[Conversion Output] KFX Output

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Elaine T

Occasionally, the Tables of Contents get screwed up. Mostly I sigh and put up with it, because the document isn't very long. Today I updated a book that had seventeen chapters, converted to KFX and put it on my paperwhite. The ToC showed chapters 3 and 9. The log from the calibre job doesn't show a problem at least not as far as I can tell - pasted below at the end of this post.

Yes, the log does not show anying significant.

Originally Posted by Elaine T

ANy ideas on what and where to tweak to stop it?

My only suggestion is to PM me a link to someplace that I can download the original file that you are converting to KFX so that I can convert it to KFX myself and see what might be going wrong.

Originally Posted by Elaine T

I don't seem able to edit the kfx files in calibre to fix the ToC that way, either. Unless I've missed something, which is always possible.

There is no way to edit KFX format.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by Elaine T

I have searched for other reports of this, but haven't found any. So... I use Calibre & fanfiction downloader a lot to get fanfictions and other stuff onto my kindle (paperwhite, if it matters). And the KFX Output plugin to get them into the proper format for my kindle.

Occasionally, the Tables of Contents get screwed up. Mostly I sigh and put up with it, because the document isn't very long. Today I updated a book that had seventeen chapters, converted to KFX and put it on my paperwhite. The ToC showed chapters 3 and 9. The log from the calibre job doesn't show a problem at least not as far as I can tell - pasted below at the end of this post.
I could just go back to using an AZW3 for this one - it works, I tried it. But I'd really rather have KFX, as that format does behave better on my device. ANy ideas on what and where to tweak to stop it? I don't seem able to edit the kfx files in calibre to fix the ToC that way, either. Unless I've missed something, which is always possible.


Note: a couple hours ago I check the problem file in kindle previewer and it displayed, as it does on my device, with just the two chapters showing. I closed and deleted the kfx file. I just tried converting the epub to KFX again, it, to get a screenshot, and this time the previewer complained that the file extension was incorrect. It's .kfx. I haven't done anything that should have caused that - I left the computer alone before coming back to post this plea for help. So, what may be going on there?

Suggestions for either problem are welcome! Thanks

I would open the ePub with calibre Edit and check for problems. You can also see what the ToC looks like there and edit it as needed, before conversion.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by tomsem

I would open the ePub with calibre Edit and check for problems. You can also see what the ToC looks like there and edit it as needed, before conversion.

That is a good point. I assumed that the table of contents was verified as being correct in the source file before conversion.

The conversion process is very picky about the table of contents entries being in the same order as the contents of the book.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by tomsem

I would open the ePub with calibre Edit and check for problems. You can also see what the ToC looks like there and edit it as needed, before conversion.

You can add the TOC tool to the Menubar. This appears to be the same as in the editor, just that is all it does.