From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Feb 11 2004 - 13:37:12 PST
If you want to create Newton books that have the
capability of being read on all machines, take a look
at Paperback. It's advantage is that it can fit any
size screen and you can change the font. The downside
is that it doesn't save where you last read (probably
because it doesn't use the Newt's built in book
reader, Copperfield) And it's a real pain in the butt
to create a table of contents...
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Dan <dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ensteness
> To: NewtonTalk <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:30 AM
> Subject: [NTLK] Reformating Newton Books
>
>
> >So I have some Newton Books and of the bunch I have
> like maybe one supports
> more than a single resolution. While that works
> great on my 120 its not as
> cool on my 2100.
> >
> >Anything to be done about this?
>
> Not really as Newton Books are "finished" packages
> and can't be altered.
> You would have to get the original "source" file
> (weather it be Press or
> Bookmaker) and make a different version with that.
> Press is easy to change
> formats, Bookmaker needs to be patched or hacked to
> create more than the
> standard 1x0 (classic) screen size. Not that
> difficult but you have to dig
> around in the Bookmaker output file and change a few
> settings before
> compiling it into a package with NewtonToolKit.
>
> I would suggest getting a copy of Press (it is
> easier than Bookmaker) from
> UNNA and finding the original sources of the books
> online and creating your
> own book (if it is one of the many freely available
> books around). As it is
> rare the original source files are uploaded. Or you
> can try asking on the
> list and see if the original uploader is around and
> willing to create more
> formats for you. I have uploaded a few books to
> UNNA and if you want more
> formats, I will upload them.
>
> -Dan
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