Chapter order help! :S

micric · 04-01-2011, 03:15 AM

Whenever I convert from a pdf or txt file, Calibre reorders the chapters to 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 21, 22, 3, 31...etc.

Is there any way I can fix this without individually renaming the early chapters '01', '02'...etc?

Manichean · 04-01-2011, 03:36 AM

Does Calibre really reorder the chapters? Could you check the chapter order in the PDF or TXT source? Also, do you see this reordering in the text, in the TOC or in both?

micric · 04-01-2011, 03:53 AM

Yeah the original pdf is all in the correct order, it's just the resulting epub that's messed up - even in the TOC :S

Manichean · 04-01-2011, 04:22 AM

Are you converting directly from PDF to ePub?

ldolse · 04-01-2011, 05:56 AM

Calibre doesn't actually re-order anything during pdf conversion. It does attempt to detect the pdf chapters and insert split points at each chapter. If things are truly being reordered this would indicate some problem with the splitting code, but that would affect lots of formats, not just pdf - this is unlikely to be the root cause.

The most likely alternative theory is that the pdf is formatted in an obscure way that's tripping up pdftohtml - i.e. Garbage In Garbage Out. You could validate this by enabling the debug directory option and see if the html in the 'input' folder is already screwed up.

04-01-2011, 03:15 AM	#1
micric Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: android tablet	Chapter order help! :S Whenever I convert from a pdf or txt file, Calibre reorders the chapters to 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 21, 22, 3, 31...etc. Is there any way I can fix this without individually renaming the early chapters '01', '02'...etc?

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04-01-2011, 03:36 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Does Calibre really reorder the chapters? Could you check the chapter order in the PDF or TXT source? Also, do you see this reordering in the text, in the TOC or in both?

04-01-2011, 03:53 AM	#3
micric Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: android tablet	Yeah the original pdf is all in the correct order, it's just the resulting epub that's messed up - even in the TOC :S

04-01-2011, 04:22 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Are you converting directly from PDF to ePub?

04-01-2011, 05:56 AM	#5
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Calibre doesn't actually re-order anything during pdf conversion. It does attempt to detect the pdf chapters and insert split points at each chapter. If things are truly being reordered this would indicate some problem with the splitting code, but that would affect lots of formats, not just pdf - this is unlikely to be the root cause. The most likely alternative theory is that the pdf is formatted in an obscure way that's tripping up pdftohtml - i.e. Garbage In Garbage Out. You could validate this by enabling the debug directory option and see if the html in the 'input' folder is already screwed up.

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