Suzanne S. Barnhill	793 words
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The text that follows explains how to use this template. I suggest that you print it out for reference and then delete it before trying to use the template.

Installing the Template

Save this template in the folder specified for “user templates” on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. This will be the same folder where the Normal template (Normal.dot) is stored. If you are using Windows XP, this folder is hidden, and you will need to set Windows to display hidden and system files and folders in order to see it (find this setting on the Advanced tab of Tools | Folder Options in Windows Explorer or My Computer). To create a new document based on this template, choose New… on the File menu and select the Manuscript template. (If you have Word 2002 or 2003, you may have to click on More… in the New Document task pane to get to the File New dialog.)

Chapter Numbers and Titles

A template is a collection of styles and formatting for a specific type of document. Ordinarily, a manuscript template would be designed for exactly the type of manuscript you want to create. Because this template is trying to be more all-purpose, some workarounds were required in the matter of chapter numbering, titles, and headers. Here’s how it works:

There are two styles for the chapter number, depending on whether or not your chapters will have titles, and there are two styles for the title, depending on whether or not your chapters are numbered.

The chapter number above is formatted with Chapter Number (Title Follows) style. Because the style includes auto numbering that includes the word “Chapter,” you need only apply this style to get your chapter number (since Word keeps track of the numbers for you, there’s no chance that you’ll skip or duplicate numbers).

When you press Enter at the end of a Chapter Number (Title Follows) paragraph, you’ll get a Chapter Title paragraph. When you press Enter at the end of the Chapter Title, you’ll get a paragraph in Body Text First Indent style. You can continue typing in this style until you want to begin a new chapter, then apply the Chapter Number style (it will start a new page automatically).

If your chapters don’t have titles, use the Chapter Number (No Title) style instead. It is also auto numbered (and like the Chapter Number (Title Follows) style, it includes a page break, so you don’t have to insert one manually), but when you press Enter at the end of the paragraph, you’ll get a Body Text First Indent paragraph immediately. (On the first page only you’ll have to delete the Chapter Title paragraph.)

If your “chapters” have titles but are unnumbered (as in a collection of short stories, essays, or poems), or if you are typing a single short story, delete the Chapter Number (Title Follows) paragraph and apply the Title (No Number) style to the title.

The page header (View | Header and Footer) will reflect your title (when you have typed it on the title page) and the chapter number or title. You will need to type in your name. There are three different header versions. The one currently in use is set up to pick up the number of the Chapter Number (Title Follows) style. If you are using the Chapter Number (No Title) style instead, or if you have omitted numbering, you will have to substitute a different header. The headers are available as AutoText entries. Select the appropriate entry from the AutoText menu on the Header and Footer toolbar or from the Manuscript toolbar if displayed.

I know the above is confusing to read, so here’s a table that spells out which style(s) and header to use in each of the above situations:

MS Type	Chapter Number	Chapter Title	Header
Number and title	Chapter Number (Title Follows)	Chapter Title	Number and Title header
Number only	Chapter Number (No Title)	(none)	Number Only header
Title only	(none)	Chapter Title (No Number)	Title Only header
Note that when you substitute one header for another, even though you have carefully selected the entire header paragraph, Word will always generate an empty paragraph below the header text, which you can see as a paragraph mark (¶) if you display nonprinting characters. A single empty paragraph will not mess up the formatting of your manuscript if you haven’t changed the margins, but a buildup of them will push the top margin down, so it’s a good idea to delete this “lonely pilcrow” just as you do empty paragraphs elsewhere in your document.

The Rest of Your Manuscript

Most of your manuscript will probably be typed in the Body Text First Indent style. It and the other styles are based on Body Text style, which is the style of this paragraph. It is just the same as Body Text First Indent except that it doesn’t have a first-line indent.

Occasionally you will want to indicate the passage of time in your novel. For this you can use the Body Text Space Before style, as demonstrated by this paragraph.

If you need to type quoted material, use the Block Text style, which is indented on both left and right sides.

Remember that you can customize any of these styles to better suit your own purposes. You may also want to add other styles (custom ones that you define or some of Word’s built-in styles). This template is intended only to get you started and help you get the hang of using styles.

A few words about the title page. The title is in the Title style. When you click to replace the existing text and create a title, it will be reflected in the header. The name and address in the top left corner have fields that pick up information from the User Information tab of the Tools | Options dialog. If you have not previously filled out this information, do so now, then select the text and press F9 to update these fields. Alternatively, you can select them and type over them with the required information. The number of words is also generated by a field (NumWords). It should update automatically on printing, but you can update it manually by selecting and pressing F9.

Your document is currently displayed in Normal view, which is the most efficient view for composition. To work in the header, use View | Header and Footer. To switch to Print Layout view (for editing), use the View menu or the buttons at the left end of the horizontal scroll bar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

2005-08-05

Words into Type