Where did my Chapters Go?

markjoseph · 03-24-2012, 12:30 AM

I loaded an unedited epub into Sigil. Then edited it section by section, formatting using html and editing the text.

I created chapter breaks for each section I wanted to appear on a new page. There were about 50-60 of these. I planned on merging them later.

I hit Ctrl-Enter to create each section and renamed it, ie., Book Three a.xhtml; Atropos XI.xhtml, etc. Then I edited and saved with Ctrl-S.

I closed Sigil after a few days of this editing and reopened the file. The last two days of edits were gone.

It looked fine until I closed it. Everything was there. Upon reopening it had reverted to a March 21 version. The March 23 version (finished) is gone. I lost 20 hours of work.

Any thoughts? Thanks Mark

ps I'm using version Sigil 5.3

markjoseph · 03-24-2012, 12:46 AM

Solved! I forgot I had several versions with the same name in different places. I had been saving the changes to a version "hidden" on my C Drive. So it's all good.

Perkin · 03-24-2012, 03:39 AM

I bet you're relieved.

03-24-2012, 12:30 AM	#1
markjoseph Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nanuet, NY Device: nook kindle	Where did my Chapters Go? I loaded an unedited epub into Sigil. Then edited it section by section, formatting using html and editing the text. I created chapter breaks for each section I wanted to appear on a new page. There were about 50-60 of these. I planned on merging them later. I hit Ctrl-Enter to create each section and renamed it, ie., Book Three a.xhtml; Atropos XI.xhtml, etc. Then I edited and saved with Ctrl-S. I closed Sigil after a few days of this editing and reopened the file. The last two days of edits were gone. It looked fine until I closed it. Everything was there. Upon reopening it had reverted to a March 21 version. The March 23 version (finished) is gone. I lost 20 hours of work. Any thoughts? Thanks Mark ps I'm using version Sigil 5.3

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03-24-2012, 12:46 AM	#2
markjoseph Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nanuet, NY Device: nook kindle	Solved! I forgot I had several versions with the same name in different places. I had been saving the changes to a version "hidden" on my C Drive. So it's all good.

03-24-2012, 03:39 AM	#3
Perkin Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	I bet you're relieved.

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