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Originally Posted by kazbates
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.
Dale, I can use Find/Replace to change the Ascii characters in the file. I was REALLY hoping there was an easier way to change them all without the one-on-one replace. Thank you so much for all your help today.
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Yes, you can. That is exactly the process I described. You select one instance and paste it into the find and the use the appropriate correct character and paste it into replace and then you let Sigil search from the first file to the last file and replace everyone it finds. All in one step. Be sure the entry in the dialog is set to multiple-files. If it is set to current file it will only do the one file.
To do this you must open the first file and switch to code view. Then you can open the find/replace menu and enter the text to find (find the multiple character instance but pasting both characters together) and the replace with the correct unicode character by cutting and pasting as I described.
If you have trouble finding the characters in Windows then you can also use the ones in our wiki. Look at page
Special characters and scroll down until you find the character you want. The column titled Character shows it. Then highlight the character and use CTRL-C to copy it. Now, in the replace dialog of Sigil you can use CTRL-V to paste it in.
Dale