tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post7653818621300696554..comments2023-05-07T18:46:11.680+07:00Comments on Paul Salvette in Bangkok: Turning a Manuscript into Clean XHTML Tutorial - eBook FormattingPaul Salvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818202201018195312noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post-36278008020289144672012-05-31T18:35:13.739+07:002012-05-31T18:35:13.739+07:00This spam is an unfortunate reality of blogs. Not ...This spam is an unfortunate reality of blogs. Not much I can do, sorry. Glad your book worked out.Paul Salvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818202201018195312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post-51771046717040982162012-05-31T17:48:49.546+07:002012-05-31T17:48:49.546+07:00Dear Paul,
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I've never tried CreateSpace, but...Dear Brian,<br /><br />I've never tried CreateSpace, but I do know that if you "nuke" the formatting, it will strip out all these bookmarks. When you view your bookmarks, check the little "hidden bookmarks" box and sometimes it will show up those pesky ones you didn't mean to add. Try deleting them and reconverting to PDF. If that fails, try saving your Word file as a .doc as opposed to a .docx and converting to PDF that way.Paul Salvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818202201018195312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post-16473888717389782762011-11-02T19:46:43.685+07:002011-11-02T19:46:43.685+07:00Dear Paul,
Have you published anything on formatt...Dear Paul,<br /><br />Have you published anything on formatting Word files for print publication on CreateSpace? I'm having problems with the Word 2010 (PC) file for my book. Whenever I Save as Pdf I get a load of 'Error! Bookmark not defined' messages, which, apparently, are the result of deleting entries from the Concordance which I set up to index the book.<br />I remembered your 'nuking the word processor' advice from when I was preparing the same text (successfully) for Kindle.<br /><br />Hope you can help - or steer me somewhere. I've been searching forums, etc., for two days now.<br />Thanks,<br />BrianBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954558805590342363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post-38973057784559935742011-10-23T10:53:31.651+07:002011-10-23T10:53:31.651+07:00I agree, and it's really helpful to learn regu...I agree, and it's really helpful to learn regular expressions to automate repetitive tasks. I use Notepad++ and I have did a <a href="http://www.paulsalvette.com/2011/08/regular-expressions-tutorial-ebook.html" rel="nofollow">short tutorial</a> here if you're interested.Paul Salvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818202201018195312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post-54270205592128674852011-10-23T04:34:35.083+07:002011-10-23T04:34:35.083+07:00One other thing I discovered is how to automate th...One other thing I discovered is how to automate the creation of the div tags around each chapter for the TOC. With 50-60 chapters in my books, it takes some time to do manually, and inevitably I make a mistake, which I find on xhtml validation. I found a find and replace that works, but unfortunately blogger comments does not allow me to post it :(Edward G. Talbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101538926701204083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917601577161181396.post-28957061974596592011-09-17T01:38:48.557+07:002011-09-17T01:38:48.557+07:00Paul,
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