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cptnemo · 08-21-2013, 09:40 PM

Thanks.

I found I could use a workaround for my character encoding problem. Maybe someone is interested. So see below.

If you want to copy & paste from the PDFs using Preview.app or Skim.app you can't use calibre to generated the PDF. I don't grasp all the technicalities but, in few words, the problem has to do with the encoding: calibre produce PDF with text with encoding "Identity-H", while Preview.app and Skim.app need "Ansi" encoding. Then you can:

1) Convert with calibre to HTMLZ.
2) Replace the .htmlz extension of the file with .zip
3) Unzip the file
4) Create the PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro using "Create from webpage"

(I tried also Word and LibreOffice, problem here they don't keep the internal links)

08-21-2013, 09:40 PM	#5
cptnemo Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Thanks. I found I could use a workaround for my character encoding problem. Maybe someone is interested. So see below. If you want to copy & paste from the PDFs using Preview.app or Skim.app you can't use calibre to generated the PDF. I don't grasp all the technicalities but, in few words, the problem has to do with the encoding: calibre produce PDF with text with encoding "Identity-H", while Preview.app and Skim.app need "Ansi" encoding. Then you can: 1) Convert with calibre to HTMLZ. 2) Replace the .htmlz extension of the file with .zip 3) Unzip the file 4) Create the PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro using "Create from webpage" (I tried also Word and LibreOffice, problem here they don't keep the internal links)