Are you here becuase you want to start writing your first novel/book?

@GabriellaWaters

4 ай бұрын

Yuh huh

@PorGuy715

4 ай бұрын

yes my book will go

@kg259eg

3 ай бұрын

yes

@noregretsdj

3 ай бұрын

Yes

@Christians_Forever

3 ай бұрын

Ye

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?"

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

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

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 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.

This video is helpful as I begin to write my first book. OMG, it's happening!

Thanks 🌎 Greetings from Colombia. The Venezuelan immigrant writer 🇻🇪

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.

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!

Thank you sir ❤️

THANKS A LOT

#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.

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

Thank you for this !

I can't see how many dislikes a video on KZread 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

Thanks so much, it was really helpful

@Kindlepreneur

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

does Amazon copyright the book or do I have to get it copyrighted before hand? thank you

My MIcrosoft Word doesn't allow me to add the page number to the header like that.

I have the exact same version in my computer 😄

Can anyone help - when I add the page number, it deletes my surname/title header? 😩

@Call_me_HANDAOME

5 ай бұрын

First add the page number then it's won't be any problem 😊

Good video, Dave!

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Will it work at google docs?

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.

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 ???

is this the way to write a book report?

Do you have to add address and stuff

Working on completing my first book🎉🎉🎉🎉great video and thank you for getting me started.

@sashamkrtchyan6101

23 күн бұрын

Have you finished it?

Do you think you could do a tutorial going over how to use Libreoffice to publish?

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not very skilled at Libreoffice, but I'll check it out.

Thank you for your suggestions !❤️

I have the 2009.

The other writing tool you talked about can I get it on the App Store

@Kindlepreneur

Жыл бұрын

No. But you can get it at Atticus.io

Hi Dave, how to customize the table of contents in Atticus (Could you make a video of it?)

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

Sure can!

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.

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

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. :)

How do you but photos on your book?

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?

What about using MS Publisher to format a book? Or using Scribus, if MS Office is to much money to spend in the beginning?

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not familiar with it. But I'll look into it.

@ChelSierra_Remly

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ChelSierra_Remly

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ChelSierra_Remly

Жыл бұрын

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.

My book will do well

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

Where to publish first book for free or cheap?

@adorablecats9891

8 ай бұрын

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

Why would you ever?! Scrivener is life

@Kindlepreneur

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Sadly somewhat hard for me to see the words you are typing bc they are blurry

@ZombeeStar

Жыл бұрын

you can turn the quality up by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom right of the video and then selecting a quality

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

@hannahmontana5179

4 ай бұрын

Hi

@PorGuy715

4 ай бұрын

@@hannahmontana5179 thank you man