SETTINGS MENU
Key words list
The key words list is used during the text structure analysis to look for chapter titles. The contents of the list is user-defined: the words can be added or removed using the corresponding buttons at the right side of the menu.
Key words list buttons
add: add a new word to the list.
remove: remove the selected word from the list.
clear all: remove all words from the list.
default: restore default list.
"set colors" button
Allows one to set custom colors for main book elements such as book author, book title, chapter titles, subtitles, epigraphs and verses.
"set path" button
Allows one to set the user-defined directories for e-books to be created.
"set icons" button
Allows one to customize the part of BookDesigner toolbar.
Check boxes
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load last book at startup: if checked, the last book will be loaded at startup.
do not load finished book at startup: if checked, the last book will be not loaded at startup if it was finished.
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The boxes "keep original format" and "re-format completely" allows to assing
the re-formatting type for html, doc, rtf, and rb input files.
Warning. To work with these file types, MS Word 2000 or higher has to be installed on your PC.
- keep original format is checked. The input file is converted to the BookDesigner format. The main elements of the original file formatting (titles, paragraphs, images, links) are kept. The epigraphs and verces search is not performed.
- re-format completely is checked. The input file is converted to the BookDesigner format. The pure text is extracted from the input file and the book formatting is performed basing on the text structure.
Comment 1. Mainly (but not always) the option "keep original format" gives better results than the "re-format completely" one.
Comment 2. The usage of either of two options resolves ??? problem of doc and rtf files.
- Neither of the two boxes is checked. The input file is not converted to the BookDesigner format. The input file format is keeping completely. Warning. This option is for the book reading only! It is not suitable for the e-books creation!
text formatting drop list allows one to choose the text formatting options.
- auto. BookDesigner will choose the text formatting type automatically basing on the text structure.
- tabulators. BookDesigner will reformat the text basing on the found entrances (spaces or tabs). Warning. Use this option if the initial text is well-formatted and paragraphs are tabulated.
- line ends. BookDesigner will reformat the text assuming that the paragraphs are separated by line ends. Warning. Use this option if the initial text is well-formatted.
- simple. BookDesigner will reformat the text basing on the found entrances (spaces or tabs). Also the simple check of the correct paragraph's stars and ends will be performed.
- advanced. This option is used to restore badly-formatted texts (no paragraph entrances, broken lines, etc.)
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make chapter bookmarks: if checked, Book Designer will insert automatically chapter bookmarks during the book formatting. Note. Book Designer will bookmark all the suspicious places looking alike of book chapters. It is possible that it will make more bookmarks than necessary. If so, just open "Bookmarks" window and remove not necessary bookmarks.
make book contents: if checked, Book Designer will create automatically a book contents. The book contents will be inserted at the beginning of the book. Note. Book Designer puts into the book contents all the suspicious items looking alike of book chapters. It is possible that it will contain more items than necessary. If so, just remove not necessary items by delete.
find epigraphs: if checked, Book Designer will try to find the epigraphs
find verses: if checked, Book Designer will try to find the verses
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always use keywords: if checked and keep original format
is checked, the keywords will be used to look for additional titles for doc, rtf and html input files.
doc and rtf advanced export: allows to specify additional options when the BookDesigner file is saved as a Word document (doc or rtf file). If checked, the hyphenations will be inserted, the paragraphs will be justified, and the pictures will be saved inside the doc-file.
use MS Word to make lit-files: if checked, MS Word will be used to make MS Reader (lit) files, otherwise BookDesigner will create them.
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russian help: if checked, Russian language help will be activated. Otherwise the help will be shown in English.
show "file not saved" warning: if checked, Book Designer will warn about not saved files.
use Book Designer spell check: if checked, Book Designer spellcheck will be activated, otherwise the conventional MS Word spellcheck will be used. Note. MS Word spellcheck is faster, but it is not designed for html files, and in some cases (especially if a book contains pictures or controls) it can change strongly a book content. Both options require MS Word installed.
MultiLanguage support: if checked, the multilanguage support will be activated. This option allows one to edit national language books at the computer which has no the corresponding system language. Note. For Windows 95/98/Me the multilanguage support is working not for the all editing options.
book language: allows one to choose the language of the book to be loaded. For English and Russian books the language is always detected automatically. However for the other listed languages the automatic language detector may give sometimes wrong results. For this reason it is better to assign the language manually before the book loading.
Buttons
done: memorize new settings.
reload file: reload current file with new settings.
cancel: cancel new settings.
This file was created with BookDesigner program
e-mail: bookdesigner@go.com
03.07.2003