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Old May 20th, 2004, 02:22 AM
newtknight
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Could anyone recommend a book on writing a book in microsoft. Also, any
online resources?

Thanks

Ed


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Old May 20th, 2004, 11:50 AM
Shauna Kelly
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Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end!

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"newtknight" wrote in message
ink.net...
Could anyone recommend a book on writing a book in microsoft. Also, any
online resources?

Thanks

Ed




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Old May 20th, 2004, 01:35 PM
Dayo Mitchell
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"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM

  #4  
Old May 20th, 2004, 04:36 PM
Chip Orange
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Default Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,

thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use

styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough

stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of

contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the

end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article,

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM



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Old May 20th, 2004, 05:29 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Try http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use

styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough

stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of

contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the

end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article,

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM





  #6  
Old May 21st, 2004, 01:57 PM
Gooseman
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Default Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,

My blunt advice, having written my thesis (300 pages +) is simply
DON'T.

Word really wasn't designed for this sort of stuff. While it's great
for most things, it's just too cumbersome for large docs. You're
better of using LaTeX. It's also free.



"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ...
Try http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use

styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough

stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of

contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the

end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article,

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM



  #7  
Old May 21st, 2004, 10:29 PM
Kim Finleyson
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Just my 2 cents: Yes, you can write long documents in Word. The last set of
books my company produced were written entirely in Microsoft Word, over
5,000 pages. I've been using Word to write books for ten years and the only
problem I've experienced has to do with file size. The fact is, the larger
the file, the more time the file will take to open, the more difficult it
will be to navigate through the file. That is probably why someone would
have difficulty producing a 300 page document all in one file. As a general
rule of thumb (and this is from Word97 days, a few years back), I do not
allow a document go more than 100 pages without breaking it up into
sections. Normally I do not use master documents, but I have tried them, and
have had very little difficulties with smaller documents (less than 500
pages).

As for LaTeX, this may be a good tool, but I am not sure about just how the
document design is merged into the document text. The documentation says
something about leaving "document design to documentation designers." What
if the document design has already been defined, as is usually done with a
company style guide or with a template sent from the publisher? I checked
out the code that would be needed to tie my company's pre-defined styles to
the text, and it did not look like an easy product to learn. Therefore, I'm
not sure if I would want to switch to LaTeX, even if it is free, because
there would be a cost involved -- the cost spent learning a new product, and
making that new product confirm to my document design. Plus I did notice
that there was some line about not having support for installs, which may be
a disadvantage.

The fact is, Microsoft Word is the standard for word processing, and please
note that I started (many years ago) with Word Perfect and was a "hard sell"
to turn to Microsoft Word. If I ever do purchase another tool, I will
probably acquire FrameMaker
(http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html ) due to the many
recommendations I've received for this product, though I believe that most
people using FrameMaker also use Word as well.

As for books, I started with a Microsoft Word 97 book from Que publishing
(http://www.quepublishing.com) and have found their books to be very useful
when learning many new products. So, I'd suggest searching for "Word" on
their site and seeing what books they have available for your particular
edition of Word.

Hope this helps,
--Kim



"Gooseman" wrote in message
om...
My blunt advice, having written my thesis (300 pages +) is simply
DON'T.

Word really wasn't designed for this sort of stuff. While it's great
for most things, it's just too cumbersome for large docs. You're
better of using LaTeX. It's also free.



"Charles Kenyon" wrote in

message ...
Try http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message

news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to

use
styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the

tough
stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of

contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to

the
end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered

chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a

supplemented
version of the same article,

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm


http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM





  #8  
Old June 10th, 2004, 06:25 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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The current link is this awful thing:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C62-E869-487A-
919D-F408D3918D31&displaylang=en

--
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.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use

styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the tough

stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of

contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the

end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article,

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM




  #9  
Old June 14th, 2004, 09:35 PM
Chip Orange
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Default Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,

thanks; I got it and gave it to our legal secretaries in case it's of any
help to them as we're just now making the transition from WordPerfect to
Word.

Chip


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The current link is this awful thing:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C62-E869-487A-
919D-F408D3918D31&displaylang=en

--
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.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message

news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to use

styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the

tough
stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of

contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to the

end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article,

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM






  #10  
Old June 15th, 2004, 12:37 AM
Charles Kenyon
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Default Writing a book in microsoft word, instructions how,

General Info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:


Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each program's
methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use one of these
programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a string! You can
easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are unwilling to take
the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick to using Word Pad.
You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on a lot of raw
power.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm
http://businesssoft.about.com/comput.../blconvert.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub


Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block processing.

Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and now
regret every day of those years because although that string was still very
hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very important
projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word concept of
organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into place and instead
of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on the very powerful
text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it will start doing your
work for you instead of running around behind you trying to undo what you
just thought you did.

Finally, in WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text -
boilerplate. In Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and
AutoCorrect, not macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more
information on these tools.
It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit
each day.
You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For some
form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For more about online
forms, follow the links at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to use in Word... In a word,
don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents long-term.
They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you at the worst
time. This is especially true of any documents containing automatic
numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word using the
following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template. This
will create a new document for you.

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to create
a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word, construct a
good, tight, template for your documents and use that template when
constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid embarrassing
"metadata" http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm and things like
surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents.


--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks; I got it and gave it to our legal secretaries in case it's of any
help to them as we're just now making the transition from WordPerfect to
Word.

Chip


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The current link is this awful thing:


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C62-E869-487A-
919D-F408D3918D31&displaylang=en

--
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.

"Chip Orange" wrote in message
...
thanks so much for this wealth of links.

fyi, the link:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp

seems no longer to be valid.


"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message

news:BCD21E44.2DA02%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ed

The two best on-line resources a
(1) These newsgroups
and
(2) word.mvps.org.

My general advice on writing a big document in Word is first to

use
styles
and avoid direct formatting like the plague. And, figure out the

tough
stuff
before you begin: heading numbering, appendix numbering, table of
contents,
headers and footers, page numbers and so on. Don't leave them to

the
end!

Shauna left out her own site, which if you are using numbered

chapter
titles, is THE place to start.

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

For other links to help follow this advice, start with:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...singOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a

supplemented
version of the same article,
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm


http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoCorrect.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


***Master Documents***DO NOT USE

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm

DM








 




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