Open Office: Through The Smashwords-Meatgrinder

(EZ E-book Formatting for the Cheap and Stubborn!)

Copyright 2013 W ! "owe#son

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Ta$#e of Contents
"op Cop#right "ab%e of Contents Chapter ()! "ips to Sa$e *ears, "ears, Fears and Frustration& Chapter (+! "he ,ho%e Shebang -n a utshe%%& Chapter (.! /eeper E0p%anations for ewbies Chapter (1! 2u%es& /o3s and /on3ts (aka4 Compromising)& End ''''''''''

Chapter %1: Tips to Sa&e 'ears( Tears( )ears and )rustration

5sing 6pen 6ffice to Format e-books for the Smashwords 7eatgrider! -f #ou are an e0perienced computer user with a free cop# of 6pen 6ffice and if #ou a%read# know a %itt%e about what #ou are doing, proceed immediate%# to Chapter +& *ou ma# be finished formatting #our ebook as #ou comp%ete that chapter& -f #ou get into a 8am or need additiona% know%edge, see chapters ), . and 1& -f #ou sti%% can3t find the answers #ou need consu%t the Smashwords St#%eguide or e-mai% me! 9bi%%p:stud#drums&com; -f #ou3$e ne$er heard of Smashwords or the 7eatgrinder before4 and if #ou are wanting to se%f-pub%ish a book of an# kind, #ou3%% need to take a $o#age o$er to the Smashwords web site and make those disco$eries first-hand for #ourse%f& -n m# opinion, it3s the <ES" route to take within the Se%f-=ub%ishing rea%m4 (especia%%# if mone# is an issue)& *ou can do it a%% without spending a dime! -f someone ga$e #ou this e-book and #ou need a specific temp%ate or additiona% instructions, $isit the specia% web site -3$e setup for a%% this! "emp%ates& -n m# own humb%e opinion! >Smashwords, is to self-publishing, what the Gutenberg-press was to the Holy Bible!? ' ,&E& =owe%son -n the fewest words possib%e - shou%d sa# up-front that 6pen 6ffice wasn3t designed to do Smashwords 7eatgrinder e-book formatting& @ctua%%# it might be more accurate to sa# that the Smashwords 7eatgrinder wasn3t designed for (free) 6pen 6ffice! *owe&er( Open Office wi## do the +o$ easier( faster and for free "his entire e-book was done with 6pen 6ffice& ,e can easi%# force (free) 6pen 6ffice to make the formatting 8ob easier b# using =2ESE" "E7=L@"ES& "his e-book #ou are reading was done that wa# (as proof)& "he temp%ates #ou3%% need are current%# a$ai%ab%e for free at a specia% "emp%ates web-site -3$e setup specifica%%# to sa$e #ou from pa#ing A)BC for the fu%% $ersion of 7icrosoft ,ord& E-book formatting is a tad tedious using an# word processor, inc%uding

6pen 6ffice& Dowe$er4 the wa# - see it, formatting e-books is tedious no matter what software we use! 6nce we know the dri%% and the word processor we3re using, it3s 8ust as eas# with one as it is the other& 7# Secret! Shhhhh! /on3t te%% a sou% but, -3$e made it @LL a %ot easier b# setting up the free temp%ates #ou3%% be needing& o matter what word processor #ou choose to use, m# free temp%ates wi%% e%iminate more than ha%f of the frustrating drudger# and confusion in$o%$ed in the formatting an e-book& *es! - 8ust said that! "hese (free) temp%ates -3m ta%king about, ma# be used "6 S-7=L-F* E-<66E F627@""- F, no matter what word processor #ou ma# choose to use& 'es( !,!- M.C/OSO)T WO/0! Tip %1: -f #our fa$orite word processor can do the fo%%owing three things, it 3shou%d3 work for preparing a book (of near%# an# siGe) for se%f-pub%ishing at Smashwords& *our word processor 75S" be capab%e of the fo%%owing three things! 1a 2 an a$i#ity to do 3oo4mar4s5 1$ 2 an a$i#ity to do *yper#in4s5 1c 2 an a$i#ity to #oad( edit and sa&e a Microsoft Word doc fi#e 16782000 or #ater2 ,h# use 6pen 6ffice to prepare a book for Smashwords 7eatgriinder for e-book pub%ishingH -O COST9 "hat3s wh# #ou wi%% want to read-on& "he who%e idea for this sma%% e-book pro8ect is to he%p e$er#one sa$e the A)BC&BB the# wou%d norma%%# ha$e to pa# for the fu%% $ersion of 7icrosoft ,ord& 6pen 6ffice is free and -3$e written this %itt%e e-book with it& 7# aim and goa% here is to pro$e it ,-LL sa$e #ou that precious A)BC, whi%e simp%if#ing and cutting the formatting (nightmare) 8ob b# at %east ha%f& Tip %2: 6pen 6ffice is a b%essing in disguise& <# doing #our e-book formatting this wa# (with the free "emp%ates -3%% pro$ide), #ou wi%% escape ha%f the steeper %earning cur$e within 7ark Coker3s Smashwords St#%eguide& .M"O/T:-T9 'ou W.;; need Mar4 Co4er<s Smashwords Sty#eguide4 but we wi%% cheerfu%%# skip o$er the most difficu%t parts& *ou won3t need to know how to set a%% the m#sterious and intricate gears within 6pen 6ffice software (or @ * word processing software)& 7# free "E7=L@"ES wi%% set a%% the gears for #ou :=TOM:T.C:;;'& ote! @%% word processing software wi%% set its own gears as the temp%ate &doc&fi%e %oads4 or that word processor ob$ious%# isn3t up to the task of doing the formatting 8ob at a%%& -f #our word processor won3t open the &doc fi%e %egib%#, it probab%# won3t suffice for the difficu%t formatting 8ob& So4 go down%oad 6pen 6ffice instead! "he fact that #ou are reading this e-book is the on%# proof #ou shou%d need that 6pen 6ffice ,-LL do the work! "his e-book was done entire%# with free 6pen 6ffice& :## you<## ha&e to do is( decide which temp#ate you prefer for your $oo4( de#ete M' T!>T from the temp#ate and paste your 1000 page "u#it?er "ri?e winner in( where my te@t was @fter that the formatting process is eas#! *ou3%% simp%# setup a%% #our! chapter headings4 bookmarks and h#per%inks& "hen %oad the sa$ed and perfected $ersion of #our 7icrosoft ,ord CIJ+BBB &doc fi%e into the 7eatgrinder and & & & =2@*! "he 7eatgrinder is a $er# finick# %itt%e cat& -t %ikes and $irtua%%# demands CC&11K perfection! "hat3s a tough demand for a%% of us4 (e$en menta% masochists %ike me, who ca%% such frustration, )=-)& "he 7eatgrinder a%so contains what is ca%%ed an @uto-Letter& "he @uto-Letter %ooks for e$er# tin# infraction of the ru%es, then sends a red-f%ag report to #ou& *our fi%e wi%% then need to be corrected and it can be $er# frustrating, no matter what software we3$e used, (inc%uding 7icrosoft ,ord)&

-f #ou3%% stick with the "emp%ates -3%% pro$ide and then -=A! (See the Smashwords Sty#eguide B Step C or chapter 3 $e#ow( in this e-$oo4), before #ou begin4 it -S possib%e to a$oid re8ection on #our first tr#, but don3t e0pect that& Like - said, e-book formatting is a trick# and LE2* finick# %itt%e kitt#& Tip %3: -ncidenta%%#, owners of the fu%% $ersion of Microsoft Word ma# use these same temp%ates to make their 8ob of formatting much easier too& "he temp%ates he%p set the defau%ts of an# word processor to Smashword specifics automatica##y, as the# %oad& "hen, b# de%eting the temp%ate te0t and pasting our -=A!0 book onto the same screen, #ou3%% be good to go& -t then becomes a much simp%er matter to focus on 8ust the formatting& ,e won3t need to know a%% the detai%s about what fonts or font siGes are acceptab%e or how to set them to 7eatgrinder reMuirements& ,e simp%# se%ect a temp%ate with the paragraph indent settings we3re going to need, (1 $#oc4 for -on-)iction 2 Or5 a &.B first %ine indent for )iction)& "hen we set the headings, bookmarks and the h#per%inks and we3re done! Tip %D: -7=62"@ " 6"E! "he Smashword 7eatgrinder on%# accepts &doc fi%es (andJor epub fi%es)& -t wi%% not accept &doc0& So, don3t make that mistake, (%ike - did)& Tip %C: Tit#e and Copyright page *ou wi%% want to design #our "it%e and Cop#right page e@act#y to the Smashwords St#%eguide3s recommendations& See Step 21$, in the St#%eguide& /on3t Muibb%e! /o it e0act%# as 7ark suggests& /o that first if #ou ha$en3t done it a%read#& *ou might e$en Se%ect, Cop# and =aste "he St#%eguide e0amp%e, at the top of an# Smashwords e-book (%ike m# own >Crimes @gainst "ime?) then change it to ref%ect #our credentia%s and book detai%s, (*our book tit%e, #our name, etc&)& 2emember this too4 it is abso%ute%# mandator# that #our Smashwords pub%ished e-book cop#right page must contain the words! >Smashwords !dition?& See the top of this book for an e0amp%e if #our book is to be a free book& *ou wi%% want different wording in the cop#right if #ou are se%%ing #our book& @gain, see >Crimes @gainst "ime?, it3s on%# AN&CN and #ou3%% %o$e it& "here3s a %ink to it at the bottom of this book& ,hether #ou are re%igious or agnostic, #ou3%% %o$e the ending& (*ou3%% a%most wish is wasn3t pure Futuristic Fiction&) Tip %E: @ word or two about Co&er "ages& 0o without9 @%% the co$er pages - tried were based in frames& "he 7eatgrinder D@"ES frames& "he biggest secret to getting through the 7eatgrinder, the @uto-$etter and the appro$a% team is the A.SS method! (Aeep .t Simp%e, Si%%#)& Compromise4 then decide against using a co$er page& Tip %7! 5nderstand the fo%%owing, as #ou groan and moan about a%% the %imitations #ou ma# be concerned about& ,hen we prepare an e-book to go through the 7eatgrinder we are tr#ing to p%ease man#, man# numerous e-reading de$ices that e0ist out in the wor%d& Each of those de$ices has a different set of protoco%s that makes a document %ook good (or horrib%e) in their particu%ar de$ice& @s we prepare a sing%e fi%e for the (ingenious) 7eatgrinder, we are essentia%%# compromising a L6" of what we might %ike to see in our book& "he trade-off for our compromise is the incredib%e ad$antage of seeing one fi#e become acceptab%e to a%% those man#, man# digita% e-readers around the wor%d& 6ur work%oad is decreased b# a factor of at %east O (si0 $a%id formats), that wi%% work and %ook good in a count%ess number of de$ices& =%us4 (& & & and it3s a $er# big p%us)& )ree distri$ution9 6nce accepted into the =remium Cata%ogs, our work wi%% be sent to a huge number of dea%ers who wi%% then hawk and se%% our e-books for us (thanks again to 7ark Coker and Smashwords)& @%so4 we gain the added ad$antage of acMuiring a free -S< number (if we choose that option)& "hat is a price#ess ad&antage9 So4 formatting this wa# is about compromising a few of the things we might %ike to see in our books, for the much greater ad$antage of casting our potentia% sa%es-net far and wide around the p%anet at no cost what-so-e$er& (So, Muit be%%#aching and compromise& *ou3%% be the winner in the %ong run&) Tip %F! '!S9 . W.;; )O/M:T 'O=/ 3OOA1S2 )O/ 'O= -3m I+-#ears o%d, %i$ing on a $er# meager Socia% Securit# check& - wi%% appreciate the work! 7# rate is appro0imate%# A1B per book, but depending on the

difficu%t#, it ma# be %ess or more& @ OBB page epic no$e% is (of course) a L6" more difficu%t to do than a +B page e-book with on%# 1 chapters& - wi%% be fair and - wi%% guarantee (e$entua%) acceptance into the =remium cata%ogs or #our mone# wi%% be refunded& (That<s a guarantee9) ote! - wi%% prepare the fi%e& *ou (as the #egitimate author) wi%% need to run it through the 7eatgrinder to set it up as your wor4& -3m not a%%owed to do that part& -f it fai%s, #ou3%% send it back to me and -3%% strugg%e with the errors, then we3%% tr#, tr#, again unti% it fina%%# passes& @ %itt%e whi%e %ater, the =remium Cata%og appro$a% crew wi%% %ook it o$er and either accept it for the =remium cata%ogs or chunk it back at us with suggestions and fi0es we (>.?) can attempt before doing it a%% again& . wi## a#so *!;" 'O= )O/ )/!!9 -f #ou ha$e troub%e as #ou are tr#ing to do #our formatting, p%ease fee% free to e-mai% me! -f - can easi%# he%p #ou, - wi%% do it at no charge& - %o$e he%ping peop%e& -t3s a%most a curse4 because some peop%e do take ad$antage& - spend a %ot of time each da# 8ust responding to e-mai%& -t3s %ike a sma%% addiction of some kind - don3t fu%%# understand or contro%& (- think - need to get a rea% %ife!) @n#wa#, - usua%%# respond within a coup%e of hours& E-mai% me if #ou need he%p& 7# e-mai% address is! <i%% =owe%son9bi%%p:stud#drums&com; - honest%# %o$e to he%p peop%e and - check m# e-mai% constant%#& So, -3m offering to he#p you for free $ia e-mai% to some degree if #ou need it& 7a#be #ou3%% take pit# and $uy my own no&e#s( then read them and gi&e me a great re&iew (@ctua%%#, -3d %o$e to become so o$erwhe%med with e-mai% responses that it wi%% make me cr# P5nc%eP&) 7a#be -3m a g%utton for punishment& Qust the same, e-mai% me if #ou ha$e Muestions or prob%ems& <u# m# no$e%s and 2E@/ them if #ou fee% an o$erwhe%ming compu%sion to repa# me in some wa#, haha& -3%% be thri%%ed be#ond words&) Tip % 6: C*!CA.-G *'"!/;.-AS: 6pen 6ffice is weird! *ou can3t check a D#per%ink b# simp%# c%icking on it& *ou ha$e to ho%d down the 3CT/;3 ke# (#ower #eft Aey$oard) as #ou c%ick the D#per%ink& (-t3s a ma8or source of frustration if we forget that %itt%e issue&) /on3t forget this tip or #ou ma# ha$e a coup%e of rea%%# frustrating hours (that seem %ike #ears), as #ou do #our own h#per%inks, (coming up in Chapter +&)& ''''''''''

Chapter %2: The Who#e She$ang .n a -utshe##:

@s -3m writing and preparing this e-book, it occurs to me that at %east some of #ou ma# a%read# be proficient or sa$$# with computers, Smashwords and 6pen 6ffice in particu%ar& So, this chapter is for #ou& -t is Muite simp%# a trimmed down set of steps to he%p acce%erate #ou (more sa$$# fo%ks) through the process of formatting #our own books& Qust fo%%ow the trimmed and simp%ified steps in this chapter& -f #ou understand the %ingo and if #ou are intuiti$e, #ou ma# finish #our e-book b# the end of this chapter& -f not, there wi%% be more e%aborate e0p%anations in the chapters that fo%%ow& @s #ou wade through the steps, -3%% direct #ou to the specific topics in Chapters . and 1 that discuss the sometimes confusing issues in more detai%& "hose two chapters wi%% offer more in-depth discussion of the more difficu%t and confusing topics& So, get a cop# of this e-book open a%ong with the 6pen 6ffice (word processor) %oaded with the temp%ate #ou3$e chosen from m# web site& -t3%% a%so be wise to ha$e a cop# of 7ark Coker3s Smashwords St#%eguide open as we%%& Be Wise, Learn the Alt/Tab trick. -ew$ies and computer-pho$es9 'ou wi%% sometimes ha$e up to 1 documents or app%ications running simu%taneous%# for the ne0t hour or two& *ou3%% be wise to %earn the :#t8Ta$ trick, if #ou don3t a%read# know it& -3%% teach #ou how to do that in Chapter . if #ou3%% c#ic4 the a$o&e #in4& -f #ou don3t a%read# know that trick, it3%% sa$e #ou some frustration& /e$ote a minute to %earning it first& C%ick the %ink abo$e to %earn it now& /eady( Set Go9 Simp#ified !-$oo4 )ormatting Steps =sing Open Office

,arning! *ou wi%% most %ike%# finish #our e-book b# the end of this chapter& *es! Formatting an e-book is this eas#& /own%oad the "emp%ate #ou need here! http!JJwww&stud#drums&comJtemp%atesJooswmg&htm% /o not worr# about gimmicks, add-ons and tricks at m# web page& - D@"E them and wi%% ELE2 use tricks to make m# wa# in this ,or%d& "hese temp%ates are abso%ute%# free& <u# m# other books& -3%% %o$e #ou fore$er& 3Crimes :gainst Time3 ma# fore$er a%ter #our opinions and phi%osophies of %ife! -t3s the book -3m most proud of& -t offers the potentia% to change the wor%d, (sometime in the ne0t +BB,BBB #ears, haha&) /own%oad 6pen 6ffice here& e0t, do a custom insta%%ation of 6pen 6ffice and watch %ike a hawk 6pt out of an# and a%% add-ons and t#pica% <&S the free software $endors are hawking these da#s& /on3t worr# about an#thing at m# site though& - abso%ute%# refuse to stoop to those tricks& "he most #ou3%% see at m# site is an ad or two for m# other wares& - do pitch m# own stuff, and the web page might e$en be open to a %itt%e paid ad$ertising, (but no tricks! That<s a promise9) e0t, %oad one of m# temp%ates #ou3$e chosen, into 6pen 6ffice& -ew$y Warning9 See Chapter 3 to %earn how to Se#ect( Copy and "aste& *ou wi%% need to know how to do those things, if #ou don3t know a%read#& ,ith one of m# temp%ates %oaded (#our choice), 0e#ete a%% of m# e0p%anator# temp%ate te0t4 (Ctr#8a) then hit the 0e#ete ke#& "hen, =aste the -=A!0 (p%ain te0t) $ersion of #our book into the temp%ate, so that #our document is at the $er# top of what wasJis the temp%ate& (To -=A! see Step N in the Smashwords St#%eguide or near the bottom of Chapter 3, be%ow& *ou can down%oad the Smashwords St#%eguide here& /o it! *ou ,-LL need it& - wi%% be referring to it a %ot& ,!/' .M"O/T:-T9 *ou need to sa$e #our book that3s inside 6pen 6ffice, right awa#& 3Sa&e :s< right now( as soon as #ou ha$e pasted in #our book& 5se a name #ou a%one wi%% remember and know& =referab%#, 3Sa&e :s3 and into a fo%der setup especia%%# for #our particu%ar e-book& Sa$e #our entire book as a 7icrosoft ,ord CIJ+BBB &doc& <e certain to Aeep the current format "his 3Sa&e :s3 step is $er# important& 6therwise, if #ou simp%# 3Sa$e3, it ma# corrupt the temp%ate and #our neighbors wi%% Muick%# %earn e$er# profane word in #our $ocabu%ar#& -t can be embarrassing& Qust ask m# neighbors& "hose who do not know how to 3Sa&e :s< a Microsoft 6782000 doc, fi%e wi%% need to $isit Chapter . and %ook for the tip that wi%% show #ou how& -t3s $er# c%ose to the bottom of Chapter ., a %itt%e before :nger Management& Look for the bo%d heading4 Dow to 3Sa$e @s3 a 7icrosoft CIJ+BBB &doc Setting-=p 'our *eadings )irst( notice the Deading immediate%# abo$e& -t3s centered& -t %ooks %ike a norma% heading but it isn3t in the "6C or the CR ( a$igation pane%)& -t isn3t bookmarked or h#per%inked& "hat3s because - didn3t want it to show up in those p%aces& -t3s set up in the 0efau#t or (,ord Starter, -orma#2 heading st#%e, then centered with a simp%e (Ctr#8e)& *ou ma# not want e$er#thing that3s centered to show-up in the a$igation =ane ( CR)& "hat3s the wa# it3s done& Se%ect what #ou want centered, then do a 3Ctr#8e3& 1,ord Starter users wi%% be happ# to disco$er that 3Ctr#8e3 wi%% work there as we%%&) *eadings! *ou wi%% 6 L* use 1 specific headings a%% the wa# throughout #our book& ,e can3t use a%% the $arious headings a$ai%ab%e in 6pen 6ffice with these temp%ates& Sorr#! "he 7eatgrinder wou%d probab%# ha$e a coronar#& ,e can on%# use four4 *eadings 1( 2( 3 and 0efau#t /efau%t is the norma# 10 font #ou3%% be using for the te0t in #our e-book& (*es, &)B font is rea%%# sma%%& See Specia# Tip %10( coming-up in a few more paragraphs ) "hose four heading st#%es are the on%# headings that wi%% be 7eatgrinder acceptab%e and the# ha$e 8ust been set b# the temp%ate #ou %oaded& -f #ou use an# of the other of the %isted headings, #our book wi%% probab%# fai% at the 7eatgrinder& o other headings are acceptab%e but! 0efau#t, 1( 2 and 3& @ccept it or see :nger Management in Chapter 3& 0efau#t is one of the four acceptab%e choices, but it3s a%read# the norm for the te0t in #our book, un%ess #ou change to something e%se&

ote! -f #ou ha$e no idea which $ersion of 6pen 6ffice #ou are using go to *e#p (top menu), then choose :$out Open Office (/on3t worr#! -t shou%dn3t matter&) "hese instructions wi%% be the same for both $ersions since we3%% be using shortcut 4eys to access e$er#thing& "here are man# different wa#s to access a%% the $arious menus in both $ersions of 6pen 6ffice, but the shortcut ke#s appear to be e0act%# the same in both $ersions .&B and 1&B& "hat3s a b%essing for us& "hose shortcut ke#s are easier and faster an#wa#& ,e3%% be using them e0c%usi$e%#& -3$e seen both $ersions, 6pen 6ffice .&B and 1&B! 6pen 6ffice .&B and 1&B do not %ook a%ike at a%%& "he programmers changed a %ot of things in 1&B& Dowe$er4 we3re apparent%# in %uck that both $ersions use the e0act%# the same )-4eys and <Ctr#84ey< shortcuts& So that means these same instructions here wi%% work for both $ersions& ,hoopee! "hat makes this book ten times easier for #ou and me as we%%& Word and Word Starter users on#y9 *ou can go to the fo%%owing web page and disco$er a%% the specia% )-codes and Ctr#-codes for ,ord Starter b# c%icking here& 6r4 enter the fo%%owing web address into the address s%it of #our browser! http!JJwww&shortcutwor%d&comJenJwinJ,ordS+B)B&htm%& Eeep that web page hand#& -t3%% get #ou through a%% this& :## other word processors on#y( 1tip2: -f #ou need to know the specific Ctr%-codes and F-ke# codes for @ * word processor, go to an# search engine and ask! >,hat are the F-ke# and Ctr%-codes for S(*our specific)S ,ord processorH? Setting the *eadings: ,ith #our uked book %oaded in 6pen 6ffice (either $ersion), "ap the ) 11 4ey up high on #our ke#board& *ou shou%d see a Sty#es and )ormatting menu appear& "hose are the headings a$ai%ab%e to us in 6pen 6ffice& For Smashwords formatting we3%% on#y use headings 1( 2( 3 and 0efau#t& -f #ou aren3t seeing the %ist of headings, c#ic4 the togg#e $utton& -t3s the +nd button to the right at the top of the F)) screen that pops up& Tip %6a: -f #ou happen to c%ick on something that une0pected%# wrecks #our document, don3t panic! Fo immediate%# to !dit (top menu), then c%ick =ndo& =rob%em so%$ed& *ou3%% (hopefu%%#) see a %ong %ist of Deading-t#pes from ) to )B, and a %ot of other things inc%uding >0efau#t? as #ou press )11& "he good news seems to be that we can arrange those four headings throughout our book as we choose, to accomp%ish the $arious Deading St#%es within our books& -f #ou want #our Chapter headings centered in %arge font, doub%e c%ick *eading 3 on the %ist that pops-up as #ou press the )11 4ey 3!TT!/ '!T9 Se%ect the te0t of #our intended heading and simp%# use the eas# shortcut 1Ctr#832& <am! -t3s done! ("his shou%d work for an# word processor, if #ou know the correct code& "he codes tend to be different in e$er# word processor&) -n 6pen 6ffice -t3s eas#! Simp%# high%ight the particu%ar heading within #our book #ou want to set as a heading& "hen simu%taneous%# press the CT/; ke# and the number of the Deading #ou want (0H0efau#t 1( 2 or 3) -f #ou want #our heading centered in the %argest font, choose and dou$#e c#ic4 *eading 3 on the %ist that came up as #ou pressed ) 11& Or simp#y do it the !asier way9 Digh%ight the heading, then press 3Ctr#8 33& <ingo! -t3s done& -f #ou want a heading centered in a sma%%er font, choose and dou$#e c#ic4 *eading 2 on the %ist that came up as #ou pressed ) 11& Or, high#ight the heading( then simp#y press 3Ctr#823& -f #ou %ike #our headings %eft-oriented, *eading 1 is the on%# choice& - prefer to %eft-orient a%% m# Chapter Deadings and - Center most of the other stuff that3s at the top and bottom of the book& *our tastes ma# differ& /o it the wa# #ou want it to %ook& To #eft orient a heading, high%ight a (chapterH) heading and press 3Ctr#813& "his e-book is setup that wa# with Deading ) for each chapter&

ow, go a%% the wa# through #our book setting the headings as #ou prefer to see them, (ie4 #our book tit%e4 Cop#right page4 tit%e O-;' of the Ta$#e of Contents page but not the #istings @%so4 set headings for @cknow%edgments4 =ro%ogue4 each Chapter Deading, etc&, etc& and "he End)& Specia# Tip: Tip %10! "here3s a neat trick #ou can use as #ou work with the near microscopic &)B fonts& =%ace one finger on the 3Ctr#< ke# and scro%% forward (awa# from #ourse%f) with whee% of #our mouse (or howe$er scro%% on the ke#board)& "he te0t wi%% en%arge to whate$er #ou %ike, but it3s sti%% &)B& - strugg%ed for a month before - disco$ered that& -t is rea%%# hand# when editing the $er# tin# &)B font that Smashwords recommends for the te0t within our books& : Specia# Word to the -erds and Wi?ards: @s we c%ick that )11 ke# and p%a# around with that screen, the start%ing rea%iGation occurs that we might concei$ab%# change (Modify) an# of those numerous headings with a right-c#ic4& ,e cou%d concei$ab%# set a%% (or man#) of those headings to conform to Smashwords standards& -f #ou are bo%d and ad$enturous, ha$e at it! -3m not that bo%d, (#et)& Dowe$er4 can think of Muite a few options that wou%d %ike%# pass through the 7eatgrinder and make our books %ook better too& For the moment, - prefer to keep it simp%e (for m# own sake) and the sake of a %ot of computerphobes as we%%& Fo for it if #ou are bo%d and ad$enturous& /o a thorough read of the Smashwords St#%eguide before attempting to do that& Smashwords ru%es are fair%# rigid& -e@t: Fo a%% the wa# through #our book setting up a%% #our headings& /o not use headings for the items in #our "ab%e of Contents, but 0O choose a Deading for the centered 3Tit#e< of the ITa$#e of ContentsJ page, at (or $er# near) the top of #our book, 8ust be%ow the cop#right page& - %ike Deading (. (the %argest , centered font) for that too (Ctr#83)& 6r4 be sure to dou$#e-c%ick the heading as #ou choose it from the F)) %ist& -f it doesn3t center in %arge (b%ue) &)1 font, something is wrong& Dope and pra# that the temp%ate settings from the temp%ate ha$en3t been %ost& Trou$#eshooting: -f the Deadings don3t seem to be working correct%#, keep tr#ing& <ut, it ma# a%so be that the temp%ate has fai%ed& See the ne@t option $e#ow( first 6r, tr# a different or fresh%# down%oaded temp%ate, then report it to me if #ou disco$er there is actua%%# a prob%em with an# temp%ate& 6n a few occasions -3$e e0perienced situations where 6pen 6ffice con$erts the temp%ate to its own defau%t settings which thwarts e$er#thing we3re tr#ing to do here& (Cuss, cuss, cuss& Frrrr!) Computers! "hat3s wh# we %o$e 3em& Kuic4 and Simp#e )i@ for a Temp#ate that has )ai#ed -f a particu%ar heading isn3t performing as it shou%d4 C%ick )11, then /.G*T C;.CA on the specific heading that3s causing prob%ems& e0t c%ick on 3Modify3 from the %ist that appears& Check the ne0t screen that pops up& Look to see if it is set to the proper font, font siGe, etc& -f it isn3t right, fi@ it( then c%ick OA& /on3t change it to an#thing that isn3t Smashwords appro$ed, but #ou can fi0 any heading that wa#& @s #ou c%ick OA, the new settings shou%d occur instant%#& @s #ou sa$e #our document, #our new settings wi%% be set in stone for that particu%ar document& 2emember a%wa#s that Smashwords ma# not appro$e of an# font %arger than siGe &)1& For the Chapter headings - %ike Deading () (Ctr#81)& -t shou%d be siGe &). font and shou%d p%ace the heading on the %eft&) -f #ou prefer a different siGe from &)B to &)1, #ou can set it as #ou prefer b# using the troub%eshooting tip abo$e& For a sma%%er font (but centered) headings, use Deading (+ (Ctr#82)& "he temp%ate shou%d ha$e set it to be &)+ centered& Fi0 it as #ou p%ease (siGe &)B to &)1)& *ou ma# a%so center an#thing #ou wish with the centering icon on the top menu bar of 66& "here are tin# icons up there on the menu bar& "he#3re 8ust tin# rows of %ines and $er# difficu%t to %ocate& "he second icon wi%% center whate$er is high%ighted& <# centering that wa#, it won3t show up in the CR& That<s a good thing9 ,e don3t want e$er#thing that3s centered to show up in the CR& "o simp%if# that, 8ust high%ight an# defau%t te0t #ou wish, then do a 3Ctr#8e?& -t does the same thing& 'ou shou#dn<t need this( $ut: -f #ou can3t find the correct centering icon go to! ("op 7enu! C%ick FormatJ@%ignmentJCentered) with #our te0t high%ighted& .t centers the same way as the icons or <Ctr#8e< ,hat3s an -C>H "hat e0p%anation is coming up in 33oo4mar4s3 a few paragraphs be%ow this&

-f #ou do not know how to high%ight a heading (see chapter (. be%ow)& -t is wise to use a ), + or . heading for a%% the fo%%owing! "it%e, Cop#right, top tit%e O-;' of "ab%e of Contents ($ut not the indi&idua# #istings in the TOC)& Lea$e the %istings within the "ab%e of Contents (inside #our book) in norma% font& /on3t bookmark them and don3t set them as headings& ,e wi%% h#per%ink them before we get to the end of this chapter& @%so it is wise and in good taste to use the same consistent heading (#our choice ), + or . on%#) for each chapter in #our book& -t3s #our choice, but - %ike heading () for those& Fo through #our book now and set a%% the Deadings as #ou want to see them& Digh%ight each heading, then choose 3Ctr#81(2 or 3<& /o #our who%e book then come back& ,e3%% set the <ookmarks ne0t& 3OOAM:/AS Setting 3oo4mar4s! -t3s fair%# straight-forward and eas# to set a bookmark in 6pen 6ffice& Set your cursor immediate%# ne0t to the first #etter of the heading #ou want to bookmark& 0o -OT high#ight the heading! Fo to 3-nsert3 (top menu), Choose 3oo4mar4 from the %ist& Labe% each bookmark with an# %abe% #ou %ike& (6n%# #ou wi%% see the bookmarks)& "he %abe% #ou choose matters on%# to #ou& Eeep the %abe%s simp%e and eas# to t#pe (no caps at a%%, wi%% sa$e time, %ater) but, #ou3%% need to know what each %abe% means& For e0amp%e, - use 3c)3 thru 3c(whate$er)3 for each numbered chapter of m# book& Eeep it simp%e, to make it eas# on #ourse%f %ater as we D#per%ink to and from the bookmarks& -f #ou want to know more, .t may $e wise to $egin reading in the Smashwords Sty#eguide at Step 20 2ead +Ba, +Bb and +Bc, if #ou are ha$ing prob%ems or Muestions& Try this ne@t step first "ro+ect: 'our )irst 3oo4mar4 in Open Office: Let3s set a <ookmark for #our book3s tit%e right now& Fo to the $er# top of #our book where the tit%e is& Set #our cursor 8ust before the first %etter in #our tit%e& ow, go to the .nsert tab in 6pen 6ffice (top menu)& C%ick .nsert, then c%ick 3oo4mar4& @ sma%%, .nsert 3oo4mar4 (popup screen) wi%% appear& -t is wanting #ou to make a %abe% for this particu%ar bookmark& Eeep it simp%e, enter something %ike top, or tit#e 1no caps necessar#2& 7ake the entr# then c%ick OA "he screen wi%% disappear& *ou3$e 8ust set #our first bookmark& *ou3%% probab%# want to bookmark a## of the headings you +ust setup in the pre&ious section in this same wa#& Fo a%% the wa# through #our book setting bookmarks for a%% the headings #ou did pre$ious%#& Each heading gets a bookmark& ("hat is, e$er# heading in #our book that a user might want to c%ick for Muick na$igation&) @gain, 0O -OT bookmark the #istings in #our "ab%e of Contents& <ookmark the words Ta$#e of Contents at the top of the page on%#& (- know -3m being redundant, but - persona%%# had a hard time understanding and remembering that& -t3%% cause big prob%ems if #ou forget and bookmark a%% those %istings in the "6C& /emem$er: @s #ou bookmark the top %abe% of #our "ab%e of Contents page, remember to use 3refLta$#e3 as the bookmark name& "hat particu%ar <ookmark name is specifica%%# important to Smashwords -t3s the on%# bookmark that must be Smashwords specific and that refL business is important& 0o that now: Fo to #our 3"ab%e of Contents3 page now Set #our cursor ne0t to the >T? in the phrase 3Tab%e of Contents3 at the $er# top of the page& Fo to 3.nsert3, then c%ick <ookmarks& @s the <ookmark screen comes up, t#pe >refLta$#e? (without the Muotes), then c%ick 6E& -t3s done! Enough saidH .M"O/T:-T ! -f #ou want to know more about the 3refLta$#e3 business %ook in Chapter . be%ow and a%so in the Smashword St#%eguide& See position 71J)B. in the Smashwords St#%eguide (pdf)& -ote: "here are no page numbers in &pdf fi%es& Look for the position %abe% at the top of the &pdf, ne0t to the up and down arrows& Set it to 71 and hopefu%%# #ou3%% be ushered immediate%# to the paragraph #ou ma# want to read& 6r, 8ust do a search inside the Smashwords St#%eguide &pdf, for refL& *ou3%% %earn a%% #ou need to know&

Fo a%% the wa# through #our book setting bookmarks at each heading we setup in the pre$ious section& <ookmark e$er#thing #ou want to see in #our -C>& ote! the -C> is the %abe% gi$en to the -a&igation "ane o$er on the %eft in most word processor fi%es, Aind#e mobi fi%es and -oo4 epub fi%es& "he# show up in a %ot of e-readers and the# need to work perfect%#& "he good news is4 the# W.;; work automatica%%# if we do e$er#thing e%se correct%#& "he CR ma# be especia%%# difficu%t to %ocate in 6pen 6ffice& (<oo! 6pen 6ffice&) "ress the )C 4ey right now in Open Office: @ new screen shou%d popup& Look for a chec4mar4 icon up near the top of that screen after #ou press ()C)& C#ic4 it and C#ic4 the icon ne@t to it( as we##& "ogg%e unti% #ou see the 3oo4mar4s andJor the -C> headings of #our book& 6ne icon has a checkmark in it& -t3s hard to te%% what that other icon is tr#ing to suggest, but it3s the togg#e& "ogg%e, unti% #ou are %ooking at #our (6pen 6ffice) -C>& "he -C> is a%so a working "6C ("ab%e of Contents) but it3s outside #our book at the top and usua%%# to the %eft of #our book (e@cept in Open Office)& -t3s an 3application specific3 "6C to he%p peop%e na$igate #our entire book with a simp%e c%ick or two& *ou are bui%ding #our CR automatica%%# as #ou go& -t wi%% and shou%d be o$er on the %eft in the top of that pane in most app%ications4 but for 6pen 6ffice it tends to mo$e around and it3s hard to find without the )C 4ey& C%ick unti% #ou see a %isting of the headings of #our book& )C shou%d bring-up the -C>& "here ma# be a 33oo4mar4s3 %isting on that same screen as we%%& "hat screen is designed to togg%e back and forth between the -C> and the 3oo4mar4s and e$en the *yper#in4s (as we add them in a few minutes)& Open Office and the -C>: "here are se$era% wa#s to access it in 6pen 6ffice 1&B& "he easiest wa# is to tap the )C 4ey& "ap the Togg#e button& -f it isn3t there it ma# be that #ou ha$en3t bui%t it #et& Eeep an e#e on it& -t shou%d conform $er# c%ose%# to the 3"ab%e of Contents3 inside #our book as #ou set a%% the Deadings and <ookmarks& Each of #our Deading %istings inside the CR a%so wi%% become separate %inks& C%ick them and the#3%% take #ou direct%# to the Deadings specified in each %isting, (ie4 Chapter), Chapter+, Chapter ., etc& of #our book)& Fo through #our book, setting $oo4mar4s for a%% the Deadings #ou set ear%ier& -f #ou are finished with a%% #our bookmarks, we3re now read# to set the D#per%inks& Setting *yper#in4s *'"!/;.-AS: e0t we3%% go through #our book and h#per%ink a%% headings and @LL "DE L-S"- FS *652 "6C too& ()ina##y9 *ou3%% get to mess with a%% the %istings in #our "6C! E$er#bod# sa#, >,hoopee!? 6ka#, that3s enough4 now shut-up& "he cat thinks #ou3re goof#!) @%% chapter headings etc&, wi%% be h#per-%inked back to the "6C, which is the 3refLta$#e3 bookmark #ou set ear%ier& ow #ou3%% fina%%# get to mess with those %istings in #our "6C& @%% the indi$idua% %istings in #our "6C or "ab%e of contents at the top of #our book, wi%% be h#per%inked direct%# back to their subseMuent re%e$ant Deadings and Chapters (bookmarks, %ike c), c+, etc&, etc)& @%% chapter headings in the $ody of your $oo4 wi%% %ink back to the 3"ab%e of Contents3 or 3refLta$#e3 bookmark we set a few paragraphs back& @re #ou getting it nowH E-book formatting is a%% about setting up eas# na$igation throughout #our book, for the reader& -f the# want to go immediate%# from the "ab%e of Contents to the %ast chapter, the# can do it easi%#& @%so4 if the# are on the %ast chapter and want to go e%sewhere in the book, it3s a simp%e matter to c%ick an# Chapter Deading and return to the "ab%e of Contents where the# ma# then go where$er the# wish inside the book& "he ob8ecti$e is to he%p them a$oid scro%%ing for da#s to get to a specific %ocation in #our book& ,ith a norma% (paper) book, the reader can open it near to where the# want to go& ot so with e-books, un%ess we $ui#d this na&igation we3re bui%ding now& "his na$igation is what a%% the fuss is about& -t3s a%so wh# the -C> e0ists as a separate 3program specific' na$igation method& Some reader-app%ications ma# not recogniGe the h#per%inks in #our document, but the CR wi%% sti%% a%%ow the user to na$igate, e$en when e$er#thing e%se fai%s& (Epub fi%es wi%% be re8ected at the 7eatgrinder if the CR isn3t CC&11K perfect& "he CR won3t be right un%ess we3$e set e$er#thing e%se correct%#&)

/emem$er this9 =ut this tip in that specia% p%ace where #ou don3t forget things! We did -OT $oo4mar4 the #istings in the TOC ,e on%# bookmarked the tit#e of the "6C& -f -3$e made this dumb mistake once, -3$e done it a doGen times& Such an error as that wi%% often mean we need to start o$er from the fresh 5EE/ $ersion and begin again& -f we do it, we3$e no one to b%ame but ourse%$es& @n editor might ha$e fits with me redundant%# te%%ing #ou this so many times, but -3m a teacher, not an editor& -t3s the most common mistake that peop%e make and it needs to be dri%%ed and engrained, (sometimes)& @%% we3re going to do with the %istings of the "6C (Chapter ), Chapter +, etc&) is *yper#in4 each %isting $ac4 to it3s respecti$e Chapter or Section Deading from the %istings inside the "6C& For E0amp%e! Chapter ), in the "6C %isting of the 3"ab%e of Contents3, wi%% be %inked to the 3c)3 bookmark we set for it ear%ier& "he Chapter + %isting within the "6C wi%% %ink to the c+ bookmark, etc&, etc&& *ow To 0o *yper#in4s: -n 6pen 6ffice! (a) Digh%ight the heading #ou want to h#per%ink& (Start with the Tit#e at the top of #our book&) Se#ect 1to high%ight2 it& (Dow to Se%ect! Set #our cursor 8ust before the first %etter of the tit%e, press and ho#d the #eft mouse 4ey down and S;OW;' mo$e the mouse to the right, turning a%% the heading te0t b%ue&) (b) e0t, go to the 3.nsert3 tab, (at the top menu of 66)& Choose <*yper#in4< from the .nsert (tab) %ist& (c&) @ screen wi%% popup& (d&) 6n the %eft of the screen that pops up, down about the midd%e, c%ick on the icon with the word 30ocument3& "his sets us up to D#per%ink from one p%ace to another inside our document, ("he other icon at the top a%%ows us to D#per%ink outside our book, to the web& -3%% co$er it in a minute&) (e&) Look for the word Target with a white space after the %one word and to the right of that( you<## see a #itt#e round icon .t #oo4s #i4e a doughnut& C#ic4 that doughnut& *et another screen shou%d appear& (f&) 6n that new screen %ook for the word 3oo4mar4s and c%ick on it if it isn3t a%read# e@panded& ,hen it is proper%# e0panded #ou3%% see a %isting of a%% the $oo4mar4s you setup ear#ier& @mongst the <ookmarks #ou shou%d see 3refLta$#e3& (g&) Digh%ight the bookmark #ou want to %ink to& (7ost of the headings in #our book wi%% be %inked back to the 3refLta$#e3 bookmark we set up ear%ier& Choose 3ref-ta$#e3 since we3re doing the Tit#e first& C%ick 3:pp#y3 immediate%# be%ow& "hen %ook o$er on the other screen& (#our chosen bookmark shou%d be showing there too&) C%ick 3:pp#y3 on that screen as we%%& (h&) C%ick 3C#ose3 on each of the two screens& *our D#per%ink 3shou%d be working now& Chec4 it to $e sure 12emember to ho%d the 3Ctr#3 button as #ou c%ick the h#per%ink!) Specia# -ote: *yper#in4ing outside( to the We$ -f #ou want to set a h#per%ink to a website out on the web& -t3s actua%%# a %itt%e easier& )irst, high%ight the phrase in #our book that #ou want h#per%inked& C%ick 3.nsert3 (top menu), then choose *yper#in4 from the #ist& @s the D#per%ink screen pops up, c%ick the icon in the top %eft portion of the screen, %abe%ed 3.nternet3& ,ith that done, simp%# enter the web-address (=/;) to the web page #ou want to %ink to, into the top (Target) bar on the screen& Enter the comp%ete address using the 3http:88www&an#website&com, (form) of the address& "hat3s it! C%ick 3:pp#y3, then 3C#ose3& Check the new (high%ighted) h#per%ink back in #our document& -t shou%d be working& Safety "recaution: "o be tota%%# safe, once #ou are reasonab%# satisfied, 3Sa&e :s3 under a different number name& Like4 change the number at the end of the name #ou3$e set for the fi%e, from a ) to a +& :s a word of caution5 e$en though the software tends to automatica%%# sa$e #our work for #ou e$er# few minutes, it3s sti%% wise to 3Sa&e :s3 a different number-$ersion e$er# hour or so& "hat wa#, when and if disaster strikes, as it ine$itab%# may at an# time, #ou3%% a%wa#s be ab%e to pu%% up the most recent good cop# of #our work and resume without going to an# more of those e0pensi$e @nger 7anagement sessions& (Freat words! - on%# wish - cou%d get them into m# own thick scu%%&)

C*!CA.-G *'"!/;.-AS: 6pen 6ffice is weird! *ou can3t check a D#per%ink b# simp%# c%icking on it& *ou ha$e to ho%d down the 3CT/;3 ke# (#ower #eft Aey$oard) as #ou c%ick the D#per%ink& (-t3s a ma8or source of frustration if we forget that %itt%e issue&) -3$e mentioned this a%read# but it3s worth# of a %itt%e redundant repetition& ot knowing or remembering this can be a ma8or source of frustration and ma# get #our computer tota%%# trashed with an a0e& See :nger management( $e#ow if #ou need ps#chiatric he%p& ("he $er# best shrink ma# be the gu# who has trashed a few computers a%read# in a stupid fit of rage& -3m #our gu#!) !ssentia##y( we<re done9 Fo through #our entire book& Check to be sure that each and e$er# %ink is working as #ou intended& C%ean up an# spe%%ing and grammatica% mistakes& Scour the Smashwords St#%eguide for an# additiona% Muestions #ou ma# ha$e& -t co$ers e$er#thing (and a who%e %ot of things that - ha$en3t gone into here, an# of which ma# be specific to #our book)& "he prob%em with the Smashwords Fuide is that it was designed for ,ord or ,ord Starter, not 6pen 6ffice& Qust the same, we wi%% want to prepare our book to a%% those Smashwords (7eatgrinder) standards& See the 0o<s and 0on<t<s in Chapter 1, before #ou head for Smashwords& *ou ma# spot a few s%ips or errors before %ea$ing& -t ma# sa$e #ou some time& @fter that4 head for the Smashwords 7eatgrinder& See the Smashwords St#%eguide for a%% that, beginning around Step 23& ''''''''''

Chapter %3: 0eeper !@p#anations for new$ys

(Scan this chapter for he%p with things #ou aren3t comp%ete%# sure of&) Se#ecting( Copying and "asting! Se#ect! (Ctr#8a) means =ress the 3Ctr#3 ke# (bottom %eft of ke#board) and the sma%% cap TaU ke# at the same time& -f #ou do it correct%#, #our entire document (if the cursor is set and b%inking) wi%% turn b%ue& "hat means the entire document is Se#ected& To *igh#ight or Se#ect a specific #etter( word( phrase or *eading: Set #our cusor immediate%# before or after the item #ou want to Se%ect& Do%d the %eft-mouse-button down and sweep (s%ow%#) across the phrase, high%ighting it as #ou go& Fo s%ow! Sometimes the orner# thing wi%% take-off at %ight speed and Se%ect two or three pages in the b%ink of an e#e! /on3t panic! First, /e-Se%ect (see $e#ow) then tr# again, (s%ower this time)& To 0e-Se#ect: Simp%# c%ick #our (%eft-7ouse-button) an#where in the Se%ected (b%ue) area& Copy! @ 3Ctr#8c< action wi%% cop# the entire Se#ected area of #our document into #our computerUs memor#& *es, e$en a )B,BBB page no$e%, if the who%e thing is Se%ected with (Ctr#8a)& "aste! ,ith an# book, phrase, word or %etter copied! a 3Ctr#8&< (=aste) with the document sti%% in the computer3s memor#, wi%% paste the document into otepad or whate$er app%ication #ou are "asting into& "his means #ou can easi%# stea% (borrow) te0t from a%most an#where (most app%ications) to an#where e%se (other app%ications)& For instance, if #ou are out on the ,eb and #ou see a b%urb #ou want to Sa&e and remember, *ou can Se%ect and cop# (Ctr#8c) it from a web page, then ca%% up otepad (or an# word processor) and paste it in with a simp%e 3Ctr#8&3& "his means #ou can sa$e a%most an# hard to remember data to #our s#stem for %ater use& -t3s 8ust p%um hand#! W:/-.-G9 <e especia%%# carefu% when #ou ha$e #our entire book Se%ected (<%ue) with 3Ctr#8a3& -f #ou hit a wrong ke# right then, the entire thing ma# go (a%most) to La%a-%and& -f that happens, donUt panic, but 0O -OT hit any other 4ey Ca%m%# %ook for the =ndo function& -t3s %isted in most programs up at the top, as a 7enu item on the 3Edit3 tab& C%ick 5ndo and #our document shou%d reappear& Some software these da#s (,ord Starter) ma# ha$e done awa# with =ndo and instead the# hide a %itt%e b%ue arrow somewhere in the top 7enu (or 2ibbon) that cur%s to the %eft& ("he dang thing mo$es to different p%aces too, apparent%# depending on the users %e$e% of panic)& ,hen #ou find it, press it once&

*our de%eted fi%e (or error) wi%%Jshou%d T5ndoU or reappear undamaged& 6therwise4 see :nger Management 1$e#ow2 0on<t worry9 *ou Sa$ed (or, the computer sa$ed automatica%%#) 8ust a few minutes ago& "he fi%e is sti%% on #our hard dri$e& Qust re%oad it and redo e$er#thing #ou might ha$e done in the past few minutes& ( ow, go apo%ogiGe to the neighbors for a%% #our crude and unnecessar# profanit#!) 3oo4mar4ing the Ta$#e of Contents <refLta$#e<: We do not bookmark the %istings in our "ab%e of Contents& ,e on%# bookmark the words 3Ta$#e of Contents3 at the $er# top of the "6C page inside our book& ,e are to%d to set that specific $oo4mar4 as 3refLta$#e3& @pparent%# if we fai% to precede the bookmark %abe% with 3refL3 it ma# cause some of the ereader-apps to dup%icate items on the -C>& 7ark co$ers this $er# we%% in the Smashwords St#%eguide at position 73 of )B. in the &pdf $ersion of the Smashwords St#%eguide& *ou3%% be wise to read that entire portion of the St#%eguide, but remember that 7ark is ta%king primari%# to the fo%ks who use 7icrosoft ,ord& Some of the directions won3t make comp%ete sense to an#one using 6pen 6ffice or other word processors& .f you ha&e pro$#ems or Muestions( e-mai# me The -uc#ear Method! uking #our book or document before #ou begin formatting is wise to a point of being a%most mandator#& @s #ou were writing, correcting, e0perimenting and then editing #our work again, again4 it most %ike%# wi%% ha$e corrupted #our fi%e (secret#y) a%read#& -t3s 8ust wise to nuke it before #ou begin formatting& -f we start with a perfect%# nuked or $irgin cop# of our work4 then an# %urking, hidden and embedded-codes or errors that occur after that, are probab%# our own fau%t and we wi%% recogniGe and know how to correct them whenJif fai%ures and re8ections occur& ,ord processors do a %ot of things behind the scenes that the writer ne$er sees happening& "here are hidden embedded codes as we t#pe and write& "hose embedded codes can sometimes be %ike %andmines as the document or book goes through the 7eatgrinder and the @uto Letter& @ %ot of times a hidden code that isn3t e$en $isib%e to the e-book formatter, wi%% send up a red f%ag and cause the @utoLetter to re8ect the book& "hen, the @uto-Letter sends us a tota%%# undecipherab%e e0p%anation written in Swahi%i shorthand& (See :nger Management -t3s oka# for grown men to cr#& Let it out!) uking, strips a%% those hidden codes out of #our document (a%ong with a %ot of %o$e%# but unacceptab%e things #ou3$e probab%# a%read# $er# carefu%%# done intentiona%%#)& uking means that #ou3%% be starting with a perfect%# c%ean ($er# f%at %ooking) document, then #ou3%% be adding $arious (oka#) Meatgrinder specific things that wi%% gi$e #our finished work a c%ean, crisp %ook that works in near%# a%% the $arious formats and e-reader protoco%s& 1.nstructions for nu4ing wi## fo##ow( in a second 2 :uto-,etter re+ections: "he# are enigmatic and $irtua%%# encr#pted programmer-computeriGe& - wonder if e$en the peop%e who programmed the 7eatgrinder and @uto-Letter understand those craG#, a%most meaning%ess messages that go out to the (most%# computer-phobic) authors about their fai%ed e-books& "he @uto-Letter re8ection messages are $irtua%%# uninte%%igib%e to e$er#one e0cept ma#be a few Computer Science geeks in Seatt%e ,ashington, (on 7ushrooms)& "he# are difficu%t to decipher because the# often are referring to those hidden and embedded codes in our document we know nothing about, (that were put there in$isib%# b# some anon#mous Frem%in in whate$er software we3$e used)& ,e can3t see the errors or find some of them b# b# %ooking at our document& @bout a%% we can do is guess, simp%if#, then re-nuke and pra# that the ne0t time the thing goes through the 7eatgrinder it wi%% pass& Words of "raise! - tota%%# commend the programmers who set up the 7eatgrinder& -t is perhaps the s%ickest piece of webprogramming -3$e e$er seen on the ,eb& (7ark, #ou had better pa# those gu#s we%%!) 6bama ma# need them to repair the f%awed 6bama-care web site!& @%so4 p%ease disregard m# dumb 8oke about 3Computer Science geeks on 7ushrooms, gu#s& -3m not referring to #our great programmers& -t isn3t their fau%t that we can3t make sense of the @uto Letter& ,e3re not a%% on their same inte%%ectua% %e$e%& "he St#%eguide e0p%ains nuking in great detai% in Step C of the Smashwords Sty#eguide& -t seems si%%# to repeat it here, but - wi%% an#wa#& *ou /6 need a cop# of the Smashwords St#%eguide too, or #our book

ma# ne$er get accepted& Dowe$er4 if #ou are using m# temp%ates #ou can skip the parts about setting the font st#%es, siGes, heading st#%es, siGes and a%% that& "he St#%eguide is speaking specifica%%# to users of 7icrosoft ,ord or ,ord Starter an#wa#, so #ou3%% skip an#thing that is referring to that specific software& uking is the easiest, most secure, wa# to tota%%# a$oid 7eatgrinder re8ections& *ow to -u4e a 0ocument or 3oo4: ,ith #our book or document open in an# word processor (or whate$er app%ication #ou used as #ou t#ped in into #our computer)4 TSe#ectN it (see a$o&e) b# doing a (Ctr#8a) and (Ctr#8c) to Cop# #our fresh%# nuked entire origina% document into the computerUs memor# & & & "hen open otepad (or an# suitab%e te0t editor) to a b%ank page& ( otepad has been bund%ed free with a%% ,indows computers since the =%iocene era of computing&) *ou probab%# a%read# ha$e a cop# of it on #our =C somewhere& /o a s#stem search to %ocate otepad&e0e if #ou donUt know where it is amongst the other NBB,BBB fi%es on #our computer& ( 6"E! ,ordpad ma# be a %itt%e too sophisticated to do the 8ob& -3m not certain& -f #ou ha$e otepad, use it& -f not then, use the simp%est te0t editor #ou can find&) =aste #our entire book or document into otepad, then 3Sa&e3 #our entire document as ukeB)&t0t, or whate$er name #ou wish& Some sort of numbering s#stem is wise, because #ou ma# end up nuking more than once, (Dea$en forbid)& -t does happen, sometimes& Tip %11! I like to setup a special folder for e ery e-book I write! Such a folder will be filled with specific files for your e-book by the time it gets regurgitated at the "eatgrinder! -e@t: Se#ect again #our fresh nuked cop# that3s inside otepad with (Ctr#8a)& /o a 3Ctr#8c3 to cop# the fresh%# nuked $ersion back into #our computer3s memor# again& (,hate$er was in memor# gets rep%aced with the new <Ctr#8c3&) ote! -t was nuked the second #ou pasted it into otepad& *ou3%% notice that a%% pre$ious formatting has disappeared& 1Stop crying9 We<re going to fi@ it the right way92 -e@t: Load #our temp%ate into the word processor #ou wi%% use to do #our formatting, (6pen 6ffice, ,ord or whate$er)& =aste (Ctr#8&) and #our entire automatica##y -=A!0 p%ain-te0t $ersion (copied into the computer3s memor#) from otepad into 36pen 6ffice3 (or whate$er software #ou are using to format #our book)& *ou ma# de%ete the temp%ate te0t before #ou =aste #our own te0t, if #ou prefer& -t3s probab%# easier that wa#& 6therwise paste #our nuked $ersion in be%ow the temp%ate te0t then de%ete the temp%ate te0t& (Either wa# wi%% work pro$ided no Frem%ins are watching&) /e-stating for a$so#ute c#arity( 1the $est way2: Load m# temp%ate into 6pen 6ffice first, then de%ete a%% the te0t from the temp%ate& (/o a 3Ctr#8a3 then hit the 0e#ete ke#&) "hen, 3"aste3 the fresh#y nu4ed $ersion of #our book from otepad into 6pen 6ffice& 0e#eting the te@t in the temp#ate 1another way2: "o se%ect on%# the te0t #ou don3t want, p%ace #our cursor at the $er# end of 7* temp%ate te0t, *O;0 T*! ;!)T MO=S! A!' 0OW-( then do a sweeping motion a## the way to the top of my te@t *ou3%% turn a%% of 7* te0t b%ue, but -OT 'O=/ 3OOA( (we hope)& ,hen a%% is right, hit the de%ete ke#& 7# te0t shou%d disappear and #our book wi%% now be at the $er# top of the 6pen 6ffice (or #our word processor) work screen, if #ou pasted it in under the temp%ate te0t& So4 #es, #ou can a%so do a sweeping Se%ect (upward) from the bottom of the temp%ate te0t, but that wa# ma# cause some grief for the ewbies& -f #ou do a sweeping de%ete and #our book a%so disappears, don<t panic& Qust paste it in again (Ctr#8&)& -t3s probab%# sti%% in #our computer3s memor#& Or4 go up to the 3!dit3 tab on the top menu of 6pen 6ffice and c%ick once on the =ndo option& "hat too shou%d cause e$er#thing to reappear& "hen tr# the de%etion of temp%ate te0t again& *ou3%% get it! (& & & right after the 7edi$ac crew pumps #ou fu%% of sedati$es&) WhatO 'ou don<t ha&e a temp#ate yetO "here are a ha%f-doGen %inks abo$e& Dere it is again& -f #ou don3t ha$e it a%read#, get it now& Qust doub%ec%ick this %ink to #our right& /own%oad #our preferred temp%ate, here& -f #our web browser doesn3t open in

under a minute, %ook for #our web browser icon, (down on the task bar at the bottom)& -t3s probab%# 8ust sitting there wondering wh# #ou ca%%ed it up& We<re done with a## this -u4ing stuff: *ou shou%d now ha$e a fresh%# nuked $ersion of #our book %oaded into 6pen 6ffice& -f #ou fee% #ou need more he%p4 see the Smashwords St#%eguide Step C ("ab%e of Contents %ink) for more he%p on this topic, or drop me an e-mai%& - do %o$e hearing from and he%ping peop%e& ( o! - %i$e for it!) ow, Fo back to Chapter (+ and continue working #our wa# down the to-do %ist if #ou ha$en3t finished #et& -f #ou encounter something #ou don3t know how to do, s%ide back down here to chapter (. and %ook for a specia% $o#d heading for he%p on that specific topic& (-f #ou don3t find the he%p #ou need in this chapter or the ne0t, p%ease e-mai% me& -3%% he%p #ou indi$idua%%#, then -3%% probab%# add b%urb about it in a future update to this (fore$er to be) work-in-progress& Sa&ing 'our Wor4 (trick)! Sa$e #our entire e-book as something %ike Tm#book00&doc& (T00U ma# be an# number )-CC), depending on how man# times #ou remembered to 3Sa&e :s3& /o it this wa# so that (%ater), when #ou find this fi%e a month or two from now #ouU%% know itUs the formatted $ersion of #our book& "he highest T00U number wi%% probab%# be the most perfect $ersion& Sa&e :s! 3Sa&e :s3 is a %ot different than 3Sa&e3& 7ost modern word processors 3Sa$e3 for #ou e$er# few minutes, but it3s a%wa#s sa$ing the current name #ou3$e offered up& "o 3Sa&e :s3 preser$es a%% the work #ou3$e done up to that point& So if #ou do something rea%%# stupid +B-minutes %ater that possib%# corrupts e$er#thing #ou3$e done, #ou can simp%# %oad the most recent good (highest number) $ersion without a %ot of tears and drama& ,hen formatting for the 7eatgrinder with 6pen 6ffice, #ou wi%% a%wa#s TSa&e :sU! with a Word 1667 8 2000 >" doc e0tension& Lersions after +BBB are oka# too as %ong as the# are &doc and not &doc0 fi%es& 5se a different (00) number name each time #ou 3Sa&e :s3& 'ou may $e as4ing5 >*ow do . do thatH - don3t see an option for Word 1667 82000 >" doc9? 7ore e0perienced user know this, but the ewb# ma# not& *ow 1e@act#y2 to <Sa&e :s< Word 166782000 >" doc 1in Open Office2 C%ick 3)i#e3, then TSa&e :s3& Look for a Ta$ on the PSa&e :s< window that pops up& *ouU%% see a %itt%e triang#e or TarrowheadU& C%ick it to choose the Word 166782000 fi#e type& C%ick that "riang%e (-tUs ne0t to the word TCance%U in 6pen 6ffice)& @ %ong %ist of potentia% fi%e t#pes wi%% appear& -gnore a%% the other fi%e t#pes& Choose on%# the TWord 6782000N >" 1doc2 option& <e sure to fi%% in the top space with #our fi%e name too >7#bookCCG (or whate$er)& "hen4 c%ick the TSa&eU button that3s to #our right& @%so4 be abso%ute%# certain that the Sa$ed fi%e went where #ou intend for it to go& -f #ou do not see the 7icrosoft &doc fi%e >Sa$e @s3 option in #our word processor, it 3ma#3 mean that the word processor #ou are using isn3t capab%e of that t#pe of &doc fi%e sa$e& <ad da#! Fo down%oad 6pen 6ffice& - know it wi%% work& 0O-NT C;OS! O=T Open Office +ust yet9 e0t4 %ook inside #our fo%der that #ou are sa$ing to& <E )BBK S52E it Sa$ed @s a ,ord CIJ+BBB doc fi%e& <e doub%e certain that new%# sa$ed fi%e is e0act%# where #ou meant for it to go& -f it isnUt there, #ou messed-up& *ou ma# not ha$e to%d the computer !>";.C.T;' where #ou wanted the fi%e to be stored& 7a#da#! /onUt cr#4 -Um sure this has happened more than once to each and e$er# one of us& -tUs an ine$itab%e L@ /-7- E! W:/-.-G9 M:-' -.G*TM:/!S tend to occur here& "he (not-so-user-friend%#) programmers ha$e a habit of setting a defau%t fo%der for a%% documents that #ou ma# ha$e fai%ed to direct #our TSa$esU to go to& "he programmers werenUt S7@2" enough or 5ser-Friend%# enough to assume #ou might want to TSa$eU to the fo%der #ou are working in& So, the# created a defau%t TSa$e toU %ocation& -t Sa$es to a specia% fo%der known on%# to some be-speck%ed erd programmer somewhere in Si%icon La%%e#& -tU%% Sa$e (%ightning fast) without so much as a hint as to where our nerd# friend decided #our fi%e needs to be& So, #our fi%e ends up %ost somewhere on #our s#stem of NBB,BBB fi%es& Food %uck finding it! *ou ma# need to do a system

search for the e0act name #ou 8ust ga$e the document& *ou didnUt forget that name a%read# did #ouH Dint! (7#book00&doc) -f #ou donUt know how to do a system search a%read#, go to Foog%e and ask how itUs done on #our particu%ar $ersion of ,indows (ie4 ,in CV, Lista, +BBB, R=, ,in I, etc&, etc&) "hose same (not-so-user-friend%#) programmers a%so seem to en8o# changing Ts#stem-searchU on each new $ersion of ,indows& So #ou ma# need to ask (an# search engine) >Dow to do system search on ,indows TRU4 where TRU is whate$er $ersion of windows $ersion #ou are current%# using, (ie4 R=, Lista, ,in CV,I,V or whate$er)& *ouU%% want a%% #our work to go to that specia% fo%der we setup ear%ier for this specific pro8ect& 6nce #ou find #our %ost fi%e, Digh%ight it, then Copy 1Ctr#8c2 it o$er to the fo%der where #ou want it and "aste it in (Ctr#8&) where #ou want it to be& <e more carefu% the ne0t time #ou TSa&e :sU& 7ake sure to te%% the stupid computer where #ou want the fi%e to go, b# c%icking #our wa# through the fi%e tree unti% #ou reach the intended fo%der& (Da$e a beer! @po%ogiGe to #our room# and a%% the neighbors&) The Alt/Tab Trick "his :#t8Ta$ trick wi%% sa$e #ou a %ot of grief, fear and an0iet# when #ou work with se$era% documents open at the same time& *ou3%% be wise to master it, though it is tota%%# optiona%& Simp%# ho%d the 3:#t 4ey< down (-t3s usua%%# the fourth ke# from the %eft on the bottom row of the ke#board&) *o#d it down as #ou tap the 3Ta$3 ke# mu%tip%e times& ("he Ta$ 4ey is usua%%# on the e0treme %eft of the ke#board about four rows up from the bottom&) Do%d 3:#t3 down, then tap the Ta$ Aey& @ specia% screen wi%% popup, showing a%% the app%ications #ou ha$e open& Each time #ou tap the 3"ab3 ke# whi%e ho%ding the 3@%t3 ke# down, the focus wi%% change to one of the other documents #ou ha$e open& -f #ou %et off the 3@%t3 ke# as the focus changes to the app #ou want to see, the computer wi%% bring that app or document to the front& *ou3%% get fast with it after a few seconds of p%a#& =%a# with it unti% #ou get it& -t3%% sa$e #ou a %ot of time and frustration @F"E2 #ou3$e mastered it& -f #ou ha$e three or four documents open at the same time, it offers a sensib%e and pain%ess opportunit# to Muick%# skip from one document (or app%ication) to the ne0t in a $er# rapid wa#& The same tric4( $ut 3!TT!/: "he Windows 4ey (usua%%# ne0t to the @%t ke#) in more recent $ersions of windows, does the same thing in an e$en $etter wa#& "r# it too! Do%d the ,indows ke# down& -t3s often right ne0t to the 3@%t3 ke#& "ap the 3"ab3 and watch what happens& -t3s ingenious in ,indows I! "ap and obser$e each screen that comes up& Each time #ou tap, it wi%% switch to a different screen& ,hen #ou see the app or document #ou want to 8ump-to, %et off the ,indows ke#& *ou3re there! (Congratu%ations! *ou are now a computer nerd&) (-f #ou te%eported to this tip from Chapter +, c%ick the %ink abo$e to return to where #ou were& 6therwise forge on & & &) '''''''''' :nger Management 101: <reathe deep%#! Count to )B! Fo into the #ard and #e%% at the neighbor3s (#ip, #ip, #ipping) dog& Dur% a few empt# beer bott%es at the cat (cowering o$er b# the fence)& C%imb the tree and chase that aggra$ating sMuirre% from %imb to %imb& I*ow does that ma4e you fee#OJ I:## $etterO Good9 =%ease submit #our A+BB to the author $ia =a#pa% for this therap# session& "hanks!? (-3m 8ust kidding of course!) <ut see, you do fee# $etter a#ready( don<t youH - heard #ou snicker! "he biggest prob%em with setting up e-books this wa# is the fact that we can<t a#ways ha&e it our way& Munch on this( unti# you tota##y understand it ,hen we send a document through the Smashwords 7eatgrinder, we are forced into making a %ot of compromises so that the 7eatgrinder can con$ert one fi%e into a%% the O different e-book formats& (*es, - know there are I & & & 8ust continue reading&)

Each of the O different formats tend to reMuire different (sometimes ridicu%ous) specifics& So, essentia%%# we authors are compromising some of the neat options (%ike drop caps, fanc# fonts, e0tra carriage returns, co$er pages, frames, bu%%etsH, page-breaksH, etc&) in order to gain the option of ki%%ing si0 e-book format (birds) with one stone (or fi%e)& Can #ou imagine setting #our e-book up si0 different times for si0 different formatsH *ou ma# not e$en ha$e a wa# of checking some of those formats& )O/ !>:M";!: Formatting that might work in sa# a Aind#e (&mobi) fi%e, ma# not work at a%% in a -oo4 (&epub) fi%e, much %ess a L2F or =/< fi%e& - don3t own the eMuipment necessar# to e$en read m# own books on some of those formats& "he good news is - don3t ha$e to& -f our books %ook good in epub, then the#3%% most %ike%# be oka# in a%% the others& "he e-pub fi%e is the demon we ha$e to p%ease and it3s a ta%% order& *ou3%% need to do a thorough inspection of #our epub fi%es& -3%% show #ou a free wa# to do it (be%ow)& *es, it ma# mean that #ou3%% ha$e to do #et another, (free) down%oad& So the 7eatgrinder is ingenious%# designed to make #our 6 E F-LE become O different fi%e t#pes in a matter of minutes& "hat abi%it# is Muite a $a%uab%e thing& -t3s a ma8or sa$ings for us, in terms of nightmares, headaches, time and anger-management& "hat3s wh# - recommend Smashwords so high%#& <ut it3s a%so the reason we can3t use drop caps4 or o$ersiGed fonts4 or oddba%% humongous fonts4 tab%es, or too man# carriage-returns and Muite a few other things, (See chapter 1)& So, prepare to compromise, in order to benefit from the 7@F-C that is the 7eatgrinder& /ea% with it4 C67=267-SE and get on with the 8ob& See the /oUs and /ontUs %ist in Chapter 1& <e aware of a%% of them& Each one is a potentia% Frem%in ki%%er4 designed to he%p #ou a$oid being re8ected b# the 7eatgrinder (and the Smashwords =remium Cata%og appro$a% committee), %ater& Why do . say there are E 1fi#e types2 rather than the actua# 7 the 7eatgrinder wi%% regurgitateH - sa# that because the Ith (p%ain te0t $ersion) seems re%ati$e%# unimportant& *ou 8ust created a p%ain-te0t $ersion as #ou uked #our document& So, the Smashwords p%ain-te0t $ersion doesn3t seem (at first g%ance) to be $ita%%# important or especia%%# re%e$ant as an actua% e-book form& Dowe$er, it is a readab%e form of #our work& "here ma# be a stubborn CV-#ear-o%d computer-phobe in a nursing-home somewhere in South "e0as who wi%% not want to read #our book an# other wa#, e0cept as a p%ain-te0t fi%e& So, in that case the te@t fi#e counts too, but it3s the %east of our worries& "he te0t fi%es wonUt be where #our formatting errors wi%% g%are and get #our book re8ected& "he ook (or epu$ fi#e2 is the one we a%% need to worr# about the most and it is $er# important& @s the 7eatgrinder has finished working on #our fi%e, #ou3%% want to set up another fo%der inside the fo%der for #our book, then down%oad from Smashwords @LL I of the fi%es it 8ust produced& /own%oad a%% those fi%es into the specia% fo%%der within #our book3s fo%der& Smashwords wi%% te%% #ou how to do the down%oads& S"!C.:; -OT!: -f #ou aren3t signed-up with www&smashwords&com a%read#, get signed-up! 2ead a%% the detai%s the# pro$ide& 2ead their ):Ks and their :greement form& 7ake #our own decisions T*!- .MM!0.:T!;': @fter #ou3$e processed #our &doc fie, %oad #our 7eatgrinder processed epub fi%e into the free @dobe /igita% Editions (or #our ook reader) and take a good %ong %ook at e$er#thing& -f #ou can3t %oad the epub fi%e see the %ink abo$e and down%oad :do$e 0igita# !ditions& Eeep an e#e pee%ed for tricks& @%most nothing is e$er comp%ete%# free on the ,eb (e0cept m# site)& ,e need to watch carefu%%#, dot a%% the 3"3s3 and cross a%% the 3i3s3 or we3%% end up with a %ot of new (free ad$ertising) garbage we might not want& @fter #our fi%e e0its the 7eatgrinder, #ou wi%% recei$e a specia% (automatic) e-mai% from Smashwords& -t wi%% te%% #ou if #our book passed or fai%ed& -f #our book passes, #ou are essentia%%# done, if #ou3$e added the -S< and tidied up #our persona% web page at Smashwords& (-t3s a%% e0p%ained at Smashwords&) ,e%% & & & #ou aren3t Muite done, #et& "he book wi%% sit for a few da#s (up to a week) before the =remium Cata%og crew can get a chance to inspect it with their own e#es& - think the# are main%# concerned with the CR& -f the CR has f%aws the# ma# re8ect the book (temporari%#) with suggestions that wi%% probab%# cause it to pass the ne0t time #ou re-submit the book& Check a%% the epub %inks& Scro%% through the chapters& Look for unintended se$en-mi%e-%ong page-breaks that #ou didn3t e$en use in the origina% fi%e! 7ake certain the CR is comp%ete and that each %ink works as

intended& (*es! 2epeat after me & & & & Frrrrrrrrrr!) "hen $isit @nger 7anagement one more time and send this poor o%d shrink another A+BB for that ne0t session too! (Eidding!) =nwanted "age 3rea4s usua%%# happen as a resu%t of too man# Carriage /eturns in a row& 7ark Coker (da boss at Smashwords) recommends no more than three (ma0 1) carriage returns in a row, an#where within #our book& So, if #ou detect a p%ace in #our e-books where there is far too much (scro%%ing) white space4 %ook for some error #ou3$e made 8ust abo$e that spot& -t3s usua%%# a ha%f-doGen Carriage 2eturns #ou didn3t notice, or ma#be and e0tra page-break or two of which #ou weren3t aware& -3$e a%so noticed that sometimes the word processor ma# embed an in$isib%e page break that isn3t $isib%e as we inspect our &doc fi%e& "he disgusting thing is that #ou ma# ha$e a prob%em %ike that (too much white space) in the pdf fi%e or the 7obi fi%e, but not the epub (or $ice-$erse)& /o inspections in e$er# e-reader #ou can get #our hands on& *ou3%% want to hunt down the cause of a%% the prob%ems and fi0 them& (-t often means going without the page-breaks entire%#&) -f #ou are reading the mobi (Eind%e) $ersion of this e-book, notice the white space at the end of each chapter& @%% that white space was a resu%t of one Carriage-return, a centered row of ti%des >''''''''''? and another carriage return& -t %ooks a L6" %ike - used a page-break& "he same thing is true with the epub fi%e (in /igita% Editions or ook)& "he &=/F $ersion doesn3t offer as much space as - wou%d %ike between the chapters but it works fine& -3d rather see too %itt%e white space rather than too much& (- don3t ha$e a wa# to see the &pdb or &%rf fi%es& @%% can do - hope the# %ook oka# in those de$ices&) *ou need to see #our e-book in at %east these three fi%e t#pes (&pdf, &epub, and &mobi)& *ou can get a cop# of /igita% Editions (for epub fi%es) at the %ink abo$e& @s this e-book is being pub%ished ())J).J).) it is sti%% free& *ou probab%# a%read# ha$e an @dobe 2eader on #our s#stem (it3s free too and usua%%# bund%ed with most =Cs)& Qust doub%e-c%ick the &pdf fi%e of #our book& @dobe 2eader wi%% probab%# %oad and disp%a# it& "he &rtf (2ich "e0t Format) is eas# but the %inks won3t work in &rtf fi%es& *ou can %oad a &rtf fi%e into a%most an# word processor& -t3s great for simp%e reading but it3s not rea%%# an e-book, because it %acks the h#per%ink and bookmark functions& Eind%e for =C (&mobi fi%es) was once free, but recent%# the# seem to be charging for it& "r# to find an (o%der) free cop# of Eind%e for =Cs somewhere& - no %onger ha$e an# great %eads or %inks to that one& /ig deep at amaGon&com, #ou ma# find one there& ''''''''''

Chapter %D: 0o<s and 0on<ts 1a4a5 Compromising2

0o<s:
0o sett%e for an acceptab%e and common font st#%e throughout #our book or document& "he 7eatgrinder wi%% on%# accept three font st#%es& ,e ma# use Faramond, "imes "ake #our pick (as %ong as it is one of those three)& ew 2oman or @ria%&

0o sett%e for font siGes between &)B and &)1& othing %arger is greeted with g%ee at the 7eatgrinder& "hat3s wh# the read#-made temp%ates are setup the wa# the# are& 0o sett%e for (temp%ate) headings! 0efau#t( 1( 2 and 3 as #ou do #our heading-st#%es setup& othing e%se is acceptab%e in the 7eatgrinder& "hat3s wh# the temp%ates are setup as the# are& "he 0efau#t heading is a%so acceptab%e, but that3s 8ust norma% te0t& *ou3%% be using it automatica%%# as #ou enter most of the te0t in #our book& <o%d, ita%ics and underscored te0t seem to process oka#& - guess -3%% find out for sure as this ebook goes through the 7eatgrinder& -3$e used them a %ot! 0esigning a 3oo4co&er: *ou wi%% want and need to design a co$er for #our book e0act%# to Smashwords specs& <e sure to read Step +. in the Smashwords St#%eguide& "he co$er of #our book is mandator# and shou%d be addedJup%oaded separate%# as #ou up%oad #our book at Smashwords& 0o -ot

insert the $oo4co&er image as inc#usi&e with your $oo4 up#oad -t needs to be added separate%#& "here wi%% be instructions as #ou up%oad #our book at Smashwords and Step +. e0p%ains the detai%s too& .nserting "ictures within your $oo4: See Step ). in the Smashwords St#%eguide& *ou wi%% use .nsert8"icture (on the top menu in 6pen 6ffice) for images inside #our book& Step ). in the Smashwords guide goes into great detai% for Open Office users too& Watch the Carriage /eturns9 @n# more than three (or four) Carriage 2eturns in a row ma# spe%% disaster& - L-EE a carriage 2eturn after each paragraph when writing on-Fiction& Whoops( thatNs a $ig tota# no-no& - had to go through m# entire document (the first book) and remo$e o$er ),BBB paragraph s#mbo%s& - was furious, but - got o$er it& "hat space between paragraphs in on-Fiction needs to be set b# the (0efau#t heading) within the software, (not a carriage return)& "hat3s what the temp%ates are designed to do for #ou& -on )iction books need <%ock =aragraphs& "he on-Fiction temp%ates are pre-set with the =aragraph options to gi$e us about &BO breather space in-between each paragraph, with no e@tra Carriage /eturns: !,!/9 otice the space between this paragraph and the ne0t& "hatUs &BO& "he 3#oc4 "aragraph temp%ates wi%% set it up automatica%%# for #ou& <%ock paragraphs are best for on Fiction& )ictiona# no&e#s with a %ot of >Muoted sentences? and dia%og need a &.B to &N indent beginning each paragraph& Choose a temp%ate that3s designed for Fiction if #our book is fiction& *e#p with the -C>: See the Smashwords Fuide (Step +B and +Ba)& )ootnotes and !nd -otes: See the Smashwords Fuide (Step +Bc)& Tit#e and Copyright page: /o it e0act%# b# the Smashwords St#%eguide (Step +)b, +)c)& "ost )ormatting: 2ead the Smashwords St#%eguide from Step +. to the $er# end& Learn @%% the nitt# gritt# detai%s4 creating a co$er -mage, re$iew reMuirements, up%oading, pub%ishing and other safet# checks to insure success&

0O-<TS:
0o -ot use the pre-designed Co&er "ages( especia##y those in Word Starter: Li$e without them un%ess #ou understand the 7eatgrinder better than - do& - tried at %east )B different (,ord Starter) co$er pages& "he# a%% generated @uto-Letter errors& @pparent%# most of the pre-designed co$er pages (in ,ord Starter at %east) are based on frames& "he 7eatgrinder hates frames and #ouU%% get @uto-Letter errors that wi%% #e%% at #ou in Swahi%i shorthand4 which means #ouU%% ha$e to do it a%% again, (ma#be beginning with a fresh uke)& "age 3rea4s: - %i$e without them at a%%, now& -nstead - use two (ma#be .) Carriage 2eturns (on%#) at the end of each Chapter or section& "hat seems to p%ease a%% formats& -3m tr#ing )B centered ti%des 3'3 in this particu%ar e-book& 7# 8ur# wi%% be out on that issue unti% this comes back from the 7eatgrinder& -f #ou see them at the end of each chapter #ou3%% know the# passed as oka#& otice in the epub form of this e-book how the chapter endings %ook a%most %ike page-breaks& "hat3s a%% we need! =age-breaks can cause craG# things to happen in some formats& Someone reading #our book on some de$ices ma# need to scro%% through fi$e minutes of white space for each page break& @%so, sometimes the &pdf fi%es ma# enter two page-breaks instead of one& "hat3s wa# too much white space for the a$erage reader and it3s embarrassing for the author& - think 7ark3s words in the St#%eguide were to use pagebreaks $er# sparing%#& -3m sa#ing >at #our own risk?& Sometimes the#3re fine and other times for no apparent reason the#3%% make #ou wish #ou hadn3t used an# at a%%& - don3t use them at a%% after the headaches -3$e encountered4 (with considerab%e tria% and error, - shou%d add)& -ncidenta%%#, #ou can do a page-$rea4 in Open Office or Word Starter with a simp%e 3Ctr#8/eturn3& <ut, use them at #our own risk& - tend to %earn e$er#thing the hard wa#& Wou#d you $e#ie&e( . in&ented the whee#O - wou%d be a wor%d famous in$entor b# now, but some eandertha% idiot named 5rrg had a%read# beat me to it& <ummer! -o )rames: /on3t use them at a%%& -f #ou need them, consu%t the Smashwords St#%eguide or tr# to get he%p from Smashwords, .<m tota##y c#ue#ess on that issue

3u##et #ists <may< cause pro$#ems: - ha$en3t tried to get a bu%%et-%ist or numbered-%ist to pass through the 7eatgrinder, so - 8ust don3t know& 6pen 6ffice tries to set them up for #ou automatica%%#& -f #ou right c#ic4 on the auto setup %ist as it start%ing%# appears automatica%%#, there3s a wa# to turn off that automatic function whenJif it happens to #ou& - was afraid the# might get the book re8ected and refused to use them& (Fo ahead4 ca%% me chicken! - 8ust can3t hand%e re8ection! -t goes a%% the wa# back to Fai% 2adc%iff in the first grade& ) 0on<t use Ta$#es or Co#umns: Smashwords appears to regret that the 7eatgrinder can3t hand%e them but it 8ust sa#s, >0on<t?& 0on<t use Te@t 3o@es: o! (See Step 1 in the Smashwords St#%eguide&) 0o -ot use Ta$s or repeated Space 3ars: /o not e$er use them for indents& "he#3%% generate @utoLetter errors and get #our e-book f%agged for re$ision& 0o -ot =se :uto "age -um$ering: 7ore @uto-Letter errorsH -3m not certain but page numbers are comp%ete%# inconsistent in each and a%% e-book readers because each e-reader tends to ha$e its own wa# of e0panding font siGes& -t p%a#s ha$oc with page numbers and makes them tota%%# unre%iab%e& -n other words the# won3t tag a page with re%iab%e numbers an#wa#& *eaders and )ooters: cause confusion in $arious e-readers& @$oid using them& (See Step )I St#%eguide)& -o 0rop Caps: o! o! (period ) - %o$e them& - think the# add a %ot to the o$era%% appearance of a book& "he#3%% gi$e the 7eatgrinder epi%eptic fits and the @uto-Letter wi%% begin speaking in tongues! *ou3%% ne$er e$en get to meet the =remium Cata%og @ppro$a% Committee& (-o drop caps9) For the uninitiated4 0rop Caps are those cutse# huge %etters that often start off the chapters of a %ot of fanc# fictiona% books& @ drop cap wi%% be one huge capita% %etter that wi%% take up two or three %ines of space as the first %etter in the first word of a new chapter& ow that #ou know what the# are, & & & don<t use them "hat3s about a%% - ha$e at this point& -f #ou encounter additiona% prob%ems when using 6pen 6ffice, honest%# want to hear from #ou 9bi%%p:stud#drums&com;& *our feedback wi%% he%p to make this e-book more comp%ete& -f #our prob%em warrants an update within this e-book, -3%% update it& "hat3s the beaut# of se%f-pub%ishing& E$er# e-book we write automatica%%# becomes a ne$er ending work-in-progress& <ut, that3s a good thing& @s we spot a t#po, we can fi0 it and run it through the 7eatgrinder again and again& -3$e been known to re-pub%ish a book 8ust because of one embarrassing t#po& *our most recent update is the on%# one that gets so%d after passing through the 7eatgrinder& @ printed book g%ares and embarrasses fore$er! 7# first run of this e-book had tons of errors and t#pos that were put there b# Frem%ins (- swear)& "his is the second run& ,hen it comes back -3%% probab%# catch e$en more t#pos& (Frrrr!) =%ease bu# m# other books at Smashwords& "hough -3m an unknown writer, -3m actua%%# a border%ine genius& /ea##y9 7# cat to%d me so! (-3m kidding of course), but #ou wi%% abso%ute%# %o$e >Crimes @gainst "ime?& ((((((((((

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