formatting book for kindle

[yankgirl]

Hi! I don't know if this is the right place for this question, but here goes....

I used Calibre to convert a PDF book to read on my kindle. Only problem I'm having is a page number issue. The PDF had page numbers in the book and they are showing up on my kindle. Did I do something wrong on calibre or is there any program I can use to edit it so I get rid of the page numbers?

Hope that makes sense!


Thanks!

[susan_cassidy]

In a PDF, the page numbers at the bottom (or whatever) of pages are just part of the document, and often, when converted, they still appear. Find or create an interim HTML file, and edit it to remove anything you don't want to see, then reconvert from the HTML file.

[Daermond]

Use PDFScissors to crop the page numbers and headings, and convert the cropped PDF.
http://www.pdfscissors.com/

The other way is under the search and replace menu of the Calibre convert page. You can use the wizard (wizard staff icon) to search for page numbering with a Regex expression and replace with nothing.
The easiest way is that you search for a page numbering, select everything from the last <br> before the page numbering till the next normal line, and copy it to the Regex input field.
Example:
ször nem lehetett öt yardnál tovább látni előre, de Jessie nem törődött vele.<br>
- 25 -<br>
<hr>
<A name=26></a>Félrerántotta a kormányt, hogy kikerüljön egy rókát, azután gázt adott. Tekintete végig a bal <br>

You have selected:
- 25 -<br>
<hr>
<A name=26></a>

Now replace the numbers with \d+. The A name= too. \d means number in the regexp.
The regexp expression will be:
- \d+ -<br>
<hr>
<A name=\d+></a>

click on the Test button and it will highlight the result of the Regexp.
Left blank the Replacement Text field and try to convert.