I got mine from http://lukesblog.it/ebooks/ebook-tools/writer2epub/.
There's
a version that words for LO 3, LO 4 and AOO 3, along with a separate
version
for AOO 4.
My problem wasn't that I had the wrong version. I got the version that was
designed for LO. It just wouldn't install as long as I had AOO on my
system.
Once I uninstalled AOO, the extension worked fine with LO.
Of course, I have no idea *why* this behavior occurred. I won't blame AOO
or
anything else. I can't even scientifically say that LO and AOO had a
conflict. I just know that, once I uninstalled AOO, I was able to install
the writer2epub extension into my LO. I recalled someone else on the list
saying that LO and AOO may conflict by sharing common Windows registry
entries. That stuff is beyond my abilities, but I just shared it for
others
who may be interested.
Virgil
-----Original Message-----
From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:41 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
There is a version for AOO, several actually written by a guy with an
Italian country code.
One for version if for 3.x, another for 4.0, and a new Beta one.
So you may need to look into which one you are using for which version
of LO or AOO.
I found this out by Googling "odf to epub converter"
On 08/13/2013 04:15 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Another thing I noticed about the writer2epub extension. When I first
> downloaded it, it would not properly install into my LO 3.6.7. I then
> uninstalled my AOO 3.4.1 and AOO 4.0. The writer2epub extension then
> installed into LO.
>
> It appears (as others have alluded) that LO and AOO have some conflicts
> when installed side by side on the same machine (registry perhaps which
> is
> beyond my knowledge). Since I'm finding that LO is progressing better
> than
> AOO, I'm happy to commit to just one of the suites.
>
> Virgil
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Virgil Arrington
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:58 PM
> To: Tom Davies
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>
> I just redid the Writer2epub test with my theology paper after applying
> default LO styles. It worked a *lot* better. I really liked the way it
> handled the default "Text Body" style by not indenting the first
> paragraph
> after a heading and then indenting subsequent paragraphs. That is
> excellent
> typography (a standard in LaTeX) and often missing in EPUB files.
> However,
> it still ignored my attempt to apply outline numbering to the default
> Heading styles. But, it did recognize the heading styles for my table of
> contents and navigation keys on my Kindle.
>
> As you allude, this is a good tool as long as you understand what it
> will,
> and will not, do. Work within its parameters and you'll like the result.
> Try
> to make it work *your* way, and it will disappoint.
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:41 PM
> To: Virgil Arrington
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>
> Hi :)
> That sounds a lot like LaTeX being best if you stick with their defaults
> so
> it kinda makes sense to me. I think the Docs Team (i think mostly Dan &
> Jean wasn't it?) experimented with a few ways of getting ePubs from the
> guides and they might have useful ideas about it even though it's years
> later already.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
>> To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>; e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 19:22
>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I then tried it using a theology paper I wrote a few years ago. I have
>> several outline numbered styles, which again, Writer2epub doesn't
>> translate
>> well.
>>
>> I think Writer2epub will work best with a document that is designed
>> from
>> the
>> beginning for EPUB, but if you want to translate an existing document,
>> you
>> may need to do considerable work to make it ready for the extension.
>>
>> These are just my observations after a half-hour experiment.
>>
>> Virgil
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:46 AM
>> To: Virgil Arrington ; e-letter
>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>>
>> Hi :)
>> Sorry, got distracted. Here's a link
>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
>>> To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>; e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 14:11
>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> Do you have a link to one of the guides? I may have a go at trying
>>> different
>>> ways of converting one to EPUB just to see how it works. Might be kind
>>> of
>>> fun.
>>>
>>> Virgil
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:31 AM
>>> To: e-letter ; Virgil Arrington
>>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>>>
>>> Hi :)
>>> Has anyone successfully tried this to get ePub versions of something
>>> fairly
>>> hefty such as our Published Guides? I think it would be great if we
>>> could
>>> get all those guides done as ePub wouldn't it? Anyone able to give it
>>> a
>>> go?
>>> Regards from
>>> Tom :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
>>>> To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
>>>> Cc: rost52 <bugquestcontri@online.de>; users@global.libreoffice.org
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 12:56
>>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/07/2013, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> That works just fine. For my tastes, however, it's not quite as
>>>>> smooth
>>>>> a
>>>>> process or polished a result as with LyX/LaTeX.
>>>>
>>>> Agree, for PDF, but it seems that the future of viewing content is in
>>>> digital format via mobile devices. So for archiving to paper, LaTeX
>>>> wins and maybe epub for electronic archives.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: rost52
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:00 PM
>>>>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
>>>>>
>>>>> "As a proud papa..." I would open the document in Writer, select all
>>>>> and
>>>>> set
>>>>>
>>>>> styles to Default. Then
>>>>> create the styles I wanted and reformat the whole document.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> By coincidence there has been a guide published to write epub
>>>> documents using LO:
>>>> http://opensource.com/life/13/8/how-create-ebook-open-source-way
>>>>
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