Programs, with which you can work with the contents of the ePub-files very small. And Sigil, perhaps the best of them.
Of course, ePub, you can edit and "hands". But WYSIWYG editor with rich instrumentation - definitely a more convenient option. After all, every ePub-book - it's an archive, inside of which are XML-files with text, images, styles, as well as files with metadata. However, in order to cope all this diversity, it is necessary to become skilled as the knowledge of the XML, and ePub specifications (rules by which the organized structure of the e-book of this format).
A powerful cross-platform editor Sigil greatly simplifies working inside ePub. Moreover, the program is available free of charge.
Editor of a book displays in two modes, which can be selected by pressing buttons on the main panel. The first is designed for visual authoring and resembles a text editor such as Microsoft Word. The second mode displays the contents of the book as a code.
This is a very convenient solution. The visual editor is perfect for beginners, but it is functional enough to say, it was possible to insert a drop cap or include hyphenation. And knowing the basics of XML and CSS, you can significantly vary the appearance of the book pages.
There are an additional display mode - Web Inspector ( "Preview"). It helps to quickly find rows in the code, which are responsible for certain elements of the text. For example, if you move the cursor to a certain title, window Web Inspector shows the code. Something similar is in Internet browsers.
Simple navigation on the book provide two panels: one represented by the file structure of the book, on the other shows a tree table of contents.
When working with the code you are ready to assist extensible set of "snippets" (frequently used code fragments), the means of code verification for compliance with CSS and XML and ePub. The search engine and the replacement can work with all the book files directly. Aids in the removal of unused graphics and styles removes debris from the ePub file.
Service Data Manager will save you the lion's share of time at work on the book. Metadata editor allows you to quickly enter all the background information: author's name, year and place of publication, name of the publisher, ISBN-code, genre, names of editors and proofreaders - fields provided for this great a bunch of.
In the settings you will find a few pleasant surprises. For example, you can customize the fonts and colors of code elements, set the interface language (including Russian) and customize keyboard shortcuts. Here are just a test thing went wrong spelling: Russian dictionaries Sigil yet.
All this is only the basic editor features. Working with Sigil, you will discover more details lot of that will be useful in your work. For detailed acquaintance with all the functions of the program you can download help. And the program files are available for download service GitHub (Links at the top of the page).
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