Gregath Company e-zine 
Volume 9, Number 3
March, 2010
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? - soft binding spotlight #4
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Perfect Binding/Bound: Soft type binding Type that secures pages and cover together with glue at the spine (square backed). Stereotype paperback - think telephone directory or paperback novel.  Click here for information web page.

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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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The space I have for information in my manuscript is OK, it just is too narrow for the information layout I want to use - what next?

Consider changing the text alignment from portrait to landscape for the wide information in question. There are many ways to do this, but if you have the information already typed, the quickest may be placing it into a "table". In MS Word (may vary according to version):

• Highlight material

• from "table" pull down menu, hover over "insert", slide right and click "table"

• change text alignment: In each box, right click - from shortcut menu click "text direction", click preferred "orientation", click OK and repeat as necessary

• If you don't like the table showing, highlight it, click "format" pull down menu, then click "borders & shading", click "none" then OK. Any resulting gray lines are only on your computer screen - they will not print out.

If this is needed throughout the book, change the book from portrait to landscape through File-Page Setup.

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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Choices that have an impact on manufacturing are made all throughout the writing process. A prime example is the selection of margins. If you decide to use something too small - the software will do it - you could be encouraging everything from broken spines (no matter how good a quality the production was) to book information being cut off (either by being larger than the machines can print, or by the minimum page trim all bound books get).

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Genealogy ideas - Not in this issue
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Computer aid!?! - Not in this issue
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About this e-zine
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