Adobe Buzzword now Exports to ePub - Page 2

romeok · 05-01-2009, 07:46 AM

I'll accept the blame for epubs that don't validate and try to explain what's happening.

To load and save files in DOC, DOCX, ODT and EPUB formats Buzzword uses a third party library called Aspose.Words for .NET. I lead the team that develops Aspose.Words. Please note, that I do not represent Adobe, this post is my personal views only.

As far as I can tell epubs do not validate now only because Aspose.Words exports "XHTML transitional", whereas the EPUB validator requires "XHTML strict". Commonly occuring HTML things like outputting "td.bgcolor" cause validation errors. I simple struggle to find the explanation for EPUB to require strict XHTML and as you can see you can read such EPUBs on most readers correctly.

The good thing is that we are now working to make Aspose.Words produce EPUB that validates and you should see that in one of the next Buzzword releases when they upgrade to use newer Aspose.Words. Don't forget that the whole Buzzword is still labeled as "Beta".

buckeroo987 · 10-13-2009, 10:30 AM

I realise this thread is quite old but I can't see that there are any new topics about this. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I've been using the Buzzwords export to epub feature recently (I can't install software at work) and I have been finding the results to be very good.

Combined with pdftodoc.com I am able to convert pdfs to docs pretty effectively with good format retention.

Also, I just tried one on the above validation and it did pass.

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05-01-2009, 07:46 AM	#16
romeok Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 120 Join Date: May 2009 Device: none	I'll accept the blame for epubs that don't validate and try to explain what's happening. To load and save files in DOC, DOCX, ODT and EPUB formats Buzzword uses a third party library called Aspose.Words for .NET. I lead the team that develops Aspose.Words. Please note, that I do not represent Adobe, this post is my personal views only. As far as I can tell epubs do not validate now only because Aspose.Words exports "XHTML transitional", whereas the EPUB validator requires "XHTML strict". Commonly occuring HTML things like outputting "td.bgcolor" cause validation errors. I simple struggle to find the explanation for EPUB to require strict XHTML and as you can see you can read such EPUBs on most readers correctly. The good thing is that we are now working to make Aspose.Words produce EPUB that validates and you should see that in one of the next Buzzword releases when they upgrade to use newer Aspose.Words. Don't forget that the whole Buzzword is still labeled as "Beta".

10-13-2009, 10:30 AM	#17
buckeroo987 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PSR-505	I realise this thread is quite old but I can't see that there are any new topics about this. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I've been using the Buzzwords export to epub feature recently (I can't install software at work) and I have been finding the results to be very good. Combined with pdftodoc.com I am able to convert pdfs to docs pretty effectively with good format retention. Also, I just tried one on the above validation and it did pass.

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