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Old 10-17-2014, 01:46 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by SciFiWriter View Post
I am very new to Calibre. I write Science Fiction novels in Microsoft Word 2013. I am very particular in how they turn out and so I frequently revise the source file and try again. I make those changes in a .doc file. From that I create an .html file for Calibre. This is where I have a question.

Let's say that I have already made an ePub out it. It is sitting in Calibre. I just want to update the .html file and rebuild the ebook, but I can't. I have to blow the whole ebook away in Calibre and start it right from scratch just to make some minor formatting or text changes.

Or do I really? Am I missing something?

Your advice will be well received.:
Minor changes (Typos, reorder sections...)
Use the Book Editor to fix typos, modify the stylesheet values

Not Quite Minor changes:
You will need to know some HTML and CSS (and reverse engineer the current styles)
Same as above, just a bit more work.

Major changes (replace the book)
Your old way or Atlantis Word Processor?
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