Repeated text pdf to epub conversion

magicman1223 · 04-25-2014, 09:32 AM

Hey everyone,

I have been trying to use rsvp with an app called glance , the issue I am running into is that my conversion of a pdc to epub keeps repeating various information. I tried to use regular expressions however it did not seem to work. Is there an option I am missing that can delete this information form the converted epub? Thanks for the help.

Example :

Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies

01-ch01.indd 51

3/23/2011 6:18:37 AM

CertPrs8/RHCE Red Hat Certifi ed Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam N0-201)/Jang/176565-7/Chapter 1

Here is the exact markup.

 
Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies 
01-ch01.indd 3 
3/23/2011 6:18:31 AM 
<hr/>
<a name=4></a>CertPrs8/RHCE Red Hat Certifi ed Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam N0-201)/Jang/176565-7/Chapter 1 
4 Chapter 1: Prepare for Red Hat Hands-on Certifi cations

eschwartz · 04-25-2014, 01:40 PM

I don't see any repetition in your example.

In any event, PDF is a horrible format to convert from, although there are a few tricks you can use. It mostly boils down to regex though.

See the sticky here: Read this before Posting PDF Questions.

theducks · 04-25-2014, 01:53 PM

What you see is 'page' footers
They are NOT identical, but similar.
There is a 'page number' and page (generated?) timestamp that is encoded

IMHO, use the editor and some careful REGEX to clean up after a PDF conversion

magicman1223 · 04-25-2014, 02:02 PM

The book only came with pdf, which is why I am stuck with pdf format. I am currently reading the link on what to do with pdf conversion. I think @theducks is right they look like footers..

04-25-2014, 09:32 AM	#1
magicman1223 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: htc rsvp	Repeated text pdf to epub conversion Hey everyone, I have been trying to use rsvp with an app called glance , the issue I am running into is that my conversion of a pdc to epub keeps repeating various information. I tried to use regular expressions however it did not seem to work. Is there an option I am missing that can delete this information form the converted epub? Thanks for the help. Example : Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies 01-ch01.indd 51 3/23/2011 6:18:37 AM CertPrs8/RHCE Red Hat Certifi ed Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam N0-201)/Jang/176565-7/Chapter 1 Here is the exact markup. <br> Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies<br> 01-ch01.indd 3<br> 3/23/2011 6:18:31 AM<br> <hr/> <a name=4></a><b>CertPrs8</b>/RHCE Red Hat Certifi ed Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam N0-201)/Jang/176565-7/Chapter 1<br> <b>4</b> Chapter 1: Prepare for Red Hat Hands-on Certifi cations<br>

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04-25-2014, 01:40 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I don't see any repetition in your example. In any event, PDF is a horrible format to convert from, although there are a few tricks you can use. It mostly boils down to regex though. See the sticky here: Read this before Posting PDF Questions.

04-25-2014, 01:53 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,973 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	What you see is 'page' footers They are NOT identical, but similar. There is a 'page number' and page (generated?) timestamp that is encoded IMHO, use the editor and some careful REGEX to clean up after a PDF conversion

04-25-2014, 02:02 PM	#4
magicman1223 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: htc rsvp	The book only came with pdf, which is why I am stuck with pdf format. I am currently reading the link on what to do with pdf conversion. I think @theducks is right they look like footers..