Design and format tools n Book Design Wizard

Design and format tools n Book Design Wizard 2. 0 for Microsoft® Word Only for PC; $37; also sells design templates for prose and poetry http: //www. lulu. com/product/service/book-design-wizard-20 -formicrosoft%C 2%AE-word/1936698 n Common mistakes made when writing a book in MS Word http: //www. self-pub. net/guides/formattingmistakes. html n Open Office Book Templates http: //templates. services. openoffice. org/en/search/node/books n Open Office Kindle Template http: //templates. services. openoffice. org/en/node/4907 1

Formatting pages 1. Go to OOWriter. Go to “Tools Options View Print and Web Layout options check “Text boundaries” 2. Open your file “chpt 001_text” 3. Go to VIEW Header and Footer 4. Position cursor in Header top right. Click. Enter your desired header text 2

Formatting pages 5. 6. 7. What font and size of type? Left, right, center? (Tip: “center” is easiest) Play with it. Whatever your choice, write it down in your design stylebook guide. 3

Formatting pages 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Go to Format Page Header NB: check marks in “Header on” + “Same content left/right” + “Auto. Fit height” Click on “More” button. This is where the “rule” below the header came from. NB: 0. 05 size (Play with the Default and User-defined boxes. ) Click OK and OK to get back to first page. Scroll down and put cursor in the “footer” space. Menu Insert Fields click on “Page Number” Format as desired. Centered? Em dashes? Bold? Add entry to your design stylebook 4

Formatting pages Now we pour in pages of text 14. CTRL+F 10 (to see line return symbol) 15. Place cursor in main text area 16. Go to INSERT FILE BYOP USB FILES (click on) ”TWAIN_On_The_Art” 17. Save the file in folder chpt 001_text as “TWAIN_yourfiletest_Chpt 001” 5

Now, it’s YOUR turn 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Create a new folder on your USB drive. Give it the name of your book Create a sub-folder “[title]_Styleguide” Create a sub-folder “Chpt 001_[title]” Create a sub-folder “Chpt 001_[title]_text” Create a sub-folder “Chpt 001_[title]_art” Create a sub-folder “Chpt 001_[title]_notes” Create a “New” file. Save it as “Chpt 001_text. doc” [or as. RTF] 6

Format YOUR pages If you brought your MMS 1. Open a clean version of the 6 x 9 template (if you have a different trim size in mind, go to http: //www. lulu. com/publish/books/ for template) 2. Enter header and footer information 3. Insert MSS file into page space 4. Make note of different elements and their design, i. e. 1. Chapter title, Sub-heads? 2. Drop cap? 3. Spacing between paragraphs 4. Ragged right or justified? 5. Experiment with fonts 7

Your HD “tree” looks like this 8

Format your pages n n n View file. Note ¶ symbols. Turn off. Select All [CTRL+A] Go to Menu Bar font field. Select font of your choice. Save file. Look at first page. Make changes? Note in design stylebook changes n n Space down on first page? Tabs? Or not? 9

Format YOUR book n n Think about which trim size you want Download that template from Lulu. com n n [Where are you going to save it? ] Open the template. Copy/flow in some text from your first chapter. Play with the formatting. Remember: n n Maintain your STYLEBOOK Save your files regularly 10

Recommended designer and editor n Editor: Barbara M. Waxer Technical Writer 4907 Guadalupe Trail NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 505. 242. 8504 505. 883. 4518 fax bwaxer 1@comcast. net n Designer: Anita Quintana Media Mantis 505. 988. 1902 anita@mediamantis. com 11