I’ve got some templates you may use with OpenOffice.org. Feel free to use these, modify these, pass them along, whatever. If you find them useful, of course I’d appreciate a link, but it’s not necessary.
- Cram – cram example pdf
- Dexter – dexter example pdf
- Modern – modern example pdf
- Textbook – textbook example pdf
Download OpenOffice.org Book Templates – zip file containing all the templates (.odt format)
Here how to use them.
- Download OpenOffice.org (it’s free, but a large download) and just open up and take a look at the templates.
- Pick the one you like best, and replace The book title, author, and copyright information.
- If you use the template with the Table of contents, you don’t need to mess with it, you can automatically generate it when you’re done by right clicking on the table and selecting ‘Update Index/Table’ .
- Chapter by chapter add the text. Every time you insert a chapter, use Insert>manual break>page break then click ok.
- Select the text that is the name or number of the chapter (whatever the author uses) and then in the little box in the upper left hand corner, change the selection from “Text Body” or “default Text” to “Heading 1″.
- Insert any images.
- Export to a pdf.
- Upload to the self-publishing site of your choice.
Note: If you ever have a problem formatting a piece of text (like the url on the copyright page) select the text, then go here:
And select “Clear formatting” and then reformat that portion of text.