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Old 09-12-2024, 01:03 PM   #1
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Newbie question, removing headers and footers
Hello, I'm gobsmacked at the versatility of this program, which I discovered only a couple of hours ago. My question is simple, how do I strip out page numbers and titles (book, author) on every page of a PDF so they don't appear in the middle of the epub text.
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Old 09-12-2024, 03:28 PM   #2
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Regular expressions. You'll need to review the text manually anyway, as some paragraphs are getting split across the pages between the sentences.
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Old 09-12-2024, 04:38 PM   #3
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There are a couple of good REGEX tutorials here on Mobielread
(That is how I got started)
Another tip is grab a REGEX cheatsheet ( PCRE, the version Calibre uses does not support every one, but that is not a hindrance)
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Old 09-12-2024, 05:17 PM   #4
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Converting from PDF to any other format generally produces a shitty result. PDF files are best used as they are. They're not really suitable for converting.
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Old 09-12-2024, 05:28 PM   #5
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You should also post a sample of the "page numbers and titles" code and we can probably help you form the regex to delete them.
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Old 09-13-2024, 05:43 AM   #6
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Problem bypassed
Many thanks to all who replied.

In view of the difficulties, I looked harder and found an ePub version of the book, which is perfect.

Thanks again!
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