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