Creating the Container in Windows XPCreating the Container in Windows XP
Below are detailed steps to get your content into a zip file and turn it into an ePub book. (I only have instructions for XP because that's the version of Windows I have. Other versions should be similar.)
- Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and navigate to where your book content is.
- Right-click on a blank spot, and go to: New>>Compressed (zipped) folder
- Type in a new name for the zip file that has been created (leave the .zip on the end. If you don't see the ".zip" at the end of the file name, read the note below.)
- Drag the mimetype file onto the zip folder.
- Drag the rest of the content onto the zip folder.
- Right-click the zip folder, click "Re-name"
- Change ".zip" to ".epub"
- Click "Yes" when it asks if you're sure if you want to re-name the file.
Note:
Sometimes Windows doesn't show the extensions for files. I think it's trying to be "helpful". Here's how to get it to show them to you:
- Open My Computer
- Click Tools>>Folder Options
- Click the "View" tab.
- Remove the check mark next to "Hide extensions for known file types."
- Click the "OK" button.
- Windows should now show the ".zip" after the name of the zip file, along with the extensions for all the other file types.
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