04-20-2021, 06:33 PM | #1 |
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italics converting to bold in Calibre
Hi There. I'm new to Calibre and this forum. Thank you ahead for any help you can give! I'm having an issue converting a docx file to mobi using Calibre (Mac). All italicized words are becoming bold. I like my words to be bold, but only when I say so! (that's a joke). Any ideas?
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04-20-2021, 06:46 PM | #2 | |
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Try converting your DOCX to EPUB, if its okay then: Why are you converting to MOBI, there maybe be better alternatives, but I'll let others speak to that. How are you making the text bold in your word processor, inline (select text and Ctrl+B or click a button) or by applying a Style. BR |
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04-20-2021, 07:15 PM | #3 |
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I'm converting to .mobi by exporting out of Pages. I'm using .mobi rather than .ePub because it is my understanding that that is the current best format for sending to Kindle devices (please correct me if I'm wrong). I am creating the italics in Pages inline rather than using styles. Those italicized words are ending up bold in the converted .mobi doc. Thanks!
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04-20-2021, 09:45 PM | #4 | |
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The MOBI format is ancient, the preferred format for most Kindles is KF8 (aka AZW3), see https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_formats
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04-21-2021, 11:02 AM | #5 |
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I've tried, working with a couple of authors, to get Pages output to work well, and each time it is a PITA. Both times I had to use the dynamite approach to get rid of all formatting and start over in Writer. I don't know any Pages detail, just my experience.
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Then once the ePub is done, you can use that as the source as your Kindle eBooks. Last edited by JSWolf; 04-21-2021 at 04:28 PM. |
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04-22-2021, 10:33 AM | #7 |
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Yes, I always convert docx to epub in Calibre, then use the ePub for any other format except PDF.
PDFs are exported from a differently formatted version in LO Writer. We always load/save in ODT with Writer, only doing an EXTRA Save As in docx for Calibre, because otherwise Writer is converting the file every time you edit. Up to 2013 we used MS Word, then LO Writer only. Then November 2016 switched from Windows to Linux. |
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