DOCX to EPUB

1. Give each chapter title Word's Heading 1 style. Each Heading 1 starts a new chapter in the book.
2. Use Heading 2 and below for sections inside chapters; they appear nested in the table of contents.
3. Use Word's own bulleted and numbered lists rather than typed dashes or numbers.
4. Insert images into the document rather than linking to them.
5. Set the document title in Word's file properties, or type it in the tool's Title field.

What carries over

Headings, paragraphs, bold, italic and strikethrough, lists (numbered or bulleted, nested), tables, links and images. Code-styled text becomes code. Tracked changes are applied as accepted insertions with deletions removed.

What doesn't

Footnotes and endnotes, text boxes, headers and footers, comments, and font sizes and colors. Ebooks let the reader choose fonts and sizes, so these are best left to the reading app.

If it doesn't work

• The tool says the file isn't a Word document: older .doc files aren't supported. Open the file in Word and save it as .docx.
• The tool says the file is too damaged to read: repair it first with the docx repair tool, then convert the repaired copy.