Comments on: How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Fri, 25 May 2012 12:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Here’s How Technology Can Help You Create Your Own Fitness Empire | bodybuilding and fitness marketing I passive income I promotion I scott york http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-16176 Here’s How Technology Can Help You Create Your Own Fitness Empire | bodybuilding and fitness marketing I passive income I promotion I scott york Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:42:50 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-16176 [...] 1) http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13 [...] [...] 1) http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13 [...]

]]> By: Creating a book with OpenOffice.org: links 2-8-2009 http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8973 Creating a book with OpenOffice.org: links 2-8-2009 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:48:05 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8973 [...] How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 - Starting from scratch. [...] [...] How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 – Starting from scratch. [...]

]]> By: Destillat KW31-2009 | duetsch.info - GNU/Linux, Open Source, Softwareentwicklung, Selbstmanagement, Vim ... http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8944 Destillat KW31-2009 | duetsch.info - GNU/Linux, Open Source, Softwareentwicklung, Selbstmanagement, Vim ... Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:09:25 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8944 [...] How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 [...] [...] How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 [...]

]]> By: How to layout a book with OpenOffice.org Parts 2 and 3 | Lantern Torch http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8925 How to layout a book with OpenOffice.org Parts 2 and 3 | Lantern Torch Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:23:31 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8925 [...] Part 1 (if you missed it) [...] [...] Part 1 (if you missed it) [...]

]]> By: Using OpenOffice.org For Book Layout « Opportunity Knocks http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8896 Using OpenOffice.org For Book Layout « Opportunity Knocks Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:33:13 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8896 [...] 2009-July-28 How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 – Make Tech Easier It is all in your head: the plot, the characters, the locations, and even the scenes, but for some [...] [...] 2009-July-28 How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 – Make Tech Easier It is all in your head: the plot, the characters, the locations, and even the scenes, but for some [...]

]]> By: At a Glance: Last Week’s Reviews - Technology http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8815 At a Glance: Last Week’s Reviews - Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:02:51 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8815 [...] alternative” to Microsoft Office. Finally, blogger Travis Hampton got hands-on with OpenOffice, posting the first part in a series of tutorials on how to prepare an OpenOffice.org document in book [...] [...] alternative” to Microsoft Office. Finally, blogger Travis Hampton got hands-on with OpenOffice, posting the first part in a series of tutorials on how to prepare an OpenOffice.org document in book [...]

]]> By: How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 2 - Make Tech Easier http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8779 How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 2 - Make Tech Easier Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:02:28 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8779 [...] the first part of this series, I explained how to prepare an OpenOffice.org document for book layout. In this [...] [...] the first part of this series, I explained how to prepare an OpenOffice.org document for book layout. In this [...]

]]> By: Book writing with Open Source Software « The Modrich Blog http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8739 Book writing with Open Source Software « The Modrich Blog Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:33:59 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8739 [...] quick Google search lead me to a nice article on the Make Tech Easier blog – How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1. I expect this will help me sort out the formatting and layout required for my [...] [...] quick Google search lead me to a nice article on the Make Tech Easier blog – How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1. I expect this will help me sort out the formatting and layout required for my [...]

]]> By: Tavis J. Hampton http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8687 Tavis J. Hampton Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:27:41 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8687 Thank you for all of your helpful comments. I will include some of your suggestions in Part 2. Regarding page breaks, I have never had trouble with them. I have written a 312-page book, a 270-page one, and am working on a third. I used them for the title page and first few pages, but only at the ends of chapters throughout the remaining pages. It is important later on when you need to make sure your chapters and page numbers are correct. I agree with Stephen about formatting after writing the book. The only formatting I do before writing is the page size, and that is already done for me when I start with my template. Thank you for all of your helpful comments. I will include some of your suggestions in Part 2.

Regarding page breaks, I have never had trouble with them. I have written a 312-page book, a 270-page one, and am working on a third. I used them for the title page and first few pages, but only at the ends of chapters throughout the remaining pages. It is important later on when you need to make sure your chapters and page numbers are correct.

I agree with Stephen about formatting after writing the book. The only formatting I do before writing is the page size, and that is already done for me when I start with my template.

]]> By: Tavis J. Hampton http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-23028 Tavis J. Hampton Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:27:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-23028 Thank you for all of your helpful comments. I will include some of your suggestions in Part 2. Regarding page breaks, I have never had trouble with them. I have written a 312-page book, a 270-page one, and am working on a third. I used them for the title page and first few pages, but only at the ends of chapters throughout the remaining pages. It is important later on when you need to make sure your chapters and page numbers are correct. I agree with Stephen about formatting after writing the book. The only formatting I do before writing is the page size, and that is already done for me when I start with my template. Thank you for all of your helpful comments. I will include some of your suggestions in Part 2.

Regarding page breaks, I have never had trouble with them. I have written a 312-page book, a 270-page one, and am working on a third. I used them for the title page and first few pages, but only at the ends of chapters throughout the remaining pages. It is important later on when you need to make sure your chapters and page numbers are correct.

I agree with Stephen about formatting after writing the book. The only formatting I do before writing is the page size, and that is already done for me when I start with my template.

]]> By: Stephen http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8686 Stephen Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:10:07 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8686 Having just finished a 130 page book in OO, there are a number of important tricks. Rule #1 is "Write the book, then format it." Rule #2 is "Thou shalt use page styles." OO has excellent support for styles. Learn to use left & right pages (which once you get it set up actually works pretty easily) and to use different styles for each chapter so that your page header shows the current chapter correctly. A little-documented but very important trick for working with page styles is that not all hard page breaks are equal. [CTRL][ENTER] is useless with page styles. Insert the page breaks between chapters explicitly, using "Insert|Manual Break". This brings up the Insert Break dialog, where the (next page's) Style can be chosen from a dropdown. That's key to making the style formatting flow correctly. All in all, OO is a great tool for writing, and true style support makes it much more powerful than Word for large documents. Having just finished a 130 page book in OO, there are a number of important tricks.

Rule #1 is “Write the book, then format it.” Rule #2 is “Thou shalt use page styles.” OO has excellent support for styles. Learn to use left & right pages (which once you get it set up actually works pretty easily) and to use different styles for each chapter so that your page header shows the current chapter correctly.

A little-documented but very important trick for working with page styles is that not all hard page breaks are equal. [CTRL][ENTER] is useless with page styles. Insert the page breaks between chapters explicitly, using “Insert|Manual Break”. This brings up the Insert Break dialog, where the (next page’s) Style can be chosen from a dropdown. That’s key to making the style formatting flow correctly.

All in all, OO is a great tool for writing, and true style support makes it much more powerful than Word for large documents.

]]> By: Stephen http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-23027 Stephen Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:10:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-23027 Having just finished a 130 page book in OO, there are a number of important tricks. Rule #1 is "Write the book, then format it." Rule #2 is "Thou shalt use page styles." OO has excellent support for styles. Learn to use left & right pages (which once you get it set up actually works pretty easily) and to use different styles for each chapter so that your page header shows the current chapter correctly. A little-documented but very important trick for working with page styles is that not all hard page breaks are equal. [CTRL][ENTER] is useless with page styles. Insert the page breaks between chapters explicitly, using "Insert|Manual Break". This brings up the Insert Break dialog, where the (next page's) Style can be chosen from a dropdown. That's key to making the style formatting flow correctly. All in all, OO is a great tool for writing, and true style support makes it much more powerful than Word for large documents. Having just finished a 130 page book in OO, there are a number of important tricks.

Rule #1 is “Write the book, then format it.” Rule #2 is “Thou shalt use page styles.” OO has excellent support for styles. Learn to use left & right pages (which once you get it set up actually works pretty easily) and to use different styles for each chapter so that your page header shows the current chapter correctly.

A little-documented but very important trick for working with page styles is that not all hard page breaks are equal. [CTRL][ENTER] is useless with page styles. Insert the page breaks between chapters explicitly, using “Insert|Manual Break”. This brings up the Insert Break dialog, where the (next page’s) Style can be chosen from a dropdown. That’s key to making the style formatting flow correctly.

All in all, OO is a great tool for writing, and true style support makes it much more powerful than Word for large documents.

]]> By: feicipet http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8684 feicipet Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:49:50 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8684 Honestly, this doesn't sound like the way I'd start doing it. When I start writing a big document, I'll start off defining my classes of text. I'd be creating different paragraph classes for titles, sub-titles etc. Then I'll customize the styling/formatting for those classes. Then I write what I want in the actual document itself, highlight the title (for e.g.) and then just double click on the "Title" paragraph class to set it automatically. I'll also try to minimize the manual page breaks I need to make. Typically, I'll want a page break before each new section. So, I create a new paragraph class for "Section" and in the formatting for the class, I'll configure it to automatically introduce page breaks by going to "Text Flow" -> Break -> Insert/Page/Before. That way, I make my document more consistent overall and less susceptible to human error. Honestly, this doesn’t sound like the way I’d start doing it. When I start writing a big document, I’ll start off defining my classes of text. I’d be creating different paragraph classes for titles, sub-titles etc. Then I’ll customize the styling/formatting for those classes. Then I write what I want in the actual document itself, highlight the title (for e.g.) and then just double click on the “Title” paragraph class to set it automatically. I’ll also try to minimize the manual page breaks I need to make. Typically, I’ll want a page break before each new section. So, I create a new paragraph class for “Section” and in the formatting for the class, I’ll configure it to automatically introduce page breaks by going to “Text Flow” -> Break -> Insert/Page/Before. That way, I make my document more consistent overall and less susceptible to human error.

]]> By: feicipet http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-23026 feicipet Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:49:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-23026 Honestly, this doesn't sound like the way I'd start doing it. When I start writing a big document, I'll start off defining my classes of text. I'd be creating different paragraph classes for titles, sub-titles etc. Then I'll customize the styling/formatting for those classes. Then I write what I want in the actual document itself, highlight the title (for e.g.) and then just double click on the "Title" paragraph class to set it automatically. I'll also try to minimize the manual page breaks I need to make. Typically, I'll want a page break before each new section. So, I create a new paragraph class for "Section" and in the formatting for the class, I'll configure it to automatically introduce page breaks by going to "Text Flow" -> Break -> Insert/Page/Before. That way, I make my document more consistent overall and less susceptible to human error. Honestly, this doesn’t sound like the way I’d start doing it. When I start writing a big document, I’ll start off defining my classes of text. I’d be creating different paragraph classes for titles, sub-titles etc. Then I’ll customize the styling/formatting for those classes. Then I write what I want in the actual document itself, highlight the title (for e.g.) and then just double click on the “Title” paragraph class to set it automatically. I’ll also try to minimize the manual page breaks I need to make. Typically, I’ll want a page break before each new section. So, I create a new paragraph class for “Section” and in the formatting for the class, I’ll configure it to automatically introduce page breaks by going to “Text Flow” -> Break -> Insert/Page/Before. That way, I make my document more consistent overall and less susceptible to human error.

]]> By: How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 | Lantern Torch http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8681 How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 | Lantern Torch Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:25:06 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8681 [...] Read the rest var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, linkedin, more'; [...] [...] Read the rest var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, linkedin, more'; [...]

]]> By: HowtoMatrix » How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8680 HowtoMatrix » How to Layout a Book with OpenOffice.org: Part 1 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:49:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8680 [...] Read more at Make Tech Easier [...] [...] Read more at Make Tech Easier [...]

]]> By: Lenn http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8667 Lenn Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:01:48 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8667 Thanks for sharing! Never knew you can do all that with OpenOffice! Thought you can only do that on Illustrator. By the way, I'm helping my friend promote a contest where you can win a year's supply of GV movie tickets! Taking part is simple, and it's by a portal that helps people with tech related queries. Details here: http://www.infocomm123.sg/games_and_contests#ilikeilink Thanks for sharing! Never knew you can do all that with OpenOffice! Thought you can only do that on Illustrator.
By the way, I’m helping my friend promote a contest where you can win a year’s supply of GV movie tickets! Taking part is simple, and it’s by a portal that helps people with tech related queries. Details here: http://www.infocomm123.sg/games_and_contests#ilikeilink

]]> By: Lenn http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-23024 Lenn Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:01:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-23024 Thanks for sharing! Never knew you can do all that with OpenOffice! Thought you can only do that on Illustrator. By the way, I'm helping my friend promote a contest where you can win a year's supply of GV movie tickets! Taking part is simple, and it's by a portal that helps people with tech related queries. Details here: http://www.infocomm123.sg/games_and_contests#ilikeilink Thanks for sharing! Never knew you can do all that with OpenOffice! Thought you can only do that on Illustrator.
By the way, I’m helping my friend promote a contest where you can win a year’s supply of GV movie tickets! Taking part is simple, and it’s by a portal that helps people with tech related queries. Details here: http://www.infocomm123.sg/games_and_contests#ilikeilink

]]> By: Lenn http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-23025 Lenn Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:01:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-23025 Thanks for sharing! Never knew you can do all that with OpenOffice! Thought you can only do that on Illustrator. By the way, I'm helping my friend promote a contest where you can win a year's supply of GV movie tickets! Taking part is simple, and it's by a portal that helps people with tech related queries. Details here: http://www.infocomm123.sg/games_and_contests#ilikeilink Thanks for sharing! Never knew you can do all that with OpenOffice! Thought you can only do that on Illustrator.
By the way, I’m helping my friend promote a contest where you can win a year’s supply of GV movie tickets! Taking part is simple, and it’s by a portal that helps people with tech related queries. Details here: http://www.infocomm123.sg/games_and_contests#ilikeilink

]]> By: Jim C http://maketecheasier.com/layout-a-book-with-openoffice-org-part-1/2009/07/13#comment-8662 Jim C Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:43:15 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=5847#comment-8662 Or use Lyx no formatting required ? Or use Lyx no formatting required ?

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