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Help:Document transcoding

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This is a work in progress, used to build an online resource for tools and tips in document transcoding.

Step 1, getting Finereader prepared

  • English; French; German
  • façade
  • B&W
  • Tools - Options - Scan/Open - Do not read and analyze acquired page images
  • Tools - Options - Read - Thorough Reading
  • Tools - Options - Save - PDF - Use Mixed Raster Content, Enable Tagged PDF, Best Quality
  • FB2/EPUB - Title, Author, Best Quality

Step 1.5, cleaning the PDF

Step 2, Importing the PDF

Step 3, Layout

Step 4, Editing

EPUB

  • Clean Finereader output
  • Side by side comparison
    • Fix Footnotes first
    • Add blockquotes
    • Keep an eye out for indentation on new pages
  • Catch hyphenation (if plenty of time, do ([a-zA-Z])-([a-zA-Z])
    • Index Trick

Tools and links