Writing and Design styles
Submitted by Maria Edwards on May 21, 2013 - 19:40
Forums:
Tech tip 2: Remember that there are two kinds of styles in writing -- conventions about how you use grammar, punctuation, capitalization, lists in your manuscript -- and the physical look and feel of your document which is part of the design of the book block. Later versions of software include several choices for writing styles -- AP, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, Turabian, etc. They are usually under "references."
Design styles are settings within your software...say for example, maybe you want your Chapter Title to be Times New Roman, 24 Pt, Blue, Underlined, and Centered --- and you want the body of your work to be Times New Roman, 11 Pt, Black, Full Justified. You create a style named "Title" with the atributes you defined for a title...and one called "Body" with the other specifications. Then, you highlight your title and click on the style named "Title" and it automatically formats it for you. Repeat the process by highlighting the body of your manuscript andclick ont he style command named "Body" and it automatically formats it for you. Very useful for making a clean and consistent manuscript.
*This tip can also be found under the EDITING forum.
Design styles are settings within your software...say for example, maybe you want your Chapter Title to be Times New Roman, 24 Pt, Blue, Underlined, and Centered --- and you want the body of your work to be Times New Roman, 11 Pt, Black, Full Justified. You create a style named "Title" with the atributes you defined for a title...and one called "Body" with the other specifications. Then, you highlight your title and click on the style named "Title" and it automatically formats it for you. Repeat the process by highlighting the body of your manuscript andclick ont he style command named "Body" and it automatically formats it for you. Very useful for making a clean and consistent manuscript.
*This tip can also be found under the EDITING forum.