Converting RTF to ePub with NCX

Sablerose · 12-08-2013, 04:35 AM

I'm OCD about editing errors in my ebooks, so I check the editing, and save my files as RTF. Then, I use Calibre to convert them to ePub.

However, I recently started using the Marvin reader program on my iPod, and love the "Pages left in Chapter" function. I sent an email to the designer, and was told that I needed an NCX file with my ePub to get that function to work with my edited ebooks.

Can anyone give me an idea -how- to do this? I use MS Word to make the RTF, then let Calibre do the rest. I have no clue.

Any help would be appreciated.

mrmikel · 12-08-2013, 07:48 AM

Check this out if you are running Word under Windows:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=213372

It is an add in that will create epubs.

RbnJrg · 12-08-2013, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sablerose

I'm OCD about editing errors in my ebooks, so I check the editing, and save my files as RTF. Then, I use Calibre to convert them to ePub.

Use Atlantis Word Processor to convert .rtf to ePub; read this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48775

It's better than Calibre and also you can edit the .rtf in the same Atlantis.

dickloraine · 12-08-2013, 09:19 AM

Do you use styles in word? If not, you should make yourself familiar with them, first because using them makes working with word much better (and it is not difficult to use) and second, if you make ebooks out of your word documents it results in much better code and better ebooks. I ask this, because calibre should make a toc for you, if you give your headers a header style. Oh, and since a few weeks you could convert docx directly with calibre, no need to save them first as rtf. This is not the best possible way to make a ebook, butthe output is reasonably well, if you use styles in word.

mrmikel · 12-08-2013, 01:24 PM

If you look around you can find a coupon that will allow you to get Atlantis for $10.

Unless you are into heavy formatting including tables, then Atlantis works very well and a number of people have said it produces clean code. This can be difficult using Word unless you are familiar with it, particularly styles.

Toxaris · 12-08-2013, 03:30 PM

Usage of my add-in is free and produces a clean ePUB. You may need to touch it up in Sigil afterwards for some splitting on chapters and generating a TOC. In a future version that part would also no longer be required.

Sablerose · 12-10-2013, 09:47 PM

Thanks all for the quick replies. I'll do some testing in the next couple days and see what works best for me.

12-08-2013, 04:35 AM	#1
Sablerose Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Arizona USA Device: iPod Touch 6G	Converting RTF to ePub with NCX I'm OCD about editing errors in my ebooks, so I check the editing, and save my files as RTF. Then, I use Calibre to convert them to ePub. However, I recently started using the Marvin reader program on my iPod, and love the "Pages left in Chapter" function. I sent an email to the designer, and was told that I needed an NCX file with my ePub to get that function to work with my edited ebooks. Can anyone give me an idea -how- to do this? I use MS Word to make the RTF, then let Calibre do the rest. I have no clue. Any help would be appreciated.

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mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Check this out if you are running Word under Windows: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=213372 It is an add in that will create epubs.

12-08-2013, 09:19 AM	#4
dickloraine Guru Posts: 631 Karma: 7544080 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Berlin Device: PRS 350, Kobo Aura	Do you use styles in word? If not, you should make yourself familiar with them, first because using them makes working with word much better (and it is not difficult to use) and second, if you make ebooks out of your word documents it results in much better code and better ebooks. I ask this, because calibre should make a toc for you, if you give your headers a header style. Oh, and since a few weeks you could convert docx directly with calibre, no need to save them first as rtf. This is not the best possible way to make a ebook, butthe output is reasonably well, if you use styles in word.

12-08-2013, 01:24 PM	#5
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	If you look around you can find a coupon that will allow you to get Atlantis for $10. Unless you are into heavy formatting including tables, then Atlantis works very well and a number of people have said it produces clean code. This can be difficult using Word unless you are familiar with it, particularly styles.

12-08-2013, 03:30 PM	#6
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Usage of my add-in is free and produces a clean ePUB. You may need to touch it up in Sigil afterwards for some splitting on chapters and generating a TOC. In a future version that part would also no longer be required.

12-10-2013, 09:47 PM	#7
Sablerose Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Arizona USA Device: iPod Touch 6G	Thanks all for the quick replies. I'll do some testing in the next couple days and see what works best for me.

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