05-12-2020, 05:56 AM | #1 |
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Converting file
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Sorry if I am asking something that has been asked previously. Please help me. I have a pdf document which i want to convert to kfx format. I have installed calibre with the kfx plugin. Whenever I am trying to convert pdf to epub first to convert it to kfx, almost all the formatting is lost in epub format itself. Also, I am unable to read mobi formats in kindle. I also tried to convert pdf to azw format but still all the formatting is lost. Even mobi format document is not being displayed in library. Please help. I am unable to do anything about it. |
05-12-2020, 06:16 AM | #2 |
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Welcome to the wonderful world of PDF. This is one of the reasons a lot of readers don't bother with pdf. You're going to have to do a lot of manual work to whip the kfx/epub file into shape.
Familiarize yourself with either Calibre's editor or the Sigil editor (and sigil has its own subforum here on MR). Best of luck. |
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Do not convert PDF to KFX directly. You need to do a LOT of fixing with the converted output. Convert to Pub and then do your A/B compare of every single character, space, punctuation, etc. You have to do such a compare or there WILL be errors.
That's why a PDF is a very poor source format. |
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