HOW DO I WRITE A BOOK USING PUBLISHER?

JoAnn Paules wrote:
Thank you, Mike. You're alright, especially for a Canadian. ;-)

OI! I'm a quarter Canadian! ;o) Does that mean I'm alright, too?!



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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:26 -0800, "Rhino"
wrote:

Thanks was actually looking for some constructive help since I
just loaded it! You are a master of the obvious of which I have no need.

Damn! You sure know how to make sure you always get respect (and
answers) from this or any newsgroup! You're just lucky it was someone
as courteous as JoAnn who first answered you. Miss Tick would have
flayed you, and (were he still around) David the Terrible would have
ground up the remains. Be nice.
Blessed be, for sure...

Hi, Mike Hall -

Our posts were less than 10 minutes apart - I did not see yours until after
I posted. I certainly wouldn't argue with the 10 point Courier
(double-spaced) for a manuscript that was going to be submitted to a
publisher...

"Mike Hall" wrote:

Book publishers like scripts in the form that I suggested to the OP.. can't
wait to see it at the bookstand.. "How To Make Friends And Influence
People - The Sequel" .. just a suggestion..


"Morisot" wrote in message
...
Hi, Rhino -

If I were writing a book I would not use Publisher, unless it was a
children's picture book or a very short (no more than 32 page),
illustrated
book of some sort. (And even then, if there was a fair amount of text, I
would type it into Word (or even Works or Wordpad first) for drafts to
work
on and proof, and then I would paste it into Publisher.

M.

"Rhino" wrote:

I would like to start writing a book and I want to know if I can use
Publisher 2003 to do that?

Now I feel bad. You called me courteous and I told him to RTFM.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Jim" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:26 -0800, "Rhino"
wrote:

Thanks was actually looking for some constructive help since
I
just loaded it! You are a master of the obvious of which I have no need.

Damn! You sure know how to make sure you always get respect (and
answers) from this or any newsgroup! You're just lucky it was someone
as courteous as JoAnn who first answered you. Miss Tick would have
flayed you, and (were he still around) David the Terrible would have
ground up the remains. Be nice.
Blessed be, for sure...

Depending on the subject of his book, that attitude may be beneficial to the
writing. Or maybe he's writing "Posting In Newsgroups For Dummies"?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Mike Koewler" wrote in message
...
You might be able to layout the book in Publisher and supply files the
printer can use, but if you want to write a book, you might want to try a
pen or pencil. Oh, and perhaps lose the attitude.

Mike

Rhino wrote:

I would like to start writing a book and I want to know if I can use
Publisher 2003 to do that?

Hello Rhino,

Publisher is not a good program for writing a book. Word is much better for
a lot of reasons: you can establish a table of contents, you can write as
much as you like without running into memory problems, you can add headers,
footers, footnotes and references - it is a much better option. If you are
looking at desk top publishing you might want to look into one of the
publishing software packages. This will give a professional finish to your
work.

Hope this information helps


"Rhino" wrote:

I would like to start writing a book and I want to know if I can use
Publisher 2003 to do that?

That's because us gentlemen don't know what RTFM means.
(And I looked in the Help files).


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
news
Now I feel bad. You called me courteous and I told him to RTFM.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:26 -0800, "Rhino"
wrote:

Thanks was actually looking for some constructive help
since
I
just loaded it! You are a master of the obvious of which I have no
need.

Damn! You sure know how to make sure you always get respect (and
answers) from this or any newsgroup! You're just lucky it was someone
as courteous as JoAnn who first answered you. Miss Tick would have
flayed you, and (were he still around) David the Terrible would have
ground up the remains. Be nice.
Blessed be, for sure...

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:34:59 -0500, "JoAnn Paules"
wrote:

Now I feel bad. You called me courteous and I told him to RTFM.

Aah, but you told him courteously, and you didn't spell out the
instructions!


Blessed be, for sure...

Read The Fine Manual. :-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Don Schmidt" wrote in message
...
That's because us gentlemen don't know what RTFM means.
(And I looked in the Help files).


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
news
Now I feel bad. You called me courteous and I told him to RTFM.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:26 -0800, "Rhino"
wrote:

Thanks was actually looking for some constructive help
since
I
just loaded it! You are a master of the obvious of which I have no
need.

Damn! You sure know how to make sure you always get respect (and
answers) from this or any newsgroup! You're just lucky it was someone
as courteous as JoAnn who first answered you. Miss Tick would have
flayed you, and (were he still around) David the Terrible would have
ground up the remains. Be nice.
Blessed be, for sure...






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You surely had to grease yourself up to get out of that one.. way to go..


"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
Read The Fine Manual. :-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Don Schmidt" wrote in message
...
That's because us gentlemen don't know what RTFM means.
(And I looked in the Help files).


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
news
Now I feel bad. You called me courteous and I told him to RTFM.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:53:26 -0800, "Rhino"
wrote:

Thanks was actually looking for some constructive help
since
I
just loaded it! You are a master of the obvious of which I have no
need.

Damn! You sure know how to make sure you always get respect (and
answers) from this or any newsgroup! You're just lucky it was someone
as courteous as JoAnn who first answered you. Miss Tick would have
flayed you, and (were he still around) David the Terrible would have
ground up the remains. Be nice.
Blessed be, for sure...






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