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Comments on: Do poltergeists inhabit MS Word? http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/ Official Site Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: tmcgann http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-7533 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:31:45 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-7533 In reply to Modern mario Looks.

Thanks. I just posted the final leg of my series “So you want to become an author…” I recounts the steps I took to get there. I hope it helps.

]]> By: Modern mario Looks http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-7531 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:36:47 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-7531 I was excited to find this great site. I want to to
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]]> By: tmcgann http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-7081 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 23:23:24 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-7081 In reply to Judy O Haselhoef.

Don’t we all wish, Judy. If only…

]]> By: tmcgann http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-7080 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 23:22:49 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-7080 In reply to H Gibson.

Wow, H. Thanks for the advice. I’ll give your ideas a try. So far, I have been able to rout my poltergeists, but now I have some minor hiccups that I am dealing with. I just posted another blog on the subject. My book cover is just about ready. When it is I will upload the whole shebang and see how it all looks. Thanks again.

]]> By: tmcgann http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-7079 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 23:18:35 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-7079 In reply to Leigh Podgorski.

I’m laughing Leigh. What price sanity indeed! Unfortunately, my pocket book right now only has moths. I, too, have heard good things about Scrivener, but I have also been told that it is just another program to learn. Thanks for the kind words and advice.

]]> By: tmcgann http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-7078 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 23:15:17 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-7078 In reply to Callie Norse.

Thanks Callie. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in my frustration.

]]> By: Judy O Haselhoef http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-6902 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:15:56 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-6902 More importantly, where are the GHOSTBUSTERS? A clear cut explanation, especially for MS Word on Mac, just doesn’t exist.

]]> By: H Gibson http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-6707 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:37:33 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-6707 As my Sci-fi fantasy books are more than 600 pages each, the original set-up was made in Word 2003, which I still use to write the books in as it is the most stable of the Word versions.
A laptop or PC with enough memory can load the whole book in one document, so that there is no need to type in different documents and then bring all together which causes complications.
All auto-correct, spelling, etc must also be turned off on large documents as it confuses Word. Spell and grammer checks are done one chapter at a time to eliminate gremlins.

Unfortunately, PDF conversions do create gremlins from this ancient version, so just before converting to PDF I open the 2003 document in Word 2010 and convert to PDF from there.
I have a 95% success ratio of complete and correct converting. The other 5% is usually a page break that was placed incorrectly, or a picture that needs adjustment. Try to avoid using Word for pictures, rather use Powerpoint and convert from there to PDF.
All my covers are done in Powerpoint 2003, opened in 2010 and converted to PDF from there.
I hope this tip assists some of you.

]]> By: Leigh Podgorski http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-6672 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:23:51 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-6672 Oh, boy, have I encountered them! In a word– I HATE WORD! And Thomas, I would never come to close to even attempting to format for e-book publishing– I’ve lost enough marbles on doing my own formatting for print– and that’s a walk in the park. I hire a fabulous e-book formatter and fugedaboudit….going on to WRITE another book instead. I have word suddenly change fonts and sizes on me; switch indents; decide I really want a space here when I want no such thing— I know writers that use other programs such as Scrivener, (I think that’s the name) —but I’ve yet to change over. Screenwriting has far far more formatting, yet every single screenwriting program I have ever used is far and above far superior to Word in user friendliness. A friend of mine told me it is because Word is simply too large and designed to be too many things to too many people such as desk-top publishing and full editing, etc. I wish they would simplify and come out w/ a simple novel-writing format program. Til then– we struggle. And one of these days, I will check out some of the other programs— and continue to hire out for the more complicated stuff. The woman I hire, BTW is very reasonably priced— but even if she weren’t– what price sanity????

]]> By: Callie Norse http://thomasmcgann.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-author/do-poltergeists-inhabit-ms-word/#comment-6661 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:37:25 +0000 http://thomasmcgann.com/?p=846#comment-6661 I, too, have used CS, twice. I was having a horrible time with headers and footers because they were not working correctly. Then, when I went from XP to Windows 7, I had to update Word to 2010. I soon learned why I was having such a problem. But then, they are tricky anyway. Your problem of 311 and 313 must be in the odd even page numbers. If you are working with the odd pages, you can’t insert an even number. Look at your header for the page you are trying to insert 312. It may say that it is an odd page. It is easy to flip odd and even pages from left to right. They get jumbled. One tiny error causes things to get confusing. All even pages must be on one side and all odd on the other. I hope this helps. I do understand your frustrations, as I’ve been through it!
Callie

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