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This post is Part II in the continuation of the steps necessary for formatting your manuscript for paperback publication.<\/p>\n

After posting here last week, I ran into what seemed to be insoluble\u00a0problems, serious enough that I began questioning my\u00a0ability to ever solve them. With the timely intervention of another writer, I was able to solve those problems. Talk about serendipity! But, more about that in a bit. First, a brief recount of where we left off.<\/p>\n

Last week we began by dividing the ms into three parts, the front matter, the body file, and the back matter so that we could format each separately. We then followed the CreateSpace (CS) instructions about title information, ISBN requirements and then dealt with the Interior formatting requirements of trim size, and paper color. We got far enough along to set the margins and page size, and had discussed headers and footers.<\/p>\n

Then I encountered the problems mentioned.<\/p>\n

I spent this past week trying to figure out how to use the headers and footers (page numbers) correctly, including eliminating all headers and footers on blank pages. Little by little, I started working my way toward a solution by learning the proper use of the \u201clink to previous\u201d button in the Navigation tab of the Design pane in MS Word. I used it to link and unlink the sections and chapters as necessary, but I was having trouble getting page numbers and running headers formatted properly.<\/p>\n

Then, hallelujah, I got a comment on last week\u2019s post from a fellow LinkedIn writer, Roxanne Smolen. In the comment, she included a link to a post from her blog, Roxanne\u2019s Space<\/strong>, entitled Format Your Book for CreateSpace<\/em>. Once I read Roxanne\u2019s post, my wife was able to untie the straps on my straitjacket so I could go back to work without fear of hurting myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Roxanne!<\/p>\n