Formatting Ebooks

rozie123 · 02-10-2008, 08:12 AM

I am formatting an ebook (RTF) that I plan to convert to Sony. I converted this book to RTF from .lit. All the illustrations are there and it is generally a beautifully formatted book, except for one thing: throughout the book (after the conversion) there are words with no spaces in-between! It wouldn't be so bad except this book is 1,095 pages in Word! Any suggestions other than going through spell check, line by line? Anybody know any tricks for this?

Thanks for any support.

JSWolf · 02-10-2008, 08:14 AM

How is it you managed to remove the spaces from all the words? If the original source is OK, I suggest starting the conversion over again saving your conversion at each successful step until you see what it is you did.

slayda · 02-10-2008, 09:16 AM

Long shot possibility - look at the font format "Character Spacing" in MS Word. I've experienced some weirdnesses there. All fonts should be set to "Scale - 100%", "Spacing - Normal" & "Position - Normal".

Again this is a long shot but I've had problems crop up re. this formating when I convert some books & it took me a while to discover how to fix it.

jaycee · 02-10-2008, 02:03 PM

Perhaps you removed ^p and didn't replace it with a space?

02-10-2008, 08:12 AM	#1
rozie123 Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS505	Formatting Ebooks I am formatting an ebook (RTF) that I plan to convert to Sony. I converted this book to RTF from .lit. All the illustrations are there and it is generally a beautifully formatted book, except for one thing: throughout the book (after the conversion) there are words with no spaces in-between! It wouldn't be so bad except this book is 1,095 pages in Word! Any suggestions other than going through spell check, line by line? Anybody know any tricks for this? Thanks for any support.

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02-10-2008, 08:14 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,220 Karma: 145488788 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	How is it you managed to remove the spaces from all the words? If the original source is OK, I suggest starting the conversion over again saving your conversion at each successful step until you see what it is you did.

02-10-2008, 09:16 AM	#3
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Long shot possibility - look at the font format "Character Spacing" in MS Word. I've experienced some weirdnesses there. All fonts should be set to "Scale - 100%", "Spacing - Normal" & "Position - Normal". Again this is a long shot but I've had problems crop up re. this formating when I convert some books & it took me a while to discover how to fix it.

02-10-2008, 02:03 PM	#4
jaycee Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: 505	Perhaps you removed ^p and didn't replace it with a space?

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