Microsoft Word Resources and Links
If you must typeset your book or manuscript yourself using Microsoft Word, the following websites may be helpful. If you decide to use a professional typesetter later, chances are following some of the guidelines at these sites will make their job easier, and may reduce the cost.
- Can You Typeset Your Book Using Microsoft Word?
A short article on the problems of typesetting using Word. - Typesetting Tips for Word
Some instructions on setting up the page size, adding headers and footers, and using section breaks. - One Professional’s Steps for Writing a Book
Setting up a new document with the correct page size, sections, etc, and links to detailed instructions for changing some of the most problematic default Word settings. - So You Want to Write a Book with MS Word
A longer article (which references the one above) covering the same topics in more detail, as well as much more.
- Typesetting in Microsoft Word
- Common Problems Using Word for Typesetting
- Microsoft Word Resources and Links