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Gregath Company e-zine
Volume 10, Number 10
October, 2011
Helping writers, genealogists and computer users of all kinds
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Please note that while an effort to generalize much of this text has been made, some references to "we, our, etc." still occur and much of the information provided applies to Gregath Company, Inc. and may not with other printer/publishers. ALWAYS double check with your printer/publisher on every detail.
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Table of Contents
You may click on each department below to
go directly to that article. At the end of each article (if supported) is
a link back to this contents.
What's It
Mean?
Design Inspiration
Book Manufacturing Concepts
Marketing Advice
Genealogy Ideas
Computer Help
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What's It Mean? - Writer's Lingo
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Call-outs: Brief passages of text lifted from within the publication placed in larger type size (and occasionally font) to gain attention. They are often inserted into the text (divided by the change of font/size, sometimes boxed, or with other graphics) as an element which breaks the text or copy. Usually, it is "teaser" copy - attention-getting and draws readers into the item.
Clip Art: Commercially produced "stock" images, already prepared, many times found in collections. Generally copyright free with some limitations, it can be "cut and pasted" directly into the publication. - see art
Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.
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For other writing, printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossaries
at
http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html and
http://www.gregathcompany.com/glosswrite.html
Run across a word that
you don't understand? Try us -
email us your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on
the matter!
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Design Inspiration
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/font.html
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Other frequently used page numbering formats:
Adding alternate numbers, in sequence, when more information needs added: for example a family book has been numbered and already indexed but new photographs or generations need to be added between page 6 and 7 this can be done by adding 6a/6b/6c/6d or 6i, 6ii, 6iii, 6iv. This is not recommended - renumber the book or add cross reference addenda pages - better yet offer the new data free of charge (open source) on your website.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/pagenumbers.html
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Marketing advice - flashback from V1#1 - September 2002
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Locally, if no one has thrown you an autograph or release party, you can do one yourself. Make sure you notify all the local media as well as book stores, libraries, etc. in addition to sending out personal invitations.
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Genealogy ideas
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From Genealogy Newsline, January 10, 2011:
THE ALLEN COUNTY - FORT WAYNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY "HISTORY CENTER DIGITAL
COLLECTIONS"
Do you have ancestry that stems from the Allen County, Indiana area? If so, the
History Center Digital Collections, sponsored by the Allen County-Fort Wayne
Historical Society will be of interest to you. Thus far, 571 items have been
digitized and posted online. The majority of the collection seems to be
photographs, with many early documents relating to area history also included.
You can also find digital images of various artifacts at the site, items like
bottles, beads, an axe head, and so forth. You can
browse the collection, or using their search engine; search the full
collection, or narrow the search. The Digital Collection is made up of
four categories:
About the
collection.
Search the collection. Thanks to
a note at on the MoSOG Messenger blog to again alert me to these Indiana
digital docs.
For more information, see
The Allen County
- Fort Wayne Historical Society History Center Digital Collections at
GenealogyBlog.com
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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Computer aid!?! - flashback from V2#1 -
January 2003
How to print just that certain section
only.
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Ever want to print out a small (or even large) section of a page or e-mail that was somewhere in the middle without printing our the entire page/message? Here's what to do:
Highlight what you want to print (while holding your left mouse button down, slide your mouse over the text and then let up the button) and then on your keyboard hold down the control (ctrl) button while hitting the "p" key. This will bring up a box to do with printing. Toward the middle of the box on the left side is a "print range" area. Click the circle next to "selection" and then the OK button at the bottom. Yes, it's that simple. NOTE: if the page contains columns (with or without a table) this may get unexpected results - pay attention to what the mouse will let you highlight.
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Note: All references to
"click" are using the left mouse button unless otherwise noted.
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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