EXE format for e-book production methods

  
                  Simply put, an e-book refers to a digital book stored on a carrier such as light, electricity, or magnetism. With the continuous development of e-books, a variety of e-book formats have been developed, and different formats require different readers to read. E-books are also being accepted by more and more users because of their large amount of information and convenient reading. Today we will take a look at the reading and production methods of the EXE format e-book.

EXE format e-books biggest feature is without a special reader support, a file can be executed, and the interface can be made very beautiful, can also be password protected. The shortcoming is that it is not good enough in terms of security, speed, space, etc. Especially the EXE e-book does not do well in the bookmark function, but in general, the advantage of this format outweighs the disadvantages, and does not affect its universal applicability. There are a lot of software that can be used to make EXE e-books. Let's take a look at the production process by taking "eBook Workshop" as an example.

First, the basic situation of software


This is an HTML page files, images, Flash and other software bundled into EXE production of electronic documents. It absorbs the advantages of other similar softwares at present, adopts the interface shell, can choose the interface when making; and the interface is beautiful, and the interface can be upgraded continuously. In addition, the e-books produced can be partially or completely encrypted. The software size is 1.8MB, which can be downloaded from the following address:

http://www4.skycn.com/soft/8520.html

Tip: Other similar software has eBook Edit Pro , Cyber ​​Article, etc. (Cyber ​​Article).

Second, the production process


software installation is very simple, to start the main interface as shown in FIG. 1 after completion. It's very simple from the interface, it's easy to get started. The main feature of this software is to compile existing Word documents, html web files, etc. into EXE format e-books, so it is relatively simple in the overall production process.

Step 1: Add the compiled file.

Click the yellow button next to "Reread" on the right side of the main interface, and then import the documents you need to make from the hard disk. After importing, you can encrypt the document and the image. Click “All Encryption” and “Text Encryption” below. As shown in Figure 2, the ticked item is the item to be encrypted.



Step 2: Define the e-book catalog.

Switch to the "Directory" option, then there will be three vertical column settings box on the right. The first one is the list of hard disk files just imported; the middle one is the directory list that appears in the e-book, you can directly drag and drop the file list of the first column here; the third column is to select the title of each node of the created directory. the way.

In the second column of the e-book directory, you can move, sort, rename, etc. the item to make it more suitable. This can be done by the vertical toolbar icon next to the second column. And by clicking on the directory listing in the second column, you can preview the effect in the third column box. After initial completion, as shown in Figure 3.

Step 3: Make a cover.

cover production called the splash screen in this software, which is produced when an open e-book first saw the pictures. Switch to the "Splash Screen" tab and check the "Show splash screen when starting" option. After setting the dwell time, you can import a picture from the hard disk. Note that this software only supports bmp format. As shown in Figure 4.



Step 4: Create documentation.

The documentation is an "about" dialog. Any software has this option, intended to explain to the reader the creator of the program and version information. In this production software, you can use html format to edit, because html has a strong expressive ability, you can design as you like, without too many restrictions. First press the yellow import button above to import the pre-edited html file from the hard disk, then click the yellow button below to define an html file about the interface, and define the size of the "About" dialog box. As shown in Figure 5.


Tip: Do not put the folder of the "About" dialog box in the e-book content folder, otherwise it may cause repeated compilation errors. If you need a preview at this time, also switch to the "Interface" in the tool options on the left. Then check the "Use Interface" option, and then click to select an interface style (this is also the entire book interface), as shown in Figure 6.



Step 5: Customize Toolbar.

This software provides customization of two types of toolbars. With these two options, you can set the visual, image, title, and font of the buttons on the toolbar. For example, the "Toolbar (1)" option, you can add or delete the toolbar button, you can remove the check box before the corresponding icon; to change the icon style, click the icon and then import from the hard disk; to change the icon description, you can check the display Button label", then modify the text, as shown in Figure 7.

To further enhance the interface, you can set it in the "Toolbar (2)". As shown in FIG. 8, the e-book logo (logo), the toolbar background, and the status bar text can be freely set.



Step 6: other settings.

This is the last step to set up, of course, you can not do it. Switch to the "Options" setting item as shown in Figure 9. Here you can set the e-book title text and the default home page after opening; you can also customize an EXE icon for the created e-book. Everyone can play and set it up.

Step 7: Finish the production.

6 by operating the above steps, an electronic book has an initial prototype. At this point, you can click the compile icon on the toolbar to open the settings box as shown in Figure 10. First click the Save button to select the storage path for this eBook; then you can choose a compression method for the eBook and consider whether you need a password to access it. Finally click the "Compile" button again.





making good electronic book and double-click the icon from the storage position, in this case: The final e-book effect is shown in Figure 11, and the entire production process is now over.





Third, the summary


this software in the production of clear steps that express the toolbar The order of production is relatively easy to use. The production process can be summarized as three major points: importing files, making catalogs, and finally customizing the interface. The downside is that the production of each step cannot be previewed in real time, and it does not reflect the characteristics of WYSIWYG. But in general, this software is easy to use and worth a try.

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