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BetterRed · 11-24-2016, 05:16 AM

Toxaris - when I first ran into the issue with epub generation I un-installed Office Tabs and still had the same problems. Shortly after that, I installed Office on a friends new laptop without any 3rd party add-ins except ePub-Tools, and still the epub-generation feature didn't work when I had multiple documents open

I'm pretty sure I conveyed that to you at the time. I thought we reached the conclusion that it wasn't worth putting any more effort into resolving the problems because

my usage patterns of Word are 'abnormal',
the handling of multiple documents in Office add-ins is 'hard'
not using Word's multiple document capabilities with Office Tabs (or a functional equivalent) is not an option I am willing to contemplate.

I have several other add-ins installed, Save Reminder, Language Tools grammar checker, Prowriting Aid, plus a couple more from Extend Office. They don't have the problems I have experienced with the epub-tools epub-generation and spell-checking functions when I have multiple documents open and Office Tabs installed. Nor do the Dialogue Checker, Search and Replace, and Mark functions of the ePub-tools add-in have any problems and I use them intensively every day.

This is not a big deal for me, I have three other adequate solutions for the epub-generation, two in calibre and more recently DiapDealer has provided an 'interesting' Sigil DOCX Import plugin.

Unlike some, I don't expect everything to work in every situation, there's always another way to skin the cat.

FYI : I've also changed when and how I do spell checking and grammar checking.

a pass using the dialogue we all love to hate, but just to deal with proper nouns, abbreviations and acronyms - which is usually a big chunk of the 'errors',
check & correct spelling and a subset of Grammar Only - inline
use the Language Tools addin to provide a 'second opinion',
convert the docx to epub and get a 'third opinion' from the calibre editor spell checker, this is especially helpful for multi-lingual transcripts.
a final check after I have done the formatting, table layouts, image insertions etc using Word's Spelling, Grammar and Style checks.

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Suggestion - put the Save to CSV option on a button, maybe next to the Refresh button as a diskette icon. Having a list level function in the context menu for individual items seems out of place to me.

BR

11-24-2016, 05:16 AM	#592
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,890 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Toxaris - when I first ran into the issue with epub generation I un-installed Office Tabs and still had the same problems. Shortly after that, I installed Office on a friends new laptop without any 3rd party add-ins except ePub-Tools, and still the epub-generation feature didn't work when I had multiple documents open I'm pretty sure I conveyed that to you at the time. I thought we reached the conclusion that it wasn't worth putting any more effort into resolving the problems because my usage patterns of Word are 'abnormal', the handling of multiple documents in Office add-ins is 'hard' not using Word's multiple document capabilities with Office Tabs (or a functional equivalent) is not an option I am willing to contemplate. I have several other add-ins installed, Save Reminder, Language Tools grammar checker, Prowriting Aid, plus a couple more from Extend Office. They don't have the problems I have experienced with the epub-tools epub-generation and spell-checking functions when I have multiple documents open and Office Tabs installed. Nor do the Dialogue Checker, Search and Replace, and Mark functions of the ePub-tools add-in have any problems and I use them intensively every day. This is not a big deal for me, I have three other adequate solutions for the epub-generation, two in calibre and more recently DiapDealer has provided an 'interesting' Sigil DOCX Import plugin. Unlike some, I don't expect everything to work in every situation, there's always another way to skin the cat. FYI : I've also changed when and how I do spell checking and grammar checking. a pass using the dialogue we all love to hate, but just to deal with proper nouns, abbreviations and acronyms - which is usually a big chunk of the 'errors', check & correct spelling and a subset of Grammar Only - inline use the Language Tools addin to provide a 'second opinion', convert the docx to epub and get a 'third opinion' from the calibre editor spell checker, this is especially helpful for multi-lingual transcripts. a final check after I have done the formatting, table layouts, image insertions etc using Word's Spelling, Grammar and Style checks. =============== Suggestion - put the Save to CSV option on a button, maybe next to the Refresh button as a diskette icon. Having a list level function in the context menu for individual items seems out of place to me. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 11-24-2016 at 06:02 AM.