A Guide to Software
Microsoft Word ® (part of the Microsoft Office suite of programs) is an excellent program for creating letters, reports, academic theses, policy papers and similar documents. Most new computers come with Microsoft Word pre-installed.
Word is not, however, a typesetting program. Word's many clever bells-and-whistles features may encourage an author to make their manuscript 'look like a book', with fancy fonts and text-wrapped images and so on. Don't be tempted. Layout is the type-setter's job. Keep your manuscript simple. All the extra formatting will have to be undone, which is a waste of valuable time, and adds to production costs. To read more about Microsoft Word, click here.
If you are able to use Microsoft Word, and want to deliver your work to us in the form of a .doc file, please observe the following:
Microsoft Word: do, and do Not.
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Adobe Photoshop ® (part of the Adobe Creative Suite) is the industry standard program for the manipulation and formatting of digital images. To read more about Adobe Photoshop, click here.
If you are able to use Adobe Photoshop, and want to deliver your illustrative material to us in the form of a .tiff file, please observe the following:
Photoshop: do, and do Not.
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Adobe InDesign ® (part of the Adobe Creative Suite) is the industry standard program for typesetting and layout of books, magazines, pamphlets and similar documents for qualitty printing. We will InDesign to prepare your book for the press. To read more about Adobe InDesign, click here.
INDESIGn: do, and do Not.
If you are able to use Adobe Indesign, and want to deliver your work to us in the form of an .indd file, please observe the following:
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