Les Denham wrote:
On Thursday 20 November 2008, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
Hello!
I'm working with a document, thats too big for a single-volume book.
Is there a way I can work with it as one document, but tell LyX to produce
several PDF files for printing?
Or do I have to split the document into several myself? Thanks!
-mi
If you don't mind continuous page numbering for the two volumes, I'd suggest
creating it as one document (with child documents as convenient -- I usually
use one for each chapter) using a document class which uses Parts (such as
the various book classes), and put each volume into a Part. Then generate a
PDF file for the whole book and use PDFTK to split it into the two volumes.
You could use this tool to add a copy of the TOC to the second volume if
desired.
If you want separate page numbering for each volume, it's a bit more
complicated. You would need to reset the page number at the beginning of Part
2, but I think this would give problems with cross references, the table of
contents and the index.
The TOC and cross references ought to work, but there will obviously be
the problem of deciding if it is "page 45" in volume one or volume two.
It is possible to use parts, and use the part number as part of the
cross reference. It is probably best to include the part number only
when the page isn't in the same volume. Such things can be programmed
in latex, and the extra time might be worth it if there are lots
of such cross references. Or just type "volume I/II" explixitly when
needed, although that will give you grief if you ever move a chapter
from one volume to another.
