Prevent image conversion

maff · 06-08-2023, 10:04 AM

Hello

As part of our workflow we convert our EPUB files to Word docx to send to our reviewers for updating.

We have been using Calibre to do this. However, we changed our image format to SVG last year and now the text in the images appears in single lines rather than in text boxes, when converting to DOCX.

It looks like Calibre converts the SVG images to PNG during the conversion process.

Is there a way to prevent Calibre from converting images?

I have attached the EPUB file, the converted DOCX file, a screen shot showing the problem image in Word and a copy of the original SVG file.

Here is the conversion log:

Spoiler:

I did not change any of the conversion options.

Many thanks

kovidgoyal · 06-08-2023, 11:10 AM

Does Word even support SVG? At the time I wrote the DOCX output plugin it definitely didnt.

maff · 06-08-2023, 12:18 PM

I was able to import that SVG into a blank DOCX file. As you said, it probably didn't when you DOCX output plugin.

Quoth · 06-08-2023, 01:43 PM

LO Writer supports SVG, don't know since when or what input formats.
MS Word (don't know since which version & not tried my 2007) can't insert an SVG file, but at least on Word 2019, according to various sources inc MS, you can copy/paste SVG from Inkscape via clipboard.
This suggests copy/paste SVG into Word 2007 works, because there is a quality setting.

https://superuser.com/questions/1555...es-its-quality

But as to what is done when you save / load a docx is another story. I'm not inclined to research it as I run Linux & LO, though I have some Windows boxes and XP, Win7 & Win10 on VMs and Word 2003 on WINE. Not sure which install has the MS Word 2007.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/of...e-quality-loss

Edit:
Perhaps even when you copy/paste, saving the docx rasterises it, otherwise why would there be a quality setting?

BetterRed · 06-08-2023, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Does Word even support SVG? At the time I wrote the DOCX output plugin it definitely didnt.

It's a fairly recent addition, IIRC Office 2019.

BR

kovidgoyal · 06-08-2023, 09:28 PM

Can someone attach a docx file with an embedded svg, I only have Word 2008 (last I can get working with WINE).

BetterRed · 06-08-2023, 10:51 PM

Here you go.

BR

kovidgoyal · 06-09-2023, 05:21 AM

Well I added support it was fairly trivial to do, but I have no way to test it. Attached here is a docx to docx conversion of BetterRed's test file using the new code. Try it in word and see.

Quoth · 06-09-2023, 06:03 AM

Both open in LO Writer 7.4x, though I can't tell if raster or vector. The t.docx properties have image.png as name and doc1.docx is empty.

my Word 2003 on WINE has no docx plugin. MS removed that patch/update from their site years ago (released some time in 2008?)

I thought my 2002/XP had a docx plugin, but not on the VM. Must be on a box somewhere. XP no longer connects to my server, so I'll have to put test files on a USB stick. The Win10 VM has no MS Office (possibly, but Start & Search is so "broken" on Win10, who knows?) and the Win7 VM has WordXP/2002, so the Word 2007 must be on a box somewhere.

kovidgoyal · 06-09-2023, 06:17 AM

LO doesnt support svg as far as i know. So it will use the raster rendering. IIRC the raster rendering has the far tusk not rendered well.

JSWolf · 06-09-2023, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Well I added support it was fairly trivial to do, but I have no way to test it. Attached here is a docx to docx conversion of BetterRed's test file using the new code. Try it in word and see.

Word is coming up saying I can only view it. The permissions need to be fixed.

kovidgoyal · 06-09-2023, 06:24 AM

You can also try resizing the image it will not show jaggies if its svg when expanded.

kovidgoyal · 06-09-2023, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Word is coming up saying I can only view it. The permissions need to be fixed.

What permissions, adding svg support didnt change any permissions. Presumably you downloaded the file as a readonly?

maff · 06-09-2023, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Well I added support it was fairly trivial to do, but I have no way to test it. Attached here is a docx to docx conversion of BetterRed's test file using the new code. Try it in word and see.

I downloaded the file and it opened in Word without any issues, the image displays perfectly.

Does version 6.20 have the support for SVG added?

BetterRed · 06-09-2023, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Well I added support it was fairly trivial to do, but I have no way to test it. Attached here is a docx to docx conversion of BetterRed's test file using the new code. Try it in word and see.

Jon, Word is rightfully blocking the t.docx from edit because it came from the 'Net. You can click the Allow Edit button in Word or check the Unblock checkbox in the file's property box. Standard Windows behaviour.

BR

06-08-2023, 10:04 AM	#1
maff Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Mac, iPad, Kindle	Prevent image conversion Hello As part of our workflow we convert our EPUB files to Word docx to send to our reviewers for updating. We have been using Calibre to do this. However, we changed our image format to SVG last year and now the text in the images appears in single lines rather than in text boxes, when converting to DOCX. It looks like Calibre converts the SVG images to PNG during the conversion process. Is there a way to prevent Calibre from converting images? I have attached the EPUB file, the converted DOCX file, a screen shot showing the problem image in Word and a copy of the original SVG file. Here is the conversion log: Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (SVG and MathML tests) Conversion options changed from defaults: cover: '/var/folders/gj/2m93vtfj72gbbfgvgzxwvq95y4_j4g/C/calibre_6.19.1_tmp_w4mzp86m/dkaqio_0.jpeg' output_profile: 'generic_eink' read_metadata_from_opf: '/var/folders/gj/2m93vtfj72gbbfgvgzxwvq95y4_j4g/C/calibre_6.19.1_tmp_w4mzp86m/1ynaf_mk.opf' docx_no_cover: True preserve_cover_aspect_ratio: True docx_no_toc: True verbose: 2 docx_page_size: 'a4' Resolved conversion options calibre version: 6.19.1 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': 'original', 'chapter': "//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., " "'\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|p rologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', " "'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': '/var/folders/gj/2m93vtfj72gbbfgvgzxwvq95y4_j4g/C/calibre_6.19.1_tmp_w4mzp86m/dkaqio_0.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'docx_custom_page_size': None, 'docx_no_cover': True, 'docx_no_toc': True, 'docx_page_margin_bottom': 72.0, 'docx_page_margin_left': 72.0, 'docx_page_margin_right': 72.0, 'docx_page_margin_top': 72.0, 'docx_page_size': 'a4', 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_all_fonts': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'expand_css': False, 'extra_css': None, 'extract_to': None, 'filter_css': '', 'fix_indents': True, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x113051360>, 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.GenericEink object at 0x113051060>, 'page_breaks_before': '/', 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': True, 'pretty_print': False, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': '/var/folders/gj/2m93vtfj72gbbfgvgzxwvq95y4_j4g/C/calibre_6.19.1_tmp_w4mzp86m/1ynaf_mk.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': '', 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'transform_css_rules': '[]', 'transform_html_rules': '[]', 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running on /var/folders/gj/2m93vtfj72gbbfgvgzxwvq95y4_j4g/C/calibre_6.19.1_tmp_w4mzp86m/w8ubl_te.epub Parsing all content... Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/activity.png' Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/consider.png' Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/example.png' Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/key_points.png' Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/key_terms.png' Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/reinforce.png' Duplicate manifest entry for 'images/FIT_ebook_cover.png' Parsing generated-index.xhtml ... Parsing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/testing_period/examination_period.xhtml ... Parsing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/revisionmate/title_page_revision_mate_box.xhtml ... Parsing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/using_this_study_text/generic_using_this_study_text.xhtml ... Parsing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/question_answers.xhtml ... Parsing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/chap_01_introduction.xhtml ... Parsing cii.css ... Parsing nav.xhtml ... Parsing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/updates_box/title_page_updates_box_no_date.xhtml ... Parsing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/lc_the_story.xhtml ... Parsing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/epub_syllabus_notice.xhtml ... Parsing toc_d82e156.html ... Parsing commonltr.css ... Parsing ciirtl.css ... Parsing general_insurance/award_and_cert_gi/fit/topics/cover.xhtml ... Parsing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/svg_test_-_learning_content.xhtml ... Parsing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/lc_learning_content_with_question_note.xhtml ... Parsing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/chapter_1.xhtml ... Parsing commonrtl.css ... Reading TOC from NCX... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Detected chapter: Chapter 1 Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Found 10 items of level: div_3 Found 6 items of level: p_4 Found 1 items of level: p_3 Found 7 items of level: p_7 Found 2 items of level: p_8 Found 5 items of level: div_9 Found 4 items of level: div_4 Found 21 items of level: p_5 Found 2 items of level: div_1 Found 4 items of level: div_5 Found 2 items of level: div_6 Found 4 items of level: div_7 Found 2 items of level: div_8 Found 2 items of level: p_9 Found 8 items of level: div_11 Found 4 items of level: p_12 Found 3 items of level: p_6 Ignoring level div_6 Ignoring level p_7 Ignoring level p_8 Ignoring level p_3 Ignoring level div_7 Ignoring level div_8 Ignoring level div_9 Ignoring level p_12 Ignoring level p_6 Ignoring level p_4 Ignoring level div_5 Ignoring level div_11 Ignoring level div_3 Ignoring level div_4 Ignoring level p_9 Ignoring level p_5 div_1 left margin stats: Counter() div_1 right margin stats: Counter() Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming 'images/critical_reflections.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/on_the_web.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/speech.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/bibliography.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/critical_reflection.png' from manifest Trimming 'nav.xhtml' from manifest Trimming 'images/think_back.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/research.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/exclamation.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/research_exercise.png' from manifest Trimming 'images/additional_reading.png' from manifest Creating DOCX Output... Rasterizing SVG images... qt.svg: <input>:19:25: Could not parse node: font qt.svg: <input>:53:26: Could not parse node: font qt.svg: <input>:61:26: Could not parse node: font Rasterizing 'images/fca_supervisory_approach.svg' to 548x548 qt.qpa.fonts: Populating font family aliases took 262 ms. Replace uses of missing font family "Arial-BoldMT" with one that exists to avoid this cost. qt.svg: <input>:19:25: Could not parse node: font qt.svg: <input>:78:26: Could not parse node: font Rasterizing 'images/gbu_test_image.svg' to 529x695 Processing general_insurance/award_and_cert_gi/fit/topics/cover.xhtml Processing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/testing_period/examination_period.xhtml Processing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/revisionmate/title_page_revision_mate_box.xhtml Processing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/updates_box/title_page_updates_box_no_date.xhtml Processing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/using_this_study_text/generic_using_this_study_text.xhtml Processing _global_shared/conref_warehouse/components/prelims/epub_syllabus_notice.xhtml Processing toc_d82e156.html Processing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/chapter_1.xhtml Processing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/chap_01_introduction.xhtml Processing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/svg_test_-_learning_content.xhtml Processing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/lc_learning_content_with_question_note.xhtml Processing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/lc_the_story.xhtml Processing testing/zz_cii_testing/Matt/image_test/topics/question_answers.xhtml Processing generated-index.xhtml 3 Text Styles 30 Combined styles DOCX output written to /var/folders/gj/2m93vtfj72gbbfgvgzxwvq95y4_j4g/C/calibre_6.19.1_tmp_w4mzp86m/dcx2pl3f.docx I did not change any of the conversion options. Many thanks Last edited by theducks; 06-08-2023 at 11:38 AM. Reason: spoilered log

06-08-2023, 01:43 PM	#4
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,164 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	LO Writer supports SVG, don't know since when or what input formats. MS Word (don't know since which version & not tried my 2007) can't insert an SVG file, but at least on Word 2019, according to various sources inc MS, you can copy/paste SVG from Inkscape via clipboard. This suggests copy/paste SVG into Word 2007 works, because there is a quality setting. https://superuser.com/questions/1555...es-its-quality But as to what is done when you save / load a docx is another story. I'm not inclined to research it as I run Linux & LO, though I have some Windows boxes and XP, Win7 & Win10 on VMs and Word 2003 on WINE. Not sure which install has the MS Word 2007. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/of...e-quality-loss Edit: Perhaps even when you copy/paste, saving the docx rasterises it, otherwise why would there be a quality setting? Last edited by Quoth; 06-08-2023 at 01:52 PM.

06-09-2023, 06:03 AM	#9
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,164 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Both open in LO Writer 7.4x, though I can't tell if raster or vector. The t.docx properties have image.png as name and doc1.docx is empty. my Word 2003 on WINE has no docx plugin. MS removed that patch/update from their site years ago (released some time in 2008?) I thought my 2002/XP had a docx plugin, but not on the VM. Must be on a box somewhere. XP no longer connects to my server, so I'll have to put test files on a USB stick. The Win10 VM has no MS Office (possibly, but Start & Search is so "broken" on Win10, who knows?) and the Win7 VM has WordXP/2002, so the Word 2007 must be on a box somewhere. Last edited by Quoth; 06-09-2023 at 06:24 AM.

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06-08-2023, 11:10 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Does Word even support SVG? At the time I wrote the DOCX output plugin it definitely didnt.

06-08-2023, 12:18 PM	#3
maff Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Mac, iPad, Kindle	I was able to import that SVG into a blank DOCX file. As you said, it probably didn't when you DOCX output plugin.

06-08-2023, 09:28 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Can someone attach a docx file with an embedded svg, I only have Word 2008 (last I can get working with WINE).

06-09-2023, 06:17 AM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	LO doesnt support svg as far as i know. So it will use the raster rendering. IIRC the raster rendering has the far tusk not rendered well.

06-09-2023, 06:24 AM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can also try resizing the image it will not show jaggies if its svg when expanded.

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