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    THE PUBLISHER'S MICROSOFT WORD COURSE
    THE PUBLISHER'S MICROSOFT WORD COURSE
    THE PUBLISHER'S MICROSOFT WORD COURSE
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    THE PUBLISHER'S MICROSOFT WORD COURSE

    By Robert Stetson

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    For those of us who write books, Microsoft Word 2010 has 7 magic areas we use to get the format just right.
    I’m going to take you through each of the areas and show you exactly how to format your document so that your final book will pass the formatting requirements of the publisher. If you use this guide effectively the final book can look like the books made by the big 6 printing houses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Stetson
    Release dateDec 26, 2013
    ISBN9781497724839
    THE PUBLISHER'S MICROSOFT WORD COURSE
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    Robert Stetson

    I am a retired person living in Massachusetts. My background is extremely diverse. I have worked a Computer Systems Design Engineer, an Auxiliary Police Officer, and many other jobs. I have been a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer working for 3 different fortune 500 companies, served as a representative at ANSI, ECMA and other standards organizations.. I was/am a licensed Private Detective in two states, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and now write as my full time occupation in books on a variety of fact and fictional topics.

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      THE PUBLISHER'S MICROSOFT WORD COURSE - Robert Stetson

      Home

      This section is called Home because it’s the foundation area for creating a document. 

      One of the biggest problems people have with upgrading their MS Word programs isn’t learning the new features and functions, it’s finding out where they put all of the old stuff.  Microsoft has a habit of relocating the functionality in their programs when they rewrite them.

      Once you get used to the new layout, you will discover that it’s easy to use.  The new functionality adds greatly to the quality of your finished product.

      In this step by step tutorial, I have included as many screen shots as needed to help you locate the knobs and buttons in the word program.

      Once you know where everything is and what it does, the result is intuitive. 

      Font

      The first area we’ll talk about is the Font area.  This is basic to any and all writing.  In the upper left of the area you find the two boxes with the drop down menus for selecting the font style and font size.

      The Font drop down menu is shown above. 

      The Font Size drop down menu is shown above.

      Notice that in the lower right hand corner of the Font area there is a small square with an arrow pointing down and to the right.  Every area on every page will have this square and it opens a popup box allowing characteristic changes in the attributes of this area.  The screen below is an example of the popup box that results when this Expansion Icon is clicked on.

      Note that every time I refer to the Expansion Icon, I am referring to this Icon in the lower right of the area we are working in.

      In the screen shot above, we are looking at the popup resulting from clicking on the Expansion Icon in the Font area.

      The popup isn’t just a repeat of the Icons in the area.  The popup offers a great deal more options for controlling the characteristics of the font, as you can see by the check boxes.  The window in the popup box shows the current state of the font and underneath the window is a description of the type of font represented.

      If things get really strange and you’re not sure how to fix it, there is the option at the bottom of the popup marked, Set As Default that will return everything back to where you started.

      Paragraph

      The Paragraph area allows you to control the attributes of the paragraph you’re working on.  If you want to apply the same attributes to the entire document, then highlight the entire document before selecting the attribute, such as left and right margin justification, for example.

      There are some interesting options listed here.  Let’s look at a couple that you will be using from time to time.

      If you select a list of items, for instance the list shown below,

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      You can create a bulleted list by highlighting the list and clicking on the bullet Icon in the upper left of the Paragraph area, like so,

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      You can number them as well by using the numbered Icon next to it.

      Up near the upper right there is an Icon with an A and a Z with a down arrow.  This will create an alphanumeric sorting of the list.  A popup menu will appear as shown below.

      The popup enables you to control the way the list is sorted.  I have selected "Ascending and the list is sorted as shown below,

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      In the lower left of the Paragraph area, there is an assortment of horizontal lines meant to represent the placement of text on the page.  The screenshot showing the Paragraph area is shown below.  The one with the right and left edges (last one on the right) is for justified right and left margins.  Take any book from any shelf anywhere and the left and right margins are justified.  A ragged right margin looks terrible! 

      The Expansion Icon in the Paragraph area (on the lower right hand side) opens a popup box that performs special formatting attributes that you’re going to need every time you publish a book. 

      This is one of the more important places when publishing a document, especially on Smashwords where formatting issues

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