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Old 08-20-2011, 10:26 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by yekim54 View Post
step 1: Make sure your epub is not DRM protected, otherwise you are out of luck.
step 2: Install Sigil version 0.4.0
step 3: Run Sigil and open your epub document
step 4: Make the changes in your epub document
step 5: Save the epub under a different file name in case you messed something up
step 6: Open the revised epub in your reader and verify the changes were made properly
step 7: If the changes are OK, you are done. If not, repeat steps 3-6 until you get it right.
I highly recommend swapping steps 4 and 5. Resaving under a new filename immediately after opening the document is the safest method. You can then make edits safely without risk of accidentally saving without renaming.

Also, in step 7 note that the loop back to step 3 generally involves reopening the new renamed and edited document, not the original, and skipping the rename on save, going straight to continuing the edits or fixing the first attempt.

You would only reopen the original document for a second try at the edits if the first attempt proved to be a disaster. In such cases you would definitely want to quickly resave under another new name before beginning your second try at the edits.
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