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

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> ________________________________
> From: Joaquín Lameiro <juacolameiro@yahoo.es>
> To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>; e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>; Virgil Arrington 
> <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> 
> Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 11:47
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>
>
> Hi.
>
> Has anybody tried to do the exporting with eLAIX? It's in the official LO extensions repository, 
> and I think it works quite well:
> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/elaix
>
> I can give it a try, if someone gives me the link to a specific ODT document.
> Regards,
> Joaquín
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> De: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
> Para: e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>; Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> 
> CC: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Enviado: Miércoles 14 de agosto de 2013 12:30
> Asunto: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>
>
> Hi :)
> That sounds like a nightmare!  You made it look like a series of stepping stones rather than the 
> single hop we were hoping for.  
>
> However, when i look again you are really talking about just 1 format in the middle?  Then the 
> extra editing is just an optional finesse that Virgil could probably dodge for the test-run?  
>
> The command-line bit also sounds a bit scary but if you could give a command that Virgil could try 
> out by using copy&paste then that might be "do-able"
> Regards from 
> Tom :)  
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
> > To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> 
> > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> > Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 10:44
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
> >
> >
> > On 13/08/2013, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just did a couple experiments with LO and Writer2epub. I tried converting
> > >
> > > the entire 390 page Getting Started book to EPUB. It choked. I then tried
> > > doing the same with just the 18 page introduction. Same result. No EPUB
> > > output file was generated.
> > >
> > > I noticed that Writer2epub doesn't like custom styles. It is apparently
> > > designed for fairly simple documents, using LO's built-in styles. It can't
> > > handle the elaborate formatting of the LO User Guides.
> >
> > That was an ambitious test! Perhaps LaTeX might be better: convert to
> > (x)html using tex4ht and then compile the epub. Personally, would edit
> > the xml using a text editor and compile the epub via the command
> > terminal; compilation is surprisingly easy.
> >
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