03-13-2011, 12:05 PM | #1 |
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PDF to EPUB conversion, 2 column pbs
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I have a PDF document which is formatted 2 columns wide. When I try to convert to EPUB I get both columns merged across the screen as though the converter didn't see the column space in the middle. Any ideas? Geoff |
03-13-2011, 12:32 PM | #2 |
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open pdf in adobe reader - copy all to clipboard, open MSword, paste clipboard into word. tidy as needed save as filtered html, add to calibre library, convert zip to epub in calibre.
that worked form em with a 2 column document - no guarantee that it works in all casese though. |
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03-13-2011, 12:35 PM | #4 |
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At the moment Calibre does not support conversion of multi-column PDF files. Support for this is in a new PDF conversion engine that is under development, but there is no ETA for its availability.
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03-13-2011, 01:16 PM | #5 |
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Thanks for the comments,
I finally did a "Save as Text" from Adobe Reader and converted the text to EPUB in Calibre, lost my pictures but you can't see them very well anyway with an ebook. |
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I just used this method to do a conversion yesterday. Its not a "one click" procedure, but it does work. Last edited by dwig; 03-13-2011 at 02:33 PM. |
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03-14-2011, 04:39 PM | #7 |
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I upload the pdf to google docs making sure to tick both convert boxes then copy/paste into sigil, correct any formatting issues I have then import to calibre. This does only work on short pieces (2mb) but I got 12 stories done in 10 minutes the other day.
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