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Subject: Re: Importing to GitBook
From: Nina Barzgaran <nina -dot- barzgaran -at- barzgaran -dot- at>
To: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 19:18:39 +0200

Hey Chris,

I think I can relate to that, if it's one project only.
Perhaps looking at one or two pages of their docs is sufficient already without learning it all.
But this is just me trying to make it as easy and with as little extra effort as possible, if it's not about the creative process of writing - but more about doing the 'brunt' work.

Anyway, good luck and enjoy your memoir writing. ð

The best of success.
Nina

Am 12.05.2022 19:03, schrieb Chris Morton:

Thanks, Nina.

I'm mulling over the process and admit to not wanting to learn GitBook just
for one project. I'm sure it's pretty simple, but my procrastination (and
obstinance) is getting in the way. I just don't have the "gung-ho, charge
ahead" attitude of yesterday and would rather be working on my memoir.

Chris Morton

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 12:37 PM Nina Barzgaran <nina -dot- barzgaran -at- barzgaran -dot- at>
wrote:

Hello Chris,

at a first lance at their Quick Start and Import guides, GitBook seems
comparatively simple.

I wonder judging by other similar tool setups, if using one tool then
importing to a second one is not a little roundabout way of doing it.
You would expect to have to do quite some editing and fine-tuning after
each import.
Or are you thinking of a one-time thing - import already existing guide
once, then work in Gitbook from there...?

In principle I would import once and then go on from there, if necessary.
Yet, looking at GitBook's import page of their guide, a number of common
formats are allowed for import, among them Word too, for example (in case
that was an existing format you work with, seems still not uncommon even
among established companies) :
https://docs.gitbook.com/features/import

But I am not an expert on GitBook, just thinking out loud, as it were. ð
A lot of guess work involved on my part, so more information on what you
want to do might help others to help you.

Good luck and may others chime in on this.
Nina

Am 12.05.2022 17:31, schrieb Chris Morton:

My client wants me to create its user guide in GitBook. Swell. But though I
know Markdown, I haven't found a good GitBook primer.

Do you know of one?

Wanting to fast-track this and not get involved in a messy learning curve,
my inclination is to use InDesign (which I know well), export that as HTML,
then import the HTML into GitBook.

Waddayathink?

Chris Morton
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