On 2/5/2021 8:41 PM, Jean Weber wrote: > 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 >
Thank you very much jean. I do have a template already, based on the 3.3 docs. I wish you well in all your endeavors, and that you have a wonderful 2021. Regards Keith. > 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 >>>>>> >>> >>>
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