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Originally Posted by jguneysu
I created a custom column called "notes". When I sort the column, it is not showing things in alphabetic order. I use the field to indicate many things including where the book is loaded. So, for example, the sort will show the comments NOOK/NOTE/TAB in a group, then other comments starting with just about any other letter, then another group off NOOK/NOTE/TAB. I even looked at the HTML in the field and there is nothing different.. What am I doing wrong?
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I'm not sure you can sort long text columns. What do you have in the
Interpret this column as: field, it might sort of it's
not HTML
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Originally Posted by jguneysu
Also, I have this notes column in multiple libraries. In some libraries, I can do a quick access with a slow double-click on the data field. In others it will not work and only brings up the change window, why?
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What do you mean by 'quick access', But, have a look at this tweak:
The settings I have mean double click and enter do nothing, but I still have F2 to edit the cell - which is perfect for me.
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Originally Posted by jguneysu
Also, in some libraries, it will allow me to bulk update the custom column. In others, the custom field tab is blank and I can only update the data one book at a time, why?
Thanks for any help..
I'm on Calibre 4.13
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The JobSpy plugin has a metadata tool to update long text columns in bulk, see ==>>
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