• • • • • Microsoft Word 2013 is an excellent book writing tool -- as long as you stick to typing text for the book's chapters. It's less than stellar at handling jobs such as editing cover images and positioning objects to precise page locations quickly. Don't let those limitations stop you, because you can actually use Word to write a book, if you don't have other desktop publishing programs to help you. Microsoft packed a surprising number of tools into it's word processing application that simplify your writing task and help you create a book you'll be proud to share with the world. Basic Tools You’ll Use Frequently Authors often have target word counts and Word's word counter displays that important number on its status bar as you type. If you need the word count for a specific block of text, highlight it to view that number. Although you probably won't use a dozen fonts to create your book, Word lets you apply any font on your computer to text you select. After you select text, you can make it bold, italic or underline it quickly by clicking the appropriate button on the pop-up menu that appears. Most books aren't 8.5 by 11 inches, the default page size you see in Word. You can switch to a new size from the Page Layout tab. This tab also has controls that adjust margins, indentation and spacing between paragraphs. These are critical properties you'll need to adjust to create a professional looking book. Launch Word 2013 and type 'booklet' into the main splash screen search box. Although Word doesn't have a specific template for a recipe book, you can transform. Get started with basic Office tasks in e-book format. Templates Support Buy. Downloadable e-book versions of Microsoft Office help articles as a training book. More Microsoft Word Textbook Template images. ![]() Identify Your Chapters Critical book elements, such as chapter headings, are just a few clicks away when you create a book using Word. Add a chapter heading by highlighting text, clicking 'Home' and selecting a heading style you like. If you don't like any you see, click 'Create a Style' to create one. You can also change a heading's font size instantly from the Font Size menu. Find Needles in the Haystack Regardless of the type of book you're writing, you'll probably need to search for specific text one day. Word's powerful Fine and Replace tools help you find all occurrences of a word or phrase quickly and replace them with new text, if you like. For example, if you decide to change the name of one of your characters from 'Jennifer' to 'Jennifer Lou,' you can do that instantly using the Replace feature. Say It With Style Word's grammar checker is an invaluable aid for checking your book for spelling and grammar errors. ![]() When you adjust the Proofing settings correctly, the program even checks your book for style issues and computes a readability score that shows how readable your book is. You can also adjust AutoCorrect Options that enable Word to correct mistakes as you type. Don't Forget the Intricate Details Many books contain other elements besides text and photos. A children's book, for instance, may have stars and other small shapes. Add them anywhere by selecting one from Word's Insert tab. This tab also has a button that enables you to insert tables and SmartArt. Review some of the Shape and SmartArt samples, because they may inspire you to add them to parts of your book. Dazzle Them With Your Cover In a world where some people really do judge a book by its cover, it's important to create an impressive one. You can do that by adding a photo to a page and overlaying it with the book's title, your name and other text you'd like to appear there. Add text by inserting text boxes on top of your image and typing your text there. Adjust the text's horizontal position by clicking one of the alignment tools in the ribbon's Paragraph section. Word's image-editing capabilities are limited. However, formatting tools such as Shadow, Glow, Reflection, 3-D Rotation and Artistic Effects help you turn ordinary pictures into spectacular ones that can make your book cover stand out. ![]() Track Changes: Your Built-in Safety Net You don't have to worry about losing that excellent section you wrote previously, if you use Word's Track Changes feature. It keeps track of all changes and enables you to revert to any previous document state at any time. For instance, if you delete a sentence, one day, you can put it back another if you like. You'll also find this feature helpful if more than one person works on the book, or when you are working with an editor. Track Changes can show you who made updates to the text. Give Me a Break Word also helps you save time by inserting page breaks for you when your text exceeds the page you're on and when you are ending a chapter. You can also insert page breaks manually. You may also find column breaks useful if your book needs to display text in columns. Section breaks help you separate information on a single page. Each break can have its own footers and headers. Other Essential Word Tools If your book needs cross references and an index, Word can build them for you. It also inserts page numbers automatically and helps you create a bibliography containing reference material you used to write the book. One of the most important elements in a book is the table of contents. Word helps you build one when you add heading styles to your text. The program finds those headings and uses them to create your table of contents. Begin With a Building Block You don't have to start from scratch when writing your book. Many vendors offer book templates that can help you get started. Choose one that already has margins, sizes, spacing and other properties already set, and all you have to do is insert content and tweak it to suit your vision. You can also search for book templates from within Word. E-books for Microsoft Office. Downloadable e-book versions of Microsoft Office help articles as a training book that won’t close while. Basic Tasks in Word 2010. • • • • • Before aspiring chefs can produce their culinary masterpieces, they need a bit of direction. Provide your own kitchen creations through a Microsoft Word recipe book. With Word's preset templates, you're ready to start slicing and dicing your recipes without having to worry about page setup and layout. Every part of the Word recipe book template is customizable, meaning you can go from fast food to comfort food to complete gourmet, and everything in between, as quickly as you can type it. Step Launch Word 2013 and type 'booklet' into the main splash screen search box. Although Word doesn't have a specific template for a recipe book, you can transform a template quickly. Double-click the first template to appear in the search results, 'Booklet.' In a few moments, the book opens. Scroll through the pages to get an idea of the layout and what you'll want to change. Step Click into the 'Title of your Booklet' bracket on the first page. Type your recipe book's title. To format the title, or any other text throughout the cookbook, click the Home tab and use the options in the Font, Font Color, Size and font formatting sections. Step Right-click the generic image on the template's cover. Choose 'Change Picture' to open the 'Insert Pictures' window. If you already have images for the recipe book, click 'From a file,' browse to the photographs or illustrations, and double-click one to add to the cover. Otherwise, click the 'Office.com Clip Art' option and type something related to the image you'd like to see, such as 'apple pie' or 'lamb shank.' Step Repeat the process for each of the generic placeholder images included in the booklet. You can also do this as an as-you-go process and change the pictures as you place the text. To add an image at any time, click the 'Insert' tab. Click either 'Pictures' to add your own or the 'Online Pictures' button to browse clip art. Step Move to the first section of text in the booklet. Highlight the placeholder text. Type your own or copy and paste from another source. You can do this in bulk by highlighting and copying all of the text in the booklet, or doing it piecemeal. Adding it piece by piece retains the Word formatting and layout. Step Add a new page to the recipe book by positioning the cursor to the right of where you want the page break and pressing the 'Ctrl-Enter' keys. Add page elements either by copying and pasting from the existing book pages, then updating them, or adding them from the Insert tab. Click 'Text Box' and select 'Simple Text Box' to add a new area for text on the page. Drag the cursor until your preferred text box size appears, then click inside to type. Step Click the 'Design' tab for options to update the recipe book from the template to your preferred styles. Click the 'Colors' button on the ribbon and choose from the drop-down menu of color blocks to overhaul the entire theme of shades used in the cookbook. Click the 'Page Color' button on the ribbon to change from the basic white in the template to a full page color background. Experiment with fonts, borders and theme changes until satisfied. Step Update the back page of the recipe book, which is actually on the left side of the first page of the Word document. Replace any of the generic content as desired, such as the chef's contact information, fundraising details, a biography of the cooks and more. To delete any unwanted text, simply highlight it and press the 'Delete' key. Step Scroll back to the Table of Contents and update it to reflect your new recipe titles and page numbers. You can also delete this table and add your own, using the header styles on the Home tab and the Table of Contents builder on the References tab. Step Save the recipe book to the Cloud (new for 2013/365) or your preferred computer location. If you plan to distribute the cookbook electronically, choose 'PDF' from the 'Save as type' menu and save both a PDF and a Word copy. Step Click 'File' and 'Print.' Most home printers will not print double-sided, so you'll need to do two sets of printing and assemble the book.
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