e-Book Tools - a Word add-in - Page 14

BetterRed · 11-10-2014, 01:50 AM

@Toxaris - dunno what you, me, we did... but that curious Menu Commands group has disappeared from the Epub Tools Ribbon

BR

Toxaris · 11-10-2014, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

And just to specify exactly what I mean by left-margin blockquotes after import (I should have taken snapshots and done my usual, forgive me!).

..snip...

As you can see, in the third image, the blockquote is much easier to spot when compared to the second.

Hmm, if you didn't create a class for blockquote it will be represented in Word based on its internal style for blockquote. Also, please remember that only HTML4 and CSS1 is supported. Everything else will be ignored. Especially for special selectors in CSS this can be annoying. However, there is a silver lining. As style names will be retained, you can attach the original stylesheet if you export back to ePUB (if that is the goal) and everything should be alright. You have to enable the option 'retain own stylenames' for the HTML export though.

Toxaris · 11-10-2014, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Toxaris - dunno what you, me, we did... but that curious Menu Commands group has disappeared from the Epub Tools Ribbon

BR

Great!

Hitch · 11-10-2014, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

My usual workflow is:

PDF -> OCR -> EPUB -> Tweak + Complete EPUB.

When a book needs to not just be converted, but copyedited (changing from British Spelling -> American, etc. etc.), these extra steps get tacked on:

Tweaked/Completed EPUB -> Convert/Import to DOC(X)/ODT -> Copyediting -> Export DOC(X)/ODT to EPUB -> Tweak + Complete (Copyedited) EPUB.

So I am already inputting a perfectly completed/marked up EPUB. Perhaps I am just not understanding you correctly? Are you saying:

Do an extra manual pass in Word after the Import, in order to change all blockquote paragraphs to a "Blockquote" style in Word? Then after I can export BACK to EPUB, I can easily see what is a blockquote and what isn't?

... All these fancy Word Processors are definitely not my strong point (I prefer working in straight text/code).

And I am not the one doing the Copyediting, so it might be hard for another person to tell exactly what is what (mistakes can easily be made with just the minor margin top/bottom, and no other way to distinguish blockquote from normal text). With a left margin, that would distinctly offset the blockquotes from the normal text.

Meh, maybe I am just going insane, and doing everything all wrong. That could always be possible.

Hmmm...what I mean is, if you have something that is a blockquote, in the Word file, BEFORE you process it out to ePUB, simply create a named style called "Blockquote." You can set the indents, etc., as you will--the naming is the important part. When you export the ePUB, using Tox's mighty ePUBTools, retain the named styles. When you have your ePUB, simply name your blockquote style the same as you have it named in the Word file, (or, for expediency, name the style that way in the Word file in the first place), or regex the Word file so that your blockquote style has the same name as your CSS file.

I guess I should have started by asking: are you exporting your own named styles, from the Word file, with the ePUB, using ePT?

Hitch

Soxendom · 01-15-2015, 09:09 AM

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I installed your plugin and tried it on a file that I already had ready.

I have a few styles of my own labelled
author
textauthor
epigraph
sectionbreak
artcentre

For some reason "author" and "artcentre" did not show up even though I clicked them to be retained.
Is there some naming convention that I must follow to enable them to show up?

dickloraine · 01-15-2015, 11:30 AM

Word often makes "mixed" styles, that are both, paragraph and character styles. I think the tools only retain pure paragraph styles.

Soxendom · 01-15-2015, 12:43 PM

I've just double checked and they are both paragraph styles

Toxaris · 01-15-2015, 01:03 PM

There is no real naming convention, although styles with spaces and strange characters can cause strange effects. Can you sent me a demo document so I can see why the names are not retained?

Soxendom · 01-15-2015, 01:19 PM

I've uploaded a test doc. This time "artcentre" worked (I don't know why it didn't before) but "author" didn't. I've had to save it as .doc because I can't upload docx.

Toxaris · 01-15-2015, 02:32 PM

Thanks, will check it out tomorrow morning!

Toxaris · 01-16-2015, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soxendom

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I installed your plugin and tried it on a file that I already had ready.

I have a few styles of my own labelled
author
textauthor
epigraph
sectionbreak
artcentre

For some reason "author" and "artcentre" did not show up even though I clicked them to be retained.
Is there some naming convention that I must follow to enable them to show up?

I could reproduce it from your example file and found the cause for the behavior. For some strange reason sometimes Word append codes to the stylenames. Why and when this occurs is not clear at all. I made a fix which checks for this and to properly maintain the class names. It will be in the next release which will probably be released soon.

Toxaris · 01-27-2015, 04:19 PM

New release is out. It solves various bug and delivers updates. For a changelog please see here.

It should also fix the issue from Soxendom.

Soxendom · 02-28-2015, 10:48 AM

I think I've found a bug.
The code for the cover reads:

Code:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100$" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 599 799" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><image height="799" width="599" xlink:href="../Images/cover.png" /></svg>

Should this not read:

Code:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 599 799" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><image height="799" width="599" xlink:href="../Images/cover.png" /></svg>

Also my endnotes don't seem to be working properly.
I'm making a book with one endnote which shows correctly in word i.e. CATS A[1] to reference Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. In the epub however, the end note shows as <a id="RETN1">CATSA</a><a href="#_EDN1" id="_EDNREF1" title="">[1]</a> which takes you to the top of the book and the endnote itself is changed to To See the Face of God

Sorry to bother you. Thanks

Toxaris · 02-28-2015, 11:25 AM

I just tested this myself, because it sounds weird that nobody (including myself) would have caught that. The code generated is as it should, with a percent sign, not a dollar sign. No idea where that might come from at all. Which version are you running and on what OS/Word version?

Also the note is very peculiar which does not make sense. The id name is not coming from the add-in. I would be interested in the Word document (or the relevant part) and your settings file (%appdata%\toxaris\epubtools.cfg) so I can try to reproduce and, if I can reproduce it, solve the error. It might be another strange thing in Word.

Soxendom · 02-28-2015, 12:27 PM

I'm using Windows 7 64bit with epubtools version 1.10.0 and Word 2007.

I don't know whether it's relevant but when I go into the settings for epubtools it comes up with a new version popup for the same version 1.10.0

I've attached the files you wanted along with the cover.

02-28-2015, 10:48 AM	#208
Soxendom Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS T1	I think I've found a bug. The code for the cover reads: Code: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100$" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 599 799" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><image height="799" width="599" xlink:href="../Images/cover.png" /></svg> Should this not read: Code: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 599 799" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><image height="799" width="599" xlink:href="../Images/cover.png" /></svg> Also my endnotes don't seem to be working properly. I'm making a book with one endnote which shows correctly in word i.e. CATS A[1] to reference Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. In the epub however, the end note shows as <a id="RETN1">CATSA</a><sup><a href="#_EDN1" id="_EDNREF1" title="">[1]</a></sup></span> which takes you to the top of the book and the endnote itself is changed to <p>To See the Face of God</p> Sorry to bother you. Thanks

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11-10-2014, 01:50 AM	#196
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,767 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Toxaris - dunno what you, me, we did... but that curious Menu Commands group has disappeared from the Epub Tools Ribbon BR

01-15-2015, 09:09 AM	#200
Soxendom Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS T1	I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I installed your plugin and tried it on a file that I already had ready. I have a few styles of my own labelled author textauthor epigraph sectionbreak artcentre For some reason "author" and "artcentre" did not show up even though I clicked them to be retained. Is there some naming convention that I must follow to enable them to show up?

01-15-2015, 11:30 AM	#201
dickloraine Guru Posts: 631 Karma: 7544528 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Berlin Device: PRS 350, Kobo Aura	Word often makes "mixed" styles, that are both, paragraph and character styles. I think the tools only retain pure paragraph styles.

01-15-2015, 12:43 PM	#202
Soxendom Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS T1	I've just double checked and they are both paragraph styles

01-15-2015, 01:03 PM	#203
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	There is no real naming convention, although styles with spaces and strange characters can cause strange effects. Can you sent me a demo document so I can see why the names are not retained?

01-15-2015, 02:32 PM	#205
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Thanks, will check it out tomorrow morning!

01-27-2015, 04:19 PM	#207
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	New release is out. It solves various bug and delivers updates. For a changelog please see here. It should also fix the issue from Soxendom.

02-28-2015, 11:25 AM	#209
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I just tested this myself, because it sounds weird that nobody (including myself) would have caught that. The code generated is as it should, with a percent sign, not a dollar sign. No idea where that might come from at all. Which version are you running and on what OS/Word version? Also the note is very peculiar which does not make sense. The id name is not coming from the add-in. I would be interested in the Word document (or the relevant part) and your settings file (%appdata%\toxaris\epubtools.cfg) so I can try to reproduce and, if I can reproduce it, solve the error. It might be another strange thing in Word.

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