From c97e1158734e486586e4be57e48442a0daf27b6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:22:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ... --- src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst b/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst index 60f8a10fc6..73358e0f72 100644 --- a/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst +++ b/src/calibre/manual/conversion.rst @@ -561,9 +561,10 @@ format, whether input or output are available in the conversion dialog under the Convert Microsoft Word documents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -|app| does not directly convert .doc files from Microsoft Word. However, in Word, you can save the document +|app| does not directly convert .doc/.docx files from Microsoft Word. However, in Word, you can save the document as HTML and then convert the resulting HTML file with |app|. When saving as HTML, be sure to use the -"Save as Web Page, Filtered" option as this will produce clean HTML that will convert well. +"Save as Web Page, Filtered" option as this will produce clean HTML that will convert well. Note that Word +produces really messy HTML, converting it can take a long time, so be patient. There is a Word macro package that can automate the conversion of Word documents using |app|. It also makes generating the Table of Contents much simpler. It is called BookCreator and is available for free