Answers.Body: <p>I would like to answer my own question.</p>
  
  <p><strong>What did not work</strong></p>
  
  <p>If you convert the DOCX to MOBI using the <em>Export</em> option of Amazon's <em>Kindle Previewer</em> tool then you are going to face the problem with images stretching horizontally</p>
  
  <p><strong>What worked</strong>  </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Convert the DOCX to filtered HTML (Save As dialog)</li>
  <li>Use <em>Calibre</em> to generate a MOBI file by pointing it to the HTML file that was exported out of MS Word</li>
  <li>I had to fine tune some settings in <em>Calibre</em> (e.g. show ToC at the beginning). But, the result is very close to what I had expected.</li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Using MS Word to author Ebooks is probably the worst route you can use. I author in markdown and convert that to EPUB formats using Pandoc, it's much more reliable and has worked on 2 ereader apps and 2 different KOBO ereaders. Using MS Word is full of pitfalls and bugs. </p>
  
  <p>You can also write directly in Calibre or Sigil then convert to the format you need. After every conversion make sure to check every page of the ebook on several ereaders. Different ereaders will not render the pages in the same way. Especially watch for bulleted material, quoted material, and header formatting, along with images. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I am in the process of authoring a Kindle book. I am using MS Word for the authoring.  I am following these steps for converting the <strong>.DOCX</strong> to <strong>.MOBI</strong>.</p>
  
  <p><em>MS Word</em> --> <em>Kindle Previewer</em> --> <em>Export to MOBI</em> </p>
  
  <p>I am hoping somebody in this community would be able to guide with me as to how to correctly embed pictures in MS Word so that Kindle does not stretch the images.
  Example:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Expected image layout</strong></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7e9ri.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7e9ri.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>Actual rendition on Kindle Reader for Windows</strong>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xSYAo.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xSYAo.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>Steps followed for embedding images</strong></p>
  
  <p><em>Insert tab</em> --> <em>Pictures</em> --> Select file from disk</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>Using Kindle Create gives different results</strong></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kthb3.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kthb3.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I tried the tool <em>Kindle Create</em>. When I preview the book by clicking the <em>Preview</em> button everything looks fine.  I am confused now. Should I publish using <em>Kindle Create</em> or <em>Kindle Previewer</em></p>
  
  <hr>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-11-21T09:31:37.493Z
Comments.Text: Just an observation. If I were to export the DOCX to filtered HTML and then run KindleGen to create a MOBI, the results are as desired. However, Kindle Reader does not honour the Table of Contents. We win some, lose some!
Comments.UserDisplayName: Sau001
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2018-11-21T17:28:09.447Z
Comments.Text: Calibre looks to be good. I did a filtered HTML export from MS Word followed by conversion to MOBI using Calibre. After enduring hours of frustration, I am quite happy with the results obtained from Calibre.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Sau001
Tags: <kindle><conversion>
Title: Authoring Kindle ebook from MS Word document - how to prevent pictures from stretching?
UserDisplayName: Sau001
ThreadText: # Authoring Kindle ebook from MS Word document - how to prevent pictures from stretching?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-20)
  
  I am in the process of authoring a Kindle book. I am using MS Word for the authoring. I am following these steps for converting the **.DOCX** to **.MOBI**.
  
  *MS Word* --> *Kindle Previewer* --> *Export to MOBI*
  
  I am hoping somebody in this community would be able to guide with me as to how to correctly embed pictures in MS Word so that Kindle does not stretch the images.
  Example:
  
  **Expected image layout**
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/7e9ri.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/7e9ri.png)
  
  ---
  
  **Actual rendition on Kindle Reader for Windows**
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/xSYAo.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/xSYAo.png)
  
  ---
  
  **Steps followed for embedding images**
  
  *Insert tab* --> *Pictures* --> Select file from disk
  
  ---
  
  **Using Kindle Create gives different results**
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/kthb3.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kthb3.png)
  
  I tried the tool *Kindle Create*. When I preview the book by clicking the *Preview* button everything looks fine. I am confused now. Should I publish using *Kindle Create* or *Kindle Previewer*
  
  ---
  
  **Tags:** kindle, conversion
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Just an observation. If I were to export the DOCX to filtered HTML and then run KindleGen to create a MOBI, the results are as desired. However, Kindle Reader does not honour the Table of Contents. We win some, lose some!  
  > **username_0**: Calibre looks to be good. I did a filtered HTML export from MS Word followed by conversion to MOBI using Calibre. After enduring hours of frustration, I am quite happy with the results obtained from Calibre.  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2018-11-22. Score: 0
  
  I would like to answer my own question.
  
  **What did not work**
  
  If you convert the DOCX to MOBI using the *Export* option of Amazon's *Kindle Previewer* tool then you are going to face the problem with images stretching horizontally
  
  **What worked**
  
  1. Convert the DOCX to filtered HTML (Save As dialog)
  2. Use *Calibre* to generate a MOBI file by pointing it to the HTML file that was exported out of MS Word
  3. I had to fine tune some settings in *Calibre* (e.g. show ToC at the beginning). But, the result is very close to what I had expected.
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-07. Score: 0
  
  Using MS Word to author Ebooks is probably the worst route you can use. I author in markdown and convert that to EPUB formats using Pandoc, it's much more reliable and has worked on 2 ereader apps and 2 different KOBO ereaders. Using MS Word is full of pitfalls and bugs.
  
  You can also write directly in Calibre or Sigil then convert to the format you need. After every conversion make sure to check every page of the ebook on several ereaders. Different ereaders will not render the pages in the same way. Especially watch for bulleted material, quoted material, and header formatting, along with images.
  
  
  ---
  
  