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Review by Erol Esen
Corel WordPerfect Office X8 has further improved the capability to create an eBook. In fact, while there are numerous tools this suite comes with, such as spreadsheet program, image editor, slideshow creator, I will dedicate this entire review to the creation of an eBook. In a way, this review will also be a tutorial.
Let me be more specific about the eBook creation. Im interested in how WordPerfect creates MOBI eBook, not an ePub, because Amazon Kindle works best with MOBI.
To create an eBook, start WordPerfect Office X8, and follow these steps:nn1. Select New from Project under the File main menu option.
2. Scroll down and select eBook Publishernn3. Click on Create buttonnn4. Click on Enable Macrosnn5. Observe the splash screen of Corel WordPerfect eBook Publishernn6. Click on Start buttonnn7. Type into the text field of Chapter heading; I wrote In the Beginningnn8. Write a book.
9. Select Front Matter on the left panel and select Title page.
10. Click on Publish to eBook with letter ‘e’ on the left/top panel of WordPerfect X8, not the File main menu.
11. Enter a name for the wpd (Word Perfect Document) file. Where you save this file determines where the eBook MOBI file will be created.
12. Select .MOBI when it asks Publish tonn13. Enter Title, Author, etc. and nice Cover image, which would display on an Amazon Kindle Fire carousel in later steps.
14. Let WordPerfect X8 install couple of external tools needed to generate a MOBI eBook. These tools are kindlegen and previewer. This is a huge convenience provided by WordPerfect, by the way.
15. Check the Preview the .MOBI eBook option and click on the Preview button.n16. Observe that a Fire HDX 8.9 Preview screen pops up displaying the book.
You are now ready to distribute your eBook. You can use the Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing service (see Amazon to do this); or you can directly upload your MOBI file into a Kindle device using a USB cable. You can search how to do this properly, because an Android device needs to be in a certain mode (USB debugging mode) for it to be visible by another computer (different directions for different computers.) I use Windows 7 and after connecting my Kindle device, I simply copied the MOBI file into the Documents folder of the device. If you have any question please ask me in the comments area of this review, and Ill try to help.
This version of WordPerfect, the X8, is the best Ive seen thus far. Enjoy!