Getting rid of unwanted question marks!

Superphil · 06-18-2023, 04:03 PM

Hello, I seems to have a problem with unwanted question marks. I am taking a text and putting it into Sigil. All looks fine, even when I put it in Calibre but when I move it to my my Kobo the question marks are in the beginning of the text, when it starts.

Karellen · 06-18-2023, 06:06 PM

Maybe you can post a screenshot of the problem?

Can you see any problems with the code when you open the book in the editor? Maybe post a snippet of that code also.

Superphil · 06-18-2023, 07:33 PM

There are no problems in the editor, only when I read it on ny Kobo. That is strange.

JSWolf · 06-18-2023, 07:42 PM

What's the encoding for this eBook? Usually this sort of problem is an encoding issue.

You can try the Modify ePub plugin to encode it to UTF-8 and see if that fixes it.

Superphil · 06-19-2023, 03:19 PM

Found the answer to my problem. In my headings I had left hyphens between words and numbers. In Sigil these appeared as spaces but on my Kobo they were question marks. Weird. Thanks for your suggestions.b

06-18-2023, 04:03 PM	#1
Superphil Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 78524 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Montreal, Canada. Device: Kobo original.	Getting rid of unwanted question marks! Hello, I seems to have a problem with unwanted question marks. I am taking a text and putting it into Sigil. All looks fine, even when I put it in Calibre but when I move it to my my Kobo the question marks are in the beginning of the text, when it starts.

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06-18-2023, 06:06 PM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,353 Karma: 6794938 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Maybe you can post a screenshot of the problem? Can you see any problems with the code when you open the book in the editor? Maybe post a snippet of that code also.

06-18-2023, 07:33 PM	#3
Superphil Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 78524 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Montreal, Canada. Device: Kobo original.	There are no problems in the editor, only when I read it on ny Kobo. That is strange.

06-18-2023, 07:42 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 76,368 Karma: 136466962 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What's the encoding for this eBook? Usually this sort of problem is an encoding issue. You can try the Modify ePub plugin to encode it to UTF-8 and see if that fixes it.

06-19-2023, 03:19 PM	#5
Superphil Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 78524 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Montreal, Canada. Device: Kobo original.	Found the answer to my problem. In my headings I had left hyphens between words and numbers. In Sigil these appeared as spaces but on my Kobo they were question marks. Weird. Thanks for your suggestions.b