Converting PDF to MOBI images are misplaced

LoJay · 12-04-2023, 06:54 AM

Hi. This is my first post here so bear with me, please. I have some books that are in PDF form and they contain images. For example, one of the books is "Blender for Dummies." This is a book that teaches readers how to use Blender which is a 3D modeling/animation software. There are pictures on the book that are designed to aid whatever is being discussed in the book. Often you'll get text that says, for example, "FIGURE 5-14: An edge ring selected on a UV sphere." And then the text continues for a couple of paragraphs before you see the actual image. The PDF is formatted so that the text is next to the image, whereas it seems randomly placed once I convert the PDF to MOBI, which is what I need for Kindle.

Side note: I know I can read a PDF on Kindle but I have vision issues and I can set the font size for MOBI books. So, I prefer MOBI.

Is it possible to format a MOBI book so that the images and descriptions are located together?

theducks · 12-04-2023, 08:13 AM

PDF is a paste up format. You can paste onto the canvas at any time

Which is why the sticky https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118605

LoJay · 12-04-2023, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

PDF is a paste up format. You can paste onto the canvas at any time

Which is why the sticky https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118605

Thank you for such a quick reply! I was just going to amend my post to say that PDF is a nightmare, according to Calibre, and is nothing but trouble. Ugh.

And sorry for not seeing the sticky. As I said, I'm very new to this site.

theducks · 12-04-2023, 10:46 AM

Now you get to learn the Calibre Editor
(The basic cut and paste is easy), but invest a bit of time and learn REGEX (there are tutorials here at MR, how I learned

)
And find and Move the code block containing the Image to where it should be.

Here is a sample of what one might look like:

Code:

<div class="h100">
      <img alt="" class="h100"  src="../Images9780451477903_Flameout_TX.jpg"/>
    </div>

The DIV is the block (contains the image or text) class= is the look and feel control (in CSS)

12-04-2023, 06:54 AM	#1
LoJay Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: Kindle Fire	Converting PDF to MOBI images are misplaced Hi. This is my first post here so bear with me, please. I have some books that are in PDF form and they contain images. For example, one of the books is "Blender for Dummies." This is a book that teaches readers how to use Blender which is a 3D modeling/animation software. There are pictures on the book that are designed to aid whatever is being discussed in the book. Often you'll get text that says, for example, "FIGURE 5-14: An edge ring selected on a UV sphere." And then the text continues for a couple of paragraphs before you see the actual image. The PDF is formatted so that the text is next to the image, whereas it seems randomly placed once I convert the PDF to MOBI, which is what I need for Kindle. Side note: I know I can read a PDF on Kindle but I have vision issues and I can set the font size for MOBI books. So, I prefer MOBI. Is it possible to format a MOBI book so that the images and descriptions are located together?

12-04-2023, 10:46 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,054 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Now you get to learn the Calibre Editor (The basic cut and paste is easy), but invest a bit of time and learn REGEX (there are tutorials here at MR, how I learned ) And find and Move the code block containing the Image to where it should be. Here is a sample of what one might look like: Code: <div class="h100"> <img alt="" class="h100" src="../Images9780451477903_Flameout_TX.jpg"/> </div> The DIV is the block (contains the image or text) class= is the look and feel control (in CSS)

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12-04-2023, 08:13 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,054 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	PDF is a paste up format. You can paste onto the canvas at any time Which is why the sticky https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118605

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