Questions tagged [publishing]
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Editing groups in Scribus
In Scribus (latest version) is it possible to edit individual elements in a "group" without having to break the group and re-create it from scratch at the end of the edit (and losing any attribute such as the name of the group)?
For example, in…
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What software allows editing text with furigana professionally?
I'm studying Japanese and need to write a lot of text with furigana. I've been using Word so far but my main concern is that entering furigana is not only quite clumsy (no hotkey) but what's more important is that once entered, you can't globally…
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Printing vertical (top-to-bottom) text
There's some Japanese text that I'm memorizing, and I want to print it out on a piece of paper so I can tape it to my wall. Sounds like a plan!
Unfortunately, it's not that easy. First of all, the text is written vertically (top-to-bottom,…
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How to share text, pictures and video to restricted set of users
I want to share pictures and videos of my kid growing up but I don't want it to be open to the public. I just want me and my wife to be able to add material and then share with grandparents and friends who would be given a username/password or some…
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how can I make emacs use other css for orgmode publish
When using orgmode in Emacs, when I publish to HTML it uses a default CSS which doesn't look very nice.
After publishing, I manually jank out the old CSS for a custom one.
Is there a way in Emacs to make it use my other CSS file per default?
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How to create professional looking PDFs?
I've always created dumb looking pdfs by just writing a word doc and converting it into pdf.
Now, I want to write an e-book and I want it to look professional like other e-books.
How to create professional looking PDFs?
EDIT
I'm a pro in Photoshop &…
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Page layout software that allows mixed visual and programatic editing
I'd like to use a programming model for custom graphics and precision placement, and an interactive visual mode for large scale layout and less precise placements. I've used tools (PostScript, various vector drawing programs) that do one of these…
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Word Syntax Highlighting
I'm writing an article and I would to maintain notepad++ syntax highlight when I paste a code block into word. The code is all in SQL, and I would very much like to the way it is formatted.
Also, print-screen and cut/paste the images is NOT an…
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PDF versus epub versus mobi files
What are the differences between PDF versus epub versus mobi files, in terms of supported functionality, and what software supports such functions and how? I ask because I am interested in publishing an e-book and want to be able to produce the best…
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Book layout software
I have a requirement to create a small book. It's about 30-50 pages, and contains text and color photos.
What software is generally used to design such a book?
I'm currently using Corel Draw but I find it to be clunky.
Is there anything better that…
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What is a good alternative to Publisher for Desktop Publishing?
On occasion, I have the need to design flyers, small newsletters, tri-fold brochures and other printed documents for my business or for civic groups I volunteer with.
In the past I have had access to Microsoft Publisher to create some of these…
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How can I tell where an OpenOffice Writer document extends beyond set margins?
I am using OpenOffice.org Writer to create a PDF, and have explicitly set margins of 1" all around. CreateSpace, which I am creating the PDF for, has rejected my PDF on the claim that it does not have at least a 1" inner boundary.
What can I do to…
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How to define template for org-mode HTML export?
I am using org-mode to generate html pages from my notes. I used Publishing Org-mode files to HTML to setup blog system.
I have defined an export template. But to use it I have to add following line in top of my every org file inside my notes…
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How can I produce a single document for a multitude of formats and screen sizes?
I've been writing a Word document that I want to distribute online. However, I want the document to be accessible to everyone, including
People who want to print it on A4/Letter from PDF. Note that the PDF should be output in different paper sizes…
Dmitri Nesteruk
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How to distinguish between hyphens and dashes in Adobe Acrobat?
When searching a document, Adobe Acrobat does not distinguish between hyphens and dashes. For example, when I try to search for em dashes, the results include hyphens, en dashes and em dashes.
This makes some copy editing very annoying. My current…
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