Does Word have all the capabilities to produce a 400-page non-fiction book?

I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

Word is more than capable and has all the features that you describe.

Microsoft has a few templates on their office server; here's a link to
the Word 2007 version of it:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...CT101445101033


On Aug 2, 7:39*pm, "BudV" wrote:
I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: *Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. *The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

I can vouch for the fact that it's totally capable, considering it's
what I used to produce my (largely) non-fiction book.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q



"Reitanos" wrote in message
:

Word is more than capable and has all the features that you describe.

Microsoft has a few templates on their office server; here's a link to
the Word 2007 version of it:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...CT101445101033


On Aug 2, 7:39 pm, "BudV" wrote:

I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

I've used it to create longer books than that, with all the bells and
whistles you describe, plus pictures.

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

"BudV" wrote in message
...
I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:39:04 -0500, "BudV" wrote:

I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

Word isn't free.

But otherwise, the answer to the question depends on the kind of book.

As far as I know, Word can only do one index, and one set of
footnotes/endnotes.

It also doesn't do microjustification, so it's best not to try full
justification.

If the author is prepared to live with those limitations, then Word can do the
book.



--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Word can do multiple indexes. Word can do both footnotes and endnotes (but
only one set of each, aside from custom-numbered ones).

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

"Steve Hayes" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:39:04 -0500, "BudV" wrote:

I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

Word isn't free.

But otherwise, the answer to the question depends on the kind of book.

As far as I know, Word can only do one index, and one set of
footnotes/endnotes.

It also doesn't do microjustification, so it's best not to try full
justification.

If the author is prepared to live with those limitations, then Word can do
the
book.



--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop
uk

..... and by 'free' he meant that he already had it.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Word can do multiple indexes. Word can do both footnotes and endnotes
(but only one set of each, aside from custom-numbered ones).


"Steve Hayes" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:39:04 -0500, "BudV"
wrote:
I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word
for producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and
whistles that that implies, including: Automatic page-number
referencing, footnotes, automatic creation of Table of Contents,
indexes, etc.. The author is familiar with Word, and it's free, so
it starts off in the lead; nevertheless, he is willing to purchase
other software that will make his project easier.

Word isn't free.

But otherwise, the answer to the question depends on the kind of
book. As far as I know, Word can only do one index, and one set of
footnotes/endnotes.

It also doesn't do microjustification, so it's best not to try full
justification.

If the author is prepared to live with those limitations, then Word
can do the
book.



--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full
stop uk

"BudV" wrote in message
...
I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.


I've used Word to create technical documents 5-10 times that long.

The key is preparation - you need to create a good template to start with.
Take a look at these articles..

Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I)
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II)
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

Creating Custom Toolbars for Templates
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=262

Why use Microsoft Word's built-in heading styles?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

--
Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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Although it doesn't do Micro Justification, if you enable the 'Do
Justification like WordPerfect' option under Compatibility, Word is capable
of reasonable justification, though adjusting the character spacing by
decimal points can improve it.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Steve Hayes" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:39:04 -0500, "BudV" wrote:

I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.

Word isn't free.

But otherwise, the answer to the question depends on the kind of book.

As far as I know, Word can only do one index, and one set of
footnotes/endnotes.

It also doesn't do microjustification, so it's best not to try full
justification.

If the author is prepared to live with those limitations, then Word can do
the
book.



--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop
uk

I'd like to see someone suggest BudV stay away from the Master Document
schema in 2007. Faithe and Herb Tyson, especially Herb, have warned readers
about this in their excellent books about MS-Word 2007.

Phil

"BudV" wrote in message
...
I would like to see a general discussion on the suitability of Word for
producing a 400-page non-fiction book, and all the bells and whistles that
that implies, including: Automatic page-number referencing, footnotes,
automatic creation of Table of Contents, indexes, etc.. The author is
familiar with Word, and it's free, so it starts off in the lead;
nevertheless, he is willing to purchase other software that will make his
project easier.