diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst b/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst
index 9244109ba7..029cc636ea 100644
--- a/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst
+++ b/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ TXT input supports a number of options to differentiate how paragraphs are detec
:guilabel:`Formatting Style: None`
Applies no special formatting to the text, the document is converted to html with no other changes.
+.. _pdfconversion:
Convert PDF documents
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diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst b/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst
index 733adb65ee..97551b403f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst
+++ b/src/calibre/manual/faq.rst
@@ -35,29 +35,11 @@ What are the best source formats to convert?
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In order of decreasing preference: LIT, MOBI, EPUB, FB2, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, TXT, PDF
-Why does the PDF conversion lose some images/tables?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The PDF conversion tries to extract the text and images from the PDF file and convert them to and HTML based ebook. Some PDF files have images in a format that cannot be extracted (vector images). All tables
-are also represented as vector diagrams, thus they cannot be extracted.
+I converted a PDF file, but the result has various problems?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-How do I convert a collection of HTML files in a specific order?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-In order to convert a collection of HTML files in a specific oder, you have to create a table of contents file. That is, another HTML file that contains links to all the other files in the desired order. Such a file looks like::
+PDF is a terrible format to convert from. For a list of the various issues you will encounter when converting PDF, see: :ref:`pdfconversion`.
-
-
- Table of Contents
-
- First File
- Second File
- .
- .
- .
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-
-
-Then just add this HTML file to the GUI and use the convert button to create your ebook.
.. _char-encoding-faq:
@@ -85,6 +67,26 @@ If you have a hand edited TOC in the input document, you can use the TOC detecti
Finally, I encourage you to ditch the content TOC and only have a metadata TOC in your ebooks. Metadata TOCs will give the people reading your ebooks a much superior navigation experience (except on the Kindle, where they are essentially the same as a content TOC).
+How do I convert a collection of HTML files in a specific order?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In order to convert a collection of HTML files in a specific oder, you have to create a table of contents file. That is, another HTML file that contains links to all the other files in the desired order. Such a file looks like::
+
+
+
+ Table of Contents
+
+ First File
+ Second File
+ .
+ .
+ .
+
+
+
+
+Then just add this HTML file to the GUI and use the convert button to create your ebook.
+
+
How do I use some of the advanced features of the conversion tools?
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You can get help on any individual feature of the converters by mousing over it in the GUI or running ``ebook-convert dummy.html .epub -h`` at a terminal. A good place to start is to look at the following demo files that demonstrate some of the advanced features: