Help:Books

This page will help you to create books from WikiLectures articles. Then you will be able to download the resulting book in PDF, OpenDocument formats or to order the printed version from PediaPress.

Start the "Book Creator" tool

First click on the "Create a book" link in the left menu section "PDF version".

Click on the green button to start the book creator.

Collect articles

From now on, this toolbar will appear on top of every WikiLectures article. To add the currently viewed page to your book, just click on "Add this page to your book".

You don't even have to open every page, you want to add to your book. Just hover over a link for a few seconds and click on "Add linked wiki page to your book" in the box that appears.

Review Your Book

Once you are happy with the articles you collected, click on "Show book" to manage your book. You can give your book a title and subtitle, change the order of articles, remove articles, or add chapters to distinguish certain sections of your book.

Advanced settings

Change of order of articles in the book

In case you want to reorder the articles within your book, at the page with book overview, just drag the article title to desired place. If you want the articles to be ordered alphabetically, click on the link "Sort alphabetically".

Saving the created book and sharing it with others

In case you have the WikiLectures user account and you are an "approved user", you can save the created set of articles for later use or sharing. To do so, enter on the book overview page - within Save and share your book section - where and how you want to save your book and then click on "Save book" button.

Download or order a printed book

You can export your book in PDF or ODT. Just select the desired format and click the "Download" button.

To order a printed book, click on "Preview with PediaPress".