Creating Publications

GOWrite 2 is great tool for creating GO diagrams for various types of publication, including books WWW pages and other online media.

Creating Books

Following describes different strategies for creating books.

WMF Graphics Clipboard in WindowsTM

Word processors are most convenient tools for writing books. In Windows WMF graphics can be copied from GOWrite 2 to most word processing programs.

Graphics quality is excellent and editing is very convenient, as results can be seen immediately.

EPS Graphics via File

ESP graphics can be transferred from GOWrite 2 to most publication program using EPS file(s).

In this solution GOWrite is used to export diagrams each in separate file. Publication program is then used to import EPS files. Graphics quality is excellent, but this method mey be bit less convenient compared to clipboard.

This solution is most portable, as it is not tied to any operating system.

WWW pages using Bitmap Graphics

WWW pages need to be readable with most systems in internet. For this bitmap graphics are suitable.

Diagrams and comments can be exported using HTML and PNG graphics. Result is possible to publish immediately, but it is also possible to edit result for better formatting layout in any HTML editor.

PS and PDF files

Many different tools can create PDF files. Best results depend on exact method used. Following iterates some of possible method.

Adobe Acrobat

Full version of Adobe Actobat can be used to create PDF files.

OpenOffice PDF export filter

OpenOffice conbtains filter to create PDF files.

In Windows best way to create PDF file is to export to HTML and WMF format.

In linux good results cannot be get. Export to HTML and EPS format works, but unfortunately leads to bitmap-based diagrams in PDF.

Scribus desktop publishing tool

Scribus uses postscript as basis of everything. Best results can be get by exporting diagrams in EPS format. Currently comments cannot be transferred easily to Scribus
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