Can't convert DOCX to anything

[hal@scogginsweb]

I have a DOCX file that I can't get to convert to either AZW3 or MOBI format. Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Here's the details of the failure when trying to convert to AZW3:

Spoiler:

Convert book 1 of 1 (Unintended Consequences)
Conversion options changed from defaults:
verbose: 2
read_metadata_from_opf: u'C:\\Users\\Hal\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre__l btek\\bm8pxi.opf'
cover: u'C:\\Users\\Hal\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre__l btek\\yd9p1s.jpeg'
output_profile: u'kindle_pw3'
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 3.46.0
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'C:\\Users\\Hal\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre__l btek\\yd9p1s.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'docx_inline_subsup': False,
'docx_no_cover': False,
'docx_no_pagebreaks_between_notes': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x00000000046C0128>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindlePaperWhite3Outpu t object at 0x00000000046C0828>,
'page_breaks_before': u'/',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\Hal\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre__l btek\\bm8pxi.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'transform_css_rules': '[]',
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: DOCX Input running
on C:\Users\Hal\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre__lbtek\dsf 9my.docx
Python function terminated unexpectedly
Error in xpath expression (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 101, in main
File "site.py", line 78, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 200, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 42, in gui_convert_override
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 27, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1110, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 246, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\docx_in put.py", line 34, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\docx\to_html.py", line 107, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\docx\fields.py", line 110, in __call__
File "src/lxml/xpath.pxi", line 445, in lxml.etree.XPath.__call__ (src\lxml\lxml.etree.c:174306)
File "src/lxml/xpath.pxi", line 227, in lxml.etree._XPathEvaluatorBase._handle_result (src\lxml\lxml.etree.c:171653)
lxml.etree.XPathEvalError: Error in xpath expression

[kovidgoyal]

Open a bug report and attach the docx file.

[hal@scogginsweb]

I submitted a bug report and attached the DOCX file, as directed. I received this response.

"That DOCX file has too many internal elements for the XML library calibre uses to handle. Your best bet is to either split it up and convert the parts individually or alternately you can try exporting as filtered HTML from Word and convert that."

I tried saving it as a filtered HTML, but the resulting formatting sucks. Page breaks are gone, and "scaled characters," such as subscripts and superscripts aren't supported.

What exactly constitutes an "internal element?"

If I split it up and convert the parts individually, as suggested, is there any way to recombine them into a single piece afterwards?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by hal@scogginsweb

. . .

If I split it up and convert the parts individually, as suggested, is there any way to recombine them into a single piece afterwards?

One way would be to convert the parts to ePUBs, then use the ePub Merge plugin to combine them, ==>> Index of plugins

Then convert the combined ePub to AZW3.

BR