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Originally Posted by The Straven
I'll load your epub onto the 800 very shortly. OpenOffice definitely has its limitations and it's crossed my mind that I really ought to learn to use TEX, but I'm HTML illiterate and it's a daunting project.
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TeX and HTML are not directly related. They're both mark-up languages, but beyond that, they use completely different syntax.
There's really nothing wrong with doing things your way. I was just stating my own preferences. I use LaTeX for work anyway; it may not be worth the effort in learning if you're doing this mainly for fun. It's mainly useful for math and other technical disciplines. It does have a steep learning curve at first.
Consistent styles, as you've noted, is the key. Part of my dislike of WYSIWYG is that most people who use editors like that don't use styles, which makes global changes a pain in the butt, to say the least. But it's admittedly unfair to blame the software for for the sloppy habits of its users.
HTML I think can be learned pretty easily if you're all inclined. You might start with the free tutorials here:
http://w3schools.com
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Breaking them into two "paragraphs" causes two bookmarks to be inserted into the generated PDF, and I imagine would do the same in EPUB.
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Can you insert a line break that isn't a paragraph break? (Ctrl-Enter, maybe?)
I haven't really experimented enough with how calibre handles TOC creation, but I think an HTML <br /> tag in the middle of <H3>...</H3> (or <H2> ... </H2>) would be harmless.
I could manually edit the TOC fine in the ePub after conversion, but that would be a pain.
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Originally Posted by roger64
- to generate a TOC: Insert/insert table and it detects automatically H1, H2, H3 with page numbers...You also can very quickly hyperlinks, pressing some more buttons. Just try it.
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The issue here is that this would result in one TOC entry for the chapter number, and another for the chapter title.
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- to generate en epub: euh... not here yet 
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Have you tried either of the OpenOffice ePub plugins in the ePub forum? I'd be curious what people thought of them.
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I heard and believe that latex is an all powerful tool, but for my modest use, it looks a little like overkill...
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It could be. As I noted, I have to use it anyway.
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Though I am a keen Ubuntu Karmic user, I use the command line sparingly, more than ones, less than others...
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Different strokes for different folks. Anyway, you don't need to do LaTeX through the command line. There are number of editors for it. There's even LyX, which is a very word-processor-like interface for it, and gummi, which lives a live-updating preview on the right with the code on the left.