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Originally Posted by Toxaris

That crap originates from Microsoft office. It is from their version of html/xml. It is hard to imagine that sigil will add that.

that is NOT the case. I have the epub backed up from before I tried to alter those characters; there is no sign of that added code in the backup. I did all edits in Sigil 7.1 (possibly via book view) so sigil must have added the code QED

before:

book view

Dis Buk wil tel dē storē of dē Burning, and of whī
Each 80 yērs Men have to hīd from Wind and Sē and Skī
And how dē first Men first went Nōrd to flē dē Burning Sun,
And whī God rids dē Wrld of Līf when Līf has jus begun.
—Godbuk 1, 1, 1-4

code view
<p class="left"><i class="calibre1">Dis Buk wil tel dē storē of dē Burning, and of whī<br class="calibre2" />
Each 80 yērs Men have to hīd from Wind and Sē and Skī<br class="calibre2" />
And how dē first Men first went Nōrd to flē dē Burning Sun,<br class="calibre2" />
And whī God rids dē Wrld of Līf when Līf has jus begun.</i></p>

after ( I manually removed the first couple of instances of the crap here, to check that it could be gotten rid off , but you can see the many instances where I have not yet removed it
book view

Dis Buk wil tel dê store of dê Burning, and of whî
Each 80 yêrs Men have to hîd from Wind and Sê and Skî
And how dê first Men first went Nôrd to flê dê Burning Sun,
And whî God rids dê Wrld of Lîf when Lîf has jus begun.
—Godbuk 1, 1, 1-4

code view
<blockquote class="calibre10">
<p class="left"><i class="calibre1">Dis Buk wil tel dê&nbsp;store of dê&nbsp;Burning, and of whî<br class="calibre2" />
Each 80 y<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ê</span><!--EndFragment-->rs Men have to hîd from Wind and S<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ê</span><!--EndFragment-->&nbsp;and Skî<br class="calibre2" />
And how d<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ê</span><!--EndFragment-->&nbsp;first Men first went Nôrd to flê d<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ê</span><!--EndFragment-->&nbsp;Burning Sun,<br class="calibre2" />
And whî God rids d<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ê</span><!--EndFragment-->&nbsp;Wrld of Lîf when Lîf has jus begun.</i></p>

<p class="right">—Godbuk 1, 1, 1-4</p>
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