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Old 07-18-2011, 11:04 PM   #56
snarkophilus
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Originally Posted by kazbates View Post
I am using Sigil to edit them. I tried to rename the original epub to a zip, but Windows 7 is making it difficult. I've tried to just change the name using the Rename function and adding .zip but it still recognizes the file as .epub. That's why I asked if there was some way to create the zip file.
In an Explorer window on Windows 7, click the "Organize" button on the top left, then the "Folder and search options" button. In the "View" table, uncheck the "Hide extensions for known file types" option. This then should include the file extension in the filenames in the Explorer windows, and allow you to change the .epub to .zip (with some warning about making the file potentially unusable). You should also be able to rename the epub file from a DOS command prompt as well.

I'm still confused by you saying that you change the first line of a (all?) html file to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> but that it doesn't seem to "stick" in the epub. If you skip opening in Reader Library and re-open straight away after editing with Sigil again is the line there correctly? I shouldn't think that Reader Library would modify the epubs, but I don't know for sure.

Cheers,
Simon.
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