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==From Wiki to Word Processor==
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# Go to the [[Mano a Mano:Book]] page.
 
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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.
# Go to the [[Mano a Mano:Book]] page, and save the complete page (with images) on your computer.
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# Import the contents of the page into your favorite word processor
# Open your saved copy of the page with a plain text editor (like notepad.)
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#* Option A: (the easy and clean way)
# Replace everything up to <code><nowiki><!-- begin content --></nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki><html><body></nowiki></code>
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#*# Save the page (save the complete page with images if your browser has that option)
# Replace everything starting from <code><nowiki><div class="printfooter"></nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki></body></html></nowiki></code>
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#*# Edit the html source with a plain text editor (like notepad)
# 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>
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#*# Replace everything up to <code><nowiki><!-- begin content --></nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki><html><body></nowiki></code>
# Save the changes and close the text editor
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#*# Replace everything starting from <code><nowiki><!-- Saved in parser cache</nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki></body></html></nowiki></code>
# Open the modified copy of the page with your favorite word processor
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#*# Save the changes, close the text editor and open the html document with your word processor
# If you are using OpenOffice.org, export the document as an OpenDocument text file (.odt).
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#* Option B: save the the page, open it in your word processor and delete the heading and footer in the word processor.
# If you are using Microsoft Word, save the document as a Word document (.doc).
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#* Option C: select everything on the page except the header and footer, copy and paste it into the word processor.
 
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# Adjust the settings in the word processor for the book format you want.
==Give it some Style==
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# Fix anything that doesn't look good.
 
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#* Modifying styles is usually easier than selecting and changing the font settings of individual paragraphs.
To change a style in OpenOffice.org:
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#* To change a style in OpenOffice.org press F11, right click the style and select Modify.
 
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#** Make the "List Heading" style bold so definition titles are bold.
# Press F11 to bring up the Styles palette
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#** Change the spacing below paragraphs to 0 for the "Table Contents" style.
# Click on the paragraph symbol to select a paragraph style or the 'A' to select a character style.
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#* To remove borders from pictures in OpenOffice.org:
# Right-click the style and select the Modify option
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#** Right-click on the picture and select Picture...
 
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#** Click on the Borders tab in the Picture dialog box
 
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#** Change the Style to -None- and click OK.
To change a style in Microsoft Word:
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# Paginate the document
 
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# Create a table of contents
# Open the Format menu and click Style... to bring up the Style dialog box
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#* Before you can insert a Table of Contents in OpenOffice.org you must export the document to OpenOffice.org text (.odt) format.
# Select the style and click on the Modify... button to bring up the Modify Style dialog box
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# Now you have the whole system ready for printing, exporting to PDF, etc.
# Use the Format button at the bottom of this dialog to change the style.
 
 
 
 
 
;image borders:
 
: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.
 
 
 
;cross-references
 
: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.
 
 
 
;definition terms (like this)
 
: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.)
 
 
 
;tables
 
: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.
 
 
 
;font size
 
:Use the "Default" (OpenOffice.org) or "Normal" (Microsoft Word) style to resize most of the text.  The Header styles may need resizing too.
 
 
 
==Page Setup==
 
 
 
*In OpenOffice.org, open the Format menu and select Page...
 
*In Microsoft Word, open the File menu and select Page Setup...
 
 
 
==Pagination==
 
 
 
* Open the View menu and select Print layout.
 
* Press Ctrl+Enter wherever you want to start a new page.
 
 
 
==Table of Contents==
 
 
 
# 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.)
 
# Click on the "Index/Table" (OpenOffice.org) or "Table of Contents" (Microsoft Word) tab.
 
# Change the "Evaluate up to level" (OpenOffice.org) or "Show levels" (Microsoft Word) option to 2 and then click OK.
 
 
 
==Cover==
 
 
 
* [[Mano a Mano:Front Cover|Front Cover]]
 
* [[Mano a Mano:Back Cover|Back Cover]]
 

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