View Single Post
Old 07-24-2019, 11:00 AM   #10
bobinsc
Junior Member
bobinsc began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 3
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jul 2019
Device: Kindle keyboard
kovidgoyal - Thank you for the quick reply, I am relieved that it's not something dumb that I'm doing.

Is there anything I can do to help figure this out? I am not a coder but I can do grunt work or testing.

Is there some other e-book format or calibre conversion process or other software I can use to increase the chances of getting the chapter navigation to work?

===========

Note on calibre - it's obvious you have spent a lot of time paying attention to small details that make calibre exceptionally easy to use. For example, when searching in Edit mode the found text is highlighted, plus the whole line is highlighted, AND the HTML page is scrolled so the found text is positioned in the (vertical) center of the page, which makes it easy to see what's both before and after it. It's perfect for making edits. Almost.

I say almost for two reasons:

1. The found text is not highlighted in the preview pane, and if the word or phrase is in the middle of a long sentence it might not be on the top line; it could be 5 or 6 lines down in a long paragraph which makes it hard to visually locate in the preview pane.

2. Many times I'm searching for chapter titles or section breaks and I need to see how the page will appear when reading, but I can't see what comes before the chapter/section break, so I don't know if there is a lot of white space or a separator or if the chapter title is jammed up against the previous sentence.

It would be 100% prefect if the preview pane acted like the HTML pane - the text is highlighted and scrolled so it is in the center of the page.

So that's my "complaint". I still love calibre and think it's a fantastic tool. I made a donation soon after I started using it 3 or 4 years ago but I'll be making another one soon to encourage you to keep supporting it.
bobinsc is offline   Reply With Quote