Calibre is using cover image as chapter image

Tracy · 06-29-2024, 10:47 PM

If I upload a cover image, the chapter one image is also replaced with the cover image that I uploaded. It will then delete the page break between the front matter and the first, then all the page breaks from that point are messed up.
If I don't upload a cover image, it uses the chapter one image as the cover image.
I am using an odt file, but if I save that file as a docx or rtf, what I get after the conversion is worse.
The last book I created using calibri also included chapter title images and various images throughout the book. I didn't have this problem.
Using the latest Calibri download.
Why is it seeing Chapter one and the cover source as the same thing?

kovidgoyal · 06-29-2024, 10:54 PM

There is no concept of cover images in ODT files. So calibre will assume the first image is the cover using some heuristics. Simply insert a page with a dummy cover image at the start of your ODT file.

06-29-2024, 10:47 PM	#1
Tracy Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: ibooks	Calibre is using cover image as chapter image If I upload a cover image, the chapter one image is also replaced with the cover image that I uploaded. It will then delete the page break between the front matter and the first, then all the page breaks from that point are messed up. If I don't upload a cover image, it uses the chapter one image as the cover image. I am using an odt file, but if I save that file as a docx or rtf, what I get after the conversion is worse. The last book I created using calibri also included chapter title images and various images throughout the book. I didn't have this problem. Using the latest Calibri download. Why is it seeing Chapter one and the cover source as the same thing?

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06-29-2024, 10:54 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,509 Karma: 24495778 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is no concept of cover images in ODT files. So calibre will assume the first image is the cover using some heuristics. Simply insert a page with a dummy cover image at the start of your ODT file.