Here is the zip file I mention in my last paragraph below. Some tweaking of footers and styles may be needed. No template is associated, but it could be a good idea to create one and base all the chapters and the odm on it. http://taming-apacheopenoffice.com/downloads/AOO41GS.zip
Jean On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 10:32 AM Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 8:21 AM Keith N. McKenna > <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On 1/24/2021 4:12 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > > > I've updated the preface and first two chapters of my book, but I am not > > > feeling terribly motivated to continue. I’m finding AOO very clunky and > > > lacking in features that I use all the time in LO. OTOH, so little appears > > > to have changed since AOO 3.4 that updating has been going fairly quickly > > > so far. > > > > > > Another thought: my book is licensed CC-BY, so AOO docs people could take > > > a > > > copy and do your own updating, giving proper acknowledgment to me (and > > > changing the title of the book to "Getting Started with AOO 4.1" and the > > > author to “AOO Docs Team”). If you choose to go that route, I’m happy to > > > contribute what I’ve done so far. > > > > > > If you're interested, you can download a copy of my v3.4 book here: > > > PDF http://taming-apacheopenoffice.com/downloads/TamingAOO34.pdf > > > ODT http://taming-apacheopenoffice.com/downloads/TamingAOO34.odt > > > > > > Jean > > > > > > > You said elsewhere on the list your interest in updating your book was > > flagging.If you have chapter files available we could help with this or > > take it over entirely. Chapter files would be great help either way as > > we have limited resources and could portion it out by chapter to have it > > done quicker. > > I didn't have separate chapter files, but I just generated them by > exporting the full file as a master document. That created an ODM with > links to chapter files. One annoyance: because there is a Preface, its > file gets numbered 1, then chapter 1's file is 2, etc. It's easy > enough, though a bit tedious, to renumber the files (starting with 0 > for the preface) and their links in the master doc. > Also, the generated chapter files don't have cover pages or ToCs. > > > On another topic. I had a question on how you packed all the chapters > > into the full book. Did you just remove the toc from the chapters and > > merge them into a separate file or was there another way to accomplish that? > > You can do it using a master document, for example the one created in > the step of generating chapter files. (I prefer to do it manually.) If > you do use a master document, then I recommend exporting the book to > ODT after the book is compiled, so you have one file. There are some > more steps after that to facilitate the publishing process > > Later today I will zip up the master doc and chapter files for the > AOO4.1 book, some of which contain notes on what I know needs to be > done, and some of which have been partially updated by me already > (rewriting, corrections, new screenshots). I didn't mark changes when > I was doing it, because I wasn't expecting at that point to share the > draft. I'll put that zip file on my website and let you know when it's > there. (I'm not interested in working out how to use GitHub.) > > Regards, Jean > > > > > Regards > > Keith > > > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 1:21 PM F Campos Costero <fjcc.apa...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Jean - Thank you for considering this! It would be a very valuable > > >> contribution. If you do decide to go ahead with the revision, would you > > >> prefer to do the updating entirely on your own or could others help in > > > some > > >> way? > > >> > > >> Francis > > >> > > >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 4:41 PM Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >>> I'm thinking of updating my self-published “Getting Started” book on AOO > > >>> and making it available to the community in free PDF and low-cost > > > printed > > >>> copy, whether you choose to link to it or publicise it in any way. It > > > could > > >>> be dual-licensed CC-BY & GPL, but not A2. > > >>> > > >>> The v3.4 version of this book began in the ODFAuthors group, but after > > > AOO > > >>> rejected it, I completed it and published it under my own name in 2013. > > > It > > >>> doesn’t cover the full range of topics as for the old OOo book, but IMO > > > a > > >>> “Getting Started” book doesn’t need to do that. > > >>> > > >>> Jean > > >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
