Useful tip: How to change the BD language AFTER you create a book

HarryT · 04-14-2009, 06:10 AM

As BookDesigner users will know, one has to get the "language" setting correct before creating or importing a book - "German" is what one normally sets it to. If it's wrong, then any accented letters in the book will show up as "&#xxx" in the finished (Sony) book.

It is possible, however, to make the change AFTER the book has been created, if you forget. To do this, exit book designer, and then open the "bookname.html0" file in the "Lastfile" folder of the BD installation file using a text editor. The first two lines of the file will say:

Code:

<HTML>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv="Content-Type">

Change the "windows-1251" to say "windows-1252", and re-save the file. Then reopen BD, and accented letters will now appear correctly in the created book.

YGG- · 04-14-2009, 08:22 AM

Thanks for the tip

Andybaby · 04-14-2009, 09:13 PM

thanks alot this i needed cause a few of my books were english before i learned better,

this works, but only when the file is in the folder Lastfile

html0 files in your BD directory will not work.

Patricia · 04-14-2009, 09:16 PM

But presumably, if you open the BD file, make a few trivial changes, then close it, it will then appear in your last book file.

Andybaby · 04-15-2009, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

But presumably, if you open the BD file, make a few trivial changes, then close it, it will then appear in your last book file.

oh yes, i didnt mean to imply otherwise,

Opening the html0 backup in the BD directory
close bd
and it should be open and extracted inside the Lastfile directory.

04-14-2009, 06:10 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Useful tip: How to change the BD language AFTER you create a book As BookDesigner users will know, one has to get the "language" setting correct before creating or importing a book - "German" is what one normally sets it to. If it's wrong, then any accented letters in the book will show up as "&#xxx" in the finished (Sony) book. It is possible, however, to make the change AFTER the book has been created, if you forget. To do this, exit book designer, and then open the "bookname.html0" file in the "Lastfile" folder of the BD installation file using a text editor. The first two lines of the file will say: Code: <HTML> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv="Content-Type"> Change the "windows-1251" to say "windows-1252", and re-save the file. Then reopen BD, and accented letters will now appear correctly in the created book.

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04-14-2009, 08:22 AM	#2
YGG- Dry fruit Posts: 1,157 Karma: 1047086 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Bookeen Opus + HTC Desire HD	Thanks for the tip

04-14-2009, 09:13 PM	#3
Andybaby Wizard Posts: 1,279 Karma: 1002683 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York Device: PRS-700	thanks alot this i needed cause a few of my books were english before i learned better, this works, but only when the file is in the folder Lastfile html0 files in your BD directory will not work.

04-14-2009, 09:16 PM	#4
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	But presumably, if you open the BD file, make a few trivial changes, then close it, it will then appear in your last book file.

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