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slm · 11-03-2010, 03:52 PM

Does anyone know which version of a file Calibre uses for a new conversion?
For example if I have an html version and an epub version and I ask Caliber to create a mobi version, does it use the html or the epub (or does it matter which was the original?)

The reason it matters is because I insert extra css in the conversion to epub (bold stuff) which I'd like to see end up in the mobi version. If I do the two conversions separately from the command line, the extra-css information ends up in the mobi file directly in its html which is really neat.

DoctorOhh · 11-03-2010, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slm

Does anyone know which version of a file Calibre uses for a new conversion?

Preferences - Behavior - Preferred input format order. This is where you set the priority of which formats should be used as a source file.

Individual conversions can also be set in the top left hand Input format drop down window.

slm · 11-03-2010, 04:48 PM

Thanks.
(I feel stupid that I never asked what that box was doing!)

11-03-2010, 03:52 PM	#1
slm Fool Posts: 391 Karma: 3557934 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle: Voyage,PW1,KOA, Kobo: Clara Colour, Nook GLP, Pocketbook verse	Conversion Source Does anyone know which version of a file Calibre uses for a new conversion? For example if I have an html version and an epub version and I ask Caliber to create a mobi version, does it use the html or the epub (or does it matter which was the original?) The reason it matters is because I insert extra css in the conversion to epub (bold stuff) which I'd like to see end up in the mobi version. If I do the two conversions separately from the command line, the extra-css information ends up in the mobi file directly in its html which is really neat.

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11-03-2010, 04:48 PM	#3
slm Fool Posts: 391 Karma: 3557934 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle: Voyage,PW1,KOA, Kobo: Clara Colour, Nook GLP, Pocketbook verse	Thanks. (I feel stupid that I never asked what that box was doing!)

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