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Old 08-30-2017, 05:25 PM   #1
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Question problem converting to EPUB
When I try to convert a book to EPUB from any other format (including EPUB to EPUB), and I bring it up to read it the words are all stacked on top of each other on every page. So what I get is an almost completely black scribbled rectangle. I even tried to go to an older version of Calibre and same thing. Do I need to change my settings? I have had the same settings for over 3 years. I've never had this problem before.

Attached is a picture of what happens when I try to convert a book. This one is from PDF to Epub, but this is what happens on most of my conversions now. This just started happening since the most recent update.
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Old 08-30-2017, 05:30 PM   #2
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:42 PM   #3
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Old 08-30-2017, 09:00 PM   #4
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I did an edit on my post. I have attached a picture of what happens when I try to convert a book.
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Old 08-30-2017, 09:10 PM   #5
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That looks like the sort of thing that can happen if you try to convert a fixed layout EPUB with calibre.
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Old 08-30-2017, 09:21 PM   #6
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jhowell, would you happen to know how I can fix this please? I've never had this happen before.

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If it is a fixed layout EPUB then there isn't much you can do with it. That format positions each word in a fixed location on each page and isn't conducive to conversion. You might get something usable by stripping the formatting with an EPUB editor, but it will be a lot of work.
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or the bookor conversion setting line height setting is really small. 1.2 is the norm
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The images really should be in JPG and not as a Word document.
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