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- | ===== Textboxes & Sidebars ===== | + | ====== Textboxes & Sidebars |
- | Textboxes and sidebars, and other secondary content, should be moved to an appropriate place within the main narrative flow. | + | Text boxes, |
- | Textboxes and sidebars will be marked with the '' | + | All '' |
- | ====Textboxes==== | + | Insert any secondary content, such as sidebar content, using a text box. |
- | Retain | + | < |
- | ====Sidebars==== | + | This text box will translate to an < |
+ | A text box may contain formatting (italics, bold, lists, headings, etc.). | ||
- | Retain the content that is inside the sidebar. The sidebar | + | To create a text box: |
+ | * Open '' | ||
+ | * Select '' | ||
+ | * Draw text box the length | ||
- | ====Q & A ==== | + | Once you have your text box, you need to ensure it is '' |
- | **Q: When creating sidebars, I did not want to wrap the text in a way that would make the text lose its corresponding associated text, so I selected "In line with text" - all other options seemed to stay in one place no matter what happened with the rest of the text. Was this the correct thing to do?** - Jenn | + | |
- | A: When incorporating sidebar content into the main body of the text, we take the contents (sometimes helps to clear formatting) and apply the normal body text style to it. We offset the contents with the text SIDEBAR STARTS and SIDEBAR ENDS. The sidebar content can also consist of a heading(s) if it makes sense to apply that hierarchy. Try to place the content somewhere within the main body so that there's a logical reading order. | + | For Mac: |
+ | * Left click the text box | ||
+ | * This will open a pop up menu | ||
+ | * Select | ||
+ | * This will open a secondary pop up menu | ||
+ | * Select '' | ||
- | **Q: Generation X was initially designed in a way to use margins for definitions throughout the book as well as images, etc. I put the definitions in footnotes instead, for now - so they can still correspond with the correct sections of text. Is there a better method? (I kept the images | + | For PC Windows: |
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- | A: Yes, in this case, it is appropriate to put the content that is in the margins into a note. | + | This will ensure the image is anchored |
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+ | Now you have a text box! Now you can enter text into text box including any formatting such as: emphasis, strong, lists, headings, images etc.. | ||
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+ | Here is a video demo on how to create text boxes for secondary content: [[https:// | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | <WRAP center round box 80%> | ||
+ | **Example** | ||
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+ | Below is an screenshot of a complete text box: | ||
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+ | This is what it looks like when it is converted into an epub: | ||
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+ | Habaneros are not at everyone’s neighborhood grocery store. And once you do find and buy a bunch of them, you’ll probably use only one or two at a time, because they’re so fiery. Instead of letting the leftover chiles languish in the refrigerator, | ||
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+ | </ aside> | ||
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+ | <note tip>If you have any questions, check the archive below, if still not clear, post your question on the [[public: | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====Q&A Archive==== | ||
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+ | Q: I'm working on Vancouver Exposed which has sections of text in boxes - they seem like asides, but they also seem to fit within the narrative flow? Can I format these in text boxes like we did for fight like a physicist? | ||
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+ | A: You can put them into text boxes. These will translate to < | ||
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+ | Update: Thank you! I've started adding the text boxes but I'm running into an issue. A couple of the asides have footnotes. I had preinserted the footnotes and when I put them into the text box, they deleted. I did some research and it looks like word doesn' | ||
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+ | A: None of these workarounds would be accessible. Since they seem to fit into the narrative flow, then put content | ||
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+ | Q: I'm working on Satan is a Socialist and I have a question about sidebars. This text uses a number of sidebars (usually just one sentence) to highlight main points in the text. I know our normal workflow is to move sidebars to the end of a section, but because these sidebars emphasize the text immediately above it I'm worried | ||
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+ | A: These are actually not sidebars, but what publishers call pull quotes and they used lines and larger text to visually grab the readers attention. You can style them as quotes. | ||
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+ | Q: We Rise Again has a number of pages styled completely different than the main pages (see example below). I've been styling them as secondary content | ||
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+ | A: Yes. Include the image. Remember you can also resize the image to fit it on the page. If this does not work then put the term Aside in the heading and I will manually code them during conversion. I will also place a ticket into DAISY to see if this issue can be fixed. | ||
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