Hello and help wanted from edella in the UK

edella · 07-03-2010, 04:31 PM

I haven't participated at all here on the forums, although I'm a happy and very satisfied user of calibre. In fact, I'm so satisfied that I'm embarassed to be using it fior free.

I have a sony 505 and mostly read out of copyright books. I don't buy many ebooks, apart from baen scifi, because I can't change font sizes on DRM'd ebooks. I have slowly worstening eyesight, and caibre has saved my life here -- I am using 20 as my base font size at the moment, which is pretty big I guess!

I have a decent scanner and software to convert print to txt, and my next step will to be to go through various magazines and articles that I have saved, and get them into txt format or similar, so that I can 'calibre' them and read them (with bigger print!) on my ereader.

BUT, here are usually several articles per 'book', and I wonder if there is a straightforward and very simple way to make a TOC so that I can jump to any article. I am trying to learn a bit about HTML etc, but would be very happy with quite basic formatting (I'm not even that bothered about no beautiful paragraphs even!) but would love a working TOC so that I don't have to page through the entire book!

I know that you can probably do it within calibre in the convert section, but I am a total non-programmer and don't really understand what to do, although I've read through the manual. Can anyone give me a really simple 'TOC 101' to get me started.

A further complication is that HTML manuals etc are almost impossible to read without a magnifying glass, so its all very slow and frustrating to even try to learn more!

I know that this is a total boobie sort of email, but would be very grateful for anyone's help. I'm pretty sdure that just about everyone knows more about this subject than I do... sigh.

regards from edella

MickeyC · 07-03-2010, 05:49 PM

Hi edella and welcome to MobileRead. If you don't get an answer here, you might try posting your question on the Calibre section

happy_terd · 07-03-2010, 06:06 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

edella · 07-03-2010, 07:30 PM

I've just updated calibre to 7.7 and read the intro manual -- that answered my question on TOCs and pointed me to text-editing software called Sigil. It will convert txt to epub, the whole thing by the look of it,. not just TOC. I am suddenly optimistic! Not only will it do it in a straightforward way (if the basic tutorial is anything to go by) but also gives the option of a 'code view' so that one can learn what does what. Wow!

regards from edella in the UK

neilmarr · 07-04-2010, 02:44 AM

Good to have your company, Edella. Best wishes. Neil

GeoffC · 07-04-2010, 05:02 AM

Hello edella and welcome to mobileread

Javed · 07-04-2010, 06:58 AM

Hello edella and welcome to MobileRead. Great to see you here.

ImogenRose · 07-05-2010, 02:13 AM

Hi and welcome to MR!

Imogen

edella · 07-05-2010, 03:10 AM

Thanks for all the kind welcomes! I seem to have stumbled into possible solutions to my 'help wanted' -- I'm reading up on sigil now, and will probably join that forum to learn still more. Very glad to be here!

Lady Blue · 07-06-2010, 08:22 AM

to Mobileread, edella.

edella · 07-06-2010, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Blue

Attachment 54676 to Mobileread, edella.

Thanks SO much -- I have found my natural homes and am living in the sigil forum for the time being!

regards from edella in the UK

07-03-2010, 04:31 PM	#1
edella Member Posts: 11 Karma: 64 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: sony 505	Hello and help wanted from edella in the UK I haven't participated at all here on the forums, although I'm a happy and very satisfied user of calibre. In fact, I'm so satisfied that I'm embarassed to be using it fior free. I have a sony 505 and mostly read out of copyright books. I don't buy many ebooks, apart from baen scifi, because I can't change font sizes on DRM'd ebooks. I have slowly worstening eyesight, and caibre has saved my life here -- I am using 20 as my base font size at the moment, which is pretty big I guess! I have a decent scanner and software to convert print to txt, and my next step will to be to go through various magazines and articles that I have saved, and get them into txt format or similar, so that I can 'calibre' them and read them (with bigger print!) on my ereader. BUT, here are usually several articles per 'book', and I wonder if there is a straightforward and very simple way to make a TOC so that I can jump to any article. I am trying to learn a bit about HTML etc, but would be very happy with quite basic formatting (I'm not even that bothered about no beautiful paragraphs even!) but would love a working TOC so that I don't have to page through the entire book! I know that you can probably do it within calibre in the convert section, but I am a total non-programmer and don't really understand what to do, although I've read through the manual. Can anyone give me a really simple 'TOC 101' to get me started. A further complication is that HTML manuals etc are almost impossible to read without a magnifying glass, so its all very slow and frustrating to even try to learn more! I know that this is a total boobie sort of email, but would be very grateful for anyone's help. I'm pretty sdure that just about everyone knows more about this subject than I do... sigh. regards from edella

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07-03-2010, 05:49 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi edella and welcome to MobileRead. If you don't get an answer here, you might try posting your question on the Calibre section

07-03-2010, 06:06 PM	#3
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Hello and welcome to MR!!!

07-03-2010, 07:30 PM	#4
edella Member Posts: 11 Karma: 64 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: sony 505	I've just updated calibre to 7.7 and read the intro manual -- that answered my question on TOCs and pointed me to text-editing software called Sigil. It will convert txt to epub, the whole thing by the look of it,. not just TOC. I am suddenly optimistic! Not only will it do it in a straightforward way (if the basic tutorial is anything to go by) but also gives the option of a 'code view' so that one can learn what does what. Wow! regards from edella in the UK

07-04-2010, 02:44 AM	#5
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Edella. Best wishes. Neil

07-04-2010, 05:02 AM	#6
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Hello edella and welcome to mobileread

07-04-2010, 06:58 AM	#7
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	Hello edella and welcome to MobileRead. Great to see you here.

07-05-2010, 02:13 AM	#8
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hi and welcome to MR! Imogen

07-05-2010, 03:10 AM	#9
edella Member Posts: 11 Karma: 64 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: sony 505	Thanks for all the kind welcomes! I seem to have stumbled into possible solutions to my 'help wanted' -- I'm reading up on sigil now, and will probably join that forum to learn still more. Very glad to be here!

07-06-2010, 08:22 AM	#10
Lady Blue the snarky blue one Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10"	to Mobileread, edella.

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