Hello:
Well, in the absence of any further guidance, I decided to press on with the instructions as I interpreted them. Here's what I did:
1. I added a column called "% Completed" - Lookup Name: "percentread"; Column Heading: "% Completed"; Column Type: "Integers"; Format for Numbers: blank.
2. I restarted Calibre.
3. With the device connected, I navigated to the Kobo Utilities Options panel.
4. In the "Percent Read Column" dropdown list I selected "#percentread (% Completed)".
5. Under "Other Options", "Library Button default:" I chose "Store/Restore current bookmark" based on davidfor's comment:
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In the menu, you want the "Store/restore current bookmark". I probably should have used "reading position" rather than "bookmark".
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6. I clicked on "OK".
That's all I did. I assumed that when I clicked the "Kobo Utilities" button and selected "Store/Restore Current Bookmark", the percentages for all of the books in the current library would magically appear in the appropriate column in the main window. Instead I am faced with another screen with my choice of either "Store" or "Restore". Neither one gets me where I want to go.
Instead, when I unplug the device, stop Calibre, connect the device, and restart Calibre, I get a small display entitled "Show Reading Position Changes" with 8 titles in it (all told there are 1,162 books in my library so I don't know where the '8' comes from) but nothing has changed since the last five times I've tried this. Besides the title and author there are four columns, "Current %", "New %", "Current Date", and "New Date". Under "New %" are small numbers except for two of them and they are "-2147483648" which I presume is a text value being interpreted as a number. None of this makes any sense, at least to me!
So, dear readers, it is obvious either my expectations are too high or I did something wrong. Someone please help!
Thanks in advance,
Sparky