Help I Broke Calibre!

inkyichi · 12-21-2011, 02:00 AM

I saw a thread to convert Docx to a mobi file you must first convert it to pdf.

So went to preference's and changed my output to pdf, I highlighted the books and then Calibre crashed. So restarted it and now every time I hit the output button it crashes. I can hit the input button and make changes but touching the output button is the kiss of death

So I went and downloaded Calibre again and hit repair and it still crashes when I hit the output button. I have tried running the wizard again as well.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: calibre.exe
Application Version: 0.8.31.0
Application Timestamp: 4eeac627
Fault Module Name: QtGui4.dll
Fault Module Version: 4.7.3.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4dec4b47
Exception Code: c00000fd
Exception Offset: 004a7387

kovidgoyal · 12-21-2011, 03:10 AM

Go to preferences->look & feel and change the interface font to something standard like verdana or arial

DoctorOhh · 12-21-2011, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inkyichi

I saw a thread to convert Docx to a mobi file you must first convert it to pdf.

Hopefully Kovid's advice has you up and running again.

As a general rule you should avoid PDF files for conversion and rarely should you ever use PDF as an intermediate format. General guidelines for converting Docx to mobi are to save the Docx as web page filtered. This creates a html file. Add the html to calibre then convert that file to mobi.

Good Luck.

inkyichi · 12-21-2011, 04:05 PM

Thank you so much, I can access the output button again, you guys rock.

inkyichi · 12-21-2011, 04:26 PM

Walk me through it Dwanthny, how do i save a Docx file as a web page? I have never done that before.

opitzs · 12-21-2011, 04:46 PM

In Word you choose 'Save as' (This is from memory, I have only Linux here) the in the line below the file name you can set the format.

inkyichi · 12-21-2011, 09:53 PM

Thank you for the help Opitzs, that worked beautifully. Let me ask one more question.

I am trying to make a cbz file readable on the kindle. My daughter likes manga. I can put it in her kindle but the text in the bubble is to small to read. How do you trim away some of the left and right margins so the picture and text will be bigger?

opitzs · 12-22-2011, 09:24 AM

I can only guess, but a cbz file is not much more than a zip file with images. I guess to trim it a little, you'd have to unzip the images files, crop them in a graphics program, e.g. The Gimp, and finally recreate the cbz. If you need to trim all images equally, you can use imagemagick or Irfanview to batch process all the files in one go.

12-21-2011, 02:00 AM	#1
inkyichi Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: kindle	Help I Broke Calibre! I saw a thread to convert Docx to a mobi file you must first convert it to pdf. So went to preference's and changed my output to pdf, I highlighted the books and then Calibre crashed. So restarted it and now every time I hit the output button it crashes. I can hit the input button and make changes but touching the output button is the kiss of death So I went and downloaded Calibre again and hit repair and it still crashes when I hit the output button. I have tried running the wizard again as well. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: calibre.exe Application Version: 0.8.31.0 Application Timestamp: 4eeac627 Fault Module Name: QtGui4.dll Fault Module Version: 4.7.3.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 4dec4b47 Exception Code: c00000fd Exception Offset: 004a7387

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12-21-2011, 03:10 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Go to preferences->look & feel and change the interface font to something standard like verdana or arial

12-21-2011, 04:05 PM	#4
inkyichi Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: kindle	Thank you so much, I can access the output button again, you guys rock.

12-21-2011, 04:26 PM	#5
inkyichi Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: kindle	Walk me through it Dwanthny, how do i save a Docx file as a web page? I have never done that before.

12-21-2011, 04:46 PM	#6
opitzs Avid Reader Posts: 161 Karma: 36472 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Look for rain, hail and snow... Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, PRS T1, Kobo Glo	In Word you choose 'Save as' (This is from memory, I have only Linux here) the in the line below the file name you can set the format.

12-21-2011, 09:53 PM	#7
inkyichi Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: kindle	Thank you for the help Opitzs, that worked beautifully. Let me ask one more question. I am trying to make a cbz file readable on the kindle. My daughter likes manga. I can put it in her kindle but the text in the bubble is to small to read. How do you trim away some of the left and right margins so the picture and text will be bigger?

12-22-2011, 09:24 AM	#8
opitzs Avid Reader Posts: 161 Karma: 36472 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Look for rain, hail and snow... Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, PRS T1, Kobo Glo	I can only guess, but a cbz file is not much more than a zip file with images. I guess to trim it a little, you'd have to unzip the images files, crop them in a graphics program, e.g. The Gimp, and finally recreate the cbz. If you need to trim all images equally, you can use imagemagick or Irfanview to batch process all the files in one go.

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