EpubSTAR USER'S GUIDE
3.0
Copyright by Oxen (Huang Chun-Sheng), 2011-04-16~2012-10-19

1.INTRODUCTION

EpubSTAR is an epub format e-books generator, and now supports  "WORD to EPUB" conversion, "TEXT to EPUB" conversion and "Markdown to EPUB" conversion. You can use EpubSTAR to convert your Word document (doc, docx), plain text (txt) or Markdown text(md, markdown, mdown, markd) into the EPUB format eBooks automatically. Registration Edition supports image processing. Its characteristic is easy to learn, easy to operate, and one-click conversion. Just three steps, you can produce a sophisticated print quality eBooks. Ebook beginners could have an opportunity to experience the high quality eBook production.

2. USING

2.1 How to use:

2.1.1 Editing a word document or a plain text document,to comply with the norms of Chinese and English.

2.1.2 EpubSTAR program converts the Word document or the plain text document or markdown document to EPUB document.

2.2 Other features:

2.2.1 Quick styles: Click "Styles" tab, you can select Oxen's Style, EpubSTAR1 Simple, EpubSTAR2 Fresh, EpubSTAR3 Passion and EpubSTAR4 Rough in the style template selection box.

2.2.2 Save settings with custom or default parameters: Click "save settings" and "restore default" on the "settings" menu, you can save your own books parameters or restore the programs default values. 

2.2.3 Vertical layout book : In making options tab, select " writing direction " to " 1 - Vertical ".

3. STEPS

Epub eBook making with EpubSTAR is very simple, just three steps:

Step 1: Select the source file and output directory.

1) Click on the "Source File" button, select the word or text source document. Or in the text box to enter a word or plain text file name and their path.

2) Click on the "Export" button, select the the epub document saved path and file name. The Epub ebook file name can also be entered in the text box.

Step 2: Enter book and producing information.

1) Enter the book's copyright information. Including the title, author, translator, the publisher, date of publication, type. Click "More" button on the fool interface(Novice mode or Newbie mode), you can open "Book Info" tab, and input itemized in the table. You can also editing the items' contents in a Word or Plain Text document.

2) Input information of creator. Click "More" button to open the "Options" tab, enter options item by item in the table.

Step 3: Generate epub books.

Click the "Cerate" button or the "Generate" menu, EpubSTAR will be automatically generated epub ebook for you.

4 OPERTATION

4.1 Cover Import: Double-click on the Cover picture box, select and import cover images. If you do not import the cover picture, EpubSTAR can automatically generate a nice cover picture basing on the above books information.

4.2 Make information: Click on the "More" button or the "Book Options" sub-menu under "Books" menu, you can open the "Options" tab. Include detailed project:

"Contents(TOC) Level": Selected the level to be showed in the the epub ebook's Contents page and TOC, default 2. Extracts "Heading 2" as Contents level;

- "Chapter Segmentation": to generate epub ebook need to split the document chapter by chapter, in order to improve documentation efficiency. Default 2. Temporarily not optional.

- "Section Prefix": the filename's prefix of epub document section segmentation. Optional "epub", "chapter", or custom. Default "chapter".

- "Book version": Generated version of Epub eBook.

- "team": A list of the team members involved in book production.

- "The writing direction" : horizontal or vertical.

5 ADVANCED

Corresponding sub-menu under the "Book" menu in the menu, select advanced open tab as follows:

5.1 Cover custom: Automatically generated cover images. Click "Cover" tab, you can set the maker's LOGO (Professional Edition support), cover color, as well as font family, font size, font color, position of the items such as title, author, publisher. The information of title, author, publisher, and other come from the "Options" tab.

5.2 Style tags: Tag and extract the title style and Contents (TOC). You can use this function only with the mode of text to EPUB. Click on the "Tag" tab, according to the paragraph characteristics of the title of the source document, set the heading style names (H1, H2, and so on) and characteristic expressions row by row. Professional, and Ultimate editions can use advanced features: heading level can be extended to heading 6 (h6),and you can custom selector class name, such as the mark "picture", "quote", "heavy", "author", "subtitle "and other styles.

5.3 Style definitions: Defines display effects of heading styles and other styles, look like printed books. You can select "Oxen's Style" and other quick styles in "Styles" tab's style template selection box. Also, you can select "Customize" style, set page, paragraph formatting and fonts to meet your requirements. If you purchased a dedicated module or Professional Edition, you can use the advanced features: custom more than 20 kinds of styles.

5.4 Style importing (under development): Import your or orthers customized style sheet file into EpubSTAR the style sets for using by creating Epub ebook at any time. Operation: click the "Import" button in "Styles" tab, select the style sheet file, fill in certain information and determine.

6 LANGUAGE

6.1 Interface regional languages switch (English, traditional Chinese, Chinese Simplified). From the version 2.5, support en, zh-CN, zh-TW, zh-HK and zh-SG five kinds regional language. At any time you can switch curent interface language to English, Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese.Operating methods: In the "View" menu, and you can choose the following five regional languages:
- The current language of the operating system;
- English;
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong);
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan);
- Simplified Chinese (China);
- Simplified Chinese (Singapore).

6.2 Multi-language text mixed processing: Processing a variety of languages ​​document, or the body of the document contains the English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. That, regardless of the interface language for what regional languages​​, you can deal with a variety of language documentation.

6.3 Multi-language style mixed processing: When the title of the document and other styles including English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, you can tag and identify at the same time.

7 SPECIFICATION

7.1 Text Norm

7.1.1 EpubSTAR can automatically identify and process all standardized word and text document.

7.1.2 Paragraph-beginning style. Chinese specification requires an empty two em spaces, instead of 4 half-width spaces or Tab indents. English may be an empty number of spaces or tab indents.

7.1.3 Other specifications. Please reflect on one's misdeeds in private, recalls the inculcation of primary school language teacher.

7.2 Style norms

7.2.1 Heading styles and Scope:

Title level 1: Word documents "heading 1" style, text document "h1" style. Applies to part or series of book, plates or album of newspaper, and so on. Equivalent of word processing "section (section)".

Title level 2: Word documents "heading 2" style, Text document "H2" style. Applies to chapters of book, article titles of newspaper, and so on.

Title level 3: Word documents "heading 3" style, Text document "H3" style. Applies to sections of book, article sub-headings of newspaper.

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Subtitle: Word document "subtitle" style, Text document "hsub" style. Applies to further explained under the heading title, newspaper article title or chapter of book. Generally a dash (--) begin.

Author: Word document "author" style, Text document "author" style. Applies to author of book Introduction, newspaper articles.

Appendix title level 1: Word document "Appendix 1 title" styles, Text document "app1" style. Applies to the title of the Appendix of a book.

Appendix title level 2: Word document "Appendix 2 title" styles, Text document "App2" style. Applies to the book's chapter headings in the Appendix section, similar to the "chapter" of the body part.

7.2.2 heading style tags:

Only properly marked in the source document title and other styles, EpubSTAR can successfully identify and deal with.

7.2.2.1 Word document heading styles tags:

Title level 1: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Heading 1" style.

Title level 2: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Heading 2" style.

Title level 3: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Title 3" style.

Title level 4: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Heading 4" style.

Title level 5: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Heading 5" style.

Title level 6: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Heading 6 style.

Subtitle: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "subtitled" style (advanced features).

Author: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "author"style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

Author of title level 2: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "H2author" style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

Author of title level 3: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "H3author" style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

Title of appendix level 1: the corresponding paragraph in the word document is set to "Appendix 1" style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

Title of appendix level 2: the corresponding paragraph in the word document is set to "Appendix 2" style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

picture: the picture paragraphs in a word document is set to "Image" style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

Caption(Note of picture):  the picture caption paragraphs in a word document is set to "Imagenote" style. If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

Quote: the corresponding paragraph in the word document is set to "quote" style (advanced features).

Dialogue 1: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Say1" style (advanced features). If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.

DDialogue 2: the corresponding paragraphs in a word document is set to "Say2" style (advanced features). If you do not have this style in your Word document, create a new.


7.2.2.2 Text document heading style tags:

Title level 1: Please add "#" style tags at the begining of the corresponding paragraph in the Text document . And select "#" marks in EpubSTAR "Tags" tab expression list "h1" row "Leading" column.

Title level 2: Please add "##" style tags at the begining of the corresponding paragraph in the Text document . And select "##" marks in EpubSTAR "Tags" tab expression list "h1" row "Leading" column.

Title level 3: Please add "###" style tags at the begining of the corresponding paragraph in the Text document . And select "###" marks in EpubSTAR "Tags" tab expression list "h1" row "Leading" column.

Title level 4: Please add "####" style tags at the begining of the corresponding paragraph in the Text document . And select "####" marks in EpubSTAR "Tags" tab expression list "h1" row "Leading" column.

Title level 5: Please add "#####" style tags at the begining of the corresponding paragraph in the Text document . And select "#####" marks in EpubSTAR "Tags" tab expression list "h1" row "Leading" column.

Title level 6: Please add "######" style tags at the begining of the corresponding paragraph in the Text document . And select "######" marks in EpubSTAR "Tags" tab expression list "h1" row "Leading" column.

7.3 Structural Rules

Structure and its applicable style: word and text document is structured in the following:
Brief or abstract of book: In Word document, please set the title to "TOC heading" or "Heading 2" style. In Text document, please use "h2" style (Selector).

About the author: In Word document, title, please set the title to "TOC heading" or "Heading 2" style. In Text document, please use "h2" style (Selector).

Preamble or Introduction: In Word document, please set the title to "TOC heading" or "Heading 2" style. In Text document, please use "h2" style (Selector). There is more than one can be ordered in the preamble.

Table of Contents: In Word document, please set the title to "TOC heading" or "Heading 2" style. In Text document, please use "h2" style (Selector).

Main parts: In Word document, titles follow the title style specifications above, body text please use the "body" style. In Text document, titles tages follow title style specifications above, body text without mark.

Appendix: In Word document, titles can use "Appendix 1" or "Appendix 2" according to the level, sublevel title can use the body part of "Heading 3~9". In Text document, titles can use "app1" or "app2" Style (Selector), sublevel headings can use "h3" - "h6" Style (Selector).

Production notes: In Word document, please set the title to "TOC heading" or "Heading 2" style. In Text document, please use "h2" style (Selector).

Copyright page: Including books copyright information and production information. If you prepare in advance about the content, you can save time when in post production.


7.4 WORD TEMPLATE

For ease of use and efficient to make eBook, Oxen has prepared a EpubSTAR Word template that follow the above specifications. This template exist in the "res" subdirectory of the installation directory. You can one by one use a variety of styles in the Word document.

