[scribus] Using Scribus for novels and short stories

[Jean-Louis Cordonnier]

Le 06/01/2011 15:38, LORN MACINTYRE a écrit :
> Dear Jean-Louis,
>
> Thanks for this advice about LaTex being preferable to Scribus for my purposes.
> How does the transfer from Word XP work?
I dont use Word XP. But OpenOffice can open all word documents (*.doc 
and *.docx)
> Do the files go straight into LaTex or via Open Office?
When you export a doc file or odt file with Oo you get a *.tex file. 
Then open it with a text editor (Notepad++ or Gvim or others with syntax 
coloration) or better with texmaker or mewa 
http://www.meshwalk.com/latexeditor/
> Will headers and footers (running titles and page numbers) be preserved?
Very easy to set ; on line to say "I need page numbers". One for style 
(arabic, or others like v vii ix (in the beggining introduction or so)
> What do I do about kerning?
I presume nothing. Latex handles very welle with ligature (like fi or 
ffi and son on)
> Can I transfer pages into PDF format?
Yes.
> Where is the best place on the Web for a tutorial on LaTex?
to begin with http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Absolute_Beginners
This (html page in frech, but tuto in english (164 pages)

The easiest way : I send you an example file (2 attached file : tex 
source ; resulting pdf) I took one of my file and crate a "book ; ten 
minutes as I said)
> Regards,
> Lorn
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jean-Louis Cordonnier<jlcord2 at wanadoo.fr>
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Sent: Thursday, 6 January, 2011 13:27:30
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Using Scribus for novels and short stories
>
> It's possible to export odt file to tex file with a plugin = writer2latex
> http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/
> I agree with the choice of LaTeX.
> If your book is only text + chapter titles, it takes only 10 minutes to
> do the whole job with LaTeX !
> Try to know if this tool fits to your wishes.
>
> JL
> ________________________________
>> From: Rob Oakes<lyx-devel at oak-tree.us>
>> To: Scribus User Mailing List<scribus at lists.scribus.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 16:52:19
>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Using Scribus for novels and short stories
>>
>> Hi Scottie,
>>
>> An alternative to using pure LaTeX might be to convert the word documents to
>> LyX, which provides a WYSIWYG wrapper that can simplify editing.  Then, you
> can
>> either work to create a custom style sheet or document class so that your book
>> has a distinctive look.
>>
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