Newbie - interface problem / question

dmcentee · 10-28-2016, 01:13 PM

Hi,

I havbe just started using Calibre and something has gone awry with the way that the program opens. Previously, when I started Calibre, I would see a list of the books that I had loaded. I suppose this was some kind of library view. Worked well for me.

But... something has changed, and now when I open the Calibre program, instead of seeing a list of the books that I have loaded, there is a large black screen (and a large gray screen) with one book title shown. If I click in the large black screen, it toggles through the lbooks that I have loaded, but it still only shows one at a time.

How can I restore the original view which lists all of the books that I have loaded?

Thanks

MerlinMama · 10-28-2016, 01:53 PM

At the bottom right, you have four icons next to Jobs. I'm assuming everyone shows the same order, so the second one (looks like candy wrapper) is the Cover Browser. Hit that, and you should get your listing back.

dmcentee · 10-28-2016, 02:53 PM

Thank you for your help - that worked great.

I never wanted to be a Calibre whiz - I just wanted to get some Word documents converted to a format that is acceptable to the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing people; so I haven't explored all of the options.

I note, in some of the Calibre help documents, that there should be a normal type of menu (File, Tools etc.) but I don't have this menu. At the top of my Calibre screen I only have icons to load a book, translate, view etc.

Is there another button to push that enables traditional menus?

Thanks again.

theducks · 10-28-2016, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MerlinMama

At the bottom right, you have four icons next to Jobs. I'm assuming everyone shows the same order, so the second one (looks like candy wrapper) is the Cover Browser. Hit that, and you should get your listing back.

FWIW the order changes depending on Wide or Narrow view

BetterRed · 10-28-2016, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmcentee

Is there another button to push that enables traditional menus?

No such thing I'm afraid.

You can access calibre's conversion facility via the Command Line Interface

BR

kovidgoyal · 10-28-2016, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmcentee

I note, in some of the Calibre help documents, that there should be a normal type of menu (File, Tools etc.) but I don't have this menu. At the top of my Calibre screen I only have icons to load a book, translate, view etc.

There is no File/Tools menu in the main calibre program, those are in the calibre editor (click the edit book button in the main calibre program to launch the editor).

10-28-2016, 01:13 PM	#1
dmcentee Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Kindle, iPad	Newbie - interface problem / question Hi, I havbe just started using Calibre and something has gone awry with the way that the program opens. Previously, when I started Calibre, I would see a list of the books that I had loaded. I suppose this was some kind of library view. Worked well for me. But... something has changed, and now when I open the Calibre program, instead of seeing a list of the books that I have loaded, there is a large black screen (and a large gray screen) with one book title shown. If I click in the large black screen, it toggles through the lbooks that I have loaded, but it still only shows one at a time. How can I restore the original view which lists all of the books that I have loaded? Thanks

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10-28-2016, 01:53 PM	#2
MerlinMama Evangelist Posts: 487 Karma: 32554 Join Date: May 2014 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra Colour	At the bottom right, you have four icons next to Jobs. I'm assuming everyone shows the same order, so the second one (looks like candy wrapper) is the Cover Browser. Hit that, and you should get your listing back.

10-28-2016, 02:53 PM	#3
dmcentee Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Kindle, iPad	Thank you for your help - that worked great. I never wanted to be a Calibre whiz - I just wanted to get some Word documents converted to a format that is acceptable to the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing people; so I haven't explored all of the options. I note, in some of the Calibre help documents, that there should be a normal type of menu (File, Tools etc.) but I don't have this menu. At the top of my Calibre screen I only have icons to load a book, translate, view etc. Is there another button to push that enables traditional menus? Thanks again.

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