Detecting bookmarks as chapters on a PDF

furius · 04-12-2011, 10:54 PM

Hello to all,
Is it possible to use bookmarks as a way of telling Calibre where a chapter starts on a PDF file?

As a default (at least that`s what happens to me) Calibre simple won't detect the Chapter strecuture of a PDF.

Even if the PDF file already has a table of contents with links to pages on a PDF, Calibre don`t detect them, or points them to cover page of the book.

If is possible to detect bookmarks as chapters how do I do it?

DoctorOhh · 04-12-2011, 11:21 PM

Read this sticky post about PDFs and calibre.

furius · 04-13-2011, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwanthny

Read this sticky post about PDFs and calibre.

Thank you for the reply. But the post you provided only mention my secondary question. About the table of contents.

Quote:

My PDF has a table of contents or links, but they weren't used during conversion
Calibre doesn't support the existing Table of Contents/links in a pdf, instead it uses a heuristical approach to guess where the appropriate chapter breaks are. This works well in some documents, but can produce poor results or false positives in other documents.

The article dosen`t mention anything about my main question that is how to convert bookmarks to chapters.

ldolse · 04-13-2011, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by furius

Thank you for the reply. But the post you provided only mention my secondary question. About the table of contents.

The article dosen`t mention anything about my main question that is how to convert bookmarks to chapters.

The article clearly says you can't do it. Bookmark = Link. Not supported...

04-12-2011, 10:54 PM	#1
furius Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: kindle	Detecting bookmarks as chapters on a PDF Hello to all, Is it possible to use bookmarks as a way of telling Calibre where a chapter starts on a PDF file? As a default (at least that`s what happens to me) Calibre simple won't detect the Chapter strecuture of a PDF. Even if the PDF file already has a table of contents with links to pages on a PDF, Calibre don`t detect them, or points them to cover page of the book. If is possible to detect bookmarks as chapters how do I do it?

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04-12-2011, 11:21 PM	#2
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,889 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	Read this sticky post about PDFs and calibre.

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