diff --git a/manual/faq.rst b/manual/faq.rst index d7cfe5e58c..d21bb5840c 100644 --- a/manual/faq.rst +++ b/manual/faq.rst @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Follow these steps to find the problem: My device is non-standard or unusual. What can I do to connect to it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -In addition to the :guilabel:`Connect to Folder` function found under the Connect/Share button, calibre provides a ``User Defined`` device plugin that can be used to connect to any USB device that shows up as a disk drive in your operating system. Note: on windows, the device must have a drive letter for calibre to use it. See the device plugin ``Preferences -> Plugins -> Device Plugins -> User Defined`` and ``Preferences -> Miscellaneous -> Get information to setup the user defined device`` for more information. Note that if you are using the user defined plugin for a device normally detected by a builtin calibre plugin, you must disable the builtin plugin first, so that your user defined plugin is used instead. +In addition to the :guilabel:`Connect to Folder` function found under the Connect/Share button, calibre provides a ``User Defined`` device plugin that can be used to connect to any USB device that shows up as a disk drive in your operating system. Note: on Windows, the device must have a drive letter for calibre to use it. See the device plugin ``Preferences -> Plugins -> Device Plugins -> User Defined`` and ``Preferences -> Miscellaneous -> Get information to setup the user defined device`` for more information. Note that if you are using the user defined plugin for a device normally detected by a builtin calibre plugin, you must disable the builtin plugin first, so that your user defined plugin is used instead. How does calibre manage collections on my SONY reader? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ see which one is causing the issue. Basically, stop a program, run calibre, check for crashes. If they still happen, stop another program and repeat. -Using the viewer or doing any conversions results in a permission denied error on windows +Using the viewer or doing any conversions results in a permission denied error on Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Something on your computer is preventing calibre from accessing its own @@ -937,14 +937,14 @@ Downloading from the Internet can sometimes result in a corrupted download. If t * Try rebooting your computer and running a registry cleaner like `Wise registry cleaner `_. * Try a clean install. That is, uninstall calibre, delete :file:`C:\\Program Files\\Calibre2` (or wherever you previously chose to install calibre). Then re-install calibre. Note that uninstalling does not touch your books or settings. * Try downloading the installer with an alternate browser. For example if you are using Internet Explorer, try using Firefox or Chrome instead. - * If you get an error about a missing DLL on windows, then most likely, the + * If you get an error about a missing DLL on Windows, then most likely, the permissions on your temporary folder are incorrect. Go to the folder :file:`C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Local` in Windows explorer and then right click on the :file:`Temp` folder and select :guilabel:`Properties` and go to the :guilabel:`Security` tab. Make sure that your user account has full control for this folder. -If you still cannot get the installer to work and you are on windows, you can use the `calibre portable install `_, which does not need an installer (it is just a zip file). +If you still cannot get the installer to work and you are on Windows, you can use the `calibre portable install `_, which does not need an installer (it is just a zip file). My antivirus program claims calibre is a virus/trojan? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ How do I get calibre to use my HTTP proxy? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By default, calibre uses whatever proxy settings are set in your OS. Sometimes -these are incorrect, for example, on windows if you don't use Internet Explorer +these are incorrect, for example, on Windows if you don't use Internet Explorer then the proxy settings may not be up to date. You can tell calibre to use a particular proxy server by setting the ``http_proxy`` environment variable. The format of the variable is: ``http://username:password@servername`` you should