On 2/5/2021 7:32 PM, Jean Weber wrote: > On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 8:21 AM Keith N. McKenna > <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: >> <snip> >> 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 >
No problem Jean I an take care of that on my end. Thank you very much that will be a great help in getting the book updated more quickly. Regards Keith >> >> 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 >>>>> >> >>
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