Website to book

I have a website about a classic Sailboat design www.dolphin24.org. The
website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff. A lot of
people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be done using
Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
Thanks

Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly (imo) have
enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button" solution.
You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to be
unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the highest
resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high enough
resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi images but
not recommended).

IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web in
Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)

You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com, I've not
used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal someday
soon.

hth

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
...
|I have a website about a classic Sailboat design www.dolphin24.org. The
| website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff. A lot of
| people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be done using
| Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
| Thanks

Thanks Rob
I was afraid of that. I have, in Dreamweaver and in my back up files all
the photos, PDF files, and text. I know to do the book right I should
redraft the text and reorganize where things are, page numbers, Index and all
that.

I could do this over time. Is Publisher a reasonable software to use for
this project?

Ron

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly (imo) have
enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button" solution.
You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to be
unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the highest
resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high enough
resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi images but
not recommended).

IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web in
Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)

You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com, I've not
used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal someday
soon.

hth

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
...
|I have a website about a classic Sailboat design www.dolphin24.org. The
| website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff. A lot of
| people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be done using
| Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
| Thanks

I use Publisher or InDesign depending on the project. Yep...you certainly
could use Publisher & Word (in conjunction with each other) for your
project.

You may find that Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop will also be helpful along the
way (expensive though).



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
...
| Thanks Rob
| I was afraid of that. I have, in Dreamweaver and in my back up files all
| the photos, PDF files, and text. I know to do the book right I should
| redraft the text and reorganize where things are, page numbers, Index and
all
| that.
|
| I could do this over time. Is Publisher a reasonable software to use for
| this project?
|
| Ron
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly (imo)
have
| enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button"
solution.
| You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to be
| unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the highest
| resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high enough
| resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi images
but
| not recommended).
|
| IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web in
| Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)
|
| You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com, I've not
| used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal someday
| soon.
|
| hth
|
| --
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Rob Giordano
| Microsoft MVP Expression
|
|
|
|
|
| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
message
| ...
| |I have a website about a classic Sailboat design www.dolphin24.org. The
| | website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff. A
lot of
| | people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be done
using
| | Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
| | Thanks
|
|
|

Thanks for the help. Enjoy the site
Ron

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

I use Publisher or InDesign depending on the project. Yep...you certainly
could use Publisher & Word (in conjunction with each other) for your
project.

You may find that Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop will also be helpful along the
way (expensive though).



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
...
| Thanks Rob
| I was afraid of that. I have, in Dreamweaver and in my back up files all
| the photos, PDF files, and text. I know to do the book right I should
| redraft the text and reorganize where things are, page numbers, Index and
all
| that.
|
| I could do this over time. Is Publisher a reasonable software to use for
| this project?
|
| Ron
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly (imo)
have
| enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button"
solution.
| You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to be
| unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the highest
| resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high enough
| resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi images
but
| not recommended).
|
| IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web in
| Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)
|
| You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com, I've not
| used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal someday
| soon.
|
| hth
|
| --
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Rob Giordano
| Microsoft MVP Expression
|
|
|
|
|
| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
message
| ...
| |I have a website about a classic Sailboat design www.dolphin24.org. The
| | website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff. A
lot of
| | people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be done
using
| | Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
| | Thanks
|
|
|

Ron,

You are going to have to contact a publisher to determine their needs. They
have their idiosycracies that can't be ignored. Do it before you expend time
on it. My publisher required text in MS Word. Photos were required to be
quality 2-1/4" transparancies. Each is different!
"Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
news
Thanks for the help. Enjoy the site
Ron

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

I use Publisher or InDesign depending on the project. Yep...you certainly
could use Publisher & Word (in conjunction with each other) for your
project.

You may find that Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop will also be helpful along
the
way (expensive though).



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
...
| Thanks Rob
| I was afraid of that. I have, in Dreamweaver and in my back up files
all
| the photos, PDF files, and text. I know to do the book right I should
| redraft the text and reorganize where things are, page numbers, Index
and
all
| that.
|
| I could do this over time. Is Publisher a reasonable software to use
for
| this project?
|
| Ron
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly (imo)
have
| enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button"
solution.
| You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to be
| unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the highest
| resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high enough
| resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi images
but
| not recommended).
|
| IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web in
| Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)
|
| You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com, I've
not
| used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal
someday
| soon.
|
| hth
|
| --
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Rob Giordano
| Microsoft MVP Expression
|
|
|
|
|
| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
message
| ...
| |I have a website about a classic Sailboat design www.dolphin24.org.
The
| | website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff. A
lot of
| | people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be done
using
| | Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
| | Thanks
|
|
|

This is true....unless maybe self publishing.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
...
| Ron,
|
| You are going to have to contact a publisher to determine their needs.
They
| have their idiosycracies that can't be ignored. Do it before you expend
time
| on it. My publisher required text in MS Word. Photos were required to be
| quality 2-1/4" transparancies. Each is different!
| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
| news | Thanks for the help. Enjoy the site
| Ron
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| I use Publisher or InDesign depending on the project. Yep...you
certainly
| could use Publisher & Word (in conjunction with each other) for your
| project.
|
| You may find that Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop will also be helpful along
| the
| way (expensive though).
|
|
|
| --
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Rob Giordano
| Microsoft MVP Expression
|
|
|
|
|
| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
message
| ...
| | Thanks Rob
| | I was afraid of that. I have, in Dreamweaver and in my back up files
| all
| | the photos, PDF files, and text. I know to do the book right I
should
| | redraft the text and reorganize where things are, page numbers, Index
| and
| all
| | that.
| |
| | I could do this over time. Is Publisher a reasonable software to use
| for
| | this project?
| |
| | Ron
| |
| | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| |
| | Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly
(imo)
| have
| | enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button"
| solution.
| | You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to
be
| | unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the highest
| | resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high
enough
| | resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi
images
| but
| | not recommended).
| |
| | IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web
in
| | Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)
| |
| | You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com,
I've
| not
| | used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal
| someday
| | soon.
| |
| | hth
| |
| | --
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| | Rob Giordano
| | Microsoft MVP Expression
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
| message
| | ...
| | |I have a website about a classic Sailboat design
www.dolphin24.org.
| The
| | | website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF stuff.
A
| lot of
| | | people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be
done
| using
| | | Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
| | | Thanks
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

and if self-publishing though a site like lulu.com they provide templates
for Word, etc. - however, laying out images in Word...pita.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote in message
...
| This is true....unless maybe self publishing.
|
| --
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Rob Giordano
| Microsoft MVP Expression
|
|
|
|
|
| "Charles W Davis" wrote in message
| ...
|| Ron,
||
|| You are going to have to contact a publisher to determine their needs.
| They
|| have their idiosycracies that can't be ignored. Do it before you expend
| time
|| on it. My publisher required text in MS Word. Photos were required to be
|| quality 2-1/4" transparancies. Each is different!
|| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in message
|| news || Thanks for the help. Enjoy the site
|| Ron
||
|| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
||
|| I use Publisher or InDesign depending on the project. Yep...you
| certainly
|| could use Publisher & Word (in conjunction with each other) for your
|| project.
||
|| You may find that Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop will also be helpful along
|| the
|| way (expensive though).
||
||
||
|| --
|| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|| Rob Giordano
|| Microsoft MVP Expression
||
||
||
||
||
|| "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
| message
|| ...
|| | Thanks Rob
|| | I was afraid of that. I have, in Dreamweaver and in my back up
files
|| all
|| | the photos, PDF files, and text. I know to do the book right I
| should
|| | redraft the text and reorganize where things are, page numbers,
Index
|| and
|| all
|| | that.
|| |
|| | I could do this over time. Is Publisher a reasonable software to
use
|| for
|| | this project?
|| |
|| | Ron
|| |
|| | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|| |
|| | Excellent website...I could browse it for hours. You certainly
| (imo)
|| have
|| | enough there to create a book, but it won't be a "push a button"
|| solution.
|| | You'll have to convert everything manually; the text will have to
| be
|| | unformatted, you'll need to have all the image files in the
highest
|| | resolution possible...any thing from the web will not be high
| enough
|| | resolution (well maybe you'd get a way with a few small 72 dpi
| images
|| but
|| | not recommended).
|| |
|| | IMO you certainly could produce a nice book from info on your web
| in
|| | Publisher...I would if it were my web! (old salt here :-)
|| |
|| | You could even self-publish on demand with sites like Lulu.com,
| I've
|| not
|| | used them yet but I intend to self publish my grandpa's journal
|| someday
|| | soon.
|| |
|| | hth
|| |
|| | --
|| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|| | Rob Giordano
|| | Microsoft MVP Expression
|| |
|| |
|| |
|| |
|| |
|| | "Ron-dolphin24" wrote in
|| message
|| | ...
|| | |I have a website about a classic Sailboat design
| www.dolphin24.org.
|| The
|| | | website uses Dreamweaver and has a lot of pictures and PDF
stuff.
| A
|| lot of
|| | | people have asked if I can convert this to a book. Can this be
| done
|| using
|| | | Publisher? Is there software that makes this easier?
|| | | Thanks
|| |
|| |
|| |
||
||
||
||
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