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Forum: Workshop 05-05-2015, 10:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,188
Posted By John123
Hi, a very minor thing for such a major aid. I...

Hi, a very minor thing for such a major aid. I was worried about having to identify these images (270), with a visual. Since I'm not Chinese this task was onerous in the extreme. The plugin greatly...
Forum: Workshop 05-04-2015, 08:39 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,188
Posted By John123
Thanks, that all worked perfectly, I do get there...

Thanks, that all worked perfectly, I do get there ... eventually.

So, just to recap, this added: "id1", "id2", "id3" etc. incremently to all the Chinese Logograms spans as an aid to inserting...
Forum: Workshop 05-04-2015, 06:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,188
Posted By John123
Please forgive me, I'm very much a newbie here. ...

Please forgive me, I'm very much a newbie here.

I added your plugin but it's asking me to set a path. Is there a step-by-step guide to using this plugin in the way you suggest?

A dummies guide...
Forum: Workshop 05-04-2015, 12:05 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,188
Posted By John123
You are, of course, quite correct. However, I'm...

You are, of course, quite correct. However, I'm the monkey, not the organ grinder :o) and would never dare correct an "academic"!!

Anyway, thanks for your advice. I followed GrannyGrump's tutorial...
Forum: Workshop 05-03-2015, 12:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,188
Posted By John123
Hi, and thanks for the replies. I kinda...

Hi, and thanks for the replies.

I kinda guessed this would be the case, but I posted anyway in the forlorn hope you guys might have a simple workaround.

What you suggest would, of course, work...
Forum: Workshop 05-03-2015, 07:38 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,188
Posted By John123
Displaying Chinese characters

Hi All,

I am attempting to display Chinese characters for an ebook. The characters display correctly in the Kindle file and on Sigil, using the font Adobe Song OTF, but don't on ADE.

I have...
Forum: Workshop 04-17-2015, 12:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,576
Posted By John123
Bingo! Thank you very much. Line-height did the...

Bingo! Thank you very much. Line-height did the trick who'd have thought it ... certainly not me :smack:

"Don't use superscripts"? I wish!
Forum: Workshop 04-17-2015, 11:50 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,576
Posted By John123
Leading and superior numerals

Hi All,

Is there a workaround so that superior/inferior numerals don't alter the leading for the line it appears on?

Using:

<sup>

or:
Forum: General Discussions 10-21-2014, 02:35 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,254
Posted By John123
Actually, this has given me a thought. What would...

Actually, this has given me a thought. What would be the best way to embed a reviewers information in the metadata? And use this threat not to re-distribute. Kinda lame I know, but might just be...
Forum: General Discussions 10-21-2014, 01:30 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,254
Posted By John123
Thanks. That would seem to be the simple, however...

Thanks. That would seem to be the simple, however surmountable, approach. I know how to watermark the cover simply in Photoshop. But how do I go about watermarking the epub/mobi text?
Forum: General Discussions 10-21-2014, 01:13 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,254
Posted By John123
No, I'm not the vendor. Here's what my client...

No, I'm not the vendor. Here's what my client asked for:

"Hi John – we are getting more requests from book reviewers etc for a mobi or epub file for them to read rather than a PDF. The problem is...
Forum: General Discussions 10-21-2014, 12:04 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,254
Posted By John123
DRM implementation on ebooks

Hi All,

I know this is a vast can of worms and all the arguments for and against DRM. But I have been asked to implement Digital Rights Management on the ebooks I produce.

My question is: where...
Forum: Lounge 10-21-2014, 11:05 AM
Replies: 135,860
Views: 4,153,073
Posted By John123
This is getting REALLY silly now. Close the...

This is getting REALLY silly now.

Close the thread.

I win ... or else:

http://www.laurabidwell.com/blog/files/con-air-bad-guy-2.jpg

The bunny gets it.
Forum: Workshop 04-12-2014, 12:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 985
Posted By John123
Thanks! New it had to be simple, but couldn't...

Thanks! New it had to be simple, but couldn't find it in the plethora of other information.
Forum: Workshop 04-12-2014, 10:26 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 985
Posted By John123
Regex/Grep and wildcards

Hi All,

Stupid newbie question number ... eh? ... whatever.

Using Regex in Sigil I can find (\d+) I would usually put $1 to replace the number it found. This works in Grep but not in Regex?
...
Forum: Workshop 11-18-2013, 10:08 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,057
Posted By John123
Fitting images to Kindle screen size

Hi Guys,

Apologies in advance.

I think this has been asked before, but I simply can't find the correct thread on here.

Using Sigil I'm trying the fit, proportionately, images to the Kindle...
Forum: News 11-18-2013, 09:28 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 22,770
Posted By John123
I haven't read any of her work either, but my...

I haven't read any of her work either, but my wife is quite a fan of Lessing. She has an English Degree and loves the 17th century Metaphysical Poets so beware!

She thinks a good one to start with...
Forum: Workshop 09-26-2013, 12:50 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,248
Posted By John123
Great! Thank you. Just realised I have an older...

Great! Thank you. Just realised I have an older version of Sigil before the Links Report feature.

John.
Forum: Workshop 09-26-2013, 09:11 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,248
Posted By John123
Cryptic validation result

Hi Guys,

I'm working on an ebook and get this vague validation result:

File: OEBPS/Text/
Line: N/A
Message: This resource is reachable but not present in the OPF <manifest>. "Reachable" means...
Forum: Workshop 06-21-2013, 07:58 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,221
Posted By John123
It's Apple :o( I'm afraid. Their guidelines are...

It's Apple :o( I'm afraid. Their guidelines are vague to say the least!!
Forum: Workshop 06-21-2013, 07:22 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,221
Posted By John123
Negative seek offset?

Hi all,

I've had a book rejected. The rejection error just gives the cryptic: "Negative seek offset"?

I think it may have something to do with the archive (zip), but I'm not sure. Has anyone...
Forum: Workshop 06-21-2013, 07:16 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,517
Posted By John123
This debate will rage on ... ...

This debate will rage on ...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197911
Forum: Workshop 05-07-2013, 09:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,790
Posted By John123
Wonderful analogy. I have a vision of the man...

Wonderful analogy. I have a vision of the man with no name riding off into the sunset with a Kindle in his holster.
Forum: Workshop 05-07-2013, 06:13 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,790
Posted By John123
Hi Hitch, Thanks once again for coming to...

Hi Hitch,

Thanks once again for coming to the rescue!

I don't know if this is the forum to make such an observation, but, in my humble opinion the whole ebook industry (which is growing...
Forum: Workshop 05-06-2013, 06:05 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,790
Posted By John123
Kindle Previewer not seeing TOC

Hi All,

I have started using KindlePreviewer to compile mobi files from epub edited in Sigil. The TOC is fine in the epub file but KindlePreviewer shows its TOC greyed out . . . not there?

Can...
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