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How do I format each new chapter page of a novel ?
Publisher's requirements for each new chapter of my novel specifies that the
chapter heading be 1/3 of the page down from the top and the narration start i/2 page down from the top. How can I format each of the chapter pages exactly the same? I'm using M.S. Word 2002. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Use a Heading 1 (or some other Heading #) style for the chapter title.
Modify the style definition's paragraph formatting so that the Before spacing is 3.67" (that's about 1/3 of 11") and the After spacing is 5.5" minus the height of your chapter title font. For more informationg, check the Help file and look for "styles". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Anybob" wrote in message ... Publisher's requirements for each new chapter of my novel specifies that the chapter heading be 1/3 of the page down from the top and the narration start i/2 page down from the top. How can I format each of the chapter pages exactly the same? I'm using M.S. Word 2002. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Note that if some headings consist of multiple lines of text, they would
push the first body text paragraph closer to the bottom the page. To get around this, you would have to manually adjust Spacing After for those headings. Therefore, it might be better to settle for Spacing Before in the heading style(s) and then to place each heading in a table cell with fixed height. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Use a Heading 1 (or some other Heading #) style for the chapter title. Modify the style definition's paragraph formatting so that the Before spacing is 3.67" (that's about 1/3 of 11") and the After spacing is 5.5" minus the height of your chapter title font. For more informationg, check the Help file and look for "styles". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Anybob" wrote in message ... Publisher's requirements for each new chapter of my novel specifies that the chapter heading be 1/3 of the page down from the top and the narration start i/2 page down from the top. How can I format each of the chapter pages exactly the same? I'm using M.S. Word 2002. Any help would be appreciated. |
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I've used the single-cell table approach with considerable satisfaction in
situations where chapters not only had variable-length titles but also epigraphs of widely varying length. Some trial and error is required to assure that there will be adequate space below even the longest title+epigraph, but once that's settled, a cell of Exact row height assures that the chapter text starts in the same place on every page. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Note that if some headings consist of multiple lines of text, they would push the first body text paragraph closer to the bottom the page. To get around this, you would have to manually adjust Spacing After for those headings. Therefore, it might be better to settle for Spacing Before in the heading style(s) and then to place each heading in a table cell with fixed height. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Use a Heading 1 (or some other Heading #) style for the chapter title. Modify the style definition's paragraph formatting so that the Before spacing is 3.67" (that's about 1/3 of 11") and the After spacing is 5.5" minus the height of your chapter title font. For more informationg, check the Help file and look for "styles". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Anybob" wrote in message ... Publisher's requirements for each new chapter of my novel specifies that the chapter heading be 1/3 of the page down from the top and the narration start i/2 page down from the top. How can I format each of the chapter pages exactly the same? I'm using M.S. Word 2002. Any help would be appreciated. |
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