how can find and replace words

[awakil]

User how can find and replace words while i convert file by calibre?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by awakil

User how can find and replace words while i convert file by calibre?

You can't.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by awakil

User how can find and replace words while i convert file by calibre?

You would need to edit the file either before or after conversion. Conversion is not intended to edit an ebook.

[Ghostcat]

Have a look at the Search & Replace option.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Ghostcat

Have a look at the Search & Replace option.

You mean the search & replace in the conversion common options? By the time you configure multiple regex search & replace items, it will be faster and more effective to use an editor. The only time I found that feature useful was one series where the main character names were spelled 3 different ways between a mix of US and UK editions.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by awakil

User how can find and replace words while i convert file by calibre?

Assuming they're the same words in every book, maybe one of these would work.:

An Action Chain (plugin) that does a Convert followed by a Mass Search and Replace (plugin) .

or

An Action Chain (plugin) that does a Convert followed by a Editor Chain (plugin) that uses the Editor saved search feature

Index of plugins

BR

[Ghostcat]

Originally Posted by DNSB

You mean the search & replace in the conversion common options? By the time you configure multiple regex search & replace items, it will be faster and more effective to use an editor. The only time I found that feature useful was one series where the main character names were spelled 3 different ways between a mix of US and UK editions.

The only problem I have with editing files is that it is too easy to re-convert a book and the have a "Oh S*t" moment and realise that you have just overwritten all your edits. Then that's just me, YMMV.

[DNSB]

Since I edit ePub format and that is my base format, not a worry for me. Checkpointing in Sigil has saved me from having to redo work on occasion but losing my edits has not been a big issue.

[Katja_hbg]

Originally Posted by awakil

User how can find and replace words while i convert file by calibre?

I use the search & replace in the conversion dialog which is very simple to setup once. My changes are e.g. a specific word which is very often spelled wrong in german. As I do not like that, I change it to correct spelling.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Katja_hbg

I use the search & replace in the conversion dialog which is very simple to setup once. My changes are e.g. a specific word which is very often spelled wrong in german. As I do not like that, I change it to correct spelling.

I've used the conversion search and replace for a couple of specialized conversion from PDF artifacts. For general purpose search and replace, I prefer an editor when I can see the changes.