On 08/24/2014 02:44 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
I'm evaluating XMLMind (16 days left on my eval copy) to do my 8.5x11
PDF and print books, as well as my ePub books. I was attracted to
Docbook and XMLMind in order to deploy my books (about 50K to 125K
words each) to both PDF/Print and to ePub, from one source file. And
I've already done that with XMLMind.
What I haven't been able to do yet is change existing styles (maps from
purpose to appearance) and make new ones.
This is feasible to a certain extent, but you'd better understand how
this works in the context of XML authoring, that is, an environment
where the book content is completely separated from its style.
Please take the time to read this section:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/ConversionStylesheetsEditor_intro.html
For instance, in both PDF and ePub, the only things I want to trigger a
new page are Part and Chapter. Right now both chapter and section
trigger a newpage in ePub, as well as some other elements. What I'd
like to do is find something equivalent to CSS in (x)html with which to
tell the converter that when it converts to ePub, pagefeed only Part
and Chapter, and perhaps make them bigger. For PDF, I might want other
things done with specific semantic parts via what I'm calling styles.
The other thing is, in the other book writing tools I've used,
WordPerfect, MSWord, LyX, and Sigil, I've always been able to define
new paragraph styles and character styles, and then apply them.
For instance, in every book, I have a style called "story" that I use when
somebody, maybe the narrator, is telling a story. I also have Tip,
Warning (I've used Warning in XMLMind but would like to change its
appearance), Danger, etc. How can I make and apply new styles with
XMLMind, and where can I find more info? I couldn't find it in the
tutorials or screencasts, or using Google.
Please refer to this FAQ:
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How do I customize the HTML, PDF, RTF, etc, generated using the "Convert
Document" menu?
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http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/faq.html#custom_deliverables
This being said, I don't think that XMLmind XML Editor is adapted to
your needs.
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