Difference between revisions of "Mano a Mano:print Mano a Mano as a book"
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# 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. | ||
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#* To remove borders from pictures in OpenOffice.org: | #* To remove borders from pictures in OpenOffice.org: | ||
#** Right-click on the picture and select Picture... | #** Right-click on the picture and select Picture... | ||
#** Click on the Borders tab in the Picture dialog box | #** Click on the Borders tab in the Picture dialog box | ||
#** Change the Style to -None- and click OK. | #** Change the Style to -None- and click OK. | ||
+ | #* Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual page elements. | ||
+ | #* 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. | ||
+ | #** Make the "Internet Link" style ''italic'', change the Underlining to (Without) and the Font color to Automatic. | ||
# Paginate the document | # Paginate the document | ||
− | # | + | #* In OpenOffice.org: |
− | #* | + | #** Open the View menu and select Print layout. |
+ | #** Press Ctrl+Enter wherever you want to start a new page. | ||
+ | # Create a Table of Contents | ||
+ | #* In OpenOffice.org: | ||
+ | #** Export the document to OpenOffice.org text (.odt) format. | ||
+ | #** Open the Insert Menu, select the Indexes and Tables menu, click on Indexes and Tables... in that menu | ||
+ | #** Change the "Evaluate up to level" option to 2 and then click OK. | ||
# 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 07:37, 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.
- To remove borders from pictures in OpenOffice.org:
- Right-click on the picture and select Picture...
- Click on the Borders tab in the Picture dialog box
- Change the Style to -None- and click OK.
- Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual page elements.
- 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.
- Make the "Internet Link" style italic, change the Underlining to (Without) and the Font color to Automatic.
- To remove borders from pictures in OpenOffice.org:
- Paginate the document
- In OpenOffice.org:
- Open the View menu and select Print layout.
- Press Ctrl+Enter wherever you want to start a new page.
- In OpenOffice.org:
- Create a Table of Contents
- In OpenOffice.org:
- Export the document to OpenOffice.org text (.odt) format.
- Open the Insert Menu, select the Indexes and Tables menu, click on Indexes and Tables... in that menu
- Change the "Evaluate up to level" option to 2 and then click OK.
- In OpenOffice.org:
- Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc.