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It's amazing that some people prefer to convert instead of learning how to do it by hand. I find it overall easier to do it by hand. |
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I used to code what I wanted when I used to use a more primitive version of RMSDK. But some of that just I no longer code because Kobo's don't need it coded. That's the difference and that's why I was disagreeing. It's not that you are wrong, it's that your way is not appropriate for the OP. |
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I realize that many e-readers will format everything, and I realize that ADE doesn't format anything, but all of my files (after I get done with them) will work fine on all the e-readers that do format everything. They will work on any device. All my life, I've always tried to find ways to do things easier and quicker and receive the same results. And that's what I've done with editing and reformatting e-books. It doesn't matter to me whether you do your thing by hand or automate what you do, but I don't think it's right for you to post negative opinions about what I'm doing, when you really have no idea how my books look when I finish (and you don't know what all the Extra CSS and Transform Rules I've added to the Convert settings are, which are a big part of how I can do many things automatically). I've only posted how I do things in order to help others know that there are ways you can do things automatically, without having to spend extra time doing manual editing. I don't mind editing things manually (in fact, I love doing it), but due to the volume of books I edit and reformat, I had to do something to decrease the amount of time I was spending on doing that. Thanks to the authors of Polish, Modify ePub, ePubMerge, and Calibre, and thanks to BetterRed and the others who treat users fairly and politely on this forum! |
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What I find amazing is that some prefer to convert when it's easier to do by hand.
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OMG! I don't believe you! Modifying and converting a file takes a few seconds; editing by hand (all the things that modify and convert will do automatically) can take several minutes or more, depending on what needs to be fixed. What part of this don't you understand? It's both easier and less time-consuming when using my system.
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One thing you cannot fix with conversion is graphics. You need to check those by hand and hand fix as needed.
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Yup, I do that, as I've already said in a previous post. Usually, when they need to be edited, it is the cover image and maybe the title page(s). Remember when I said I have a macro that adds class calibre3a to the .css file that has height: 100% and width: 100%? I quickly change the class on the image pages to calibre3a, and I'm done. Takes just a few seconds to fix those images.
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To sum up, using the ePub editor will give you more fine control but if you realize that you will always be making the exact same changes a properly set-up conversion can save time. (and I expect that the OP simply hasn't bothered to sign-in again) |
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There will always be some files that need manual editing (and I do that all the time), but most of the files come out like I want them to--by running modify and convert, with all the extra CSS and transform rules I've added.
Here's an estimate: Let's say I drag 50 books into Calibre, run modify, run convert, run ToC, run the editor to check the book for each file, automatically fix any errors found (which are usually ID errors or mimetype errors, and once in a while, typos in the .css file, since modify and convert have already fixed the rest of the errors), and then view each file in ADE 2.0. I would estimate I will have to reopen the editor for about 10 of those 50 books to manually fix one thing (or sometimes, more, if the book is very badly coded)--usually resize the cover image, and sometimes, resize the title page image, or possibly remove codes that add blank line spaces between paragraphs, or edit the CSS code to remove the blank line spaces between paragraphs, and once in a while, I'll have to add text-align: justify to the "calibre" class because Styling did not add that from the Extra CSS codes I've added (bug in Calibre, I guess). Sometimes, I'll spend extra time to fix the top and bottom spacing for chapter titles and change the first paragraph indentation to no-indentation. I don't always do that, though, due to the huge volume of books I edit and fix. These are just a few of the examples of things I might have to manually edit after modifying and converting (which almost always fixes the other 80% of errors that I used to spend lots of time fixing manually). So, I can definitely say that doing all manual editing does NOT save time; it wastes much more time than is needed. |
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Here are all the codes I've added in the Extra CSS Styling section of Look and Feel:
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Once in a great while, I'll have to manually edit one of these, due to the creator of the file using something like "nonindent" for all paragraphs, but this doesn't happen very often, so it still saves tons of time having these extra CSS codes added into the conversion. Once in a while, Calibre does not honor one of these, and like I've previously said, it's usually the "justify" line in the "calibre" class. Last edited by deback; 03-27-2018 at 11:00 PM. Reason: use spoiler on long logs and such |
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