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

The strange thing was I didn’t extract the oxt from the zip. I simply renamed the zip to an oxt. 
There was no oxt file inside the zip.

Virgil


From: Tom Davies 
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:36 PM
To: Virgil Arrington ; users@global.libreoffice.org 
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

Hi :)
I think extracting the Oxt from the Zip file makes it work better but i haven't really dabbled with 
Extensions much at all so i really don't know either
Regards from 
Tom :)  






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  From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
  To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 12:34
  Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer


  I installed it through LO's extension manager.

  I also found that I had to change the name of the extension file from a 
  "zip" file to an "oxt" file. I just did that through Windows Explorer. Even 
  though LO's extension manager says it recognizes ZIP files, it installed 
  better with an OXT extension. I don't know why.

  Now that I think about it, maybe that was the key variable rather than 
  uninstalling AOO. Looks like I changed too many variables to be able to say 
  for certain *which* change made the whole thing work. And, I did it all so 
  quickly that I cannot now recall the order of all my changes.

  Virgil

  -----Original Message----- 
  From: jorge
  Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:43 PM
  To: Virgil Arrington
  Cc: Kracked_P_P---webmaster ; users@global.libreoffice.org
  Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer

  Hi all !

  Virgil, How did you try to install the "writer2epub" ? Did you use the
  wizzard that have LO or AOO ?

  Regards,

  Jorge Rodríguez


  El mar, 13-08-2013 a las 20:36 -0400, Virgil Arrington escribió:
  > 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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  Atentamente,

  Jorge Rodríguez


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