On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:18:06 -0500, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
>
> I also have had so much trouble making newton books. If someone knows
> how to create a newton book on the binary level, please tell me. I
> would love to create some sort of java conversion utility to help us all.
>
> On Thursday, August 23, 2001, at 01:12 PM, THX 1138 wrote:
>
> > NewtonPress files corrupt easily, in my experience. If it's a big
> > project,
> > sort it out in RTF form before dragging it into the unholiness that is
> > NewtonPress. You will save yourself heartaches this way. Trust me.
Maybe I might but, whether plaintext or the RTF format in which I saved a
copy under ClarisWorks the NewtonPress seemed unimpressed and I had the
impression I was using the wrong file format.
I guess I'll have to try again! </;-) John J.
> >
> > I had a huge project die halfway thru without a backup file, and my
> > Newton
> > Press sources went south. Not a pretty nor elegant failure, I had to
> > totally start over. Now I take care of major editing (line breaks,
page
> > breaks, spelling, composition, fonts, etc) in WordPerfect, save it as
> > RTF,
> > import and work out minor issues (topics, more fonts, etc). Works fine
> > on
> > both Windows and Mac for me.
>
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