Thanks. I've been meaning to investigate OpenOffice for a long time.
Maybe this is the impetus to do it. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Mike Lees wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> There's OpenOffice - a *free* office suite, including a word processor
> that will export directly to PDF. It is available for Windows, Mac and
> Linux. There was a new release out on Friday and one of the improvements
> was "Enhanced PDF management" - I'm not sure what that means but if you
> are wanting to use PDFs...
>
> See http://www.openoffice.org
>
> Mike.
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>>Thanks. I'll have to sit down with the details and figure the price.
>>Also, I think the only software I have that produces a pdf is Word
>>Perfect but last time I tried I couldn't even get it to insert a JPEG in
>>the file. A mystery since I'm sure I've done that before. It has a
>>menu entry for doing exactly that but nothing happens.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>Piers Hemy wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yes, that sounds a perfect candidate for Lulu, Chuck. The page
>>>order/arrangement of pictures in the text is of no consequence, you can put
>>>them wherever you like.
>>>
>>>Lulu offers a range of sizes and bindings in softcover and hardback, with a
>>>choice of full colour or mono printing (but it's one or the other - one
>>>colour page in a 200 page book means the whole book is priced as a colour
>>>book). You are expected to produce your ready-to-print book as a pdf file
>>>to upload (but Lulu can convert on-the-fly from common packages). Choose
>>>predesigned covers or upload you own as jpg files, choose your order
>>>quantity and shipping method (same price to print 1 or 100, but shipping
>>>cost per copy usually drops the more you order), sit back and wait for the
>>>delivery. What could be easier? You can have your book available for all
>>>to order, a bit like having an integrated book printer/bookseller, or you
>>>can restrict sales to yourself, if you want to act as your own seller. You
>>>have control over the selling price of your book, adding whatever margin you
>>>want for direct orders (but in the case of the second link below, the
>>>selling price is the Lulu cost price). You can also make your book
>>>available for direct download, again at whatever price you choose (and in
>>>the case of the second link below, it's free).
>>>
>>>Lulu is even useful for properly printed and bound copies of manuals which
>>>are suppliedon CD. For example, I did myself an E-1 manual, a quick example
>>>of what would be a pain on a desktop printer:
>>>
>>>http://www.lulu.com/browse/book_view.php?fCID=154656
>>>
>>>I should have resized the pdf to match the Lulu paper size, so one side of
>>>the thumb index does not reach the page edge - tough!
>>>
>>>A few things to watch out for at the design stage:
>>>
>>>Always order one proof before going to bulk order. You can't be sure how
>>>colours will reproduce until you see the first copy. Thereafter, in my
>>>experience, colour consistency is pretty good - but see the note below re
>>>the order stage).
>>>
>>>I strongly recommend against the use of MS Publisher if you have lots of
>>>images. Publisher defaults to using LZW compression on images, which as far
>>>as I can tell cannot be switched off. LZW compression can cause a 1-pixel
>>>wide line on images, and it took MONTHS to diagnose the problem. I cannot
>>>fault Lulu support who spent inordinate time and effort on the problem to
>>>get a workaround, and replaced a USD1000 order free of charge. Full marks!
>>>
>>>And one to watch out for at the order stage:
>>>Available formats/sizes vary depending on where the book is printed. Those
>>>ordering Lulu books from outside USA will likely get their books printed
>>>outside USA (even if the book was designed/published in US) if the
>>>format/size is available from non-US printers. BUT US and non-US books have
>>>different colour and paper characteristics (even though the spec is
>>>identical). The US and non-US books look different, and if you want
>>>consistency of output, make sure you know where you are getting your books
>>>printed. One way to do this is to include in your order an item which is
>>>only available from US sources - some sizes of book, or a CD, for example.
>>>These need not be your own publications.
>>>
>>>Hard to know what else you might want to know - so ask away, or just try it!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Piers
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>>Of Chuck Norcutt
>>>Sent: 14 October 2006 14:33
>>>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [OM] Re: Pixology's noise enhancing printing!
>>>
>>>I'm definitely interested. I've been working on my father's autobiography
>>>which is 86 pages of text and perhaps a dozen pages of (mostly small)
>>>photographs. The photos are in a separate section and not interspersed with
>>>the text. Is this a reasonable candidate for Lulu?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Chuck Nrcutt
>>>
>>>Piers Hemy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>An alternative to consider is Lulu. Gene Wilburn, who may still be a
>>>>list-member, put together this fine tome:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.lulu.com/browse/book_view.php?fCID=110604
>>>>
>>>>Which stimulated the production of this centenary volume for our
>>>>camera
>>>>club:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.lulu.com/browse/book_view.php?fCID=382299
>>>>
>>>>The cost (USD15 per copy + shipping) for a 64-page 8.5x11" full colour
>>>>paperback is pretty impressive, and the quality of printing is
>>>>entirely acceptable. There are one or two traps to look out for, I'll
>>>>be glad to expound if there is any interest.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Piers
>>>>
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