You are 100 percent right! Word is an underrated tool for authors. For my last 10 books, I wrote the book in final format. (5 x 8-inches, or 6 x 9-inches). In this way, I have COMPLETE CONTROL over pagination, formatting, drop caps, headers, footers, etc. It also means that I can see printer's spreads and by printing two pages per sheet I can check that the formatting is correct. It saves endless amounts of time. My editor uses a Mac, but makes her editing comments and corrections in Acrobat. This is really good as all the comments are automatically numbered, so if we need to discuss it (she's more than 7,000 miles away). I can just email, "What did you mean in note 43?"
Dave explained in 10 minutes what microsoft neglected to explian since they i vented the damn program. Thank you Dave, finally I can begin my book. I would hand write it, but eventually would need to upload it
This was SO helpful!!! I already have Word, so I'll not pay for Atticus and have to start new with learning it yet; I didn't know how much I didn't know about Word, and have used it for years - did my entire manuscript on it - all wrong - LOL - so I'm ok with going back over and putting the manuscript side by side with a blank doc & type it over - it's only 11,680 words, I'm a fast typist, and it'll get me back in touch with the essence of my book, which has taken that proverbial back seat for a few months. Thank you for your great assistance.
Good video but some critiques. First and foremost, slow your pace down when going through things. Second, you made no mention of how to create a table of contents as well as index, which are very important when writing a manuscript
This was awesome. I have been thinking a lot about turning my writing into a book. Thanks for the tips and I will be looking more in to the Atticus Software!! Thank you for the video!
I think this video is good for people who are in the drafting stage of the writing process. Before the drafting stage, the writer has to do some organization. What is Chapter 1 about? How long is Chapter 1? How many scenes? Who are the characters? What do they do? What happens? How does the story progress to Chapter 2? Once the writer has organized all the chapters and scenes, the writer can then draft in some kind of word-processing program. The type of word-processing program doesn't matter that much. If the writer does use MS Word, then the writer will be able to format inside the program, and then take the formatted document to Amazon and upload to the platform there... or just submit to the literary agent/publisher/editor.
How many times do you click the ENTER button to center your title page and Chapter heading? You kind of went fast on the ENTER button. Thank you for providing this information. very helpful
I can't see how many dislikes a video on CZcams has anymore but, I can still see the amount of views it has and then, the petty amount of likes... This one has a vast difference between the two!
u realy help me,thanks im 50yrs old an have office windows 11 an never use it lol being alone an kids are gone i decided to rite a book ,on my life an i like to hope n pray ths would notbe just a hobby fr a while but wish to sell many copies an perhaps i can retire frsure,..thanks
Hey I feel a little overwhelmed and I don’t even know where to begin I wrote a book in word I haven’t done any formatting or anything I don’t know where to start I want to get it formatted and ready to print Which vid can help me do that ???
Heeeeelp! I have followed EVERYTHING exactly, but after I type my name and book title something goes screwy with numbering the pages. I go to insert, hit page number, click on "top" and box with it placed on the right side. As soon as I do that, the page numbers do appear, but my name and title completely disappear! I don't believe I have any command that allows me to hit "Right Alignment." What the hell am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. this is beyond frustrating.
I wonder why you are doing a tutorial on Word when you have Atticus. I've not purchased the latter yet and I wonder if it is worth buying it given that it would appear that you can do all these wonderful things with Word. Or can you? Perhaps having a video on how to write a book using Atticus would be a good idea and even better, a video comparing both tools? Just saying, not that the effort is not appreciated. Thanks.
Well, for some, they only have the ability for Word or can't afford Atticus - but I agree, it's a superior experience. As for Atticus, there will be more coming soon. :)
@@Kindlepreneur - I used MS Publisher years ago to create a little booklet newsletter. Plus, I created posters for dialysis steps for my Mom. I loved it. Haven’t played around with Scribus as much, but it should work the same.
@@Kindlepreneur - In case you might want to look into these: WPS Office (WPS has a free version, and is most like MS Office.), Libre Office, & Open Office. These would work for those who can't afford MS Office in the beginning.
Ooh. I had another thought. What about putting sections and chapters into a table, or within a text box? I've seen inside the "Look Inside" on Amazon, and sometimes the formatter didn't divide the sections well enough and the formatting crossed the barrier. For example, when one page is centered, and it causes all of the chapters to be centered, because of a formatting error. This problem is what led me to think about going with Publisher or Scribus instead of a word processor. But, using tables or text boxes might also solve that problem. So, each page or section/chapter could get its own table/text box. Publisher & Scribus uses text boxes. And that is why I planned on using one of them for formatting, instead of Word. I forgot that Word has a text box option, so now I'm wondering if that will help keep one section from bleeding into another section. Also, I suppose that PowerPoint / Presentation / Slides / etc. might work, as they are more like Publisher / Scribus. If all of these suggestions do a good job of formatting books, that would give everyone options to choose from. Everyone could choose the option that they liked best. And that would be a good thing.
Hey Dave, this video is more aptly titled, "How to format" in Word as opposed to "How to write" as it doesn't really talk about the writing part (in your examples, the book is done). I'm curious, the reason I watched (because I don't do any of my own formatting) is if there is a way to make Word scroll as I type? I guess, not, sadly, and it's my one complaint about using Word to do the writing of a novel. Constantly having to scroll with my mouse to get the text off the bottom of the screen is very annoying. You mentioned in a comment below you no longer use Scrivener, what is the preferred method for doing the actual writing part?
#1 tip for newbies? USE THE STYLES and NOT direct formatting. If you don't even know what that is maybe you need an editor. and interior designer. and cover designer. You CAN learn all this on your own: I did. But at some point you will notice your typos or your marketing sucks and if it sucks it's because your title is bad, your cover is bad, your interior is improperly formatted and you didn't write compelling ad copy. You CAN do it ALL on your own! So I am currently learning marketing. And here we are.
problem i use microsoft and in this video he use his macbook , not easy find all things in the word for microsoft operating system while here is all for mac
Ah...but just a heads up - if you ever come across a video that seems to fast, CZcams has a solution to that. Click the gear icon on the video, select speed, and then reduce the speed. Should help :)
Are you here becuase you want to start writing your first novel/book?
Yuh huh
yes my book will go
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You are 100 percent right! Word is an underrated tool for authors. For my last 10 books, I wrote the book in final format. (5 x 8-inches, or 6 x 9-inches). In this way, I have COMPLETE CONTROL over pagination, formatting, drop caps, headers, footers, etc. It also means that I can see printer's spreads and by printing two pages per sheet I can check that the formatting is correct. It saves endless amounts of time. My editor uses a Mac, but makes her editing comments and corrections in Acrobat. This is really good as all the comments are automatically numbered, so if we need to discuss it (she's more than 7,000 miles away). I can just email, "What did you mean in note 43?"
Especially if you know how to best use it :)
I didn't know even half of that about Word and I have written four books on Word now! Thanks.
I’m glad to have helped :)
Dave explained in 10 minutes what microsoft neglected to explian since they i vented the damn program. Thank you Dave, finally I can begin my book. I would hand write it, but eventually would need to upload it
kindlepreneur: even this is a year old vid, i still used it today and rate it 10/10 for an easy video to learn from
This was SO helpful!!! I already have Word, so I'll not pay for Atticus and have to start new with learning it yet; I didn't know how much I didn't know about Word, and have used it for years - did my entire manuscript on it - all wrong - LOL - so I'm ok with going back over and putting the manuscript side by side with a blank doc & type it over - it's only 11,680 words, I'm a fast typist, and it'll get me back in touch with the essence of my book, which has taken that proverbial back seat for a few months. Thank you for your great assistance.
Good video but some critiques. First and foremost, slow your pace down when going through things. Second, you made no mention of how to create a table of contents as well as index, which are very important when writing a manuscript
This video is helpful as I begin to write my first book. OMG, it's happening!
Thanks 🌎 Greetings from Colombia. The Venezuelan immigrant writer 🇻🇪
This was awesome. I have been thinking a lot about turning my writing into a book. Thanks for the tips and I will be looking more in to the Atticus Software!! Thank you for the video!
I think this video is good for people who are in the drafting stage of the writing process.
Before the drafting stage, the writer has to do some organization.
What is Chapter 1 about? How long is Chapter 1? How many scenes? Who are the characters? What do they do? What happens? How does the story progress to Chapter 2?
Once the writer has organized all the chapters and scenes, the writer can then draft in some kind of word-processing program. The type of word-processing program doesn't matter that much. If the writer does use MS Word, then the writer will be able to format inside the program, and then take the formatted document to Amazon and upload to the platform there... or just submit to the literary agent/publisher/editor.
Thank you sir ❤️
THANKS A LOT
Thank you for this !
How many times do you click the ENTER button to center your title page and Chapter heading? You kind of went fast on the ENTER button. Thank you for providing this information. very helpful
I can't see how many dislikes a video on CZcams has anymore but, I can still see the amount of views it has and then, the petty amount of likes... This one has a vast difference between the two!
Thanks so much, it was really helpful
Glad it helped!
u realy help me,thanks im 50yrs old an have office windows 11 an never use it lol being alone an kids are gone i decided to rite a book ,on my life an i like to hope n pray ths would notbe just a hobby fr a while but wish to sell many copies an perhaps i can retire frsure,..thanks
does Amazon copyright the book or do I have to get it copyrighted before hand? thank you
Will it work at google docs?
Good video, Dave!
Thanks!
Can anyone help - when I add the page number, it deletes my surname/title header? 😩
First add the page number then it's won't be any problem 😊
My MIcrosoft Word doesn't allow me to add the page number to the header like that.
Hey I feel a little overwhelmed and I don’t even know where to begin
I wrote a book in word
I haven’t done any formatting or anything
I don’t know where to start
I want to get it formatted and ready to print
Which vid can help me do that ???
I have the exact same version in my computer 😄
Do you think you could do a tutorial going over how to use Libreoffice to publish?
I'm not very skilled at Libreoffice, but I'll check it out.
is this the way to write a book report?
Do you have to add address and stuff
Hi Dave, how to customize the table of contents in Atticus (Could you make a video of it?)
Sure can!
Working on completing my first book🎉🎉🎉🎉great video and thank you for getting me started.
Have you finished it?
Heeeeelp! I have followed EVERYTHING exactly, but after I type my name and book title something goes screwy with numbering the pages. I go to insert, hit page number, click on "top" and box with it placed on the right side. As soon as I do that, the page numbers do appear, but my name and title completely disappear! I don't believe I have any command that allows me to hit "Right Alignment." What the hell am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. this is beyond frustrating.
The other writing tool you talked about can I get it on the App Store
No. But you can get it at Atticus.io
Thank you for your suggestions !❤️
How do you but photos on your book?
I wonder why you are doing a tutorial on Word when you have Atticus. I've not purchased the latter yet and I wonder if it is worth buying it given that it would appear that you can do all these wonderful things with Word. Or can you? Perhaps having a video on how to write a book using Atticus would be a good idea and even better, a video comparing both tools? Just saying, not that the effort is not appreciated. Thanks.
Well, for some, they only have the ability for Word or can't afford Atticus - but I agree, it's a superior experience. As for Atticus, there will be more coming soon. :)
What about using MS Publisher to format a book? Or using Scribus, if MS Office is to much money to spend in the beginning?
I'm not familiar with it. But I'll look into it.
@@Kindlepreneur - I used MS Publisher years ago to create a little booklet newsletter. Plus, I created posters for dialysis steps for my Mom. I loved it. Haven’t played around with Scribus as much, but it should work the same.
@@Kindlepreneur - In case you might want to look into these: WPS Office (WPS has a free version, and is most like MS Office.), Libre Office, & Open Office. These would work for those who can't afford MS Office in the beginning.
Ooh. I had another thought. What about putting sections and chapters into a table, or within a text box?
I've seen inside the "Look Inside" on Amazon, and sometimes the formatter didn't divide the sections well enough and the formatting crossed the barrier. For example, when one page is centered, and it causes all of the chapters to be centered, because of a formatting error.
This problem is what led me to think about going with Publisher or Scribus instead of a word processor. But, using tables or text boxes might also solve that problem. So, each page or section/chapter could get its own table/text box.
Publisher & Scribus uses text boxes. And that is why I planned on using one of them for formatting, instead of Word. I forgot that Word has a text box option, so now I'm wondering if that will help keep one section from bleeding into another section. Also, I suppose that PowerPoint / Presentation / Slides / etc. might work, as they are more like Publisher / Scribus.
If all of these suggestions do a good job of formatting books, that would give everyone options to choose from. Everyone could choose the option that they liked best. And that would be a good thing.
Hey Dave, this video is more aptly titled, "How to format" in Word as opposed to "How to write" as it doesn't really talk about the writing part (in your examples, the book is done). I'm curious, the reason I watched (because I don't do any of my own formatting) is if there is a way to make Word scroll as I type? I guess, not, sadly, and it's my one complaint about using Word to do the writing of a novel. Constantly having to scroll with my mouse to get the text off the bottom of the screen is very annoying. You mentioned in a comment below you no longer use Scrivener, what is the preferred method for doing the actual writing part?
#1 tip for newbies? USE THE STYLES and NOT direct formatting.
If you don't even know what that is maybe you need an editor. and interior designer. and cover designer.
You CAN learn all this on your own: I did. But at some point you will notice your typos or your marketing sucks and if it sucks it's because your title is bad, your cover is bad, your interior is improperly formatted and you didn't write compelling ad copy.
You CAN do it ALL on your own! So I am currently learning marketing. And here we are.
problem i use microsoft and in this video he use his macbook , not easy find all things in the word for microsoft operating system while here is all for mac
I have the 2009.
Where to publish first book for free or cheap?
Amazon is what I learned
there's no way I am putting my address on my title page. my title page will be exactly the same as my front cover
Sadly somewhat hard for me to see the words you are typing bc they are blurry
you can turn the quality up by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom right of the video and then selecting a quality
Why would you ever?! Scrivener is life
Scrivener is good - but it's not an option for everyone. I've actually used Scrivener for 15 years but have finally switched to something else.
I Agee, slow down your talk!😅
Ah...but just a heads up - if you ever come across a video that seems to fast, CZcams has a solution to that. Click the gear icon on the video, select speed, and then reduce the speed. Should help :)
My book will do well
Your are mad
Justify the goddamn text
Word sucks at long documents. You are a bad man for promoting Word for writing a book, and you should feel bad.
like my comment if your making a book that a dairy I like to read dairy of an 8-bit warrior
Hi
@@hannahmontana5179 thank you man