How do I go about creating a manuscript for a book?

[Guest]

I just need some iinformation on how do I go about creating a manuscript for
a book to be publish.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Check with the publisher.
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[Guest]

Most publishers would prescribe what your manuscript should look like; they
may even supply you a Word template.

One hint: if you have to make up your own template, ALWAYS use styles and
NEVER use direct formatting. I mean, instead of making the font, say, bold,
define a style that makes the font bold. Then, if you should change publisher
or layout requirement changes, you need only modify the style and switch
'Automatically update styles' on (Tools + Templates and Adddins...' menu
option.

 

[Dian Chapman, MVP, MOS]

This isn't exactly for a book manuscript, but this TechTrax article
will give you some pointers to many of the issues you'll want to
consider:

Creating a User Manual
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=278

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine

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