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Old 03-15-2011, 08:26 AM   #9
DMSmillie
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It's relatively straightforward to convert HTML to XHTML. Sigil does it very well - import the HTML file(s), and Sigil does the work of turning the code into valid XHTML. It's important, though, to use Word's "Save As... Web Page (Filtered)" when saving the Word doc as HTML. That option actually does do a pretty good job of filtering out all of the MS proprietary code, and leaves only valid HTML, albeit too much of it in places sometimes (depending on how the formatting was handled in the Word doc).

@davidnpauly : if you decide you want your ebook encrypted with DRM, it isn't something you do, yourself, when creating the EPUB. If you decided to submit the EPUB to Barnes & Noble, for instance, it would be Barnes & Noble who would add the DRM encryption to the file, before making it available for sale on their website.
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