Difference between revisions of "Mano a Mano:print Mano a Mano as a book"
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# 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 | # Import the contents of the page into your favorite word processor | ||
− | #* | + | #* Option A: (the easy and clean way) |
#*# Save the page (save the complete page with images if your browser has that option) | #*# 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) | #*# 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 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> | #*# 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 |
− | #* | + | #* Option B: save the the page, open it in your word processor and delete the heading and footer in the word processor. |
− | #* | + | #* Option C: select everything on the page except the header and footer, copy and paste 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. |
Revision as of 06:08, 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
- Option A: (the easy and clean way)
- 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
- Option B: save the the page, open it in your word processor and delete the heading and footer in the word processor.
- Option C: select everything on the page except the header and footer, copy and paste it into the word processor.
- Option A: (the easy and clean way)
- 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.