Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Joaquín Lameiro
Ok. Thanks for the extensive information on the three ways of exporting, Marc. Guess it kind of solve the question started by Tom. I could try to export some of the manuals, if you people decide it's worth it, but I can't devote too much time to it. Regards, Joaquín -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Joaquín Lameiro juacolame...@yahoo.es To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013, 9:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer Ok. Thanks for the extensive information

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Joaquín Lameiro
Hi. Right. I'll give it a more serious try. I shall begin with the Getting Start Gide for 4.0, then. Keep you informed on the progress. Regards, Joaquín Hi :) +1 Thanks Marc :)  Also many thanks to Joaquín and Virgil for experimenting and finding out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Joaquín Lameiro juacolame...@yahoo.es To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013, 13:07 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-16 Thread Marc Grober
as I am a proponent of wiki docs, I should point out that there are a number of great ways as well to convert wiki docs to epub and epub3 ;-) but, at what point are epubs of this type of value if we have effective caching browsers and ubiquitous internet -- but universal transparency is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Joaquín Lameiro
No idea. It's true that epub is quite limited when it comes to style, but it is mostly used for electronic ink readers, which, by now, are black and white small devices designed to read books, in the classic meaning of the word: that is, text with some minimal format. Maybe you're right when

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Virgil Arrington
Joaquin wrote: Then again, I'm going to try to export one of the LibO manuals and see what happens. Good luck. I just tried it and, as you allude, the manuals have much too complex formatting for my Kindle. The Writer2epub extension wouldn't even produce an epub file from the two manuals I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Joaquín Lameiro
Hi again. OK. I've been through the eLAIX extension and found it works quite well. I have successfully exported the first chapter of the Getting started with LO 4.0 guide (the one titled Introducing LibreOffice). Main problems I had were: - eLAIX doesn't like custom styles for headings, I had

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
save the original as docbook and use pandoc to convert to epub or epub3 and compare ;-) On 8/15/13 7:20 AM, Joaquín Lameiro wrote: Hi again. OK. I've been through the eLAIX extension and found it works quite well. I have successfully exported the first chapter of the Getting started with LO

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-15 Thread Marc Grober
using elaix you can do a global search and replace (easier I think with the alt replace ext.) of the headings used in a doc with the headings elaix employs. Took just a few minutes once you understand how to do that. HOWEVER you can always select to include the existing headings without the search

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Ginterak
http://idpf.org/epub On Aug 14, 2013, at 4:33 AM, Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: e-letter: ...maybe epub for electronic archives. EPUB is an Apple/Adobe proprietary format not supported beyond iF... devices, which is missing critical features needed for books. It's not an option.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
...@interak.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 16:27 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer http://idpf.org/epub On Aug 14, 2013, at 4:33 AM, Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: e-letter: ...maybe epub for electronic archives. EPUB is an Apple

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Joaquín Lameiro
14 de agosto de 2013 17:47 Asunto: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer Hi :) Does that mean it is an ISO standard?  It's a bit unclear who international Digital Publishing Forum are.  Are they widely known and accepted or are they just a branch of Adobe or Apple or someone

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Davies
tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; Ginterak m...@interak.com; users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 18:20 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer It is an ISO standard (or at least in the way to be): http://www.iso.org/iso/home

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Book-writing with Writer

2013-07-10 Thread Fernand Vanrie
On 10/07/2013 5:20, Urmas wrote: Pablo Dotro: I am beginning a large writing project, that will most probably take the form of a self published, free ebook. please dowload the eLAIX extension, there is a manuel for how to start a ebook with LO And while I have created very long, complex