Difference between revisions of "Mano a Mano:print Mano a Mano as a book"

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# Go to the [[Mano a Mano:Book]] page.
 
# Go to the [[Mano a Mano:Book]] page.
 
# Click on ''Printable Version'' in the toolbox beneath the navigation options and search form in the left column of the page.
 
# Click on ''Printable Version'' in the toolbox beneath the navigation options and search form in the left column of the page.
# Copy the HTML or save the page and open it in your favorite word processor.
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# Save the page and open it in your favorite word processor. (This usually works better than copying and pasting
# Avoid copying or remove the title "Mano a Mano:Book" at the top of the page and the footer at the bottom of the page
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# Remove the heading which begins with ''Mano a Mano:Book'' and ends with ''Jump to: navigation, search''
# You may need to remove the [edit] links from each section. Your word processor's Find and Replace tool can be used to replace all the occurrences of the phrase "[edit]" with nothing.
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# Remove the footer which which begins with ''Retrieved from "http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Mano_a_Mano:Book"''.
 
# Adjust the settings in the word processor for the book format you want.
 
# Adjust the settings in the word processor for the book format you want.
# Fix anything else that doesn't look good.
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# Fix anything that doesn't look good. Tables are usually the wrong size. Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual paragraphs.
# Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, and so forth.
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# Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc.

Revision as of 15:00, 16 August 2007

  1. Go to the Mano a Mano:Book page.
  2. Click on Printable Version in the toolbox beneath the navigation options and search form in the left column of the page.
  3. Save the page and open it in your favorite word processor. (This usually works better than copying and pasting
  4. Remove the heading which begins with Mano a Mano:Book and ends with Jump to: navigation, search
  5. Remove the footer which which begins with Retrieved from "http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Mano_a_Mano:Book".
  6. Adjust the settings in the word processor for the book format you want.
  7. Fix anything that doesn't look good. Tables are usually the wrong size. Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual paragraphs.
  8. Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc.