There is no ability to set font attributes in PaperBack. This is probably
due to the ability to change fonts and size on the Newton, as well as resize
the screen to fit whatever platform (Classic, 2K, emate) without having to
have separate versions for each size. If you must have the ability to
italicize and such, use BookMaker.
Regards,
Gary
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From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Chris Chapman
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:43 AM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Turning pkgs into books?
On 2/20/02 8:36 AM, "newton2k" <newton2k_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> this thread is kinda interesting to me since i want to try creating my
> own book-pkg. my source document is all in plain-text, which is kinda
> easy to transform, but i would like to be able to italicise/bold certain
> phrases/paragraphs in the text. can i do this with paperback? im a bit
> leery about using newton press since ive had horrible stability problems
> with it on my mac (to the point, that i use the pc-version, under
> virtual pc, the few times ive had to use it).
>
> isnt there some way to 'markup' the plain-text so that paperback will
> interpret the 'tags' and create the required bold/italics? i seem to
> remember reading something like this on the web a long time ago, but i
> cannot find the link anymore. maybe it wasnt a paperback-specific
> feature, but some other software? does anyone have any ideas?
>
> thanks and cheers,
> nitin
>
>
> On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 07:55 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
>
>> I use two book makers for the Newt.
>> 1) paperback: This is great for making compact books
>> that don't need bookmarking but may need font
>> changing. I use Paperback when I don't want to spend
>> the time indexing the book
>> 2) Newton Press: This is the best to use when creating
>> indexed books. A great example of this is my book
>> "ServerCodes.pkg"
>> (http://newton.tek-ed.com/books/ServerCodes.PKG) Each
>> code is listed and indexed to a part of the book that
>> explains the code you are looking at.
>> The Newton books for the Underground are in both
>> formats. I created a Newton Press for the split
>> versions (don't know why, but I already had it open at
>> the time) and the complete book is in Press format. I
>> did that because the book is so huge, I couldn't get
>> it to load completly. I eventually just split it into
>> two parts and took it that way.
>>
>> Unfortunatly, the underground book in the complete
>> format cannot be viewed as a true Newton book. The
>> reader is built in and it can only be used as is. The
>> advantage is that you can change the font to what ever
>> you have installed and the book takes up the entire
>> screen, regardless of your Newt and orientation! The
>> bad part is that it is not indexed and you cannot save
>> bookmarks. But the book will pick up from where you
>> left off...but if you reset your Newt often, it will
>> loose your space.
>> Ed
>> web/gadget guru
>> come and see my Newt on the web (well, mostly) at:
>> http://65.84.243.167
>
Hmm, :) Well in my experances, just make the bold changes/italic changes in
the text and copy + paste it into newton press.. It's easy. Book Maker is
the one where you use .dot commands.
-Chris
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