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Originally Posted by lisashea
I recently had to upgrade to a new computer which got me onto Sigil 1.4.3 on Windows 10. With this change, Sigil altered how it handled the validation process.
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I’m sad, though, that the “easy fix” I used to get out of Sigil is no longer happening.
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Am I missing where the actual validation tool is hiding now? Why did that old functionality go away? That was a key part of my process to make a globally accepted EPUB.
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It's all still there, just handled in a slightly different way.
Note: The change from FlightCrew dedicated button -> plugin actually happened quite a few YEARS back now (2015)...
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Originally Posted by lisashea
I write my books in Word. When I’m ready, I export my Word document into a filtered HTM file. Word generates a flawed filtered HTM file. I bring that into Calibre, where I generate an EPUB file.
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You may want to think about upgrading your workflow.
Direct DOCX -> EPUB conversion will most likely be better, and save you lots of headaches. (Using Toxaris's EPUB Tools [Windows version of Word only] or the various other DOCX import plugins.)
I wrote a bit about this a few months ago in
"eBook Formatting in Sigil" (especially Posts #50+#52+#60).
Most important thing to do though is... learn to use Styles!!!
Clean input is the most important step in any of these conversion steps.
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Originally Posted by lisashea
First, any links would have a pair of attributes – link=”color” and vlink=”color – which had to be stripped off. Images would often have a border=0 which had to be stripped. Pictures would have an id=”Picture X” and the space caused a problem, so I stripped out that space. And finally, there would be a clear=”all” in various spots which I had to remove.
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This is the kind of cruft you wouldn't deal with with superior DOCX->EPUB methods. :P