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Old 08-01-2020, 06:17 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Kay Hemlock Brown View Post
@BetterRed
OK, let me get this straight.

I might be adducing (if that's the word I want) more from your post than you intended.

Suppose I import into Calibre a book called xyz.docx. Then I convert it, from inside Calibre, into xyz.epub. But I notice mistakes in xyz.epub. So I edit xyz.docx from inside Calibre, after which Word will allow me to save the corrected file to the default location (probably someplace in a Temp folder under Windows), after which I exit Word, back into Calibre, convert the new xyz.docx, and the new xyz.epub will overwrite the old one. Is this right, or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Kay
You're over thinking it, lets try some pictures. N.B. I use keyboard shortcuts to do most things.

First we add the DOCX to the library - note that the title and author are extracted from the DOCX properties (Info).

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Now you can Convert it by pressing 'C,
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I use the View specific format option, its standard shortcut is Alt+V, as you can see we have two formats: DOCX and EPUB
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To open the DOCX in Word, with the DOCX selected, I press Enter
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I make my changes in Word and then Save and Close - for me that's Ctrl+S, Ctrl+W - NB I have customised Word a lot and I have add ons, so I'm not sure if they are the standard shortcuts.

Then I switch back to calibre and press 'C' again.

BR

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