Hi :) The Docs Team use Writer for all their guides. They do also have brief notes / summaries outside of whichever guide they are writing and do use their mailing list to help get consensus about side-issues. Getting involved there might help you learn tricks or at least see the process. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Mirosław Zalewski <mini...@poczta.onet.pl> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Monday, 8 July 2013, 22:51 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > > >On 08/07/2013 at 22:58, "Virgil Arrington" <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> but to >> me trying to write a book with LO Writer is like trying to force a square >> peg into a round hole. Yes, it can be done, but the labor involved may not >> be worth it. > >I think you merge two totally different ideas: writing a book and publishing a >book. > >As for writing, Writer and LaTeX are pretty much comparable - they both sucks. >They do not provide basic tools needed for writers, such as character >descriptions (were her eyes blue or green?) or detailed outline of story (this >is different than outline of chapters). Of course you can overcome it with >nice >note-taking app, custom wiki or organized papers, but in some other programs >you do not have to. > >As for publishing (making it look beautiful), LaTeX classes and forced >separation of structure and look usually provides better defaults than Writer. >Agreed. > >But then, we talk about defaults. It's not like you can't change them. >If you learn your tools and think in advance, create decent-looking long >document in Writer can be done with little hassle. > >I have created and edited some long (100+ pages) documents in Writer and never >seen anything in LaTeX that would be a dealbreaker for me. If anywhere, I >would go to full-fledged DTP suite such as Adobe InDesign. >-- >Best regards >Mirosław Zalewski > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
