This plugin requires Windows Office as it uses Windows API to analyze the
WinWord files. I tested it on:
- Windows 10- Windows 11
- Windows Office 2010- Windows Office 2013
- Sigil 1.9.30- 2.0.2
- Python 3.6.5- Python 3.10.2+ PyQt5, QScintilla, pywin32
- Kobo Aura
This plugin requires an external version of Python and some additional packages (PyQt5, qscintilla and pywin32) to work properly.
You can activate the required Python version in Sigil using the following procedure:
- from Sigil menu bar select: Plugins → Manage Plugins
- Uncheck ‘Use Bundled Python’ if checked
- Using the ‘Set’ button choose Python interpreter path (e.g.C:\Users\your_user\AppData\Local\Programs\Pyt hon\Python310)
You can read some more info in the attached userManual.epub (chapter 0-Quick start and chapter 4-Installing and starting).
Plugin features
In addition to importing WinWord files into Sigil, it allows you to:
- load images (jpg, png, gif) into Sigil.
- create in Sigil a text file starting from an imported image.
- view Sigil Spine files, modify their order and delete unwanted files.
- view Sigil Manifest files.
- create specific XHTML pages for epub (Title, Half Title, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph and Table Of Content or TOC).
- write, execute and save Python scripts in order to interact with the Sigil BookContainer class (bk)
Attached files- userManual.zip: contains the files userManual.epub and docxTranslat.docx (text and images of the user manual. I recommend to use this file as plugin test file).
I made userManual.epub starting from docxTranslat.docx and using the plugin, without any manual intervention on XHTML code.
In chapter '0 - Quick start' of the user manual, you will find the procedure for a first, quick plugin run.
The EPUB 2 userManual.epub looks pretty good in Sigil and Calibre. On Kobo Aura there are some display imperfections.
- docxTranslat.zip: the plugin file to import into Sigil.
- images.zip: contains some images used in userManual.epub but non contained in docxTranslat.docx.
for reading.