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. | ||
− | # | + | # Import the contents of the page into your favorite word processor |
− | # | + | #* The easy and clean way to do this is: |
− | # | + | #** Save the page (save the complete page with images if your browser has that option) |
+ | #** Edit the html source with a plain text editor (like notepad) | ||
+ | #** Replace everything up to <code><nowiki><!-- begin content --></nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki><html><body></nowiki></code> | ||
+ | #** Replace everything starting from <code><nowiki><!-- Saved in parser cache</nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki></body></html></nowiki></code> | ||
+ | #** Save the changes, close the text editor and open the html document with your word processor | ||
+ | #* Alternately you could save the the page, open it in your word processor and delete the heading and footer in the word processor. | ||
+ | #* You could also try selecting everything on the page except the header and footer, copying it and pasting it into the word processor. | ||
# 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 that doesn't look good. | # Fix anything that doesn't look good. | ||
− | #*Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual paragraphs. | + | #* Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual paragraphs. |
− | #*To change a style in OpenOffice.org press F11, right click the style and select Modify. | + | #* To change a style in OpenOffice.org press F11, right click the style and select Modify. |
− | #** | + | #** Make the "List Heading" style bold so definition titles are bold. |
− | #** | + | #** Change the spacing below paragraphs to 0 for the "Table Contents" style. |
+ | # Paginate the document | ||
+ | # Create a table of contents | ||
+ | #* Before you can insert a Table of Contents in OpenOffice.org you must export the document to OpenOffice.org text (.odt) format. | ||
# Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc. | # Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc. |
Revision as of 06:03, 17 August 2007
- 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.
- Import the contents of the page into your favorite word processor
- The easy and clean way to do this is:
- Save the page (save the complete page with images if your browser has that option)
- Edit the html source with a plain text editor (like notepad)
- Replace everything up to
<!-- begin content -->
with<html><body>
- Replace everything starting from
<!-- Saved in parser cache
with</body></html>
- Save the changes, close the text editor and open the html document with your word processor
- Alternately you could save the the page, open it in your word processor and delete the heading and footer in the word processor.
- You could also try selecting everything on the page except the header and footer, copying it and pasting it into the word processor.
- The easy and clean way to do this is:
- Adjust the settings in the word processor for the book format you want.
- Fix anything that doesn't look good.
- Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual paragraphs.
- To change a style in OpenOffice.org press F11, right click the style and select Modify.
- Make the "List Heading" style bold so definition titles are bold.
- Change the spacing below paragraphs to 0 for the "Table Contents" style.
- Paginate the document
- Create a table of contents
- Before you can insert a Table of Contents in OpenOffice.org you must export the document to OpenOffice.org text (.odt) format.
- Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc.