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you need to use either the new (beta) GUI or the command line conversion tools. In either case, you'll need to use the command line to start the tools. Since I can't tell what kind of system you have, I'll give you Mac OS X directions 'cause that's what I have. Perhaps some other kind soul can fill in the windows/linux version of this.
Step 0: move the libprs500 program that you downloaded off of the disk image to some spot on your hard disk. The Applications folder is a good choice.
Step 1: double-click the main libprs500 program. It'll start up the OLD GUI, and ask for name and password the first time it runs.
Step 2: Quit the old GUI. Don't bother with the old GUI from here on -- it's obsolete and being replaced. It doesn't get any bug fixes any more.
At this point your choices divide. You can just use the command line, or you can use the new beta GUI.
For the command line choice:
Step 3: Open a terminal window. That's found in Applications/Utilities/Terminal
Step 4: issue the command 'rtftolrf -xyzzy' (type everything between the single-quotes, but not the single-quotes themselves, in the terminal window; end with a return-key). The -xyzzy is an illegal switch, so you'll get the usage info out of the tool.
Step 5: issue the command 'rtftolrf yourfile.rtf -o youroutputfile.lrf' in your terminal window
See the command do its thing.
Step 6: read the usage info from step 4 and decide what other switches you want to use.
Step 7: use the more complicated command line switches to modify your how your rtf gets processed into LRF.
For the gui choice, issue the command libprs500-beta. This will open a new GUI window. Use the 'Add Book' command to load one of your books into the GUI's database. Use the 'Edit meta-data' command to set the title, author, etc. Use the Convert commands to convert to LRF. There are point-n-clicky buttons and stuff to set options. Can you tell I haven't used this option much?
In either case, please drop another post here to let us know how it goes. Also, the author of the software just left on a 2-week trip so there won't be any bug-fixes until he gets back.
Xenophon
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