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Karellen · 07-25-2023, 03:29 AM

I don't know what post from 2014 you are referring to, so I have no chance of finding it.

I thought @BeckyEbook gave you the solution to hide chapter titles. You don't need to hide it behind an image, it just remains invisible. The title="" makes the chapter number available to the TOC generator, but the empty value between the opening and closing h2 tags means nothing is displayed.

<h2 title="Chapter 1"></h2>

FWIW, when I come across a book with missing chapter numbers I add them using...

Find: <body>
Replace: <body>\n\n <h2>mm</h2>

The above adds the header tags. Of course you need to be careful that you select the correct xhtml pages.

Next I run a Regex-Function (in Calibre) to replace the mm with incrementing numbers.

07-25-2023, 03:29 AM	#8
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,639 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I don't know what post from 2014 you are referring to, so I have no chance of finding it. I thought @BeckyEbook gave you the solution to hide chapter titles. You don't need to hide it behind an image, it just remains invisible. The title="" makes the chapter number available to the TOC generator, but the empty value between the opening and closing h2 tags means nothing is displayed. <h2 title="Chapter 1"></h2> FWIW, when I come across a book with missing chapter numbers I add them using... Find: <body> Replace: <body>\n\n <h2>mm</h2> The above adds the header tags. Of course you need to be careful that you select the correct xhtml pages. Next I run a Regex-Function (in Calibre) to replace the mm with incrementing numbers.