HELP from Pagebreak !! Smashword

Tara198 · 07-05-2013, 04:31 PM

So i sat down today to format a .docx document. I had read in some website that the best way to format for smashword is to create new styles and format with them. I did. Saved it as 'web page, filter'. Converted it in the Calibre to epub, it seemed satisfactory. Then I converted that epub into RTF and the problem began.

Why does my rtf has a pagebreak at the top of the document? Right over the title !
That never happened before. I even deleted all the styles i created and still whenever I covert an RTF from EPUB there is that offending pagebreak at the top !

(If it helps to know, as advised by the website, I had had included every other pagebreak with the Chapter style I made new for the Chapters.)

Where did I go wrong? I would like that top pagebreak to leave my word document/ RTF as it were.

Help, plz.
That pagebreak actually comes after '....and a pilcrow'

VydorScope · 07-05-2013, 11:05 PM

First off, ditch docx, and only work in doc.

Second why did you covert from Docx->web page->epub->rtf? Word could say right to RTF if that was your goal. The more steps in your conversion the worse off you are.

What is your goal here? What are you trying to do?

Tara198 · 07-06-2013, 10:01 AM

Thanks for replying.
Actually someone said the best way to convert to an epub from calibre is to turn your .doc to an html (with webpage filter) then take that zip file and change it into epub. Done.

And it seemed to work.
As for RTF. I was just curious how it would look. I had turned many smashword epub files from calibre to RTF and none had that pagebreak at the top. Neither did mine, BEFORE I adopted that new styles advice. It's AFTER those styles that my EPUBS after conversion show RTF with pagebreak at the top , and it's really bugging me. I want to know what I did wrong. And how can I have my RTF files free from that one pagebreak.
Can anyone nice shed some light on this prob?

VydorScope · 07-06-2013, 10:27 AM

Since your problem is with the Calibre output, you might find expert help down in the Calibre sub forum here. I use Scrivener as my tool to go from WORD->EPUB and clean up in Sigil (Typically none is need, but I finalize in there). I only use Calibre as my EBook repository.

Tara198 · 07-06-2013, 06:22 PM

You mean this isn't a Word problem?

Well, thanks for the tip. I may put this question there.

07-05-2013, 04:31 PM	#1
Tara198 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	HELP from Pagebreak !! Smashword So i sat down today to format a .docx document. I had read in some website that the best way to format for smashword is to create new styles and format with them. I did. Saved it as 'web page, filter'. Converted it in the Calibre to epub, it seemed satisfactory. Then I converted that epub into RTF and the problem began. Why does my rtf has a pagebreak at the top of the document? Right over the title ! That never happened before. I even deleted all the styles i created and still whenever I covert an RTF from EPUB there is that offending pagebreak at the top ! (If it helps to know, as advised by the website, I had had included every other pagebreak with the Chapter style I made new for the Chapters.) Where did I go wrong? I would like that top pagebreak to leave my word document/ RTF as it were. Help, plz. That pagebreak actually comes after '....and a pilcrow'

07-06-2013, 10:01 AM	#3
Tara198 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	HELP from Pagebreak Thanks for replying. Actually someone said the best way to convert to an epub from calibre is to turn your .doc to an html (with webpage filter) then take that zip file and change it into epub. Done. And it seemed to work. As for RTF. I was just curious how it would look. I had turned many smashword epub files from calibre to RTF and none had that pagebreak at the top. Neither did mine, BEFORE I adopted that new styles advice. It's AFTER those styles that my EPUBS after conversion show RTF with pagebreak at the top , and it's really bugging me. I want to know what I did wrong. And how can I have my RTF files free from that one pagebreak. Can anyone nice shed some light on this prob?

07-06-2013, 06:22 PM	#5
Tara198 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	HELP from pagebreak You mean this isn't a Word problem? Well, thanks for the tip. I may put this question there.

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07-05-2013, 11:05 PM	#2
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	First off, ditch docx, and only work in doc. Second why did you covert from Docx->web page->epub->rtf? Word could say right to RTF if that was your goal. The more steps in your conversion the worse off you are. What is your goal here? What are you trying to do?

07-06-2013, 10:27 AM	#4
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Since your problem is with the Calibre output, you might find expert help down in the Calibre sub forum here. I use Scrivener as my tool to go from WORD->EPUB and clean up in Sigil (Typically none is need, but I finalize in there). I only use Calibre as my EBook repository.

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