Howto skip pagemumbers & titles a.s.o.

[Reader2]

When I convert with calibre from pdf to epub (or whatever) page layout gimmicks like pagenumber and chapter heading are converted to - just inside the maintext. Take this one http://futureoftheinternet.org/download , calibre converts it perfect but will give:
"hobbyists who did not want to fuss with soldering irons: all the ingre1

2

Introduction

dients for a functioning PC"
which doesnot make sense and is disturbing.
Any ideas howto make a better conversion?

Thx already

[JvdW]

Originally Posted by Reader2

When I convert with calibre from pdf to epub (or whatever) page layout gimmicks like pagenumber and chapter heading are converted to - just inside the maintext. Take this one http://futureoftheinternet.org/download , calibre converts it perfect but will give:
"hobbyists who did not want to fuss with soldering irons: all the ingre1

2

Introduction

dients for a functioning PC"
which doesnot make sense and is disturbing.
Any ideas howto make a better conversion?

Thx already

Yes it is possible to strip header/footer during the conversion. Check the Calibre forum for atleast two threads about it. One contains a post of mine with a little howto. Basicly you run the conversion once with the Debug option of Calibre activated and then have a look at the output. From there you'll need to construct a regexp to remove the header/footer.
Make sure you're well rested, well fed and have some place where you can vent your anger if it doesn't work the first time around

Regards,

Joop

[Reader2]

THX, I'll give it a try. I find out that since I got a e-reader I read less. Godd that I do like fidling around with programs.