Sigil Portable 0.8.1 (ebook editor) Released

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Submitted by Gord Caswell on October 21, 2014 - 7:10pm

logoSigil Portable 0.8.1 has been released. Sigil is an ePub ebook editor with support for both WYSIWYG word processor style and direct code editing. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

As of this release, Sigil no longer supports Windows XP.

Features

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  • Online Sigil User's Guide, and Wiki documentation
  • Full UTF-16 support
  • Full EPUB 2 spec support
  • Multiple Views: Book View, Code View and Preview View
  • WYSIWYG editing in Book View
  • Complete control over directly editing EPUB syntax in Code View
  • Table of Contents generator with multi-level heading support
  • Metadata editor with full support for all possible metadata entries (more than 200) with full descriptions for each
  • User interface translated into many languages
  • Spell checking with default and user configurable dictionaries
  • Full Regular Expression (PCRE) support for Find & Replace
  • Supports import of EPUB and HTML files, images, and style sheets,
  • Documents can be validated for EPUB compliance with the integrated FlightCrew EPUB validator
  • Embedded HTML Tidy: all imported files have their formatting corrected, and your editing can be optionally cleaned

Learn more about Sigil...

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Sigil Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Sigil Portable is available for immediate download from the Sigil Portable homepage. Get it today!

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