02-25-2017, 05:00 PM | #1 |
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Best way for a non-techie to get LibreOffice to make an epub?
I've got LibreOffice 5.1.6.2 and I just want to be able to make an epub from what I'm doing in LibreOffice (which would normally save as .odt). Years ago I had the that green "E" Writer2Epub logo in my LibreOffice toolbar but now I don't have it (I have Linux Xubuntu Operating System) and I can't remember how I got it (if indeed that's the best way to go). Thanks.
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02-25-2017, 05:23 PM | #2 |
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There is the Writer2xhtml extension. I have it installed, but haven't needed to use it.
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02-25-2017, 06:41 PM | #3 |
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I use W2E and then tweak it with Calibre. You can get the W2E extension here:
http://writer2epub.it/en/ |
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Hi Gregg,
the green icon in the toolbar is just like all other toolbar, so you can close it. To reopen, try: View>Toolbars>Writer2ePub Luke |
02-26-2017, 01:11 PM | #7 |
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Not much. Edit metadata, including adding a cover. Edit book, where I run a check and do Tools - remove unused CSS rules. Then I convert the book, epub to epub, where I usually have to check the box to remove spaces between paragraphs. In all these cases, you might have to experiment until you find what gives you the best results.
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02-26-2017, 04:48 PM | #8 |
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Thanks Luke. I installed it but I keep running into this error message when I try to convert an .odt to an .epub. I googled around but couldn't quite figure out what the error meant and how to rectify it.
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02-26-2017, 06:19 PM | #11 |
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Moreover, check for problems in images. If the original document was a MSWord document, sometimes happens that some errors are present in the document code.
Even frames or captions can cause the error. If you can't solve, please contact me and I will help you with your document. |
02-27-2017, 08:05 PM | #12 |
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Wow. Thanks so much, Luke. Installed Draw and that did it. And I just ran my first .epub from an .odt and was very impressed. Thanks so much for this wonderful tool!
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