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| − | ==From Wiki to Word Processor==
| + | # 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. |
| − | # Go to the [[Mano a Mano:Book]] page, and save the complete page (with images) on your computer. | + | # Save the page and open it in your favorite word processor. (This usually works better than copying and pasting |
| − | # Open your saved copy of the page with a plain text editor (like notepad.) | + | # Remove the heading which begins with ''Mano a Mano:Book'' and ends with ''Jump to: navigation, search'' |
| − | # Replace everything up to <code><nowiki><!-- begin content --></nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki><html><body></nowiki></code>
| + | # Remove the footer which which begins with ''Retrieved from "http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Mano_a_Mano:Book"''. |
| − | # Replace everything starting from <code><nowiki><div class="printfooter"></nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki></body></html></nowiki></code>
| + | # Adjust the settings in the word processor for the book format you want. |
| − | # If you will be using Microsoft Word, use the text editor's "Replace" feature to change every <code><nowiki><dt></nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki><dt><b></nowiki></code> and every <code><nowiki></dt></nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki></b></dt></nowiki></code>
| + | # 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. |
| − | # Save the changes and close the text editor | + | # Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc. |
| − | # Open the modified copy of the page with your favorite word processor
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| − | # If you are using OpenOffice.org, export the document as an OpenDocument text file (.odt).
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| − | # If you are using Microsoft Word, save the document as a Word document (.doc). | |
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| − | ==Give it some Style==
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| − | To change a style in OpenOffice.org:
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| − | # Press F11 to bring up the Styles palette
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| − | # Click on the paragraph symbol to select a paragraph style or the 'A' to select a character style.
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| − | # Right-click the style and select the Modify option
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| − | To change a style in Microsoft Word:
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| − | # Open the Format menu and click Style... to bring up the Style dialog box
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| − | # Select the style and click on the Modify... button to bring up the Modify Style dialog box
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| − | # Use the Format button at the bottom of this dialog to change the style.
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| − | ;image borders:
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| − | :If you use OpenOffice.org, there is a blue border around linked images. There is no style for this, so we have to change each image separately. Right-click on the picture, select Picture..., click on the Borders tab, change the Style to -None- and click OK.
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| − | ;cross-references
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| − | :Make the "Internet Link" (OpenOffice.org) or "Hyperlink" (Microsoft Word) style ''italic'', change the Underlining to (Without) or (none) and change the Font color to Automatic.
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| − | ;definition terms (like this)
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| − | :In OpenOffice.org, make the "List Heading" style '''bold''' so definition terms are bold. Microsoft Word does not seem to have a style for definition terms (which is why we made them all bold using "Replace" in the text editor.) | |
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| − | ;tables
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| − | :In OpenOffice.org, change the spacing below paragraphs to 0 for the "Table Contents" style. Some cells should be centered and others should be left-aligned, so the rest of the table formatting needs to be done one-table-at-a-time. Sometimes you will need to top-align data in the bottom row of a table because it gets stretched by text to the left. | |
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| − | ;font size
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| − | :Use the "Default" (OpenOffice.org) or "Normal" (Microsoft Word) style to resize most of the text. The Header styles may need resizing too. | |
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| − | ==Page Setup==
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| − | *In OpenOffice.org, open the Format menu and select Page...
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| − | *In Microsoft Word, open the File menu and select Page Setup...
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| − | ==Pagination==
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| − | * Open the View menu and select Print layout.
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| − | * Press Ctrl+Enter wherever you want to start a new page.
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| − | ==Table of Contents==
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| − | # Click the place where you want to insert the Table of Contents to move the cursor there. | |
| − | # Open the Insert menu and click on Indexes and Tables... (In OpenOffice.org you actually open a submenu of the Insert menu - which is also named Indexes and Tables - and click on Indexes and Tables... in there.)
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| − | # Click on the "Index/Table" (OpenOffice.org) or "Table of Contents" (Microsoft Word) tab.
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| − | # Change the "Evaluate up to level" (OpenOffice.org) or "Show levels" (Microsoft Word) option to 2 and then click OK. | |
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| − | ==Cover==
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| − | * [[Mano a Mano:Front Cover|Front Cover]]
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| − | * [[Mano a Mano:Back Cover|Back Cover]]
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