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Old 02-02-2010, 09:29 AM   #594
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Originally Posted by honk69 View Post
If I open the pdf with stanza, the conversion is done well and if I convert with the command line tool from calibre (ebook-convert <File.pdf> <File.epub>) the conversion is done well either…
So why can't calibre convert a pdf the "right" way, without inserting a line break at every line end?
1. Calibre doesn't insert a line break, the line break is there.
2. If you use the free Mobipocket Creator you can change pdf to html. Here you can see where the actual breaks are and clean things up using find and replace it wordpad.
3. PDF to epub code is being rewritten for Calibre. But the command line and the gui for Calibre use the same ebook-convert executable.

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Originally Posted by honk69 View Post
Is there really no way to change something in the preferences of calibre to use it for pdf conversion? Any help would be great!
While we wait for the new conversion for PDF try going to preferences, conversion, PDF input and adjust the line unwrapping factor. Try .6 to start and vary it till you have what works best for you. I think the command line default is .5

Good Luck.
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