diff --git a/manual/conversion.rst b/manual/conversion.rst index 2387fe915a..46f8bcd3a0 100644 --- a/manual/conversion.rst +++ b/manual/conversion.rst @@ -537,25 +537,38 @@ Set the :guilabel:`Level 1 TOC` setting to ``//h:h2``. Then, for chapter two, |a How options are set/saved for Conversion ------------------------------------------- -There are two places where conversion options can be set in |app|. The first is in Preferences->Conversion. These -settings are the defaults for the conversion options. Whenever you try to convert a new book, the settings set here -will be used by default. +There are two places where conversion options can be set in |app|. The first is +in Preferences->Conversion. These settings are the defaults for the conversion +options. Whenever you try to convert a new book, the settings set here will be +used by default. -You can also change settings in the conversion dialog for each book conversion. When you convert a book, |app| remembers the -settings you used for that book, so that if you convert it again, the saved settings for the individual book will take -precedence over the defaults set in Preferences. You can restore the individual settings to defaults by using the Restore to defaults -button in the individual book conversion dialog. +You can also change settings in the conversion dialog for each book conversion. +When you convert a book, |app| remembers the settings you used for that book, +so that if you convert it again, the saved settings for the individual book +will take precedence over the defaults set in Preferences. You can restore the +individual settings to defaults by using the Restore to defaults button in the +individual book conversion dialog. You can remove the saved settings for a +group of books by selecting all the books and then clicking the edit metadata +button to bring up the bulk metadata edit dialog, near the bottom of the dialog +is an option to remove stored conversion settings. -When you Bulk Convert a set of books, settings are taken in the following order: +When you Bulk Convert a set of books, settings are taken in the following order (last one wins): + + * From the defaults set in Preferences->Conversion + + * From the saved conversion settings for each book being converted (if + any). This can be turned off by the option in the top left corner of the + Bulk Conversion dialog. - * From the defaults set in Preferences->Conversion - * From the saved conversion settings for each book being converted (if any). This can be turned off by the option in the top left corner of the Bulk Conversion dialog. * From the settings set in the Bulk conversion dialog -Note that the final settings for each book in a Bulk Conversion will be saved and re-used if the book is converted again. Since the -highest priority in Bulk Conversion is given to the settings in the Bulk Conversion dialog, these will override any book specific -settings. So you should only bulk convert books together that need similar settings. The exceptions are metadata and input format specific -settings. Since the Bulk Conversion dialog does not have settings for these two categories, they will be taken from book specific +Note that the final settings for each book in a Bulk Conversion will be saved +and re-used if the book is converted again. Since the highest priority in Bulk +Conversion is given to the settings in the Bulk Conversion dialog, these will +override any book specific settings. So you should only bulk convert books +together that need similar settings. The exceptions are metadata and input +format specific settings. Since the Bulk Conversion dialog does not have +settings for these two categories, they will be taken from book specific settings (if any) or the defaults. .. note::