Removing Unwanted Formatting From Your Manuscript

The time has come for you to print off a copy of your manuscript to send out to an editor, but something’s gone screwy with Word. Surprise, surprise. Your quick [Read more...]

Viewing Your Notes and Manuscript Together

Here are some tips for using features of MS Word to make it easier to co-ordinate the documents you use for your manuscript and your notes by viewing them at [Read more...]

Shorten Your Synopsis Using Word

You know what it’s like: you’ve taken 400 pages to write your novel and it’s bad enough that you had to summarise that into a 10-page synopsis. But now your [Read more...]

Editing with Track Changes and Comments

The Track Changes and Comments features of a word processing program are very useful for editing or critiquing either your own or another writer’s manuscript. Here is a guide to [Read more...]

Word Processing Shortcuts for Character Names

If you use word processing software, such as MS Word or Writer for Open Office, you may want to make use of some features that are excellent resources for writers. [Read more...]

How to Create Your Own Bookplates

A bookplate is a label stuck in a book originally with the purpose of identifying the owner of the book. More recently bookplates have become an item for authors to [Read more...]

Word 4 Writers

Do You Want to be Able to Write Without Fighting with MS Word? Please note that Word 4 Writers is on hold while I’m on maternity leave. Browse the free [Read more...]