![]() ![]() I am not alone in this as I found out when I searched Google.Īnyway to cut a very long a frustrating saga short I eventually found the download page for Booksmart through a Google search rather than on the Blurb website, installed it and was able to upload the yearbook which you can see by clicking on the link below. What is really worrying is that Blurb really does think that Bookwright is the way forward and I suspect that if you are coming at this a new it is. How long Blurb are going to pander to us is another matter – perhaps they might take the hint and make Bookwright much easier to use for all us dedicated users of their service – I don’t hold out too much hope! However, if you are used to using Booksmart, and clearly I am not alone in this view, then it is a backward step. Thanks for this…if it is any consolation every week this is the most viewed blog on my site – so you are not alone. I am not entirely sure what you are asking but I’ll have a stab and if I am wrong then please feel free to ask again. As for the cover problem all I did was go to the icon in the top left hand corner of the program called Covers and clicked on this and that seemed to work. Bookwright is frustratingly one of the least intuitive pieces of software out there and it took me a awhile to work that one out. As for printing I just click on the upload button and work through the Blurb process. ![]() I know you can create a PDF to act as a proof which of course could be printed separately but I wouldn’t recommend it as they deliberately alter the quality of the images as well as place watermarks through the book. With BookWright's straightforward functionality, entire books and magazines can be created in just a few minutes, even by inexperienced users.If this is what you want to do I would suggest using Adobe Acrobat Pro or whatever it is called now. It comes with a good number of templates and presets, which you can apply instantly.īookWright works with RGB color channels, instead of CMYK, like professional DTP programs. The software makes desktop publishing quite easy. Books can't be exported, but you can upload them on the Internet and convert or print them from there. ![]() Images that don't fit, pieces of text that got left out and other issues can be viewed on a single window, on which you can also find options for fixing or ignoring them. This will add image and text boxes automatically, so you only need to fill them. ![]() Also, if you wish to align them perfectly, without thinking where to place your photos or text, you can just select a layout preset and apply it instantly. The software's rulers and guide lines will help you align your contents. You can draw image and text boxes and fill them with contents by clicking and dragging. You can import entire pools of images and text files on the same interface, so you don't have to look for the files each time you need to insert a picture or a text fragment.Īrranging contents on a page can be done without any effort. Pages are listed like slides, on the left side of the main interface, to help you navigate faster. What's more, the software displays several previews for each book format, to help you figure out how it will look on paper or on mobile devices.Ĭompared to other DTP programs, BookWright is quite simple and easy to use. You can choose between different book formats and between different page layouts. The software doesn't ask for any special tools or drivers and it doesn't use a significant amount of resources.Ī key aspect of BookWright is the fact that it comes with various templates and presets. Downloading its setup file takes only a few seconds and installing its core components is just as fast. The software is absolutely free and it is available for Windows and Mac. If you have all your materials ready, you can use BookWright's tools to arrange them however you want, without any effort. The software can help you create anything from books to magazines, in just a few minutes. BookWright is designed to make desktop publishing (DTP) easy for inexperienced users. ![]()
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