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Originally Posted by Calenorn
Hello folks!
I have absolutely no experience with HTML. Despite this obvious handicap, I've been experimenting with calibre's tweak book plug-in to polish up some e-books. Sometimes things turn out pretty well; others, not so much.
So it's time to do a little homework. Can anyone recommend a concise manual or guide that I could read to get started? An included list of HTML tags usable in caliber would be valuable. A primer on style sheets would also be a bonus.
Many thanks in advance!!!
C.
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IMHO
Try Sigil, it will make things easier (in most cases)
Get a few sample EPUB and reverse engineer them (again, Sigil has a right click help GoTo Link or Style Finds the (
first defined) selected CSS selector.
Note: the
first 
I have see a few CSS the slam load a few basic parameters, then come along and add a few more (this is valid, just a PITA to debug)
Calibre ebook-viewer and Sigil (even Firefox) has a HTML 'Inspector' built in). Right click. One of the panels will show 'computed values' (after all the inheritance)