Hi all, I'm evaluating XMLMind (16 days left on my eval copy) to do my 8.5x11 PDF and print books, as well as my ePub books. I was attracted to Docbook and XMLMind in order to deploy my books (about 50K to 125K words each) to both PDF/Print and to ePub, from one source file. And I've already done that with XMLMind.
What I haven't been able to do yet is change existing styles (maps from purpose to appearance) and make new ones. For instance, in both PDF and ePub, the only things I want to trigger a new page are Part and Chapter. Right now both chapter and section trigger a newpage in ePub, as well as some other elements. What I'd like to do is find something equivalent to CSS in (x)html with which to tell the converter that when it converts to ePub, pagefeed only Part and Chapter, and perhaps make them bigger. For PDF, I might want other things done with specific semantic parts via what I'm calling styles. The other thing is, in the other book writing tools I've used, WordPerfect, MSWord, LyX, and Sigil, I've always been able to define new paragraph styles and character styles, and then apply them. For instance, in every book, I have a style called "story" that I use when somebody, maybe the narrator, is telling a story. I also have Tip, Warning (I've used Warning in XMLMind but would like to change its appearance), Danger, etc. How can I make and apply new styles with XMLMind, and where can I find more info? I couldn't find it in the tutorials or screencasts, or using Google. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
