FB2 is a popular format for storing e-books. Applications for viewing such documents, for the most part, are cross-platform, available on both desktop and mobile operating systems. Actually, the demand for this format is dictated by the abundance of programs intended not only for viewing it (more details below).
The FB2 format is extremely convenient to read, both on a large computer screen and on the much smaller displays of smartphones or tablets. And yet, sometimes users need to convert an FB2 file into a Microsoft Word document, be it the legacy DOC or the DOCX that replaced it. We will tell you how to do this in this article.
As it turns out, finding a suitable program for converting FB2 to Word is not so easy. They exist and there are quite a lot of them, but most of them are either simply useless or also unsafe. And if some converters simply cannot cope with the task, others will also pollute your computer or laptop with a bunch of unnecessary software from a well-known domestic corporation, so eager to get everyone hooked on its services.
Since everything is not so simple with converter programs, it would be much better to bypass this method altogether, especially since it is not the only one. If you know a good program that can be used to convert FB2 to DOC or DOCX, write about it in the comments.
Using online resources for conversion
On the endless expanses of the Internet there are quite a lot of resources with which you can convert one format to another. Some of them allow you to convert FB2 to Word. So that you don’t have to search for a suitable site for a long time, we found it, or rather they, for you. All you have to do is choose the one that you like best.
Let's look at the online conversion process using the Convertio resource as an example.
1. Upload a document in FB2 format to the website. To do this, this online converter offers several methods:
- Specify the path to the folder on your computer;
- Upload a file from Dropbox or Google Drive cloud storage;
- Provide a link to the document on the Internet.
Note: If you are not registered on this site, the maximum file size that can be uploaded cannot exceed 100 MB. Actually, in most cases this will be enough.
2. Make sure that FB2 is selected in the first window with the format; in the second, select the appropriate format for the Word text document that you want to receive in the end. This could be DOC or DOCX.
3. Now you can convert the file, to do this just click on the red virtual button "Convert".
4. Download the converted file to your computer by clicking the green button "Download", or save it to cloud storage.
Now you can open the saved file in Microsoft Word, however, all the text will most likely be written together. Therefore, you will need to adjust the formatting. For greater convenience, we recommend placing two windows side by side on the screen - an FB2 reader and Word, and then start breaking the text into fragments, paragraphs, etc. Our instructions will help you cope with this task.
Some tricks for working with the FB2 format
The FB2 format is a kind of XML document that has much in common with common HTML. The latter, by the way, can be opened not only in a browser or a specialized editor, but also in Microsoft Word. Knowing this, you can quite easily convert FB2 to Word.
1. Open the folder with the FB2 document you want to convert.
2. Left-click on it once and rename it, or rather, change the specified format from FB2 to HTML. Confirm your intentions by clicking "Yes" in a pop-up window.
Note: If you cannot change the file extension and can only rename it, follow these steps:
3. Now open the renamed HTML document. It will be displayed in a browser tab.
4. Highlight page content by clicking "CTRL+A", and copy it using the keys "CTRL+C".
Note: Some browsers do not copy text from such pages. If you encounter a similar problem, simply open the HTML file in another web browser.
5. The entire contents of the FB2 document, more precisely, the HTML, is now on the clipboard, from where you can (even need) paste it into Word.
Launch MS Word and click "CTRL+V" to paste copied text.
Unlike the previous method (online converter), converting FB2 to HTML and then inserting it into Word preserves the text breakdown into paragraphs. And yet, if necessary, you can always change the text formatting manually, making the text more readable.
Opening FB2 in Word directly
The methods described above have certain disadvantages:
- text formatting may change during conversion;
- images, tables, and other graphic data that may be contained in such a file will be lost;
- Tags may appear in the converted file, fortunately, they are easy to remove.
Opening FB2 in Word directly is not without its drawbacks, but this method is in fact the simplest and most convenient.
1. Open Microsoft Word and select the command in it "Open other documents"(if the latest files you worked with are shown, which is relevant for the latest versions of the program) or go to the menu "File" and press "Open" there.
2. In the Explorer window that opens, select "All files" and specify the path to the document in FB2 format. Click on it and click open.
3. The file will open in a new window in Protected View. If you need to change it, click the button "Allow editing".
You can learn more about what Protected View mode is and how to disable the limited functionality of a document in our article.
Note: XML elements included in the FB2 file will be removed
Thus, we opened an FB2 document in Word. All that remains is to work on the formatting and, if necessary (most likely yes), remove tags from it. To do this, press the keys "CTRL+ALT+X".
1. Go to menu "File" and select a team "Save As".
2. In the drop-down menu located under the line with the file name, select the DOCX extension. If necessary, you can also rename the document.
3. Specify the path to save and click "Save".
That's all, now you know how you can convert an FB2 file into a Word document. Choose the method that is convenient for you. By the way, reverse conversion is also possible, that is, a DOC or DOCX document can be converted to FB2. How to do this is described in our material.
Hello!
Today I will talk about a small (and “it weighs less than 1 MB”) free program that allows you to convert text documents into the popular format for reading books - fb2.
So, meet the fb2 converter program htmlDocs2fb2:
In today's article you will learn about:
Installing htmlDocs2fb2.
With this point everything is simple - download the converter from the link below, unpack it and you can use it. When you run the executable file (htmlDocs2fb2.exe), the program will launch for the first time and you will see the window shown in the first screenshot in this article.
Interface.
The interface of htmlDocs2fb2 is very simple and clear, and it is also entirely in Russian.
At the top there is a menu, several tabs and a small toolbar; the purpose of all this is described below.
Program functions and conversion to .
So, as I wrote earlier, at the top of the window there is a menu:
Let's look at the purpose of tabs using a specific example.
Let's start with the settings.
“General” tab - here we select the language (Russian or English).
"Settings" tab. 
Here we configure the title (title) of the document: show the title menu or not, set the default language.
Then we choose whether we will change the size of the pictures in the document during conversion (check the box in the “Resize” item). If we change the size, then just below in two fields of the form we set the desired width and height of the pictures.
After this, we configure the table conversion:
- As it is.
- Contents only.
- To raster (convert tables to images, in this case the table will be displayed exactly as in the source document, but the size of the fb2 document will be larger than when selecting one of the previous items).
Select the option to display the table border:
- As in the source.
- Visible.
Select the font (the icon with three dots to the right of the “Font” inscription, under the selection of the border display option).
And finally, if desired, change the “other” settings: “save links” and “pack in zip”.
After we have finished working with the settings, we can proceed directly to converting the file.
Select the file to convert. The following file formats are supported: html, htm, shtml, doc, docx, rtf.
I selected a saved page from this site.
Setting up the title page of the book: 
Save the fb2 file to your computer’s hard drive.
In the fb2 tab you will see something like this: 
When testing the program, I discovered a problem with the Cyrillic alphabet. If after conversion you see something like this:
The solution is simple. Go to the “Source” tab, select all the text in the window (Ctrl+A or right mouse button -> select all) and click on the “convert to ANSI” button.
After that, press “F9” again or the green triangle on the toolbar and repeat the steps described above.
My review of the program.
The program successfully converts text files, but I didn’t like how it works with web pages, although perhaps I did something wrong and you won’t have any problems with it.
For you, as a fan of reading e-books, there are many formats that are designed specifically for reading on mobile devices that should be familiar. Perhaps you have also heard about the FB2 format? FB2 is a book representation format in XML format and created in Russia. In this format, each element is described by its own tags. What makes this format convenient for many users is that it is supported by many mobile platforms, which means it can be used to read books on these platforms. It is good because it consists of tags and can be drawn in accordance with the rendering of this format on different devices. The format also contains descriptive text formatting tags such as bold, font size, underlining, etc.
How to convert PDF to FB2
Why our online converter to FB2 format?
There are many types of converters to the FB2 format on the Internet, but what makes our converter unique and why users should choose it. Below we have presented a list of advantages of our online PDF to FB2 converter that every e-book reader should consider when choosing:
- Our FB2 converter has no restrictions on the size of the document to be converted.
- Our converter is absolutely free and does not require additional installations or accounts.
- The entire conversion process takes place on our dedicated servers and does not require user resources.
Follow the steps below to convert your PDF files to FB2
- Visit our website and select the menu “To FB2 format”
- You can download the file from disk or from another Internet resource
- After loading the document, the converter will start automatically
- Depending on the size of your PDF document or other format, the conversion may take from a few seconds to several minutes
- Once the conversion is complete, the document will be automatically saved to the user’s disk in the browser.
- Repeat steps if you want to convert more documents
A selection of online converters that support the FB2 format.
You mean, if you occasionally need to convert one or two files, then the online converters widely offered on the Internet are quite suitable for this. (If you quite often convert books (documents) to fb2 and at the same time want maximum quality, then no online converter will convert, for example, a book from word to fb2 as well as the one installed on your computer will do it.)
ebook.online-convert.com
A very popular online converter on the Internet. Allows you to download files via links, there are a small number of changeable settings. In the settings, if you wish, you can select the target device for the best image quality, enter the author of the book, indicate the distance from the edge in centimeters, and also indicate the encoding in which the book will be. By default, the converter will determine the encoding type itself. The maximum upload file size is 100 MB.
convertfileonline.com
Minimalistic interface, without any initial settings for conversion and information about the size of downloaded files. After telling the converter which file you are going to download from your computer, it will offer you possible options for processing it.
go4convert.com
A recently launched service that supports a large number of formats. Nice, neat design. It is stated that there are no restrictions on the size of the downloaded file and everything depends only on the user’s patience.
online-convert.ru
Domestic online service. Upload files both from your computer and via a link. There is information about the correct operation of conversion in different directions. You can select some output file settings. Also on the site you can find additional information for those who convert books for readers.
convertfiles.com And at the end I’ll add one more “bourgeois” site, which I had to use most often. I did not conduct any special comparisons or tests, but it seemed that the processing in it was the most correct, there were fewer errors and failures in the work. There are no size restrictions noted. Large selection of output and input formats. It is possible to leave your email and have a link to the processed file sent to it - sometimes this can be very useful.
Fb2 to txt conversion. How to quickly convert Fb2 to text
In this post I will tell you how to independently, very quickly and without problems convert an fb2 document to txt. (to convert in the opposite direction, use this program) Users of e-books are looking for different special programs or online services for this. But I will tell you about a very simple method that is little known. It is as follows: if you already have the most common free e-book reader Allreader on your computer, then you don’t need to do anything at all. If there is no program, then download it from the office. site (no installation required), open the fb2 file in it and click "File" and then "Save as TXT" see picture.
A book of ANY size will be ready instantly. This is one of the main advantages of this method, because in order to use, for example, an online converter, you need to upload, wait, download. Here everything happens instantly, efficiently and safely. By the way, as you can see, using the same method you can translate fb2 books into both html and PDB formats. Yes, myself
