14 DAY TRIAL // Calibre, the eBook reader and management software developed for multiple platforms, including Linux, has just received a fresh update with more DOCX and AZW3 improvements.
Following the trend of weekly updates, the Calibre developer has issued yet another update for the application, featuring some very interesting changes and fixes. The software received some DOCX improvements in the past, but it seems that more tuning can be done in this area.
According to the changelog, support has been implemented for converting indexes created using the Word Index tool. The developers says that the entries in the index are automatically converted into links pointing to the indexed locations, a feature that will make those who use the DOCX format very happy.
The AZW3 file format has also received a very important improvement. More precisely, support has been implemented for converting documents with very large table of contents (with more than 2000 entries).
Those who use the Book Edit function will be glad to know that a button has been implemented to easily insert HTML tags. This might prove to be very useful if you want to quickly surround selected text with an arbitrary tag. Also, it's now possible to edit SVG files as raw XML files.
A large number of fixes have also been implemented. For example, incorrect numbering is no longer generated for numbered lists in some circumstances, an empty library is no longer created if the user specifies an incorrect path, the handling of hyperlinks in documents where the hyperlink is specified as a field internally has been improved, the WH Smiths plugin has been added for various website changes, and the Diesel eBooks has been removed.
Also, a bug that caused some popup footnotes in the AZW3 files to fail has been fixed, a number of tweaks have been implemented to the internal structure and headers of the output AZW3 files, and when the user is editing files that belong to another user account, the ownership of the files is transferred to the new user instead of crashing the app.
If you’ve decided to compile your own version of Calibre, be warned. It has a lot of dependencies and can be quite tricky. Fortunately, the developer also provides a complete list of dependencies, if you feel brave enough.
A lot more information can be found in the complete announcement, and you can also check out our review of Calibre and download Download Calibre 1.31 from Softpedia.