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

On 08/15/2013 08:20 AM, Fernand Vanrie wrote:
> trie the Elaix extension
> > 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.
I just tried the eLaix extension. As a quick test, I just converted the 
eLaix manual itself, a thirty page, highly formatted .odt file. I worked 
surprisingly well, with just a few quirks. I look forward to using it more.

Virgil

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