If I open a recipe there are bullets and numbers. I have been everywhere trying to turn off the bullets and the numbers. I can capitalize my own work thank you You can change Word’s Auto Capitalization settings to your liking by performing these steps.If you want to get into the nuts and bolts, along with detailed information and images, read on! Step 1: Finish Your FileWord 2016, 2013 & 2010. It auto-capitalizes things that I don’t want it to. Enter three or more special characters on a new line and then press Enter , Word automatically expands these characters to a line.I don’t like Microsoft Word 2016 or 2013 telling me what to do. Word 20 2010 2007 2003 Word proposes a very simple way to add horizontal lines to a document, but if you would like to remove these lines, this wouldn't be so obvious.
Change tracking locked it with a password, however, you cant turn it off.Highlight texts and add shapes. Book formatting is best approached in a thoughtful order page numbering is at (or at least near) the end of the process.When Word inserts a vertical red line into your margins when you create a new. It’s a waste of time and energy. Not happy with this system at all.Do not, under any circumstances, add page numbering in MS Word before you have finished editing and revising your file. Rid of the bullets and numbers by deleting them one by one to print the recipe.
If selected, the Header and Footer will link to the Header and Footer in the previous section. Link to Previous – This setting is always defaulted to being ‘ON’ so you have to check it for all your sections. If you leap ahead and make a change, then go back and insert an image, the content will shift.Pro Tip: it’s helpful while formatting to turn on Reveal Non-Printing Characters. Add images and position them.Do this from the first page to the last in order.
Different Odd & Even Pages – Okay, this one is important. Check this box and the first page of the section will be completely unique. Different First Page – Does the first page of a new chapter have an oversized chapter title? Or an image? A lot of authors who do this like to leave off the Header and/or Footer on the first page of a section. But if you plan to add unique content for each section, the Link to Previous option must be turned off.
‘Center’ is pretty common as well for a book.In the Format menu, I set the ‘Start at’ to 1 so that the page I’m currently on will show ‘1’ in the footer. I opted for ‘Outside’ as the alignment so the numbering will appear on the outside edge of the page. Go ahead and click that.Here we see the Page Number menu and the Format… menu opened beside it. While in the Footer, the ribbon should swap to the Header/Footer menu and you’ll see the ‘Insert Page Numbers’ button. So let’s cover that one first.Head to the first page you want your numbers to appear on (probably the first page of the first chapter) and double-click on the footer. If you want to have different content on the Odd and Even pages (like a title on one side and author on the other) you need to check this option.If you just used Page Breaks to separate chapters, you’ve got it easy.
Insert Breaks for Page and Section – be sure the breaks are consistent Finish all content design and add all images Seems like it should be simple, right? Simplifying the ComplexFour steps to adding page numbering to your Word document. This will link the page numbering independent of the Footer linking, allowing us to freely edit the Header/Footer for other content without breaking the page numbering.
Bringing it all TogetherI don’t love Microsoft Word. This gives you the freedom to design the pages of your file without having to worry about linking pages for numbering, without having to set up a section, and ensures once you do get to that step, there won’t be any additional changes to disrupt the page numbering. Insert the Page Numbers and link them properly to ensure continuous numberingThe one thing I’ve learned from over a decade working with MS Word is that designing your file in the right order is absolutely vital.With that in mind, the best way to keep page numbering simple is to do it last.
I never made that mistake again.Also, I use a new Word file for every part of the book: the first pages with title and copyright info, the introduction (if any pagination in Roman numerlas), the body of the text, then a final section with “about the author” and – if I have extra pages – promos for other books. Stay tuned, in the next few weeks, we’ll be looking at one of the most important tasks Word users face: exporting a print-ready PDF from MS Word.Great rundown! Long ago I learned a hard lesson in using returns instead of a page break. For page layout, I would say InDesign or Affinity Publisher.We also love to hear feedback about what information is useful for authors working on putting together their book. If you asked me for word processors, I would point you to Scrivener, Google Docs, or Plot Factory. In my personal and professional life, I have done my best to get away from using Word at all. It does a specific job (page layout) rather poorly and with many limitations.
Saves plenty of trouble!When I reproduce an old book in facsimile form, such as the King Curio Catalog #81 I don’t use Word. If it does, and it creates a new page, I will just edit that section more to tighten it up. This rarely interferes with the pagination which I continue from one file to the next if needed.