PDF Conversion Trouble

dr_Fell · 08-28-2016, 08:27 AM

Hello. I seem to have similar problem. I have just tried to do my first pfd>epub conversion today.

During conversion Calibre adds empty lines between paragraphs, so blocks of text that are uniform in pdf (but consists of more than one paragraph) are now splitten in parts.

Both "remove spacing between paragraphs" and "Add empty line between paragraphs" are turned off.

When I turn on "remove spacing between paragraphs" Calibre don't break multipragraph blocks of text, but there also no empty lines between multipragraph blocks of text, that are present in the pdf and document becames hard to read.

I upgraded to 2.65.1, I have reset options to default - still no luck. I don't have custom CSS (everything default).

eschwartz · 08-28-2016, 08:41 AM

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dr_Fell · 08-28-2016, 10:08 AM

Thanks !

So it is probably this:
"Some of my paragraphs are split into multiple paragraphs".

Since changing Line unwrap-factor doesn't have any effect, seems that I have to give up this conversion.

DoctorOhh · 08-28-2016, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by dr_Fell

Thanks !

So it is probably this:
"Some of my paragraphs are split into multiple paragraphs".

Since changing Line unwrap-factor doesn't have any effect, seems that I have to give up this conversion.

PDFs often suck when it comes to conversions. PDFs were designed for print and you don't see all of the invisible code to create the layout. It's a crap shoot when you attempt conversions and most books still require a good bit of time being manually edited. I stopped any attempt at using PDFs as a source for conversions about 5 years ago.

08-28-2016, 08:27 AM	#1
dr_Fell Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Cybook Odyssey	PDF Conversion Trouble Hello. I seem to have similar problem. I have just tried to do my first pfd>epub conversion today. During conversion Calibre adds empty lines between paragraphs, so blocks of text that are uniform in pdf (but consists of more than one paragraph) are now splitten in parts. Both "remove spacing between paragraphs" and "Add empty line between paragraphs" are turned off. When I turn on "remove spacing between paragraphs" Calibre don't break multipragraph blocks of text, but there also no empty lines between multipragraph blocks of text, that are present in the pdf and document becames hard to read. I upgraded to 2.65.1, I have reset options to default - still no luck. I don't have custom CSS (everything default).

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08-28-2016, 10:08 AM	#4
dr_Fell Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Cybook Odyssey	Thanks ! So it is probably this: "Some of my paragraphs are split into multiple paragraphs". Since changing Line unwrap-factor doesn't have any effect, seems that I have to give up this conversion.

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