In article <2008051509145816807-xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, gtr <xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-05-15 04:19:38 -0700, Heli <haiheli.pip@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> > Thanks, Daniel. Yes, I'll be doing a lot of moving around and I have
> > stored NeoOffice somewhere on my Mac. Haven't used it yet, still using
> > good old AppleWorks for my letters.
> > I guess the adding of illustrations (I may think of making my own
> > drawings) is done in NeoOffice then. I just saw that Scrivener can't
> > have images in the draft section. But anyway, adding ills is something
> > that is done at the last moment I assume, and certainly separately if
> > by a regular publisher.
> > NoteBook looks a bit childish, but it has good notes possibilities.
You
> > can simply collect all the relevant ones by doing a find operation and
> > have them all open on one page.
> > What I must check out is whether the apps are suited for inserting
> > words in foreign languages. French comes to mind.
>
> I think it depends on how you'll be manipulating textint he "final
> tidying". Here you should use what ever is easiest and whichever you
> feel is best equipped to never ever ever ever crash. That's why I rule
> Word out.
You might take a look at TeX/LaTeX, especially if you intend to insert a
lot of recipes (or anything else which needs special formatting). It has
much more powerful formatting capability than "word-processors". It will
also give you a very nice looking do***ent (I think it has the best
page-layout capabilities around; makes "Word" output look like something
knocked out on a typewriter by comparison. And IMO is far better suited
to something the size of a book than Word.
It's a bit daunting to start, but there are some very good books to get
you up to speed. Once you get used to it (which won't take long), it's a
breeze. Since all formatting commands are entered into the body of the
do***ent as text and are human-readable, you can see exactly what's
going on. Plus, you can do all your editing, proofing, and so on using
whichever text editor you prefer.
Also, I understand that it is far better at taking the best advantage of
professional typesetting devices than Word.
Isaac
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