Copy a Format to Desktop

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The way I specified to do it it only COPIES. So why isn't the OP getting it?

The OP gets it. In the calibre GUI book list simply drag and drop the book you want from the book list to the desktop. No muss no fuss, you get the preferred output book on your desktop without anything else exactly the way the OP wants it.

And in the next release Kovid has added the option from the book details window.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

JSWolf - the OP gets it, After opening the book folder you want me to copy the file to the paste buffer, to do that I would use Ctrl/C, I would then navigate to the Desktop and use a CTRL/V. C is about 5mm from X, Ctrl/X is a Cut, if I inadvertently did a CTRL/X then after the CTRL/V the book file I Cut would not be in the Calibre Book File. This is precisely the situation I'm trying to avoid.

Some of the guru's round here say that going into Calibres folders is a no no, that irritates me because I was a systems programmer for 40+ years and I think I know what I'm doing, however I fully appreciate why they say that, your 5mm away from creating a problem for yourself.

Kovid

You still don't get it. You don't need to use the keyboard. You use the menu you get when you right click. You select copy. Then you go to the desktop and paste straight to the desktop. You don't navigate to the Desktop as are on the desktop. Then you right click and select paste. Works very well.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

The OP gets it. In the calibre GUI book list simply drag and drop the book you want from the book list to the desktop. No muss no fuss, you get the preferred output book on your desktop without anything else exactly the way the OP wants it.

And in the next release Kovid has added the option from the book details window.

Actually, he doesn't get it. I wasn't specifying to use the keyboard.

But since Kovid has solved the problem, maybe the OP can get it them.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by cybmole

no no no....the OP does NOT get it still....

DONT OPEN THE BOOK FOLDER.
put your cursor on the line showing book details: author, title , date etc in the MAIN calibre window and drag from there to desktop.
Foolproof. no right clicks involved, no CTRL keys.
NO risk of an accidental move.

The OP get's davidfor's suggestion perfectly, and he thought he made that perfectly clear with a string of happy people laughing and clapping

But the OP does not think that, is what JSWolf was suggesting when he wrote

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Right click the eBook and select Open containing folder. Then copy the eBook and past it right to your desktop.

I use the mouse the least amount possible, they are a health hazard (RSI), my hands rarely move off the keyboard, if I want to draw I use a graphics tablet & stylus. To do a right click I press the menu key wedged between the right Alt & Ctrl keys. On my Windows Explorer context menu Cut is right above Copy - even if used a mouse I am still 5mm away from losing a file.

davidfor's solution is perfect - using the mouse, is better than losing a file. If I'd known it existed earlier I probably wouldn't have requested the change

BR