Useful tip: How to change the BD language AFTER you create a book

HarryT · 04-14-2009, 06:10 AM

As BookDesigner users will know, one has to get the "language" setting correct before creating or importing a book - "German" is what one normally sets it to. If it's wrong, then any accented letters in the book will show up as "&#xxx" in the finished (Sony) book.

It is possible, however, to make the change AFTER the book has been created, if you forget. To do this, exit book designer, and then open the "bookname.html0" file in the "Lastfile" folder of the BD installation file using a text editor. The first two lines of the file will say:

Code:

<HTML>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv="Content-Type">

Change the "windows-1251" to say "windows-1252", and re-save the file. Then reopen BD, and accented letters will now appear correctly in the created book.

YGG- · 04-14-2009, 08:22 AM

Thanks for the tip

Andybaby · 04-14-2009, 09:13 PM

thanks alot this i needed cause a few of my books were english before i learned better,

this works, but only when the file is in the folder Lastfile

html0 files in your BD directory will not work.

Patricia · 04-14-2009, 09:16 PM

But presumably, if you open the BD file, make a few trivial changes, then close it, it will then appear in your last book file.

Andybaby · 04-15-2009, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

But presumably, if you open the BD file, make a few trivial changes, then close it, it will then appear in your last book file.

oh yes, i didnt mean to imply otherwise,

Opening the html0 backup in the BD directory
close bd
and it should be open and extracted inside the Lastfile directory.

04-14-2009, 06:10 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Useful tip: How to change the BD language AFTER you create a book As BookDesigner users will know, one has to get the "language" setting correct before creating or importing a book - "German" is what one normally sets it to. If it's wrong, then any accented letters in the book will show up as "&#xxx" in the finished (Sony) book. It is possible, however, to make the change AFTER the book has been created, if you forget. To do this, exit book designer, and then open the "bookname.html0" file in the "Lastfile" folder of the BD installation file using a text editor. The first two lines of the file will say: Code: <HTML> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv="Content-Type"> Change the "windows-1251" to say "windows-1252", and re-save the file. Then reopen BD, and accented letters will now appear correctly in the created book. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

04-14-2009, 08:22 AM	#2
YGG- Dry fruit Posts: 1,156 Karma: 147086 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Bookeen Opus + HTC Desire HD	Thanks for the tip __________________ YGG (I used to think my English wasn't too bad, then I joined this forum) "Je vous l'avais dit que j'étais malade" (épitaphe sur une tombe du Père Lachaise) "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields "Vaut mieux qu'il pleuve aujourd'hui, plutôt qu'un jour où il ferait beau..." (Pierre Dac)

04-14-2009, 09:16 PM	#4
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,527 Karma: 1239840 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	But presumably, if you open the BD file, make a few trivial changes, then close it, it will then appear in your last book file. __________________ Of making many books there is no end [Ecclesiastes, 12.12]

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Andybaby Wizard Posts: 1,279 Karma: 2683 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York Device: PRS-700	thanks alot this i needed cause a few of my books were english before i learned better, this works, but only when the file is in the folder Lastfile html0 files in your BD directory will not work.


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