Atlantis Word Processor - ePub creation tool - Page 9

awp · 02-18-2010, 12:17 PM

In Atlantis Word Processor Blog you can find information about "intended" and "unintended" page breaks in eBooks:

Page breaks in eBooks

6charlong · 02-28-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by awp

By the way, Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5 with all the eBook-related features and improvements mentioned in this thread, has been released as a public version. If you are using the beta version of Atlantis, you can upgrade to the latest public version through the "Help | Check for Updates..." menu command of Atlantis, or by running the latest setup file of Atlantis.

I downloaded the new version but it wouldn't install. The error message reads: Exception EAccessViolation. What am I doing wrong?

awp · 02-28-2010, 05:52 PM

Do you mean that the error message is displayed by the setup of Atlantis Word Processor? Or you cannot run the installed copy of Atlantis?

Was it a "clean install", or you had an older version of Atlantis before?

6charlong · 02-28-2010, 05:58 PM

It was a clean install of a copy of Atlantis I downloaded. The Atlantis install screen came up and the message box popped up immediately.

awp · 02-28-2010, 06:10 PM

It is something exceptional. Our users NEVER reported error messages of the setup of Atlantis Word Processor. Could you attach a screen capture of the entire setup window, or email it to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com?

Maybe the setup file is corrupt. Please check its size. It should be 3,348,006 bytes (version 1.6.5). If possible, please zip & email your setup file of Atlantis to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com.

Please try running the online setup file of Atlantis Word Processor:
http://www.AtlantisWordProcessor.com...lantis16en.exe (100 KB)
Do you get the same error message?

6charlong · 02-28-2010, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awp

It is something exceptional. Our users NEVER reported error messages of the setup of Atlantis Word Processor. Could you attach a screen capture of the entire setup window, or email it to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com?

Maybe the setup file is corrupt. Please check its size. It should be 3,348,006 bytes (version 1.6.5). If possible, please zip & email your setup file of Atlantis to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com.

Please try running the online setup file of Atlantis Word Processor:
http://www.AtlantisWordProcessor.com...lantis16en.exe (100 KB)
Do you get the same error message?

Thank you, that link did it. It was a user error: I should have known to use the "Run As Administrator" option. My fault.

awp · 02-28-2010, 07:13 PM

I am glad that you managed to install Atlantis Word Processor on your PC. But you do not need to launch the setup file of Atlantis Word Processor through the "Run As Administrator" command of Windows. When you launch the setup of Atlantis, it automatically requests "elevation" from Windows.

6charlong · 02-28-2010, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awp

I am glad that you managed to install Atlantis Word Processor on your PC. But you do not need to launch the setup file of Atlantis Word Processor through the "Run As Administrator" command of Windows. When you launch the setup of Atlantis, it automatically requests "elevation" from Windows.

It wouldn't run for me until I used the "Run As Administrator" setting. I even tried shutting off my firewall & AV. Nothing else worked. When it did install, it used the Administrator account Documents folder for the default.

I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium with all of the latest patches from Microsoft. Frankly, my PC has been running slower since the last patches, I think it was the one they pushed out Thursday, February 25th.

I've only used Atlantis for a few minutes but I like it a lot already. Thanks again for your help.

awp · 02-28-2010, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6charlong

It wouldn't run for me until I used the "Run As Administrator" setting.

Did you configure the UAC (User Account Control) of your Windows?

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6charlong

When it did install, it used the Administrator account Documents folder for the default.

By default, Atlantis uses the Documents folder of the current user to open/save documents. But this can be changed. Just click the "Browse..." button in the "Tools | Options... > Load/Save" dialog of Atlantis, and choose another "default folder" for your documents. Or uncheck the "Use Document Folder" box in the same dialog. Atlantis would remember "last used" folder, and automatically suggest it next time you use the "File | Open..." command.

6charlong · 02-28-2010, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awp

Did you configure the UAC (User Account Control) of your Windows?

No I didn't. Frankly, I don't know how.

Thanks for the tip on changing the default directory to whatever folder the file came out of. I much prefer it that way.

awp · 03-05-2010, 05:59 PM

The latest beta version of Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.1 has a new "batch conversion" command. You can use it to convert many documents to the EPUB format at one go.

EPUB is not the only output format offered by this "batch conversion" command. It can convert RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, COD (the proprietary encrypted document format of Atlantis Word Processor), or TXT documents to the RTF, DOC, DOCX, COD, TXT, or EPUB format.

You can find details here:
http://atlantiswordprocessor.blogspo...onversion.html

The new beta can be downloaded from this page:
http://www.AtlantisWordProcessor.com/en/beta

chainring · 03-05-2010, 10:24 PM

Are there plans for Atlantis to be able to open, and edit, an ePub anytime soon?

awp · 03-06-2010, 01:57 PM

We do not have such plans at the moment. But this might change in the future. Everything is possible.

chainring · 03-06-2010, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awp

We do not have such plans at the moment. But this might change in the future. Everything is possible.

I don't know if it would really differ, but how about the user unzipping an ePub and pointing Atlantis to the main file, be that TOC or whatever it is. Sorry, I don't know the structure of an ePub well enough to say for sure...

awp · 03-06-2010, 05:59 PM

Pointing Atlantis to what you call "the main file" would not help. Atlantis itself can unzip files. The problem is not with unzipping. The problem is that there are quite many incompatibilities between the content structure of EPUBs and the document structure used in Atlantis and other generic word processors. Most of those incompatibilities (if not all of them) can be probably resolved in one way or another. But it is not a simple task. Things would be much simpler if EPUB editing was the only purpose of Atlantis. But it is not. eBook-related features of Atlantis Word Processor are just a small fraction of the entire set of Atlantis features.

03-05-2010, 05:59 PM	#131
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Batch conversion The latest beta version of Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.1 has a new "batch conversion" command. You can use it to convert many documents to the EPUB format at one go. EPUB is not the only output format offered by this "batch conversion" command. It can convert RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, COD (the proprietary encrypted document format of Atlantis Word Processor), or TXT documents to the RTF, DOC, DOCX, COD, TXT, or EPUB format. You can find details here: http://atlantiswordprocessor.blogspo...onversion.html The new beta can be downloaded from this page: http://www.AtlantisWordProcessor.com/en/beta Attached Thumbnails Last edited by awp; 03-05-2010 at 06:04 PM.

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02-18-2010, 12:17 PM	#121
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	In Atlantis Word Processor Blog you can find information about "intended" and "unintended" page breaks in eBooks: Page breaks in eBooks

02-28-2010, 05:52 PM	#123
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Do you mean that the error message is displayed by the setup of Atlantis Word Processor? Or you cannot run the installed copy of Atlantis? Was it a "clean install", or you had an older version of Atlantis before?

02-28-2010, 05:58 PM	#124
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	It was a clean install of a copy of Atlantis I downloaded. The Atlantis install screen came up and the message box popped up immediately.

02-28-2010, 06:10 PM	#125
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	It is something exceptional. Our users NEVER reported error messages of the setup of Atlantis Word Processor. Could you attach a screen capture of the entire setup window, or email it to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com? Maybe the setup file is corrupt. Please check its size. It should be 3,348,006 bytes (version 1.6.5). If possible, please zip & email your setup file of Atlantis to support@AtlantisWordProcessor.com. Please try running the online setup file of Atlantis Word Processor: http://www.AtlantisWordProcessor.com...lantis16en.exe (100 KB) Do you get the same error message?

02-28-2010, 07:13 PM	#127
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	I am glad that you managed to install Atlantis Word Processor on your PC. But you do not need to launch the setup file of Atlantis Word Processor through the "Run As Administrator" command of Windows. When you launch the setup of Atlantis, it automatically requests "elevation" from Windows.

03-05-2010, 10:24 PM	#132
chainring Addict Posts: 210 Karma: 1000659 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650 (black), Kindle 3G	Are there plans for Atlantis to be able to open, and edit, an ePub anytime soon?

03-06-2010, 01:57 PM	#133
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	We do not have such plans at the moment. But this might change in the future. Everything is possible.

03-06-2010, 05:59 PM	#135
awp Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 16000 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Pointing Atlantis to what you call "the main file" would not help. Atlantis itself can unzip files. The problem is not with unzipping. The problem is that there are quite many incompatibilities between the content structure of EPUBs and the document structure used in Atlantis and other generic word processors. Most of those incompatibilities (if not all of them) can be probably resolved in one way or another. But it is not a simple task. Things would be much simpler if EPUB editing was the only purpose of Atlantis. But it is not. eBook-related features of Atlantis Word Processor are just a small fraction of the entire set of Atlantis features.