Comments on: Make Long Manuscripts Work For You http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/ Helping freelance writers make more money with their writing by Anne Wayman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-11699 Anne Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:57:14 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-11699 lol... that's a good one. ;) lol… that’s a good one. ;)

]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-11698 Anne Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:56:48 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-11698 That would work... and I too work on one manuscript file to avoid some of the problems you mention... but I like adding the date. Think I'll adopt that. That would work… and I too work on one manuscript file to avoid some of the problems you mention… but I like adding the date. Think I’ll adopt that.

]]> By: jorgekafkazar http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-11675 jorgekafkazar Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:05:29 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-11675 Long m/s's often have to be printed out multiple times in multiple copies. One of the unforeseen things that goes along with computers. For that reason, I find it very helpful to add the date of printout to the footer or header. It updates automatically each time you open the file, so you can forget it. It's nice to be able to look at a copy and know right away that it's not the latest version. Long m/s’s often have to be printed out multiple times in multiple copies. One of the unforeseen things that goes along with computers. For that reason, I find it very helpful to add the date of printout to the footer or header. It updates automatically each time you open the file, so you can forget it. It’s nice to be able to look at a copy and know right away that it’s not the latest version.

]]> By: jorgekafkazar http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-11674 jorgekafkazar Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:34 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-11674 Regarding Luddites: Bjarne Stroustrup (developer of the C++ programming language) says: "I have often wished that my computer was as easy to use as my telephone. Lately, my wish has been granted. I no longer know how to use my telephone." Regarding Luddites: Bjarne Stroustrup (developer of the C++ programming language) says:
“I have often wished that my computer was as easy to use as my telephone. Lately, my wish has been granted. I no longer know how to use my telephone.”

]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-9108 Anne Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:29:05 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-9108 Jorge, I've never really understood sections... sometimes I can get them to work to use running heads and sometimes I can't... and in the new word I don't even understand normal pagination! I'm rapidly becoming some sort of luddite! Jorge, I’ve never really understood sections… sometimes I can get them to work to use running heads and sometimes I can’t… and in the new word I don’t even understand normal pagination! I’m rapidly becoming some sort of luddite!

]]> By: jorgekafkazar http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-9095 jorgekafkazar Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:46:32 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-9095 Yeah, Word pagination is wonky. The most helpful thing is to know when to use Section Breaks and when to use Page Breaks. Section breaks at the top of each chapter are probably best. Also, if you want to paginate a play with numbers that read Act-Scene-Page, be prepared that you may have to then print out pages one at a time ("current page") or all of them. Word doesn't like to look for complicated page numbers when printing. .-= jorgekafkazar´s last blog ..<a href="http://jorgekafkazar.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/tenirax-ch-v/" rel="nofollow">Tenirax, Ch V</a> =-. Yeah, Word pagination is wonky. The most helpful thing is to know when to use Section Breaks and when to use Page Breaks. Section breaks at the top of each chapter are probably best. Also, if you want to paginate a play with numbers that read Act-Scene-Page, be prepared that you may have to then print out pages one at a time (“current page”) or all of them. Word doesn’t like to look for complicated page numbers when printing.
.-= jorgekafkazar´s last blog ..Tenirax, Ch V =-.

]]> By: Hannah http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-9089 Hannah Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:13:16 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-9089 One thing about Word that drives me crazy is the Pagination. I tried to turn it off (in Word 2007) but it didn't seem to work very well. Every time I moved something or cut, it would repaginate, and sometimes it was completely crazy and ate my page breaks! Gah! One thing about Word that drives me crazy is the Pagination. I tried to turn it off (in Word 2007) but it didn’t seem to work very well. Every time I moved something or cut, it would repaginate, and sometimes it was completely crazy and ate my page breaks! Gah!

]]> By: Hannah http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-9088 Hannah Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:11:33 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-9088 Monica, I use something called PageFour from Bad Wolf software that a coworker turned me on to. It's great because it is kind of no-frills, and doesn't try to format stuff for you like Word does. It has notebooks you keep your stuff in, and you can import Word documents into it. For books, you can write chapters or scenes in different pages and then merge them all together. I did that and then pasted the whole thing in Word for proper formatting to print. I'm not sure if it will export; I'm a copy and paste gal, and I had a Word copy on my flash drive that I took to work with me and would mess with when things got slow. The program doesn't cost very much and it's worth every penny. Here's the link. http://www.softwareforwriting.com/ :) Monica, I use something called PageFour from Bad Wolf software that a coworker turned me on to. It’s great because it is kind of no-frills, and doesn’t try to format stuff for you like Word does. It has notebooks you keep your stuff in, and you can import Word documents into it.

For books, you can write chapters or scenes in different pages and then merge them all together. I did that and then pasted the whole thing in Word for proper formatting to print. I’m not sure if it will export; I’m a copy and paste gal, and I had a Word copy on my flash drive that I took to work with me and would mess with when things got slow.

The program doesn’t cost very much and it’s worth every penny. Here’s the link.
http://www.softwareforwriting.com/
:)

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-1954 Matthew Stibbe Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:59:07 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-1954 I find the 'Document Map' feature in Word very helpful. If you use heading styles, you can use the map to skip from one section to another instantly. <abbr><em>Matthew Stibbe’s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BadLanguage/~3/521879791/writing-tools-concentration-timer" rel="nofollow">Writing tools: concentration timer</a></em></abbr> I find the ‘Document Map’ feature in Word very helpful. If you use heading styles, you can use the map to skip from one section to another instantly.

Matthew Stibbe’s last blog post..Writing tools: concentration timer

]]> By: admin http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/02/make-long-manuscripts-work-for-your/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 admin Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:42:04 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=1658#comment-1895 Monica, I use Word for almost everything... notepad when I need pure text. But Word is my standard... not at all sure what others use. Monica, I use Word for almost everything… notepad when I need pure text. But Word is my standard… not at all sure what others use.

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