section.

In Word it is possible to specify how many lines of text a drop-cap should

use. Because of limitations in ebook technology, this is not possible when
converting. Instead, the converted drop cap will use font size and line height to
simulate the effect as well as possible. While not as good as the original, the
result is usually tolerable. This paragraph has a “D” dropcap set to occupy three
lines of text with a font size of 58.5 pts. Depending on the screen width and
capabilities of the device you view the book on, this dropcap can look anything
from perfect to ugly.
Links
Two kinds of links are possible, those that refer to an external website and those
that refer to locations inside the document itself. Both are supported by calibre.
For example, here is a link pointing to the calibre download page. Then we have a
link that points back to the section on paragraph level formatting in this
document.
Table of Contents
There are two approaches that calibre takes when generating a Table of Contents.
The first is if the Word document has a Table of Contents itself. Provided that the
Table of Contents uses hyperlinks, calibre will automatically use it. The levels of
the Table of Contents are identified by their left indent, so if you want the ebook
to have a multi-level Table of Contents, make sure you create a properly indented
Table of Contents in Word.
If no Table of Contents is found in the document, then a table of contents is
automatically generated from the headings in the document. A heading is identified
as something that has the Heading 1 or Heading 2, etc. style applied to it. These
headings are turned into a Table of Contents with Heading 1 being the topmost
level, Heading 2 the second level and so on.
You can see the Table of Contents created by calibre by clicking the Table of
Contents button in whatever viewer you are using to view the converted ebook.
Demonstration of DOCX support in calibre 1
Text Formatting 2
Inline formatting 2
Fun with fonts 2
Paragraph level formatting 2
Tables 3
Structural Elements 5
Footnotes & Endnotes 5
Dropcaps 5
Links 5
Table of Contents 5
Images 7
Lists 8
Bulleted List 8
Numbered List 8
Multi-level Lists 8
Continued Lists 8

Images
Images can be of three main types. Inline images are images that are part of the
normal text flow, like this image of a green dot . Inline images do not cause
breaks in the text and are usually small in size. The next category of image is a
floating image, one that “floats “ on the page and is surrounded by text. Word
supports more types of floating images than are possible with current ebook
technology, so the conversion maps floating images to simple left and right floats,
as you can see with the left and right arrow images on the sides of this paragraph.
The final type of image is a “block” image, one that becomes a paragraph on its own
and has no text on either side. Below is a centered green dot.
Centered images like this are useful for large pictures that should be a focus of
attention.
Generally, it is not possible to translate the exact positioning of images from a
Word document to an ebook. That is because in Word, image positioning is specified
in absolute units from the page boundaries. There is no analogous technology in
ebooks, so the conversion will usually end up placing the image either centered or
floating close to the point in the text where it was inserted, not necessarily
where it appears on the page in Word.section. In Word it is possible to specify how
many lines of text a drop-cap should use. Because of limitations in ebook
technology, this is not possible when converting. Instead, the converted drop cap
will use font size and line height to simulate the effect as well as possible.
While not as good as the original, the result is usually tolerable. This paragraph
has a “D” dropcap set to occupy three lines of text with a font size of 58.5 pts.
Depending on the screen width and capabilities of the device you view the book on,
this dropcap can look anything from perfect to ugly.
Links
Two kinds of links are possible, those that refer to an external website and those
that refer to locations inside the document itself. Both are supported by calibre.
For example, here is a link pointing to the calibre download page. Then we have a
link that points back to the section on paragraph level formatting in this
document.
Table of Contents
There are two approaches that calibre takes when generating a Table of Contents.
The first is if the Word document has a Table of Contents itself. Provided that the
Table of Contents uses hyperlinks, calibre will automatically use it. The levels of
the Table of Contents are identified by their left indent, so if you want the ebook
to have a multi-level Table of Contents, make sure you create a properly indented
Table of Contents in Word.
If no Table of Contents is found in the document, then a table of contents is
automatically generated from the headings in the document. A heading is identified
as something that has the Heading 1 or Heading 2, etc. style applied to it. These
headings are turned into a Table of Contents with Heading 1 being the topmost
level, Heading 2 the second level and so on.
You can see the Table of Contents created by calibre by clicking the Table of
Contents button in whatever viewer you are using to view the converted ebook.
Demonstration of DOCX support in calibre 1
Text Formatting 2
Inline formatting 2
Fun with fonts 2
Paragraph level formatting 2
Tables 3
Structural Elements 5
Footnotes & Endnotes 5
Dropcaps 5
Links 5
Table of Contents 5
Images 7
Lists 8
Bulleted List 8
Numbered List 8
Multi-level Lists 8
Continued Lists 8

Images
Images can be of three main types. Inline images are images that are part of the
normal text flow, like this image of a green dot . Inline images do not cause
breaks in the text and are usually small in size. The next category of image is a
floating image, one that “floats “ on the page and is surrounded by text. Word
supports more types of floating images than are possible with current ebook
technology, so the conversion maps floating images to simple left and right floats,
as you can see with the left and right arrow images on the sides of this paragraph.
The final type of image is a “block” image, one that becomes a paragraph on its own
and has no text on either side. Below is a centered green dot.
Centered images like this are useful for large pictures that should be a focus of
attention.
Generally, it is not possible to translate the exact positioning of images from a
Word document to an ebook. That is because in Word, image positioning is specified
in absolute units from the page boundaries. There is no analogous technology in
ebooks, so the conversion will usually end up placing the image either centered or
floating close to the point in the text where it was inserted, not necessarily
where it appears on the page in Word.section. In Word it is possible to specify how
many lines of text a drop-cap should use. Because of limitations in ebook
technology, this is not possible when converting. Instead, the converted drop cap
will use font size and line height to simulate the effect as well as possible.
While not as good as the original, the result is usually tolerable. This paragraph
has a “D” dropcap set to occupy three lines of text with a font size of 58.5 pts.
Depending on the screen width and capabilities of the device you view the book on,
this dropcap can look anything from perfect to ugly.
Links
Two kinds of links are possible, those that refer to an external website and those
that refer to locations inside the document itself. Both are supported by calibre.
For example, here is a link pointing to the calibre download page. Then we have a
link that points back to the section on paragraph level formatting in this
document.
Table of Contents
There are two approaches that calibre takes when generating a Table of Contents.
The first is if the Word document has a Table of Contents itself. Provided that the
Table of Contents uses hyperlinks, calibre will automatically use it. The levels of
the Table of Contents are identified by their left indent, so if you want the ebook
to have a multi-level Table of Contents, make sure you create a properly indented
Table of Contents in Word.
If no Table of Contents is found in the document, then a table of contents is
automatically generated from the headings in the document. A heading is identified
as something that has the Heading 1 or Heading 2, etc. style applied to it. These
headings are turned into a Table of Contents with Heading 1 being the topmost
level, Heading 2 the second level and so on.
You can see the Table of Contents created by calibre by clicking the Table of
Contents button in whatever viewer you are using to view the converted ebook.
Demonstration of DOCX support in calibre 1
Text Formatting 2
Inline formatting 2
Fun with fonts 2
Paragraph level formatting 2
Tables 3
Structural Elements 5
Footnotes & Endnotes 5
Dropcaps 5
Links 5
Table of Contents 5
Images 7
Lists 8
Bulleted List 8
Numbered List 8
Multi-level Lists 8
Continued Lists 8

Images
Images can be of three main types. Inline images are images that are part of the
normal text flow, like this image of a green dot . Inline images do not cause
breaks in the text and are usually small in size. The next category of image is a
floating image, one that “floats “ on the page and is surrounded by text. Word
supports more types of floating images than are possible with current ebook
technology, so the conversion maps floating images to simple left and right floats,
as you can see with the left and right arrow images on the sides of this paragraph.
The final type of image is a “block” image, one that becomes a paragraph on its own
and has no text on either side. Below is a centered green dot.
Centered images like this are useful for large pictures that should be a focus of
attention.
Generally, it is not possible to translate the exact positioning of images from a
Word document to an ebook. That is because in Word, image positioning is specified
in absolute units from the page boundaries. There is no analogous technology in
ebooks, so the conversion will usually end up placing the image either centered or
floating close to the point in the text where it was inserted, not necessarily
where it appears on the page in Word.