Missing letters

Krisztina · 10-15-2020, 09:25 AM

Hi there. Can anyone help me? I have a kindle paperwhite 3 device. I convert a lot of books with the "Caliber" program. I always update and convert books a few months badly. I don't know what setting I should choose. I usually convert a pdf file to a mobi file. The mistake is that in the text if these two letters are next to each other "fi", it will not print. Does anyone know what I should set? I read in Hungarian. My English is pretty weak. Please help. Thanks in advance.

JSWolf · 10-15-2020, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Krisztina

Hi there. Can anyone help me? I have a kindle paperwhite 3 device. I convert a lot of books with the "Caliber" program. I always update and convert books a few months badly. I don't know what setting I should choose. I usually convert a pdf file to a mobi file. The mistake is that in the text if these two letters are next to each other "fi", it will not print. Does anyone know what I should set? I read in Hungarian. My English is pretty weak. Please help. Thanks in advance.

What's this Caliber program a number of others are going on about?

Krisztina · 10-15-2020, 09:28 AM

Calibre 5.2.0

Krisztina · 10-15-2020, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

What's this Caliber program a number of others are going on about?

Calibre 5.2.0

JSWolf · 10-15-2020, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Krisztina

Hi there. Can anyone help me? I have a kindle paperwhite 3 device. I convert a lot of books with the "Caliber" program. I always update and convert books a few months badly. I don't know what setting I should choose. I usually convert a pdf file to a mobi file. The mistake is that in the text if these two letters are next to each other "fi", it will not print. Does anyone know what I should set? I read in Hungarian. My English is pretty weak. Please help. Thanks in advance.

PDF is a terrible format to convert from. It requires a lot of cleaning up to get it readable. IMHO, it's not worth the effort to convert PDF to anything else. The problems you are having is because you are using PDF to convert from.

theducks · 10-15-2020, 09:35 AM

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The keyword is ligatures. But your real problem is you started with PDF, probably the worst conversion SOURCE type.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118605

Krisztina · 10-15-2020, 09:36 AM

I understand. Thank you for your help. Then shouldn't I have a problem with another format? I mean convert pdf to another format.

JSWolf · 10-15-2020, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Krisztina

I understand. Thank you for your help. Then shouldn't I have a problem with another format? I mean convert pdf to another format.

Mobi is also a terrible format as it is old and obsolete. Try converting to KF8 (AZW3) and see if you get better results. Though if if you do get a better result, it may still be a mess.

theducks · 10-15-2020, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Krisztina

I understand. Thank you for your help. Then shouldn't I have a problem with another format? I mean convert pdf to another format.

You will always have problems if you start with PDF.
PDF is a 'paste up' format. take paragraph strips of the document, now place them where the belong on a page. There is no set order because they are placed by location. Pictures tend to really get misplaced in conversion..

Krisztina · 10-15-2020, 09:44 AM

Thank you. I will try it.

10-15-2020, 09:25 AM	#1
Krisztina Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	Missing letters Hi there. Can anyone help me? I have a kindle paperwhite 3 device. I convert a lot of books with the "Caliber" program. I always update and convert books a few months badly. I don't know what setting I should choose. I usually convert a pdf file to a mobi file. The mistake is that in the text if these two letters are next to each other "fi", it will not print. Does anyone know what I should set? I read in Hungarian. My English is pretty weak. Please help. Thanks in advance.

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Krisztina Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	Calibre 5.2.0

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Moderator Notice Please don't hijack someone else's thread subject. Use the New thread button when needed. -...Moved to its own The keyword is ligatures. But your real problem is you started with PDF, probably the worst conversion SOURCE type. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118605

10-15-2020, 09:36 AM	#7
Krisztina Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	I understand. Thank you for your help. Then shouldn't I have a problem with another format? I mean convert pdf to another format.

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Krisztina Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	Thank you. I will try it.

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