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Originally Posted by sandb0x
How do the tabs actually work in 0.2.0 beta? (Btw it took me some time to find the tab ref, under window. Not even a rudimentary Help file, so pretty hostile to an ordinary, non-tech, user.)
I split a large file, using calibre conversion from txt to epub and setting it (as I believe, to cut it into portions no larger than 200 Kb. Opened the epub (it's 584 Kb) in sigil, and the first bit, title page, opened, as I believe it should. But doing the tab action had no effect.
Sorry if this sounds majorly clueless but I am sure I am like the 90% of people who will ultimately use sigil with no need or interest in what's under the bonnet. I love the prog but am often baffled.
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On the left there is the
Book Browser with 5 Categories.
Open (Expand down)
Text: Now you see the files that make up the
Body of you document.
Styles: The stylesheet being used
Images: and pictures being used (img tags in document)
Back to
Text 
Here is where you open the section you wish to work upon. Note: there is a bug in this release that does not permit spaces in the file_names_listed. Edit out the spaces (names in use will be saved).
Double click to open the section. Splitting a section will automatically create a new entry in
Text The assigned numbers are not important, the document saves in the order that it appears in the list.
You can drag a text section to a different document position.
I suggest saving, before closing any tab. This
is beta software
these are my observations. As you noted, there is little documentation at this time.