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jackibar · 01-27-2013, 12:26 PM

What is the easiest/best way to convert a book I've created in Pages (Mac) to a clean html file to then create my ePub in Sigil? In the past, I've manually taken the text file output and gone through each paragraph and adding back in the bold, italics, etc., but this book is 400 pages and has a LOT of formatting and that would just take forever!

I've tried the export to ePub feature from Pages, but I hate the way it outputs the file (very messy and lots of unnecessary css code) - I *could* take that file and clean it up if I have to...

But I'm wondering if there's any way to either copy and paste into Sigil and keep the formatting (just the basic formatting - bold, italic, underline) - or to import a file into Sigil and still have that formatting intact?

Thanks so much for any help!

01-27-2013, 12:26 PM	#1
jackibar Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 12 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPhone apps	Converting to a Clean html File What is the easiest/best way to convert a book I've created in Pages (Mac) to a clean html file to then create my ePub in Sigil? In the past, I've manually taken the text file output and gone through each paragraph and adding back in the bold, italics, etc., but this book is 400 pages and has a LOT of formatting and that would just take forever! I've tried the export to ePub feature from Pages, but I hate the way it outputs the file (very messy and lots of unnecessary css code) - I could take that file and clean it up if I have to... But I'm wondering if there's any way to either copy and paste into Sigil and keep the formatting (just the basic formatting - bold, italic, underline) - or to import a file into Sigil and still have that formatting intact? Thanks so much for any help!