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About Sask Polytechnic and BCcampus Open Education
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Simple 5 Step Guide to Making a Book with Pressbooks
1. What You Can Do with Pressbooks
2. The Admin Interface
3. Title Page Example
4. Acknowledgement
5. Example Chapter Elements
6. Pressbooks Accounts
7. Passwords and Usernames
8. Provide Access to Others
9. Create a New Book
10. Create Non-English Resources
11. Structure the Book: Parts and Chapters
12. Front and Back Matter
13. Book Appearance and Formatting
14. Word Count
15. Import Options for Pressbooks Content
Josie Gray
16. Clone a Book
17. Import a Pressbooks or WordPress File
18. Import a Web Page or Pressbooks Webbook
19. Import a Word Document
20. Copy and Paste
21. Import a Google Doc
22. Import an OpenDocument Text (ODT) File
23. Import an EPUB File
24. Create Accessible Resources
25. Using the Pressbooks Editor
26. Hyperlink Material
27. Blockquotes and Pullquotes
28. Lists: Bulleted and Numbered
29. Tables
30. Images and Files
31. Textboxes
32. Videos, Audio, and Interactive Media
33. Media Attributions
34. Footnotes and Endnotes
35. Glossary Terms
36. Revisions Tool
37. Formatting Tips and Problems
38. Math Support
39. Where can I learn about LaTeX?
40. What is LaTeX?
41. How do I write a LaTeX expression in Pressbooks?
42. Which LaTeX commands work in Pressbooks?
43. How do I view an expression as it appears in LaTeX markup?
44. What is the difference between MathJax and QuickLaTeX?
45. How do I know if I’m using MathJax or QuickLaTeX?
46. Should LaTeX be used for all expressions, including simple ones?
47. Is there a simple website or application that I can use to test my LaTeX before adding it to Pressbooks?
48. What kind of symbols can I write using LaTeX?
49. How do I cross something out?
50. How do I write a fraction in LaTeX?
51. How do I create an array using LaTeX?
52. How do I make brackets around an expression bigger?
53. How do I write the correlation coefficient?
54. Can I use characters from the Pressbooks special character bank in LaTeX commands?
55. Why won’t my LaTeX render properly in the PDF export of my book when it works fine in the web book?
56. Activate Plugins
57. H5P for Interactive Material
58. Hypothesis
59. TablePress
60. WP QuickLaTeX
61. Third-Party Plugins
62. Delete a Chapter
63. Delete a Part
64. Delete a Book
65. Create a Book Cover
66. Fill Out the Book Info Page
67. Export Files
68. Make a Book Public
69. Pressbooks Directory
70. Import an Open Textbook into a LMS
Clint Lalonde
71. Book Statistics Inside Pressbooks
72. Webinars
73. Pressbooks Video Tutorial Series
74. LaTeX Support
75. Pressbooks FAQ
76. Pressbooks Feedback
77. What You Can Do with Pressbooks
78. The Admin Interface
79. Accessibility of Pressbooks
80. Content Disclaimer
81. Annotation with Hypothesis
82. Comments
Appendix A: Administrators, Developers, Technical Support
Appendix B: Pressbooks Catalogues
Appendix C: Editing OpenStax Textbooks
Appendix D: Other Pressbooks Resources
Glossary
Appendix E: Checklist for Accessibility
Versioning History
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