book format software?

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Caitlin Black

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Not sure whether this is the right place to ask this question, but it looked like the best option...

I've heard about software that lets you format your MS so that it looks like a book - ie. choose size of pages etc. so that you can find out roughly how many pages your MS would be.

I don't know what programs are out there, or the pros and cons if there is a plethora of them. So any advice on where to find this kind of software would be greatly appreciated.

I just thought that if I could see my MS in actual book format then it'd make editing a lot easier, because I could see the flow better and the like.

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There's something like that in some version of Word. It's not very good, though.
 

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Why? Really, I just don't understand why that's something you'd need to know.
 

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I use WordPerfect, and can format up the text any way I like.

Q. How many finished pages will my manuscript fill?

A. As many as the book designer wants.

The book designer can fiddle with font, spacing, margins, leading ... there isn't really an answer to your question.
 

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Microsoft Word has that. Under page setup there's a list of formats you can change your document to and one of them is book fold. Its not the best but it allows you to see roughly how many pages your book will be. i use it every now and again :D
 
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