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Old 03-12-2012, 03:10 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by JimLL View Post
Now, does ANYONE, ANYWHERE know of ANYTHING that gives you the general basics of using Calibre - in non-techy, everyday language?
This video seems to be the sort of thing you're looking for:
http://calibre-ebook.com/demo

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There isn't so much as a "Do this first" suggestion, much less a step by step explanation as to how to go through and fill out the myriads of TECHNICAL DETAILS necessary to carry out some kind of project. Fill in an XPATH box?? What the dash blank do I know about such esoterica as xpaths? And the helps are, again, written for professional's - people with photographic memories.
If you don't know what something means, leave it at the default. The defaults are generally sensible, and will work well enough most of the time.
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