Book Creation Tutorials - Page 9

HarryT · 07-08-2007, 06:43 AM

Add a manual page break immediately before the title. As you say, there is a minimum length that a chapter has to be before it automatically appears in the TOC.

Andanzas · 07-08-2007, 07:19 AM

Thanks for your help.

Unfortunately it didn't work. I've attached an image (chapter 3 is the one that is not showing up) so you can see if I did something wrong:

Anyway, it's 4.00 a.m. and I should be sleeping, so I won't be able to post the book today. How frustrating, after all these hours.

HarryT · 07-08-2007, 07:28 AM

Have you got the "User page breaks" box checked on the "Options" page of the "Make Sony Reader" dialog?

Andanzas · 07-08-2007, 09:13 AM

Yes.

By the way, it doesn't happen just with short chapters. There is at least one chapter quite long that doesn't appear on the ToC. Maybe the problem is that this book is fairly short (it's about 200 pages on the Reader) but has 37 chapters?

David P · 07-09-2007, 12:10 PM

I deleted my copy of Book Designer (see earlier) and then tried to get the ciorrect one from //wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Book_Designer. I don't seem to get any response from the site, but when I hit the Stop button after 5 minutes, I can see a screen about Book designer. No reaction when I click on a link though. I have tried this a couple if times, and I can see no activity at my end - the broadband activity lights are steady, and my ZoneAlarm monitor shows no activity either. Is it me? can I get Book Designer elsewhere?

David P

David P · 07-09-2007, 12:29 PM

No, it woke up this time.

bookbinder · 07-15-2007, 07:12 PM

Harry, in your book designer tutorial you talked about the tedium of formatting marked text.

One possible alternative is to plug it into an online formatter (i.e. http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?...xt%20Formatter). I copied the text of an entire book into it and it formatted everything between underscores into lovely italic text, and deleted the underscores. It will also work with * and / markers.

NatCh · 07-15-2007, 11:01 PM

I recently noticed a setting to do that in the Tools=>Options for MS Word 2003 -- I haven't tried it out yet, though. This web tool is great for those who don't know the power of the Dark Side ... er, I mean who avoid MacroHard products.

bookbinder · 07-16-2007, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I recently noticed a setting to do that in the Tools=>Options for MS Word 2003 -- I haven't tried it out yet, though. This web tool is great for those who don't know the power of the Dark Side ... er, I mean who avoid MacroHard products.

I've tried using Word 2007's autoformat feature for that as well, but it didn't work... didn't recognize most of the instances.

NatCh · 07-16-2007, 11:31 AM

Huh. Well, that makes me less optimistic about it, but I'll probably still give it a shot, when I get around to doing so, anyway.

astra · 07-22-2007, 12:13 PM

Another question from n00b

My question will be about footers.

A book has the following structure:

Part I: Sun
1
2
3
Part II: Moon
1
2
3
Part III: Earth
1
2
3....

All pages in Part I, chaper 1 will have a footer:
Part I: Sun. 1

however, chapter 2 will have a footer:
2

etc.

Is it possible to keep "Part I: Sun." across a whole Part I as a footer + chapter's number?
For example: in chapter 2 my footer should be:
Part I: Sun. 2 (instead of just: 2)

otherwise chapter 2 in Part I is indistinguishable from chapter 2 in Part II or III etc.

Thank you

aphil · 09-09-2007, 06:18 PM

Great BD tutorial, Harry. But ... my version of BD (4.0) doesn't have a button for the Sony Reader format. Also, my dialog boxes are a bit different. Is your tut written for a higher version of BD? One of my workarounds has been to get files into rtf format, which seems to translate to the SR pretty well. The best translation so far, however, is still distilling from PageMaker 7 (laid out on a Sony-size page) to a .pdf.

Understandable but pretty irritating of Sony to (try to) tie us to their CONNECT service ... BAH HUMBUG! .......... AP in NC

JSWolf · 09-09-2007, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aphil

Great BD tutorial, Harry. But ... my version of BD (4.0) doesn't have a button for the Sony Reader format. Also, my dialog boxes are a bit different. Is your tut written for a higher version of BD? One of my workarounds has been to get files into rtf format, which seems to translate to the SR pretty well. The best translation so far, however, is still distilling from PageMaker 7 (laid out on a Sony-size page) to a .pdf.

Understandable but pretty irritating of Sony to (try to) tie us to their CONNECT service ... BAH HUMBUG! .......... AP in NC

Your version of BD needs to be upgraded to the 07/30/2007 version found here... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11786 (post #41 I think).

Then you'll have the ability to directly make Sony Reader (LRF) files for your reading enjoyment.

Strether · 09-09-2007, 11:19 PM

A book I'm working on has 4 or 5 small tables in it. Items in one column and dollar amounts in another, to the right of the first column. Any way of making BD keep them as arranged? Read through this whole thread and I don't see it discussed, though maybe it has somewhere else and I missed it.

Thanks.

Jim

Patricia · 09-10-2007, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strether

A book I'm working on has 4 or 5 small tables in it. Items in one column and dollar amounts in another, to the right of the first column. Any way of making BD keep them as arranged? Read through this whole thread and I don't see it discussed, though maybe it has somewhere else and I missed it.

Thanks.

Jim

On the Confuration menu, choose 'settings' and adjust them so that tables are preserved.

07-15-2007, 07:12 PM	#127
bookbinder Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 813 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, FW:5.6.1	formatting marked text Harry, in your book designer tutorial you talked about the tedium of formatting marked text. One possible alternative is to plug it into an online formatter (i.e. http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?...xt%20Formatter). I copied the text of an entire book into it and it formatted everything between underscores into lovely italic text, and deleted the underscores. It will also work with * and / markers.

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07-08-2007, 06:43 AM	#121
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Add a manual page break immediately before the title. As you say, there is a minimum length that a chapter has to be before it automatically appears in the TOC.

07-08-2007, 07:19 AM	#122
Andanzas Out of print Posts: 486 Karma: 1549538 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Sony PRS-500 (recycled), Pocketbook Inkpad X Pro	Thanks for your help. Unfortunately it didn't work. I've attached an image (chapter 3 is the one that is not showing up) so you can see if I did something wrong: Anyway, it's 4.00 a.m. and I should be sleeping, so I won't be able to post the book today. How frustrating, after all these hours.

07-08-2007, 07:28 AM	#123
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Have you got the "User page breaks" box checked on the "Options" page of the "Make Sony Reader" dialog?

07-08-2007, 09:13 AM	#124
Andanzas Out of print Posts: 486 Karma: 1549538 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Sony PRS-500 (recycled), Pocketbook Inkpad X Pro	Yes. By the way, it doesn't happen just with short chapters. There is at least one chapter quite long that doesn't appear on the ToC. Maybe the problem is that this book is fairly short (it's about 200 pages on the Reader) but has 37 chapters?

07-09-2007, 12:10 PM	#125
David P Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Device: Sony Reader PRS500	I deleted my copy of Book Designer (see earlier) and then tried to get the ciorrect one from //wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Book_Designer. I don't seem to get any response from the site, but when I hit the Stop button after 5 minutes, I can see a screen about Book designer. No reaction when I click on a link though. I have tried this a couple if times, and I can see no activity at my end - the broadband activity lights are steady, and my ZoneAlarm monitor shows no activity either. Is it me? can I get Book Designer elsewhere? David P

07-09-2007, 12:29 PM	#126
David P Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Device: Sony Reader PRS500	No, it woke up this time.

07-15-2007, 11:01 PM	#128
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I recently noticed a setting to do that in the Tools=>Options for MS Word 2003 -- I haven't tried it out yet, though. This web tool is great for those who don't know the power of the Dark Side ... er, I mean who avoid MacroHard products.

07-16-2007, 11:31 AM	#130
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Huh. Well, that makes me less optimistic about it, but I'll probably still give it a shot, when I get around to doing so, anyway.

07-22-2007, 12:13 PM	#131
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Another question from n00b My question will be about footers. A book has the following structure: Part I: Sun 1 2 3 Part II: Moon 1 2 3 Part III: Earth 1 2 3.... All pages in Part I, chaper 1 will have a footer: Part I: Sun. 1 however, chapter 2 will have a footer: 2 etc. Is it possible to keep "Part I: Sun." across a whole Part I as a footer + chapter's number? For example: in chapter 2 my footer should be: Part I: Sun. 2 (instead of just: 2) otherwise chapter 2 in Part I is indistinguishable from chapter 2 in Part II or III etc. Thank you

09-09-2007, 06:18 PM	#132
aphil Avid Reader Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Sony Reader	Great BD tutorial, Harry. But ... my version of BD (4.0) doesn't have a button for the Sony Reader format. Also, my dialog boxes are a bit different. Is your tut written for a higher version of BD? One of my workarounds has been to get files into rtf format, which seems to translate to the SR pretty well. The best translation so far, however, is still distilling from PageMaker 7 (laid out on a Sony-size page) to a .pdf. Understandable but pretty irritating of Sony to (try to) tie us to their CONNECT service ... BAH HUMBUG! .......... AP in NC

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09-09-2007, 11:19 PM	#134
Strether Guru Posts: 760 Karma: 2825929 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Device: Kindle 1; iPad Air; iPhone 7; Kobo Libra; Kindle Oasis 3	A book I'm working on has 4 or 5 small tables in it. Items in one column and dollar amounts in another, to the right of the first column. Any way of making BD keep them as arranged? Read through this whole thread and I don't see it discussed, though maybe it has somewhere else and I missed it. Thanks. Jim