Hi all,

in this thread I will post the announcements for new W2E releases!



Writer2ePub is an OpenOffice.org extension that creates an ePub file from any document openable by the OOo Word Processor.
Just simply one click, you can obtain a well formatted, easy readable ePub file from almost any document.

What is Writer2ePub?
W2E is an ePub creator. Simply write your document with the OOo Word Processor and W2E will make an ePub file using the best traditional typographic rules, by applying a predefined style sheet (CSS). If you need a good ePub document and you can use the OOo Writer Word Processor, W2E is your tool.

What Writer2ePub is not?
W2E is not a simple file converter. It does not just convert an existing document to ePub. If you need to obtain a pure wysiwyg ePub file, W2E is not for you. Please look at Calibre or other OOo extensions available on the Internet to do this kind of jobs.
Neither is W2E an ePub editor, please look at Sigil or other similar product if you need to edit and modify an existing ePub.

Who can use Writer2ePub?
W2E is intended for occasional users and professional use. The occasional user can create an high quality epub without worrying about the source document quality, while professional can create an easy editable, well structured and valid ePub file.

Installation
Just double click on the dowloaded file, it will install or replace the old W2E version.
Otherwise, please open the Extension Manager from the Tools menu and add the extension from there.
Once installed, on opening a new writer document you will find a small toolbar with three green icons.

Use
Simply press the first icon, and an ePub will be created in the same folder of the original file.
The icon with the blue mark is useful to add or edit the metadata information (title, author and so on).
The last icon with the red mark is to modify the preference. In a normal use you don't need to modify these settings.

Disclaimer:
Writer2ePub is a software tool written by non-professional programmers.
The author and all the collaborators are not responsible in any way for direct or indirect damages caused by W2E to your data, your software, your hard disk, your computer, your person, your home, your town, your country, your planet or your universe.
Please use it carefully and at your own risk!

Luke
Release History:

• 1.1.11 Solved a bug when <>'"& are present in the headers
  Improved image handling and positioning.
  Solved a bug in cover handling.
  Solved a bug that crashes converting one-coloumn tables
  Add a check for author and title metadata (mandatory in ePub)

• 1.1.10 Better metaLanguage handling
  Added full support to Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Lithuanian.
  Solved a bug that prevents use of the first image as cover

• 1.1.9 Solved some bugs: Repl function (again!), early unwanted file splitting
  Solved Superscript issue
  Added ISO languages to metadata window
  Published on OpenOffice.org repository

• 1.1.8 Cover image handling in metadata (Sisifone)
  iTunesMeta.plist handling
  Solved cover image metadata in content.opf
  Solved wrong deletion of folder with the same name of epub
  Now converts in .jpg all images unsupported by epub

• 1.1.7 Enabled automatic updates

• 1.1.6 Added the base font selection in the preferences

• 1.1.5 Solved a problem in metadata window (Conte)

• 1.1.4 Solved the image's naming problem
  Add the Reset button in the preference window

• 1.1.3 Improved preferences window (split after x kB, close doc, meta from filename)
  Adding font height modification
  Solved a bug in smallcaps if present "&" charachter
  Solved a bug in Graphics handling
  Improved Graphics handling (Alt, Align)

• 1.1.2 Implementation of a working metadata window (Conte)
  Improved preferences window (split before Hx, no messages)

• 1.1.1 Implementation of file split if too big

• 1.1.0 Implementation of Metadata and Preferences dialogs
  Solved some bugs that prevents TOC validation
  Improved CSS and styles recognition

• 1.0.9 Removed a bug in TOC generation
  CJKV improvement (Kisi)

• 1.0.8 New metadata routine, ready for preference panel (Conte)
  CJKV improvement (Kisi)

• 1.0.7 Solved a bug in TOC nesting (Conte)
  Add French localization (Zelda)
  Add licence files

• 1.0.6 Solved a bug that crashes the extension during temp file deleting (Conte and Kisi)

• 1.0.5 Now the extension saves an .odt working file before conversion, to work with any kind of files openable by writer
  Progress bar shown on SVG export (Kisi)
  Now supports English, Italian, Japanese (Kisi) Spanish (Kiermel), Polish (Ar't)
  Minor bugs solved in code and CSS (Kisi, Ar't)
  Added icon in the extension manager

• 1.0.4 New "developer mode" handling

• 1.0.3 Solved issues introduced with 1.0.2 (missing "repl" function)

• 1.0.2 Added Japanese localization (Kisi)
  Cleared unused code

• 1.0.1 Removed semicolon in <img width="51%;"…

• 1.0.0 Initial version

ToDo:
Font embedding (still)
Internal links handling
Full translation in many languages as possible (translators wanted!)
Formatting error correction
Metadata recognition from .doc documents

Known bugs and limitations:
Limited formatting of the tables
No internal link handling (external link working since 1.1.10)

Luke
Hi all,

Writer2ePub 1.1.10 is ready to download!
Many bug correction and localization in many languages are the news!

In the next release:
- font embedding

Luke
Hi again,

the release 1.1.11 is ready to download.
Please note that, caused by problems to OpenOffice repository, now the extension is only available in my site.

Luke
The download page in "extensions" don't work: "Page not found"
Thanks

I've downloaded the file from here, first link:
http://djvu.life.coocan.jp/epub/writer2epub/writer2epub.html

this is my site:
http://luke.simplicissimus.it/writer2epub/#english

Do you experienced problems in download from here?

Luke
The download works, but...

On your website doesn't mention the version number, so I thought it was an old version. I'm sorry.

You should mention the version number.


I ran into a problem with 1.1.10 so I check here and saw that you have a new version. I installed it but now I can not edit the CSS macro. I need to tweak the style sheet a bit. Not a Macro person so any suggestions as to why I'm not allowed to edit would be helpful..

Thank you...

John..
try to remove and reinstall the extension…

Luke
No joy...

I removed it.. closed OO, Opened and installed the extension, Closed OO again, opened and then tried to edit CSS.. Can not edit..

Really strange..