Help:Books
From Wikilectures
This page will help you to create books from Wikilectures articles. Then you will be able to download the resulting book in PDF, OpenDocument formats or to order the printed version from PediaPress.
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[edit] Basic steps
[edit] Step 1 – Assembling the book by selection of articles
At the left side of the page, locate the frame "create a book" which contains two basic links ("Add wiki page" and "Books help"). After clicking at "Add wiki page", the currently opened page will be added to your book in preparation. Then you can browse on to next requested page and once it is open, click again at "Add wiki page".
In case you want to add all pages of a particular category, browse on to the category page and click "Add category" link at the left side of the page.
During the book creation process, you can follow the number of pages already added to the book in the left-side menu.
[edit] Step 2 – Book title
Once you have added all requested pages to your book, you can click the link "Show book" in the left-side menu. This will take you to a page showing an overview of the selected pages and where you will be able to set the name of the book and (if needed) change the order of the articles – see also below.
[edit] Step 3 – PDF download or printed book order
The finalized book can be either downloaded as PDF file (for on-screen viewing and print) or OpenDocument (ODF; suitable for further editing, e.g. in OpenOffice.org). To download your book, just select the desired format and click the appropriate button / link.
Moreover, it is possible to get a printed book from PediaPress. After clicking on the button "Order book from Pedia Press" you will be redirected to Pediapress site.
[edit] Advanced settings
- Change of order of articles in the book
- In case you want to reorder the articles within your book, at the page with book overview, just drag the article title to desired place. If you want the articles to be ordered alphabetically, click on the link "Sort alphabetically".
- Saving the created book and sharing it with others
- In case you have the Wikilectures user account and you are an "approved user", you can save the created set of articles for later use or sharing. To do so, enter on the book overview page - within Save and share your book section - where and how you want to save your book and then click on "Save book" button.
