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Old 02-06-2008, 07:25 PM   #1
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BookDesigner and fractions



I'm an amateur chef and have been trying to convert a number of my Lit format cookbooks into SonyReader format using BookDesigner. The problem I always seem to run into is the fractional measurements like 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 which are using the special characters ¼, ½, and, surprise, ¾. They translate as ? when I import the non-drm .Lit file or if I import the exploded HTML file.

Funny though, if I do a simple cut and paste from the HTML, the characters do come over but I, of course, loose all the rest of the formatting.

Is there a translation value I need to set somewhere? Should I fiddle with the language settings?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Make sure the language setting is set to something OTHER than English; I normally use German. You have to change the setting before importing the book.

Another option would simply be to replace the fractions by "1/4", "1/2", etc.
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Make sure the language setting is set to something OTHER than English; I normally use German. You have to change the setting before importing the book.

Another option would simply be to replace the fractions by "1/4", "1/2", etc.
Thanks Harry, I'll give this a try. French probably makes a lot of sense for me to try since so many cooking terms have french accents which are also being stripped away.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

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Worked like a charm! Thanks again Harry!
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Thanks Harry, I'll give this a try. French probably makes a lot of sense for me to try since so many cooking terms have french accents which are also being stripped away.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

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French causes a number of other issues that are not all that easy to resolve. German tends to work best overall.

That said, since your are starting from LIT, you can try lit2lrf (part of Libprs500) and see if that works for your fractions.
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