WYSIWYG and Compile-Based Authoring
There are two approaches to writing on a computer.
- WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get)
What you see while writing is the same as the final output. You can easily control formatting, such as fonts and text colors, and layout, such as where a particular paragraph appears on a particular page. Word processors such as Microsoft Word, Hancom Hangul, and Apple Pages, and typesetting programs such as Adobe InDesign/FrameMaker and QuarkXPress use this approach.
- Compile-based
You write content according to a defined structure without worrying about how it will look, and then compile or build it to get the output. Document typesetting systems that support LaTeX, DocBook, DITA, and so on use this approach.
Each approach has advantages and disadvantages. Choose one based on the type of document you need to write and your circumstances. In practice, the WYSIWYG approach is useful when a few authors write short documents, and the compile-based approach is suited to many authors writing long documents.
With the WYSIWYG approach, you can create many types of documents. With the compile-based approach, on the other hand, it is difficult to create documents with elaborate, complex styles and layouts.
Creating a Copyright or Dedication Page
The ManualWorks editor is basically compile-based, but when you write a document, you sometimes need content that must appear in a specific position, such as a copyright page or a dedication.
- Copyright page
A page containing the basic bibliographic information of the book and all matters related to authorship and publishing rights1. It usually appears on page iv.
- Dedication
A page containing a note in which the author or publisher dedicates the book to another person2. It usually appears on page v.
To solve this problem, ManualWorks provides the design page feature.
Follow these steps to add a design page.
Open the chapter where you want to add a design page in the editor.
At the position where you want to insert the design page, create an <Object Paragraphselect_check_box>.
Select “Single Design Page” as the object type.
If needed, enter what the design page is for in the “Description” field.
Save the paragraph.
After saving, click the <Edit> link to open a screen where you can lay out the design page in a new window.
If you have never created a PDF file from the document, a screen for selecting a PDF page layout appears before the design page editing screen.
Selecting a PDF page layout
For how to edit a design page, see PDF Page Layouts. Except for selecting the page size and page type, the rest works the same way.
Creating a Half Title Page
With design pages, you can design not only copyright and dedication pages but also the half title page differently from the PDF page layout settings.
Open the title chapter in the editor.
Delete the layout page(half title page) paragraph.
Add a design page at that position, and then edit its content.
You can design the title page with a design page in the same way as the half title page.
To go back to using the half title page provided by the PDF page layout, follow these steps.
Open the title chapter in the editor.
Delete the design page paragraph used for the half title page.
Add an object paragraph at the very beginning of the document.
Select “Layout Page” as the object type.
Select “Half Title Page” as the layout page.
Save the paragraph.
Precautions
Note the following when you create design pages.
Design pages are included in PDF files and MS Word files. Content created with design pages does not appear in the web viewer or in EPUB files.
If the PDF page layout used to create a design page differs from the PDF page layout used to create the PDF file, the design page content may look wrong.
- What Is an Editor? (in Korean), Kim Hak-won, Humanist, 2009
- Daum Korean Dictionary