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Hi,
has anyone come up with a good, repeatable, semi-idiot-proof way of producing a proposal in a two column layout (one third-two thirds split to support the "call-outs" in the margin on the left), as mentioned in the Shipley Proposal Guide page 137 "Assymmetrical Single Column" design.
According the figure caption, this design is relatively easy to execute in a word processing package. I am a very experienced MS Word user and can't see how to do it - particularly where using columns seems introduces section breaks, which then screws the page numbering if you include chapter number.
If anyone can do this, or can point to something on the APMP website, that would be great!
cheers
Dom
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Hi Dom
These are quite tricky in Word. Try this.
1. Open a new document.
2. Set your left margin to, say, 3"
3. Set the document to 2 columns, with a 0.25" spacing
4. Type your first heading
5. Insert a continuous section break immediately after the heading
6. Type some body text
7. Insert a continuous section break immediately after the body text block.
8. Type your next heading
9. Insert a continuous section break immediately after the heading
10. Type some more body text, etc.
You can now go back to the heading sections and make them one column, so the heading text will spread across both text columns.
To add call-out boxes - as seen in the Shipley book, add a text box, no border in the left margin. Set the text box internal margins to 0" all round. Set the left position to be 1" to the right of the page. The text box should be set to move position with text.
As for page numbers, I suggest that you only use the 1st level heading, e.g. "Page 3-27", and make sure that your level 1 headings always start on a new page.
If you want to insert artwork across multiple columns, use frames - see my "Word Power" article from the APMP Journal on my Wordman Archives page.
Email me at dick.eassom@smawins.com, and I'll send you an example. Once again, this is not the easiest layout for Word, and I suggest that you do not let authors use this - only your production staff.
I hope this helps
Dick (a.k.a. Wordman)
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All,
Our authors are unfortunately also our production staff.
We are considering coming up with a two-column Word proposal template. Is there a way to "lock" the formatting so that an author doesn't destroy the document?
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I know there is a way to lock down formatting in Word 07. The Wordman should be able to help.
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