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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 14:44:03 GMT
There is in fact no "formatting" section, but two: one for printed books and one for e-books. The problem you described is probabely not a problem of formatting with your text processor (that means not a MS Word problem), put a problem of creating a PDF file (means Word does not export properly). I would suggest you to test the following steps: - get a free copy of Libreoffice www.libreoffice.org/download/download/ (available for Windows, MacOS and Linux)
- open your Word document with Libreoffice
- export it as it is as File->Export->Export as PDF
- try this *draft* PDF
If it works Background: I had never issues with PDF exported from LibreOffice and Scribus; a lot of users here had never issues with PDF exported with LibreOffice or OpenOffice.
Benziger, in the past I thought that Open Office was absolutely compatible with Microsoft Word. I found out the hard way that it is not. Tons of items moved and were altered. Is Libre Office different or just another word for Open Office? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 14:45:32 GMT
It might be nice to include a MS Word Formatting Help forum in the Support Section. Word can be a beast to get Styles and Page Numbering and Headers and Footer and such working, and it seems that Word is pretty much the default processor people are using. Ah, how I miss WordPerfect... I love Word, though I hated it at the beginning. Perhaps we can create a thread instead of a section. |
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Post by benziger on Jun 15, 2020 20:32:28 GMT
In short: LibreOffice is OpenOffice's child. OOo is older, LibO is younger, more agile and modern.
A little bit longer: LibreOffice has evolved from OpenOffice, so there are many similarities: The source code base is identical.
Despite some similarities between OpenOffice and LibreOffice: Differences can already be seen during installation. Overall, LibreOffice is more modern, thanks to more frequent updates and a 64-bit version. OpenOffice scores with lower RAM consumption. It is almost impossible to check and compare every corner of the applications, because they are extremely complex.
An excursion into the past: LibreOffice was created after Oracle took over Sun and thus OpenOffice in January 2010 - and many freelance developers were dissatisfied. They continued the project as a fork in September 2010: as Fork LibreOffice.
The basic functions in the respective components are the same in themselves, but some marginal differences can be identified:
Documents in .docx format can be used (opened, saved) by both programs. However, if Word includes complicated formatting, both programs sometimes have problems adopting the format. But OpenOffice has more difficulties with this than LibreOffice.
An advantage of LibreOffice is that there are much more developers working on this program. Thus bugs are fixed faster and everybody can concentrate better on his special field. Furthermore there are much more updates for LibreOffice. This brings more security with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 22:27:01 GMT
In short: LibreOffice is OpenOffice's child. OOo is older, LibO is younger, more agile and modern.
A little bit longer: LibreOffice has evolved from OpenOffice, so there are many similarities: The source code base is identical.
Despite some similarities between OpenOffice and LibreOffice: Differences can already be seen during installation. Overall, LibreOffice is more modern, thanks to more frequent updates and a 64-bit version. OpenOffice scores with lower RAM consumption. It is almost impossible to check and compare every corner of the applications, because they are extremely complex.
An excursion into the past: LibreOffice was created after Oracle took over Sun and thus OpenOffice in January 2010 - and many freelance developers were dissatisfied. They continued the project as a fork in September 2010: as Fork LibreOffice.
The basic functions in the respective components are the same in themselves, but some marginal differences can be identified:
Documents in .docx format can be used (opened, saved) by both programs. However, if Word includes complicated formatting, both programs sometimes have problems adopting the format. But OpenOffice has more difficulties with this than LibreOffice.
An advantage of LibreOffice is that there are much more developers working on this program. Thus bugs are fixed faster and everybody can concentrate better on his special field. Furthermore there are much more updates for LibreOffice. This brings more security with it.
That's very useful and encouraging. Thank you.
I'm still using Word for now, but I will test LibreOffice in the near future.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jun 16, 2020 1:12:56 GMT
I format print books in Word 97, not hard to do.
For a print project make certain you set the page size to match the size needed for the site. With Word 97 embed fonts in use. In Word 97 open the doc properties and fill in metadata then save and close. Opening the Word doc file with Libre Office Writer elect to embed fonts in use again. Export as PDF.
If you set the original page size in Word then carried things through with Libre Office Writer to export as PDF then the file should upload. If it doesn't, it's a bug on the receiving end.
I format ebooks in Libre Office Writer to avoid Word getting stupid.
If having issues, check what Lulu Press expects versus what Lulu Xpress expects from a PDF for a print file, and odds are Lulu Press and Lulu Xpress ask for two different sets of expectations.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 3:09:05 GMT
I use LibreOffice benziger, I like it. Also to convert to PDF I use a free converter pdf995.en.softonic.com/download I used it for all my Lulu files. You print to PDF making sure you press the "Continue using free version," (it will try to take you to the upgrade.) |
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