Thread: [GUI Plugin] Annotations
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Old 04-01-2021, 06:00 AM   #927
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Originally Posted by robjlucas View Post
Firstly, thank you very much for providing this plugin; your work is much appreciated. I couldn't believe it when I discovered there was no built-in way of exporting my annotations from non-DRMed documents in the Kindle.

However, I'm hitting a basic stumbling block with setup:

Running Calibre 4.99 on Ubuntu 20.04, with a connected Kindle, from which I am trying to fetch annotations:

1. I select the document that is on the Kindle, click "Annotations" > "Fetch annotations from connected device"
2. I get the error message "Unable to import annotations as the annotations column has not been configured..."
3. To set up the column, I click "Annotations" > "Customize plugin...".
4. Under "Add fetched annotations to", "Comments" is preselected; clicking the custom column wizard icon next to this does nothing, and the icon seems to be greyed out.
A dialog should show up when you click the button. Does anything else work on the configuration dialog after you do this? It is possible the wizard is opening off screen and you need to get it back in view to use it.
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Is there some way around this, such as adding the appropriate column manually? One would, presumably need to know the technical requirements for such a column.
You can create the column yourself. It is just a "Long text, like comments..." column. The configuration dialog will show all suitable columns in for you to choose from. Create the column and restart calibre and when you open the plugins configuration dialog, the column should be in the drop-down.
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