I'm trying to get in the field of writing, but I'm having a great deal of
trouble putting in proper manuscript form. So I need a template for a
manuscript that is to be published as a book. Does anyone know or have an
answer for me? Thanks, NanaMimi

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:11:01 -0800, NanaMimi
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm trying to get in the field of writing, but I'm having a great deal of
>trouble putting in proper manuscript form. So I need a template for a
>manuscript that is to be published as a book. Does anyone know or have an
>answer for me? Thanks, NanaMimi

Read http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm. It doesn't offer any templates for
download, but it does discuss almost everything you should know about using Word
to write a book, with links to many other articles.

You may find some templates at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx, but expect to have to
tweak them to suit your own needs. I think it's more important to understand
what templates are for, and how they work, than to have someone hand you a
one-size-doesn't-really-fit-all template that will make you frustrated.

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I don't make any representation that it's great (because it tries to be all
things to too many people), but you can get something to start with at
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsintotype/Template.htm.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:11:01 -0800, NanaMimi
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to get in the field of writing, but I'm having a great deal of
>>trouble putting in proper manuscript form. So I need a template for a
>>manuscript that is to be published as a book. Does anyone know or have an
>>answer for me? Thanks, NanaMimi
>
> Read http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm. It doesn't offer any templates
> for
> download, but it does discuss almost everything you should know about
> using Word
> to write a book, with links to many other articles.
>
> You may find some templates at
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx, but expect to
> have to
> tweak them to suit your own needs. I think it's more important to
> understand
> what templates are for, and how they work, than to have someone hand you a
> one-size-doesn't-really-fit-all template that will make you frustrated.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> so all may benefit.
>

I agree with you, but as I am at a lost on where to start, something is
better than nothing. Who knows, it just might give me a jumpstart and that
in itself is better than where I am now. Thanks for replying so fast.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:11:01 -0800, NanaMimi
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to get in the field of writing, but I'm having a great deal of
> >trouble putting in proper manuscript form. So I need a template for a
> >manuscript that is to be published as a book. Does anyone know or have an
> >answer for me? Thanks, NanaMimi
>
> Read http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm. It doesn't offer any templates for
> download, but it does discuss almost everything you should know about using Word
> to write a book, with links to many other articles.
>
> You may find some templates at
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx, but expect to have to
> tweak them to suit your own needs. I think it's more important to understand
> what templates are for, and how they work, than to have someone hand you a
> one-size-doesn't-really-fit-all template that will make you frustrated.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>

Thank you, it was just what I was looking for. You don't realize how much
this means to me. I might find something with more detail later on, but this
is for right now exactly what the doctor ordered Trust me I really did
need to see a doctor but I was afraid he'd think I'd already cracked
Seriously, thank you very much.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> I don't make any representation that it's great (because it tries to be all
> things to too many people), but you can get something to start with at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsintotype/Template.htm.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:11:01 -0800, NanaMimi
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>I'm trying to get in the field of writing, but I'm having a great deal of
> >>trouble putting in proper manuscript form. So I need a template for a
> >>manuscript that is to be published as a book. Does anyone know or have an
> >>answer for me? Thanks, NanaMimi
> >
> > Read http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm. It doesn't offer any templates
> > for
> > download, but it does discuss almost everything you should know about
> > using Word
> > to write a book, with links to many other articles.
> >
> > You may find some templates at
> > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx, but expect to
> > have to
> > tweak them to suit your own needs. I think it's more important to
> > understand
> > what templates are for, and how they work, than to have someone hand you a
> > one-size-doesn't-really-fit-all template that will make you frustrated.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jay Freedman
> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> > so all may benefit.
> >
>
>
>

I'm glad you found it helpful. It's quite limited in that it's *only* for a
straightforward manuscript and would require considerable tweaking if you
want to add other elements (the first person I gave it to said he had
started right out with a dedication, and I had to point out that this was
something one usually added at the very end, after finding a publisher <g>).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"NanaMimi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:56427B32-5AF1-488E-BCD1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you, it was just what I was looking for. You don't realize how much
> this means to me. I might find something with more detail later on, but
> this
> is for right now exactly what the doctor ordered Trust me I really did
> need to see a doctor but I was afraid he'd think I'd already cracked
> Seriously, thank you very much.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> I don't make any representation that it's great (because it tries to be
>> all
>> things to too many people), but you can get something to start with at
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsintotype/Template.htm.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:11:01 -0800, NanaMimi
>> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> >
>> >>I'm trying to get in the field of writing, but I'm having a great deal
>> >>of
>> >>trouble putting in proper manuscript form. So I need a template for a
>> >>manuscript that is to be published as a book. Does anyone know or have
>> >>an
>> >>answer for me? Thanks, NanaMimi
>> >
>> > Read http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm. It doesn't offer any templates
>> > for
>> > download, but it does discuss almost everything you should know about
>> > using Word
>> > to write a book, with links to many other articles.
>> >
>> > You may find some templates at
>> > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx, but expect to
>> > have to
>> > tweak them to suit your own needs. I think it's more important to
>> > understand
>> > what templates are for, and how they work, than to have someone hand
>> > you a
>> > one-size-doesn't-really-fit-all template that will make you frustrated.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Jay Freedman
>> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> > newsgroup
>> > so all may benefit.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

I am with you Nana.... This is absolutely the worst problem in Microsoft Word
2002 in my opinion.

I unfortunately started writing my book and had over a hundred thousand
words written before I tried to implement a style sheet and template.

Nothing seems to work, different styles and formatting suddenly appears out
of nowhere, changes either don't take effect or add a new different or even
repeated style to the style list. It even seems almost impossible to delete a
style. It is frankly a mess.

I am thinking I am going to have to hand format the entire 300,000 word
manuscript on a chapter by chapter basis. I have spent over a year attempting
to figure out what in the heck is going on with this program to no avail.

I do have MS Word 2002 and I suppose that it is possible that they have
changed the program since that time.

Outside of this area of long multiple file documents I am not displeased
with MS Word as a word processing program. I have had little difficulty with
standard documents but this seems to be a rarely used function that has
attracted little attention even from professionals.

Hello TinnMann

TinnMann wrote:
[..]
> I unfortunately started writing my book and had over a hundred thousand
> words written before I tried to implement a style sheet and template.
>
> Nothing seems to work, different styles and formatting suddenly appears out
> of nowhere, changes either don't take effect or add a new different or even
> repeated style to the style list. It even seems almost impossible to delete a
> style. It is frankly a mess.

at this point, I'd first make sure that you have a working template.
Then insert the old text into a new document as raw text and style it
through once.

0.2¢
Robert
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