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<DIV>Thanks for this advice about LaTex being preferable to Scribus for my purposes.</DIV>
<DIV>How does the transfer from Word XP work? </DIV>
<DIV>Do the files go straight into LaTex or via Open Office? </DIV>
<DIV>Will headers and footers (running titles and page numbers) be preserved?</DIV>
<DIV>What do I do about kerning?</DIV>
<DIV>Can I transfer pages into PDF format?</DIV>
<DIV>Where is the best place on the Web for a tutorial on LaTex?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Regards,</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Lorn <BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jean-Louis Cordonnier <jlcord2@wanadoo.fr><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> scribus@lists.scribus.info<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, 6 January, 2011 13:27:30<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [scribus] Using Scribus for novels and short stories<BR></FONT><BR>It's possible to export odt file to tex file with a plugin = writer2latex<BR><A href="http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/" target=_blank>http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/</A><BR>I agree with the choice of LaTeX.<BR>If your book is only text + chapter titles, it takes only 10 minutes to <BR>do the whole job with LaTeX !<BR>Try to know if this tool fits to your wishes.<BR><BR>JL<BR>________________________________<BR>> From: Rob Oakes<<A href="mailto:lyx-devel@oak-tree.us" ymailto="mailto:lyx-devel@oak-tree.us">lyx-devel@oak-tree.us</A>><BR>> To:
Scribus User Mailing List<<A href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info" ymailto="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info">scribus@lists.scribus.info</A>><BR>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 16:52:19<BR>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Using Scribus for novels and short stories<BR>><BR>> Hi Scottie,<BR>><BR>> An alternative to using pure LaTeX might be to convert the word documents to<BR>> LyX, which provides a WYSIWYG wrapper that can simplify editing. Then, you can<BR>> either work to create a custom style sheet or document class so that your book<BR>> has a distinctive look.<BR>><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>scribus mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info" ymailto="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info">scribus@lists.scribus.info</A><BR><A href="http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus"
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