Wikibooks talk:PDF versions

PDF accessibility features
Hello, I'm working in the Wikipedia:Accessibility policy, and I would like to point PDF files have some nice accessibility features that help people with disabilities (e.g. a blind user with a screen reader) and also provide some device independence (e.g. to read a wikibook in the 320&times;240 screen of my hyper-cool new PDA/phone :-). Some wikibooks are currently created with this feature (e.g. Ada Programming), and from my POV it's a good idea to always generate the PDF versions with the "accessibilty tags" to provide document reflow (Spanish: "reflujo"). See http://www.adobe.com/uk/epaper/tips/acr5reflow/index.html for more info. Best regards --surueña 09:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Previous PDF Editions
Do we realy need that column at the "Image:" page of the pdf allready provided a history list. --Krischik T 07:57, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

How can one contribute a book
I have authored a boob on Calculus and Differential Equation. The TeX source, PDF as well as Postscript version of the book with me. If I want to submit the book how can I upload it?

202.141.99.51 15:05, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm unsure if there is any easy way of converting TeX or Postscript to wiki markup. You could upload all three files (though you may have to split them up if they are too big) and then solicit other Wikibookians to help out transcribing the content. I would be willing to help out.
 * To upload the files, you will need to sign up. Just click the link at the top right that says "Log in / create account," click the link (in the center of the screen) that says "Create an account," and fill in the information. Make sure to not put your e-mail address or real name in the "username" box if you do not want to reveal your identity. It would be great to have you on board! --Iamunknown 19:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks dear for offering help. Well, while posting the above message, I had forgotten to login. I am already a contributor to many wikis (en, gu, books, wiktionaries, and here too). I have the pdf format, is it not sufficient to upload the pdf file only?

BTW: I am posting the same message to your talk page also to be sure it reaches you.

thanks once again and looking forward to sharing my book with all, -- Dineshjk 14:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Any user could download the pdf if you uploaded it. In order to legally distribute it, however, you would need to own the copyrights, or have the permission from any others who own the copyrights, and then license it under an appropriate copyright license such as the GNU Free Documentation License. Then, however, it would only be a pdf. It would be ideal if the text were in wiki text which anyone could edit and add upon. --Iamunknown 01:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * To note that one of the problems with a PDF file is the clause about "opaque" file formats, of which most PDF files fit in that definition. Here on Wikibooks, the "non-opaque" data is clearly in the Wiki markup text, where we are merely providing a convienent transformation of that data to something like a PDF file to help redistribute this content to places where reading web pages wouldn't necessarily be the only way to access the content.  Uploading a PDF file and including it as a traditional Wikibook would require this to be reversed, where the "non-opaque" data would have to somehow be made available.


 * Having the content available as a TeX markup would certainly simplify the process, and a subset of TeX is included on Wikibooks for at least the formulas themselves. But it would require either some tremendous hand editing or somebody automating the process of converting the content.  Considering that TeX is explicitly designed for printed page formating and HTML is more for hyperlinked networked "virtual" documents, there are some areas that would be harder to translate, if they could be done at all.  --Rob Horning 05:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)