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    Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Writer
    Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Writer
    Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Writer
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    Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Writer

    By Roger Carter

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    Kingsoft Office is a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and is available for Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. You can create a Smashwords ebook with Kingsoft Writer as easily as you can with MS Word, and this book shows you how.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoger Carter
    Release dateApr 25, 2014
    ISBN9781310889158
    Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Writer
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    Roger Carter

    Roger Carter has had a varied career, including working as a studio manager at the BBC, working for the British Overseas Civil Service in the Solomon Islands, and running his own business. From 1975 to 2000 he was a lecturer at what is now the Buckinghamshire New University, and during this time he wrote 20 student textbooks, including Quantitative Methods for Business Students, and Business Administration for the Computer Age (both published by Heinemann) as well as books on information technology and computer software (various publishers).He is now retired and lives with his wife Sandra in Buckinghamshire, England. They have two children and five grandchildren.In 2018 he helped set up the Bourne End & District U3A and became its first Chair, and in 2021 was appointed its Honorary President..

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      Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Writer - Roger Carter

      Self-publish on Smashwords with Kingsoft Office

      By Roger Carter

      Copyright 2014 Roger Carter

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. Thank you for your support.

      Table of Contents

      1 Introduction

      1.1 Why Kingsoft Office?

      1.2 About this ebook

      1.3 Warning for Linux users

      2 Create a style template

      2.1 Why use templates?

      2.2 Recommended ebook styles

      2.3 Change Writer’s interface

      2.4 Create your ebook template

      3 Format your book

      3.1 Apply your template

      3.2 Remove unwanted paragraph and tab marks

      3.3 Insert page breaks

      3.4 Insert images

      3.5 Numbered and bulleted paragraphs

      4 Prepare your book for publishing

      4.1 Create a linked table of contents

      4.2 Create the front matter

      4.3 Create your ebook cover

      4.4 Prepare a short description

      4.5 Upload your book

      4.6 Check the epub version of your book

      1 Introduction

      1.1 Why Kingsoft Office?

      Kingsoft Office is a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and is available for Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. It looks and behaves very much like Microsoft Office, and it can handle files in Microsoft Office format. It comprises three modules: Kingsoft Writer, which is similar to Microsoft Word;

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