Ignoring MS Office Smart Tags during convert?

notsure · 12-15-2009, 07:21 PM

I've got a huge html document which contains MS Office Smart Tags. i.e.

<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">University Place</st1:address></st1:Street>

When Calibre converts this to epub the formatting goes a little wonky (University Place would appear on it's own line or something similar).

Is there a way to get Calibre to ignore these tags all together?

Thanks!

jackie_w · 12-15-2009, 08:11 PM

If you have MSWord, you could try the following :-

1. Open the HTML file with Word.

2. Then File Save-As type WebPage-Filtered.

This should give you a new HTML file without the MS smart tags.

notsure · 12-15-2009, 08:22 PM

Thanks.

I've only got linux available (and no Word).

I could write a regex and use sed to strip them out but since the files are passed to me already in a zip file, I bring them in directly to Calibre and convert to epub.

I guess I'm kinda hoping that Calibre can handle this on it's own. Maybe I'm just being too lazy!

kovidgoyal · 12-15-2009, 08:31 PM

You can put regexps into the remove header and footer options to remove whatever you like.

notsure · 12-15-2009, 10:01 PM

Figured it out, works great!

12-15-2009, 07:21 PM	#1
notsure Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-350	Ignoring MS Office Smart Tags during convert? I've got a huge html document which contains MS Office Smart Tags. i.e. <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">University Place</st1:address></st1:Street> When Calibre converts this to epub the formatting goes a little wonky (University Place would appear on it's own line or something similar). Is there a way to get Calibre to ignore these tags all together? Thanks!

12-15-2009, 10:01 PM	#5
notsure Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-350	Figured it out, works great! Last edited by notsure; 12-15-2009 at 10:41 PM. Reason: d'oh!

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12-15-2009, 08:11 PM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,246 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	If you have MSWord, you could try the following :- 1. Open the HTML file with Word. 2. Then File Save-As type WebPage-Filtered. This should give you a new HTML file without the MS smart tags.

12-15-2009, 08:22 PM	#3
notsure Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-350	Thanks. I've only got linux available (and no Word). I could write a regex and use sed to strip them out but since the files are passed to me already in a zip file, I bring them in directly to Calibre and convert to epub. I guess I'm kinda hoping that Calibre can handle this on it's own. Maybe I'm just being too lazy!

12-15-2009, 08:31 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can put regexps into the remove header and footer options to remove whatever you like.

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