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Originally Posted by DaleDe
That is not true. I used Framemaker for years and never once had a problem with not being able to fix what I wrote or having to resort to code view to make something work. A similar statement can be made about WORD I believe although not originally. What Sigil has is not a WYSIWYG editor but a semblance of a WYSIWYG display with minor editing capability.
I find I almost always make edits in code view for that very reason. It is not a full WYSIWYG editor.
Dale
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DaleDe:
Which brings us back to a PAID solution, in which case, the application of money solves the problem (not your lack of skill, but the OP's). We've all pointed out that he could have this self-same experience, not for hundreds of buckeroos (currently $400, I think), like Pagemaker, but for a mere $40, for Jutoh. I know I've mentioned it numerous times, but the OP wants a program that costs nothing but his donation of choice, that works in BV and compensates for the lack of knowledge about html/CSS.
And, FWIW: I have to live with Word day-in and day-out. Can you type a plain old document in Word without having to resort to its (pitiful) "code view?" Yes--but you can't even create a reasonably complex outlined document without using its outline view, which is a type of code view, and heaven help you if something goes wrong; you can't find the stuff that they DON'T display, to figure out what the hell is conflicting with X, Y or Z. I wish to heaven that WordPerfect's standards had been adopted--at least then, you could actually see what was going on with the document, and see the tag pairs. With WORD, it's like working in the dark, IMHO.
The OP has OO. He can use the various plugins to create a base ePUB and work from there. As far as FREE stuff goes, honestly--I don't know any other solutions that will address what he's already said. In fairness, he stated emphatically, several times, that he is incapable of learning or remembering "new stuff." How on earth would he manage, even in a Pagemaker-type environment? I think Jutoh is about as far as he would be capable of going, given his cognitive disability, (caused by stroke).
Just my $.02,
Hitch