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beric · 01-07-2019, 07:39 AM

Hi Tarana,

I thank you for your post and apologise for my belated reply - - I wasn't expecting further posts, having reported the problem solved, so I have only just looked at the Forum.

I note your suggestions and a copy of all of this traffic is stored on my computer against possible future needs. Regarding editing Metadata to remove Tags, in my first post I reported that I had manually deleted all those applied during the importation in error whilst trying to understand how Calibre sorted books so none now have Tags unless I apply them.

I understand my error but it is now irrelevant and I am happily tagging and sorting my collection, albeit rather laboriously. I actually also have over 1000 hard-copy books but I can no longer read these because of my impaired vision. Due to macular degeneration, my left eye is almost useless - - I have sufficient peripheral vision left to see day from night and to recognise large objects - - an armchair, my living room table but, that's about it. My right eye has a lesion right in the centre of the macular and we are struggling to prevent the condition deteriorating further. So far, 22 injections into my eyes.

So, a word in a book or on-screen usually has a blurred group of letters right in its centre. If the font is small, the whole word now falls on the lesion and the image degenerates into a grey blur. If the designer of the document has tried to be clever by using fancy fonts or applying coloured backgrounds, the contrast of the image is so poor that the whole text smears into a grey blur which cannot be resolved, even when using a x5 hand magnifier - - I have great struggles with food packaging or any text printed on glossy paper. The reflection makes matters much worse.

I am afraid that I have great troubles with multiple selection. I can hold down the Ctrl key with my left hand and scroll and select with my right but - - how can I see the text from which I am trying to make a group selection ? I need a x3 or x5 hand magnifier but, I don't have a third hand ! So, I can either scroll but not see my target or see my target whilst unable to scroll and - - all the while, holding down the Ctrl key. A great amount of concentration is required to handle the swaps between scrolling and seeing so it is all too easy to inadvertently release the Ctrl key in error and scrap half an hour's efforts.

You will understand now why I have adopted a "one-at-a-time" editing/tagging procedure - - it's laborious but it's more-or-less certain and reduces the errors. I apologise for the length of this post but I feel good manners demands comprehensive replies when the recipient knows that the sender has seriously considered the problem and then taken the trouble to compose a reply.

Thank you again --

Very best regards --
beric

01-07-2019, 07:39 AM	#10
beric Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	Hi Tarana, I thank you for your post and apologise for my belated reply - - I wasn't expecting further posts, having reported the problem solved, so I have only just looked at the Forum. I note your suggestions and a copy of all of this traffic is stored on my computer against possible future needs. Regarding editing Metadata to remove Tags, in my first post I reported that I had manually deleted all those applied during the importation in error whilst trying to understand how Calibre sorted books so none now have Tags unless I apply them. I understand my error but it is now irrelevant and I am happily tagging and sorting my collection, albeit rather laboriously. I actually also have over 1000 hard-copy books but I can no longer read these because of my impaired vision. Due to macular degeneration, my left eye is almost useless - - I have sufficient peripheral vision left to see day from night and to recognise large objects - - an armchair, my living room table but, that's about it. My right eye has a lesion right in the centre of the macular and we are struggling to prevent the condition deteriorating further. So far, 22 injections into my eyes. So, a word in a book or on-screen usually has a blurred group of letters right in its centre. If the font is small, the whole word now falls on the lesion and the image degenerates into a grey blur. If the designer of the document has tried to be clever by using fancy fonts or applying coloured backgrounds, the contrast of the image is so poor that the whole text smears into a grey blur which cannot be resolved, even when using a x5 hand magnifier - - I have great struggles with food packaging or any text printed on glossy paper. The reflection makes matters much worse. I am afraid that I have great troubles with multiple selection. I can hold down the Ctrl key with my left hand and scroll and select with my right but - - how can I see the text from which I am trying to make a group selection ? I need a x3 or x5 hand magnifier but, I don't have a third hand ! So, I can either scroll but not see my target or see my target whilst unable to scroll and - - all the while, holding down the Ctrl key. A great amount of concentration is required to handle the swaps between scrolling and seeing so it is all too easy to inadvertently release the Ctrl key in error and scrap half an hour's efforts. You will understand now why I have adopted a "one-at-a-time" editing/tagging procedure - - it's laborious but it's more-or-less certain and reduces the errors. I apologise for the length of this post but I feel good manners demands comprehensive replies when the recipient knows that the sender has seriously considered the problem and then taken the trouble to compose a reply. Thank you again -- Very best regards -- beric