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(Hint) Meanwhile I convert to rtf, open in a text editor and do a search&replace for "l " to "ll" which in my eyes makes the text more readable - I prefer the missing spaces, and a few extra l's instead of missing ones for some reason. Then use that text as base for converting to epub. (I also remove the page headers/footers while editing) |
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06-15-2010, 03:25 PM | #18 |
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It deepnds on whether the PDF input plugin processes the ligatures correctly or not. In my testing it worked for some PDFs and not for others. So if you're lucky...
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Not since my last post, no.
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Hi kovidgoyal,
Thanks for your reply. Do you have an approximate time frame (a week, a month, a year, never, etc.) when this might happen. The reason I ask is I have been looking for other solutions for this problem and so far your PDF conversion is far superior to any that I have found. Some fix the LL problem but leave the rest of the document in an absolute mess requiring a lot more manual editing. If you say it will be awhile I'll keep looking, but if not, I don't want to waste any more time. Please understand I just recently discovered your program and really love it. I don't mean to put any pressure, I just want to know whether to wait or keep looking. Thanks so much for the great program and your time! |
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I don't do ETA's as calibre development is completely free-form, but I wouldn't expect the fix in less than a few months.
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11-10-2010, 04:24 PM | #23 |
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I just discovered this problem, too. I converted a pdf to mobi and the "ll" comes out as a single "l"
I tried converting to rtf but I can see that while some changes can be done, others would be impossible to do with a global search and replace. What are folks doing, if anything? Or are you just "mental y" "fil ing" in the gaps? ............................mentally..filling (seems the forum software removes SPACES between words) |
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I went simple way and just loaded pdf to my reader and I'm surprised how well Sony actually handles pdf files. So I have to eat my words, I promised myself that I will only put ePub files to my reader . I still would love to have this feature in Calibre. |
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I've found that if you convert the pdf to a ps with pdftops and then convert it back to a pdf with ps2pdf the resulting pdf doesn't have the double-l ligature problem.
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SOLUTION
Hi All
The only solution I've found for this is to open the PDF in Microsoft Word (or a compatible equivalent such as OpenOffice), select all text (press Ctrl + A), change ONLY the FONT to ARIAL, Save the file using SAVE AS and use the DOCX format. Then, load the DOCX file into Calibre and it *should* convert this into any format with no loss of characters or layout. It's worked for me for every format i've tried converting to and my kindle displays perfectly. |
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