Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Sure, writing books is one of the main purposes of LyX. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial, there is a menu choice for doing exactly that. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No, but you won't need to do that if you do your writing in LyX. Make your corrections in the LyX file, then create a new PDF each time. The conversion is easy enough. LyX is a nice tool for making new PDF files, it does nothing at all with existing PDF files. Find other tools for that. Helge Hafting
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
On Friday 28 November 2008 10:27:56 am Helge Hafting wrote: mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Sure, writing books is one of the main purposes of LyX. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial, there is a menu choice for doing exactly that. But ... if you sell this Ebook, I'd recommend personalizing it for each user as per some of my previous posts. Personalizing it means compiling to PDF via script rather than a menu choice. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Sure, writing books is one of the main purposes of LyX. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial, there is a menu choice for doing exactly that. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No, but you won't need to do that if you do your writing in LyX. Make your corrections in the LyX file, then create a new PDF each time. The conversion is easy enough. LyX is a nice tool for making new PDF files, it does nothing at all with existing PDF files. Find other tools for that. Helge Hafting
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
On Friday 28 November 2008 10:27:56 am Helge Hafting wrote: mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Sure, writing books is one of the main purposes of LyX. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial, there is a menu choice for doing exactly that. But ... if you sell this Ebook, I'd recommend personalizing it for each user as per some of my previous posts. Personalizing it means compiling to PDF via script rather than a menu choice. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Sure, writing books is one of the main purposes of LyX. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial, there is a menu choice for doing exactly that. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No, but you won't need to do that if you do your writing in LyX. Make your corrections in the LyX file, then create a new PDF each time. The conversion is easy enough. LyX is a nice tool for making new PDF files, it does nothing at all with existing PDF files. Find other tools for that. Helge Hafting
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
On Friday 28 November 2008 10:27:56 am Helge Hafting wrote: > mark anderson wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? > > Sure, writing books is one of the main purposes of LyX. > > > How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? > > Trivial, there is a menu choice for doing exactly that. But ... if you sell this Ebook, I'd recommend personalizing it for each user as per some of my previous posts. Personalizing it means compiling to PDF via script rather than a menu choice. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Can Lyx edit pdf files? Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. Thanks for your advice,Mark www.livingwatermuscatine.com ripples with lifewww.grassfedrecipes.com Grassfed Recipes--health has never tasted so good!www.globe-hoppers.com travels and tales of the Anderson familywww.karipearls.com A pearl for every girl--exquisite and affordable _ Get more done, have more fun, and stay more connected with Windows Mobile®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642556/direct/01/
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Lots and LOTS of people have done this kind of thing. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial: FileExportPDF. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No. But PDF is not a format intended for editing. PDFs can be edited, but that's not really recommended except in emergencies, when you do not have access to the original source. Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. That's a completely different sort of product. LyX is a tool for writing, comparable to things like Word, though very different (and much better, or so we think). NitroPDF is like Acrobat. Richard
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
2008/11/21 mark anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Can Lyx edit pdf files? Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. Thanks for your advice,Mark Couple of people reported success stories with printed and electronic book. Creating PDFs from LyX (by LaTeX engine) is a LyX feature by its nature. -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
On Thursday 20 November 2008 09:58:16 pm mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Yes. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Depending on what you want, between trivial and moderately easy. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No. Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. 2 different questions. I'd definitely recommend LyX for creating books. LyX can also be used to create a PDF. nitroPDF can then edit the PDF, although I use pdfTk for that. I'm assuming the reason you want to edit the PDF after it's created is to personalize and/or watermark your eBook. Personalization is pure LyX -- just have a token that gets put in the footer, have a script that replaces that token with the reader's name, so that the footer on the bottom reads: Prepared exclusively for John Customer As far as watermarking with a detectable sequence of bytes, I think you'll need something like pdfTk or nitroPDF for that. Also, if you're going to DRM the eBook (in which case your customers will hate you), you'll need something like pdfTk or nitroPDF to do that. HTH SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Can Lyx edit pdf files? Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. Thanks for your advice,Mark www.livingwatermuscatine.com ripples with lifewww.grassfedrecipes.com Grassfed Recipes--health has never tasted so good!www.globe-hoppers.com travels and tales of the Anderson familywww.karipearls.com A pearl for every girl--exquisite and affordable _ Get more done, have more fun, and stay more connected with Windows Mobile®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642556/direct/01/
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Lots and LOTS of people have done this kind of thing. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial: FileExportPDF. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No. But PDF is not a format intended for editing. PDFs can be edited, but that's not really recommended except in emergencies, when you do not have access to the original source. Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. That's a completely different sort of product. LyX is a tool for writing, comparable to things like Word, though very different (and much better, or so we think). NitroPDF is like Acrobat. Richard
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
2008/11/21 mark anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Can Lyx edit pdf files? Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. Thanks for your advice,Mark Couple of people reported success stories with printed and electronic book. Creating PDFs from LyX (by LaTeX engine) is a LyX feature by its nature. -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
On Thursday 20 November 2008 09:58:16 pm mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Yes. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Depending on what you want, between trivial and moderately easy. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No. Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. 2 different questions. I'd definitely recommend LyX for creating books. LyX can also be used to create a PDF. nitroPDF can then edit the PDF, although I use pdfTk for that. I'm assuming the reason you want to edit the PDF after it's created is to personalize and/or watermark your eBook. Personalization is pure LyX -- just have a token that gets put in the footer, have a script that replaces that token with the reader's name, so that the footer on the bottom reads: Prepared exclusively for John Customer As far as watermarking with a detectable sequence of bytes, I think you'll need something like pdfTk or nitroPDF for that. Also, if you're going to DRM the eBook (in which case your customers will hate you), you'll need something like pdfTk or nitroPDF to do that. HTH SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Can Lyx edit pdf files? Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. Thanks for your advice,Mark www.livingwatermuscatine.com ripples with lifewww.grassfedrecipes.com Grassfed Recipes--health has never tasted so good!www.globe-hoppers.com travels and tales of the Anderson familywww.karipearls.com A pearl for every girl--exquisite and affordable _ Get more done, have more fun, and stay more connected with Windows Mobile®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642556/direct/01/
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
mark anderson wrote: Hello all, I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Lots and LOTS of people have done this kind of thing. How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Trivial: File>Export>PDF. Can Lyx edit pdf files? No. But PDF is not a format intended for editing. PDFs can be edited, but that's not really recommended except in emergencies, when you do not have access to the original source. Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. That's a completely different sort of product. LyX is a tool for writing, comparable to things like Word, though very different (and much better, or so we think). NitroPDF is like Acrobat. Richard
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
2008/11/21 mark anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello all, > > I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? How > easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Can Lyx edit pdf files? > > Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other > software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. > > Thanks for your advice,Mark Couple of people reported success stories with printed and electronic book. Creating PDFs from LyX (by LaTeX engine) is a LyX feature by its nature. -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
Re: converting lyx to pdf for an ebook
On Thursday 20 November 2008 09:58:16 pm mark anderson wrote: > Hello all, > > I am preparing to write an ebook. Have any of you used Lyx to do this? Yes. > How easy is it to convert the file to pdf? Depending on what you want, between trivial and moderately easy. > Can Lyx edit pdf files? No. > > Would you recommend Lyx for this task or would you suggest some other > software? I'm thinking about using nitropdf. 2 different questions. I'd definitely recommend LyX for creating books. LyX can also be used to create a PDF. nitroPDF can then edit the PDF, although I use pdfTk for that. I'm assuming the reason you want to edit the PDF after it's created is to personalize and/or watermark your eBook. Personalization is pure LyX -- just have a token that gets put in the footer, have a script that replaces that token with the reader's name, so that the footer on the bottom reads: "Prepared exclusively for John Customer" As far as watermarking with a detectable sequence of bytes, I think you'll need something like pdfTk or nitroPDF for that. Also, if you're going to DRM the eBook (in which case your customers will hate you), you'll need something like pdfTk or nitroPDF to do that. HTH SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
