Hi Doc'ters
I made some tests to check the export to XHTML (and EPUB) format of our
Guide chapters. Actually I created a new file based on Jean's latest
template and made some adjustments I want to share with you. Here are
some partial conclusions...
Figures:
- XHTML/EPUB cannot handle OLE objects so embedded drawings and
spreadsheets must be transformed to images (prefereably PNG) when
inserting in chapter.
- Images must be anchored as character inside the figure frame (if not,
the caption and image floats in the frame.
- Caption is centralized independent of the alignment settings in the
style (Bug?)
- The frame must be anchored as character in the Figure paragraph style,
which is renders better when centralized.
Tables:
- Best results if tables are centered in page.
Lists
- Lists with graphic bullets are not rendered. Therefore Note, Tips and
Warnings have no icons.
- Note, Tip and Warning paragraph background has random results,
sometimes it works, sometimes not (bug?)
- List position parameters are ignored, the results is a list where the
numbering (/bullets) and paragraph contents are not separated.
- I used a space in list position instead of tab, but as I said above,
no changes in the result.
- very bad rendering if the paragraph have first line indent with
negative value.
Browsers: I tested with Firefox and Brave (same engine as Chromium)
Under calibre epub reader, the rendering is even worse.
I have uploaded 2 files in the folder
LibreOffice Documentation/English/Contributor Resources/
test_template-xhtml.odt
and
test_template-xhtml.html
regards
PS: the export to XHTML seems to create a bloated HTML...