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A Can Opener For E-books - And Your New Best Friend

Tracy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:46:03 +0000

I had an interesting flurry of emails with a reader yesterday. She was explaining how much she loves Microsoft Reader formatted files (.lit files), and I was explaining how I can't stand .lit format, or Microsoft Reader, and that my preference is for any format my Palm Pilot can handle (which is Word, PDF, Palm reader files, .txt, .rtf and some HTML).

We were very polite. <grin>

Once we had each had our say, she mentioned something that made my jaw drop a little. She said that she was pretty much stuck with .lit (even though she loves Microsoft Reader, of course!), because she doesn't own Microsoft Word, and therefore couldn't use any of the text manipulating tricks she'd heard about to get a copy of her books in any other format.

Are you in this position? Forced to use a specific format (that of course, you just love!), because you can't translate it?

A while ago, I mentioned the free Amber converters (ABCLit, ABCpdf and ABCPalm, etc.), which are one way to shift your books to another format. One drawback of the converters is that they don't allow you to edit the content in any way. They simply convert.

But a text editor, like Microsoft Word, can be used like a can opener - there's not too many formats (cans) they can't open, and most fully-stocked text editors can save to more formats than they can open. (This'll make sense in a minute. Bear with me.) Even if you never intend to compose a word of your own, having a general text editor to hand is incredibly useful for a number of computer file manipulations, and I use Word all the time to convert to preferred formats, if Amber can't do it for me.

I also use Amber converters and Word in combination -- convert a PDF to .doc format with a converter, and open and edit in Word. Or dump a .lit file to Word with the converter, and go from there.

What else can a text editor do?

Increase The Font Size

If you prefer easier reading, change the font size to 14 point font, and create your very own large-font book. Save to your preferred format, and voila!

Change The Font To Something More Reader-Friendly

A serif font like Times Roman, say, that has the little hooks and curlicues on the ends of letters is easier on the eyes than a sans serif like Arial (this blog is in a san serif font -- which, contratiwise, works better on a monitor). If the book you love is in Arial, try changing it to a serif font, and see what a difference it makes. (There's a reason nearly all paperback novels use serif fonts).

Here's another tip: If you have a favourite, favourite book, but it's growing a bit stale from too many readings, try changing the font, changing the format and reading it on a different device or in a different way. You'll be surprised by how fresh the story becomes. Different bits of dialogue and description will draw your attention, that never did before.

Change The Font To A Proportional Font

Sometimes, although this is rare, you'll acquire a book that is
in a non-proportional font, where every character, even the "i"
and the "m", take up exactly the same space as every other
character.  These are the typewriter fonts of old, where the
typewriter moved along the same amount of space for each character.
(By the way, this non-proportional font is also a serif font...
see the bits on the ends of the letters?)

Non-porportional fonts, like Courier New, are absolutely deadly on the eyes. Change your book to a proportional font, where the "i" takes up just enough space, and the "m" takes up a little more. (Except for the last paragraph, this blog is displayed with a proportional font...unless you've pre-set your web browser to only display non-proportional by default). Once you've changed the font, save to your preferred format.

(You may be interested to know that authors are generally required to write their manuscripts in a non-proportional font, Courier New. New York publishers traditionally expect to see manuscripts laid out this way because they can then calculated almost to the page how many pages the finished book will take up, depending upon the proportional font they use.)

Other Stuff A Text Editor Can Do For Your Electronic Library

I've used a number of text editors, apart from Word, and they can:

Open: .doc files (usually all versions), .txt files, .html files, and .rtf files, amongst others. If I can't get my computer to open a file by double clicking on it, and I'm not familiar with the format, I'll force MS Word to open the file (right click on the file and select "open with")...and quite often, Word can open it. I'll get the odd character in there, but I can read the text.

Adjust: margins, fonts, font colour, font size, page endings, ragged right margins or justified margins (this paragraph, for instance, is a justified paragraph, while all the others are ragged right). Justified paragraphs, like in novels, force the line to space out so that each line ends at the same place. It can create some "interesting" spaces in the line. Dropping back to ragged right might help make things easier on your eyes.

Insert or delete: page numbers, headings and footings, cover images (so you remember which book it is when you open it, if you have trouble remembering a story's title - and I always remember the cover, while the title can allude me!).

Add: Reader reviews, information on the author, links to the author's webpage(s), your own notes about the book.

Save as: Most text editors can save a file to .doc, .txt, .html, .pdf (although versions of Word earlier than 2007 can't), .rtf (rich text format). With additional widgets, macros or extensions, many text editors can also create Palm files (.pdb), .lit files, and other popular reader formats.

If you don't have a text editor yet, and your e-book collection is growing, maybe it's time you acquired one (along with a few converters for those stubborn formats like .lit that just won't socialize with anyone but their own kind).

Yeah, but Microsoft Word is Expensive

I know exactly how expensive Word is. I've been keeping up with every release of Microsoft Word since the old days of Windows 3.2 (remember that?), and Word 6. I use to use WordStar before that (hands up anyone who can remember WordStar, and shout out if you actually used to use it!)

But you just want a can opener, not an expensive trademark. There's an alternative. It's fully-loaded, does everything Word does...and it's free.

OpenOffice.org offer a free, open-source suite of office programs, including a text editor that has nearly all the same features as Word. Open source means that hackers and programmers can download the source code, and develop widgets, extensions and add-ons that build even more functionality into the programs. OpenOffice.org is a favourite of hackers everywhere, which is usually a good sign you're dealing with a stable, well-developed program. There's also a spreadsheet, presentation program, drawing program, and database program in the suite.

I have installed OOo (as they call it), and really like it. I won't stop using Word just yet, because I'm still playing around with OOo. Besides, I just shelled out for Office 2007. But so far, so good.

What else do you do to your e-books to make them more user friendly?

Got any conversion tips?

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Icon Drawing Di Open Office

ryaneste — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:13:12 +0000

Untuk menggunakan open office.org writer butuh adaptasi karena memang tidak begitu berbeda banyak dengan aplikasi microsoft word. Cuma memang tata letak menu serta icon-icon yang berbeda saja yang membuat kita bingung untuk menggunakan program Open Office.org Writer. Untuk memunculkan toolbar untuk menggambar , kita hanya perlu mengklik icon Show Draw Function(lihat gambar di bawah).

apabila kita mengkliknya dengan benar , maka tool drawing akan muncul di bagian bawah Open office Writer, sekarang sudah gampang khan untuk menggunakan alat-alat gambar di Open Office Writer.

melindungi dengan password

ryaneste — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:05:32 +0000

fasilitas di OpenOffice.org sudah banyak yang disediakan untuk kebutuhan kita dalam penggunaan sehari-hari misalnya saja untuk membuat artikel, laporan keuangan, presentasi, bahkan untuk membuat halaman web sekalipun bisa. Bagi yang mempunyai dokumen yang bersifat rahasia agar tidak bisa dibuka atau dilihat oleh orang lain kita bisa menggunakan password pada dokumen tersebut. Berikut adalah cara untuk melindungi dokumen dengan password.

1.Apabila kita sudah mempunyai artikel , pilih menu File Kemudian Save As

2.Kemudian akan muncul tampilan Save As tentukan nama file yang ingin diberi nama jika ingin menggantinya,kalau tidak tinggal beri tanda centang pada bagian bawah yang bertuliskan Save With Password

3.Setelah itu tinggal pilih Save , kemudian akan muncul tampilan Enter Password , masukkan password ,ulangi lagi pada bagian confirm , tinggal tekan Ok. Maka dokumen kita sudah dilindungi dengan password. Tapi sayang untuk dokumen dengan format microsoft word tidak bisa menggunakan password,juga untuk beberapa format dokumen yang lain

sudah khan?sekarang dokumen kita tidak bisa dibuka lagi, apalagi kalau lupa passwordnya? hehehe....

Menggunakan Change Case di Open Office.org

ryaneste — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:55:22 +0000

Change case sangat berguna untuk merubah huruf yang kita ketik dari huruf kecil ke huruf besar atau sebaliknya secara otomatis . Misalnya apabila kita menulis judul artikel dalam huruf kecil semua padahal seharusnya judul artikel tersebut menggunakan huruf kapital, kita tidak perlu repot untuk menulis ulang kembali judul artikel tersebut, sangat merepotkan apalagi kalau banyak huruf yang harus dirubah dari huruf kecil ke huruf kapital. Berikut adalah langkah-langkah untuk menggunakan change case.

1. Dari menu Format pilih Change Case

Fungsi Uppercase untuk merubah huruf kecil ke huruf kapital. Sedangkan Lowercase untuk merubah huruf kapital ke huruf kecil.Jadi tidak perlu lagi mengetik ulang hanya untuk merubah huruf yang salah. Tinggal di Change Case aja.

MENGUBAH SATUAN UKURAN DI OPEN OFFICE.ORG

ryaneste — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:46:41 +0000

Biasanya kalau menggunakan penggaris disitu banyak pilihan untuk mengukur dalam bentuk centimeter (cm) , milimeter (mm),atau inchi (inch),untuk menggunakan ukuran sesuai yang kita inginkan di Open Office.org kita bisa mengubahnya sendiri tanpa perlu bingung-bingung karena baru menggunakan Open Office.org . Caranya mudah sekali berikut adalah langkah-langkahnya untuk merubah satuan ukuran di Open Office.Org.

1. Dari menu Tools pilih Options

2. Setelah muncul window Options .Pada bagian bawah klik tanda + pada openOffice.org Writer hingga muncul folder tree yang memuat sub-submenu, kemudian pilih General. Pada bagian sebelah kanan dibagian Settings atur satuan ukur yang kita inginkan pada bagian Measurement unit. Kemudian klik OK pada bagian bawah

terus tinggal ubah satuan ukuran sesuai dengan keinginan kita misalnya centimeter, atau milimeter.

OO.o 3 beta cannot display Thai text properly when ...

वीर — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:33:34 +0000

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Open Office.org 3 beta cannot display Thai text properly when it was zoomed in.

Simpan Ke Word

ryaneste — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:23:12 +0000

bagi yang menggunakan Open Office writer untuk mengetik surat ,membuat proposal atau laporan, dan lain lain tentu sudah terbiasa dengan format file Open Document Text, format default dari pengolah kata yang free ini, tetapi jika komputer yang lain tidak menggunakan Open Office tentunya format ODT tidak akan bisa dibuka, untuk menyimpan ke dalam format Microsoft Word, kita bisa menggunakan cara seperti ini:

1. buka Open Office Writer kemudian pilih menu File - Save As

2. Pada menu Save As Type klik dan pilih format microsoft word 97/2000/xp (.doc) setelah itu klik Save

sekarang kita tidak usah khawatir kalau ingin membuka dokumen kita di komputer yang lain, selalu siapkan format file yang berbeda untuk dokumen yang anda simpan , agar kita tidak perlu bingung dan pulang ke rumah hanya untuk merubah format file.

menyimpan file di Open Office

rakhmadhie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:21:23 +0000

Pernahkah Anda menggunakan Open Office Writer saat menyimpan sebuah file dan anda bermaksud membuka file tersebut dengan Microsoft Words tetapi yang terjadi adalah file tersebut tidak bisa dibuka...

Yang harus Anda perhatikan saat menyimpan file dengan Open Office Writer adalah pastikan file tersebut ber-ekstensi .doc

Ada dua cara yang bisa Anda lakukan :

1. klik file -- save as -- ketik nama file diakhiri dengan .doc contoh : fileQ.doc -- klik save

2. klik file -- save as -- ketik nama file -- save as type pilih microsoft word 97/2000/XP(.doc) -- pastikan checkmark automatic file name extension -- klik save

Dengan cara ini file yang Anda buat di OO.o Writer bisa dibuka di Microsoft Word.

Hal yang sama juga berlaku untuk OO.o Calc dan OO.o Impres,
OO.o Calc -- pilih ekstensi .xls
OO.o Impres -- pilih ekstensi .ppt

Google docs si sposta offline, un altro prodotto per l'ufficio

Simone — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:08:54 +0000

Google docs accessibile offline. La notizia sta girando su internet, e il servizio è ancora in Beta. Ecco quindi un'altra suite per ufficio che contrasterà un sempre più in crisi monopolio di microsoft office.
Da Visionpost ho letto che il servizio si chiama esattamente Google Gears e permette di scaricare offline i documenti presenti nell'account online.
Nei giorni scorsi intanto è uscita la versione 2.4 di Open Office.org. La suite per ufficio open source. E' proprio open office.org che ha intaccato fortemente il monopolio del prodotto Microsoft. Questo perchè fondamentalmente, la maggior parte degli utenti, a mio avviso, possono sfruttare tutte le qualità di open office.org, senza rimpiangere il prodotto microsoft, avendo un prodotto legale, meno pesante, e sempre aggiornato. Penso che ci sono molte piccole imprese o attività che hanno un grande guadagno nel non spendere migliaia di euro in licenze per la suite microsoft passando ad una suite gratis legale.
Intanto anche Abiword è arrivato alla versione 2.6 finale, uscendo dalla beta. Anche questo è un ottimo editor di testo open source. Anche se non si può paragonare ai precedenti, ovviamente, dato che è composto appunto solo dall'editor di testo e niente altro.

copy paste artikel+gambar di OO.o Writer

rakhmadhie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:17:29 +0000

Ini adalah tips sederhana ketika Anda ingin membuat sebuah tulisan dengan mengunakan Open Office Writer.

Terkadang (atau bisa juga sering) ketika membuat suatu tugas (terutama oleh pelajar dan mahasiswa) kita menggunakan artikel yang berasal dari internet.. Nah karena selama satu tahun ini saya menggunakan OO.o Writer ternyata terdapat sedikit masalah ketika saya meng-copy paste (tentunya dengan mencantumkan sumber tulisan tersebut untuk menghargai hak cipta penulis asli) artikel yang terdapat gambar di dalamnya..;)

Ketika saya paste di OO.o Writer, program tersebut seringkali hang.. perkiraan saya adalah gambar yang saya copy paste langsung beserta artikel tersebut itulah yang menjadi akar permasalahannya.. karena setiap kali loading gambar jadinya hang terus-menerus meskipun gambarnya kecil..

Karena saya adalah orang awam yang tidak mengerti masalah teknis jadinya ya saya akali saja dengan cara sebagai berikut :

1. copy (hanya) tulisan/artikel dari situs
2. paste ke OO.o Writer
3. save as gambar di data D atau dimanapun Anda suka
4. masukkan gambar ke OO.o Writer dengan cara insert - picture - from file..

Dengan cara ini OO.o Writer tidak hang lagi ketika loading gambar... seandainya masih hang berarti anda belum beruntung.. kalau Anda punya cara yang lebih efektif hubungi saya ya...

En Septiembre sale el nuevo Open Office.org 3.0

comunidadlinuxla — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:59:47 +0000

Alguna de las características que viene en esta nueva distribución es la compatibilidad con office 2007 y poder utilizar tablas nativas en impress

1.- Un Start Center Nuevo para empezar a escribir nuestros documentos.

2.- Podremos ver varias páginas mientras escribimos.

3.- Podremos colocar pequeñas notas en los márgenes de la hoja.

4.- Compatibilidad con Office 2007, incluye los formatos .docx, pptx y xlsx.

5.- Nuevos tema para Calc, con variadas funciones, mas columnas.

mas temas para el calc.

Fuente OpenOffice.org

Yet Another Alternative to Office 2007: Open Office

theunquietlibrary — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:37:30 +0000

If you feel Google Docs is not your cup of tea, check out yet another great alternative recommended by our very own Mr. Rob Optiz: Open Office.org. Here are some resources to help you get started:

Open Office Writer vs Microsoft Word software

booktoots — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:20:32 +0000

This is a no contest answer. Open Office has it hands down, in my opinion. Having used Microsoft Word for years, I was skeptical when I learned about Open Office, part of Mozilla's open source software programs. My skepticism was due only to my ignorance.

Why is Open Office software so much better? Well...

* The price is right. CD's of the program can be purchased online for under $10. These CD's are copied by others (probably directly from the openoffice.org website) and sold at a profit. Or, I have seen the entire software package sold in office supply stores for $50 (don't buy it). FREE - the entire open source office software package can be downloaded from their website at no cost. With a broadband connection, download time is around 2 hours. With dial-up, it is more like 6 hours. Go to www.openoffice.org for more info. No, I'm not a reseller or making any money from suggesting them to you.

* How much does Microsoft charge for its Office Suite software? $100+? Save yourself the money...

* Open Office Writer is part of the Mozilla Open Source software package. The package also includes: spreadsheet (similar to Microsoft Excel), database (like Microsoft Access) , calc (haven't used), draw (develop logos, flow charts, etc.), impress (similar to PowerPoint = perhaps), and math programs included.

* Open Office, in my findings, isn't as susceptible to corruption, viruses, and other problems as Microsoft products are.

*Open Office is very easy to use and understand.

* Open Office is the way to go. Mozilla (developer of Open Office) and Firefox (Mozilla's browser) are open source software and meant to help everyone have equal access to software. They offer so much more than what's mentioned in my blog posting. This blog posting is not doing them the justice they deserve, I am sure of that.

Check them out!

Mengatur Ukuran Kertas

ryaneste — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:30:40 +0000

Open OffiCE.ORG merupakan aplikasi perkantoran yang bersifat open source dan free untuk digunakan oleh siapa saja tanpa dikenai biaya lisensi apapun untuk meunggunakannya. Memang Open OffiCE.ORG tidak familiar di kalangan umum. Masalahnya sudah terbiasa dengan aplikasi yang digunakan selama bertahun-tahun misalnya saja Microsoft Office yang sudah “mendarah daging”.Sulit rasanya untuk mengubah kebiasaan ini. Baiklah bagi yang ingin mencoba menggunakan Open OffiCE.ORG untuk mengetik seperti halnya microsoft office word kita bisa menggunakan open office writer untuk membuat laporan , skripsi ,formula , dan lain lain. Berikut adalah cara untuk mengatur kertas di Open Office.ORG Writer.

dari menu Format pilih Page (lihat gambar)
Di bagian Page Style : Default pada bagian Tab Page, kita bisa mengatur ukuran kertas pada bagian Format ,Kemudian Width untuk mengatur lebar halaman , Height untuk mengatur tinggi halaman, Orientation untuk mengatur letak halaman : Portrait = Tegak lurus sedangkan Landscape=mendatar (lihat gambar)

Jangan ragu untuk mencoba program gratisan ini, cobalah sendiri untuk utak-atik mungkin saja kita bisa menemukan kemudahan-kemudahan di dalamnya.

Does the world really need another web based office application service?

lcsorigin — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:54:57 +0000

With Virtual Ubiquity (Adobe), Office Live (Microsoft), Google Apps, Open Office.org (IBM), Goya, Desktop.com, Zoho, Writely, Thinkfree and many more, prospective office application service seekers seem already to have more than enough to choose from. Soon they will be able to add dvenport.us to that list.

To read the full article in english or in german, click this link below:
http://www.dvenport.us/info/dvenport_business.htm