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Old 09-09-2011, 08:48 AM   #1
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Help with transfer to Kindle 3 (noob)!

I am in school and have to read notes that are posted online. The prof said we are welcome to transfer them to our e-reading devices (I have a Kindle 3), so I thought "perfect".

Here is one of the pages of notes:
https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~oop244/pag...t/langu_p.html

I copied it into a Word 2007 blank document and saved it as a web page, filtered. I then added it to Calibre and converted it to an epub using default settings and transferred the epub to my Kindle and had it auto-convert.

It now shows up but it's not displaying properly. Specifically, there is more text per page than shows up on the screen. When I click the turn-page button, it goes from 1% to 22%, skipping a whack. When I press the go-back-a-page button, it goes to 16%, 12%, and then 1%, again skipping a mess of text. If I make the font smaller, more text shows up on the page but I still can't access most of it. Unfortunately, the Kindle does not have a scrollbar (AFAIK) and the 5 way directional pad won't let me scroll down.

I'd really rather not read the notes on a computer screen. What to do?
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Old 09-09-2011, 09:03 AM   #2
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Try adding the raw html file to calibre then converting it to mobi. If that doesn't work compress raw html to zip first. Word and epub steps are unnecessary.

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Old 09-09-2011, 09:06 AM   #3
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Also, don't convert to an ePub and convert that again. Convert to MOBI in the first step.
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:04 AM   #4
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Try useing www.sendtoreader.com I have had good luck with them.
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:28 AM   #5
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Fast responses, great community. I'll try all those, cheers!

To clarify, at no point was the file a .doc(x) file. I simply used word to create the html. But I hear what you're saying, I guess I could just save as.... from within chrome
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:37 AM   #6
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I don't know HTML well enough to say from my own experience, but experienced users say Word produces lots of HTML trash, and I know Word's file size is large compared to a good HTML editor. Saving out the HTML from Google Chrome seems like best bet.

Edit: Ooooo. Just noticed prior post. Send to Reader looks useful. Thanks, BrowseTheStacks

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Old 09-11-2011, 12:51 PM   #7
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All good!

Btw, that Sendtoreader app is fantastic. I used it for sending Google Maps directions to my Kindle. Save on printer ink, it's amazing!
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