF I have a few PDF files someone else converted using ABBYY PDF Transformer. Each page has a graphic in both top corners. Looking at the page in Calibre's header wizard shows the encoding behind the graphic as this: <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>PDF Transform</b></a><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>PDF Transform</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>Y</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>Y</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>Y</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>er</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>Y</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>er</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>B</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>2</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>B</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>2</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>B</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>.0</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>B</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>.0</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>A</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>A</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>Click here to buy</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>Click here to buy</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>w</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>w</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>w</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>w</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>w . </b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>w</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>A B B YY.com</b></a></p><p> <a href="http://www.abbyy.com/buy"><b>.A B BYY.com</b></a></p><p> When converted to a mobi file, I get a bunch of lines that start with "PDF Transform" and then several letters, a couple of "Click here to buy," some more letters and then the "A B B YY.com" and ".A B BYY.com". On my Kindle 2, this makes up about 2.5 pages I have to skip through every 3 or so pages and is annoying. Can someone please tell me what I need to enter in the "Header Regular Expression" box? Thanks in advance!