[Athen] EPUB

[Robert Spangler]

Awesome thank you!  I have a Debian box at home, so hopefully this works.
I've grabbed all the necessary packages.  Thanks again for this
suggestion.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:58 PM Joseph Polizzotto <jpolizzotto at berkeley.edu>
wrote:


> Hi Robert:

>

> BTW creating a PDF from an EPUB is simple with pandoc. Just type the

> following into a terminal:

>

> pandoc path/to/your_epub.epub -o path/to/your_pdf.pdf

>

> Note: pandoc uses your LaTeX engine to create the PDF (e.g., pdfTEX,

> xelatex, lualatex). This usually means that you will get a PDF with

> bookmarks (for your headings) but no tags in the tags tree.  On my limited

> testing, however, I have gotten good results from using the "Add tags to

> document" feature in Acrobat Pro to add tags to a PDF that was generated

> via pandoc via my LaTex engine (pdfTEX). The heading hierarchy from the

> original EPUB was recognized by Acrobat Pro. One downside is that the EPUB

> page-list nav is lost and the LaTeX engine may automatically use its

> default pagination style that will be at odds with the original EPUB.

>

> I have attached an EPUB and a PDF I generated using the above method for

> you to compare.

>

> HTH,

>

> Joseph

>

>

>

> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:20 AM Robert Spangler <rspangler1 at udayton.edu>

> wrote:

>

>> Hello all, since I have not found a way to convert an epub to PDF, what

>> is a good Epub reader?  This is for a student with a learning disability,

>> not someone who is blind.  That being said however I myself would

>> appreciate it if the suggested reader were accessible.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Robert

>>

>>

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Robert Spangler
Disability Services Technical Support Specialist
rspangler1 at udayton.edu
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023
Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC)
University of Dayton  | 300 College Park  |  Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302
Phone: 937-229-2066
Fax: 937-229-3270
Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing)
Web Site: http://go.udayton.edu/learning
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