Thread: rtf to epub?
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Old 12-13-2009, 02:48 PM   #1
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rtf to epub?

I've been working on making an epub from an initial rtf file, and started with calibre to convert from rtf to epub, then used sigil 1.5 to edit it mainly for the toc. Although almost everthing came out pretty well, I found that there were a number of inconsistent occurring <div>...</div> separating paragraphs that cause the spacing between paragraphs to be inconsistent on my pc Adobe DE and my bebook 1. That is, some paragraphs were separated with <div class="s1"><p class...>...</div></p> whereas other paragraphs had the <div class="s1">...</div> omitted. Looking at the original rtf file did not disclose why there should be this inconsistency so it seems it must have originated with calibre for some reason. Editing the entire ebook with sigil to get rid of these problems seemed pretty time consuming, and I wondered if starting with Book Designer would have a better choice than with calibre; perhaps start with BD, then use Calibre, then sigil to be sure that all the coding is consistent?

What do others think is the best way to progress from rtt to finished epub (without coding from scratch)?
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