[NTLK] Manybooks.net is interesting

[Woody Smith]

If you use Newtscape to create the book then you can use any font you  
have installed,  Newtscape and the font must also be on any Newton you  
would then read the book on, else it will default to an existing font.

Procedure clipped from one of my earlier posts

With Newtscape and HTMList installed I found that I could save a
specified page range to Newtonworks and read the book in the word
processor with any font I had installed.  This was certainly quicker
than making a new Newton book and solved both of my frustrations.

But an even better approach is to save the page range, including all,
to works as html. Then in Works change the isdn#, keeps the original
book safe from the next step.  Until you have some experience don't
change anything else.
In Newtscape preferences 'appearance' set your preferred font, size
etc. for text and headings and select or specify book size such as
280 x 302 for 1x0 newts or 298 x 388 for the 2x00 or even a little
bigger to eliminate the frame.
Now in Newtscape tap file and choose open Newtworks, select your book
and it will open in Newtscape with your preferred font (even those
not offered in Newton Press) I like Casual. Now save as package and
you will have a new Newton book. If the table of contents was setup
in the original it will remain in this new copy though additional
items may be included such as all headings and items set as bold in
the html code.
Until you get used to how long it takes stick to smaller books, and
freeze ups in works due to insufficient heap can corrupt a storage
device so use a card with nothing valuable on it, make sure no notes,
names or dates are there by using the appropriate applications.  With
everything frozen that you don't need I think the upper end is about
500 newton pages.

Images can be saved to Newtonworks but be careful as your chances of
crashing is enhanced, and it can and will corrupt the memory device



Woody


On Jun 1, 2010, at 4:40 PM, Tony Kan wrote:

> The readability on a Newton is much better using the Casual font.   
> This font
> only seems to be available in Paperback but not in Newton Press.   
> Does anyone
> know how to use the Casual font in Newton Press? Will I have to  
> learn to use
> BookMaker?
>
> TIA
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony Kan
>
> Christchurch
> New Zealand
>