convert .pages to epub

peaceridge · Yesterday, 11:31 AM

I can't find this in search. I have a Mac and create documents in Mac's Pages app. Is there any way Calibre can convert this format into epub like it does the Docx format?

(Currently I save my pages documents to docx before importing to Calibre, but that means I have to keep track on the Mac of which documents have been converted and make sure they match).

kovidgoyal · Yesterday, 12:10 PM

No calibre has no support the pages format.

peaceridge · Yesterday, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No calibre has no support the pages format.

Thanks, I thought this might be a pretty obscure need. I'll just keep using my convert to docx work around. Appreciate everyone's hard work on Calibre!

Quoth · Yesterday, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaceridge

Thanks, I thought this might be a pretty obscure need. I'll just keep using my convert to docx work around. Appreciate everyone's hard work on Calibre!

An extra Save As in docx works best for Open Office or Libra Office compared to odt, which is supported.

Consider migrating to LO Writer on the Mac. I moved to it from MS Word.

peaceridge · Yesterday, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

An extra Save As in docx works best for Open Office or Libra Office compared to odt, which is supported.

Consider migrating to LO Writer on the Mac. I moved to it from MS Word.

Thanks, I have used LO Writer on my old Windows machine. I have been trying to use the Mac supplied apps on my new Mac unless I find a good reason to switch to a non Mac supplied app. I think I'll give LO Writer a try on the Mac.

JSWolf · Yesterday, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by peaceridge

Thanks, I have used LO Writer on my old Windows machine. I have been trying to use the Mac supplied apps on my new Mac unless I find a good reason to switch to a non Mac supplied app. I think I'll give LO Writer a try on the Mac.

Just because the programs are from Apple does not mean they are the best choice to do whatever it is they do. Look into other rpograms to see if something else may be better.

Pages is awful so almost anything else is going to be better.

peaceridge · Yesterday, 02:01 PM

One thing I found is that LO Writer will not automatically underline web addresses unless you use their non docx format (which defeats the whole purpose for me changing). I'm going to look for other alternatives to word and pages.

BetterRed · Yesterday, 07:15 PM

@peaceridge - why don't you store the Pages files in the calibre library book folders. Then you'll have the .pages, the .docx exported from Pages, and the .epub from calibre DOCX->EPUB convert in the same place.

Added: I am not a Mac user… so I don't know for sure this will work; but it does work on Windows. I sometimes stumble upon .rtf files (Wordpad) of public domain documents, which I convert to .docx using Word, which get calibre converted to .epub. All three formats are stored in the same calibre library book folder.

BR

tomsem · Yesterday, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaceridge

I can't find this in search. I have a Mac and create documents in Mac's Pages app. Is there any way Calibre can convert this format into epub like it does the Docx format?

(Currently I save my pages documents to docx before importing to Calibre, but that means I have to keep track on the Mac of which documents have been converted and make sure they match).

Pages will export ePub directly.

JSWolf · Today, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

Pages will export ePub directly.

And do a very poor job converting to ePub.

Yesterday, 11:31 AM	#1
peaceridge Wizard Posts: 1,005 Karma: 4407864 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Kobo Aura1, Nexus7.2, Galaxy Tab A 8.4, Ipad Air & Mini 6	convert .pages to epub I can't find this in search. I have a Mac and create documents in Mac's Pages app. Is there any way Calibre can convert this format into epub like it does the Docx format? (Currently I save my pages documents to docx before importing to Calibre, but that means I have to keep track on the Mac of which documents have been converted and make sure they match).

Yesterday, 07:15 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,810 Karma: 27405122 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@peaceridge - why don't you store the Pages files in the calibre library book folders. Then you'll have the .pages, the .docx exported from Pages, and the .epub from calibre DOCX->EPUB convert in the same place. Added: I am not a Mac user… so I don't know for sure this will work; but it does work on Windows. I sometimes stumble upon .rtf files (Wordpad) of public domain documents, which I convert to .docx using Word, which get calibre converted to .epub. All three formats are stored in the same calibre library book folder. BR Last edited by BetterRed; Yesterday at 08:07 PM.

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Yesterday, 12:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,234 Karma: 23446430 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No calibre has no support the pages format.

Yesterday, 02:01 PM	#7
peaceridge Wizard Posts: 1,005 Karma: 4407864 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Kobo Aura1, Nexus7.2, Galaxy Tab A 8.4, Ipad Air & Mini 6	One thing I found is that LO Writer will not automatically underline web addresses unless you use their non docx format (which defeats the whole purpose for me changing). I'm going to look for other alternatives to word and pages.