(c) 2009, Mona Leeson Vanek
When you format your manuscript it's often wise to save it as a pdf file. If you want a free version of a software to do that you may want to look into Open Office (an open source word processing program), which converts to .pdf.
PDFredirect 2 is also a free software program, and is available here: http://tinyurl.com/cd7nqy
There are also .pdf converters that you may want to try. Search .pdf converters online to learn more. And beware that some options, such as GhostScript have had serious bugs.
Tip, Bugzilla, http://bugs.ghostscript.com/ is a good website where you can track issues with software.
Some authors claim that laying out a book in Word is never recommended (most publishers use either Quark or InDesign), but you really have to make sure your layout is correct in Word.
You can save as a PDF from any recent version of Word. The PDF option is an option when printing, not when saving. Look for the PDF menu at the bottom of the PRINT box. Most versions offer a number of PDF options. If you're on a Mac, you can save any document from any application as a PDF from the print box.
Aaron Shepard's book, Perfect Pages, talks about book layout using Word.
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