[NTLK] Manybooks.net is interesting

[Woody Smith]

A large book can take many minutes (ten or more) be patient.


On Jun 1, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Woody Smith wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
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