Well, even before self-publishing, Word's features offer some value. The
ability to use outline view is really helpful in organizing thoughts. I
don't do numbering, but if one is sending around the manuscript or chapters
for feedback, numbering, cross-references, etc are important. And one
usually sends a printed manuscript to try to get a publisher to accept it (I
think?) and then those things are useful even if the press wipes them out
later. But it's really sort of aimed at dissertation writers, because that's
what I was when I put the links together.
Daiya
On 10/28/06 1:07 PM, "aalaan" wrote:
Just one proviso. I find, working as an editor, that commercial publishers
do not want books structured per se, but only the raw text (possibly with
coded headings and subheadings), which they then flow into their own
systems. But for self-publishing this looks ideal.
"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Well, it's just a collection of other people's brilliant links, but
thanks.
For a while last year or the year before there were a number of frequent
requests for such information, so I started by just compiling the links,
and
then it grew and grew and grew. I need to update and edit it, but...
Daiya
On 10/27/06 6:56 PM, "aalaan" wrote:
Forget my silly post. That webpage is *brilliant* Daiya!
"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
.. .
Quickly? If you invest some time into setting your document, you can
get
all the TOC, Index, etc to create and update very quickly.
This page has an overview of the general process, and links to related
articles.
So You Want to Write a Book with MS Word
http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm
On 10/27/06 1:59 PM, "Barry" wrote:
How can I use Word to set up a book with Table of Contents, Chapters,
Page
Numbers, Headers, Footers, Images, Glossary, and Index? Is there a way
to
do
this quickly? Thanks, Barry