Manuscript Formatting in MS Word

[MissRiki1987]

Thank you Mr. uploader. ^^

[tvproducersm]

Bill - Great tutorial. My question is how to get the top heading that has our name / title / and page numbering? Is that possible to set up from our template here or is that something to use much later after completing the novel?

[WFWomack]

@tvproducersm The header info is in the template as well. You access it by going to the Insert --> Header and Footer menu (at least that's where it is in Word 2007).

[tastelies]

I cannot tell you how much I have searched for a way to format a manuscript. This is fantastic, as are you! Thank you so much for sharing this video. I've tried some freeware writing programs but they all seemed to be lacking something and so I'd go back and forth. I could go on with my frustration but I will not--instead I will say thank you, thank you, thank you!

[atimholt]

Users of Word 2007 don't have to hunt. Styles are right there on the home tab. I love it.

I also use a format for 'emphasis,' so underlined/italicized headings are changeable separately from the same in the body.

[Sprecked]

Agreed, awesome video.

[Naked45]

Thank you, great video.

[WFWomack]

Billy, I was showing the ability to easily change fonts in a properly structured document. I've spoken to a number of agents, and the love of Courier New is hardly universal. Some prefer Times New Roman, some don't care. The point isn't the font choice, it's the ease of formatting the manuscript to fit changing requirements once you've structured it well.

[mrballa23]

@WFWomack

I was wonderig if I write a book novel double space and its 300 pages how long would it be when it get formatted by the book publishing company in book form ?

[Trelli28]

@WFWomack never take this video down.

[xBillyTheKidx]

Why did you change the font to something funky that you're not even going to ultimately use? You could've just said "change it to Courier New, because that's the standard font for a manuscript." This could've been a LOT better. :/

[chiropra1]

Thank you. Wow great tutorial.

Now I can stop putting hypertext to navigate my document.