Any tutorials for using Lulu?

Are there any good sources to walk you through the publishing process with Lulu? I simply want to print up a couple of copies to look over for errors and proof reading purposes. Lulu's instructions are next to nothing and so are their forums.

For instance, telling someone that if they upload an 8.5 X 11 document, Lulu will reduce the size approximately to %75 or the original when fitted to a 6 X 9 Trade size does not help me at all. What I need to know are basic things like how do I reduce the size of a word document to fit their 6 X 9 Trade size interior before I send it to them. I downloaded a template, but how do you use it?

I can't imagine how many people have been turned off by their website simply because they can't seem to put out a detailed step by step instruction manual for formatting and such. Even the forums on their site are not easily searchable.

Can anybody help with this?

Thanks. I think there is a way to set your page size on Word, but I can't find it. The answer to that question would be immensely helpful.

Shadowcat

Thanks. I will try to do that. I have 2007 on one computer but have not been able to install it on my laptop as Windows installer is somehow damaged. I will give that a try though. The only template I was able to find and download had nothing but the cover template on it even though I thought it was to be for the text. Seems to me they could do a better job of explaining how to use some of the tools on the website.

ShadowCat:

Many thanks for the template. Using Open Office, I was able to set the page size but mirroring the margins had me baffled. This will be a lot easier. I really appreciate it. I will see how it goes from there.

I am sure that later on I will need advice on setting up the cover but for now, I imagine my hands will be full getting it to look just right.