Converting files

[Conversation]

I have got Calibre installed on my laptop and use it successfully for reading Ebooks.
I found instructions online for using Calibre to convert files, which is something I need to do right now.

I would like to use Calibre to convert a MS Word File into an
Epub but the instructions that I find online do not work for me.

Instructions:
Open the original document and set the title and chapter headings to ‘Header 1’
Save your document as .html by going to the ‘Save as’ option and
selecting either .html or Web page, filtered from the ‘Save as type’
drop down menu.
Open Calibre
Select ‘Add books’ and open the .html file you have just saved
Select ‘Edit Metadata’ and enter the title and author into boxes on
left side of the screen then select the arrows to the right of these
boxes which will show details as they will appear on the library
catalogue (i.e. surname first). If you want to add your own cover do
so here by selecting ‘Browse’ in the change cover section. Locate your
cover from your computer files and select open. Select ‘OK’ and exit
back to main screen
Select ‘Convert books’ and select ePub as output method. There are
several more options here that you can play around with including
‘Look and Feel’ and ‘Table of Contents’ if you want to do any more in
depth formatting.
Select ‘OK’ and Calibre will begin converting (you will see a spinning
dial in the bottom right hand corner and 1 next to the word Jobs)

I can get up to number 5 on this list of instructions but no further because
I get the message "no supported source format was found"

I would be grateful for any help anyone can offer.

[kovidgoyal]

save your books as docx not html. Add the docx file to calibre. click convert, click OK. thats all.