• Change the font size - even 1 point makes a difference over hundreds of pages.
• Change the font type: Try both serif and sans-serif, but condensed fonts generally make the most change
• Change the outside margins (top, bottom, left/right or inside/outside)

• Alter line spacing (MS Word instructions follow):

1. Double check what font size you are currently using (for use later).
2. Highlight the text you want to "shrink".
3. Click "format" from the pull down menus at the top.
4. Choose "paragraph" from the list that expands - this will bring up a new dialog box.
5. Verify you are on the "indents and spacing" tab - not the "line and page breaks" tab.
6. Under spacing (little over half way down) you will find "line spacing" to the right - it defaults to single.
7. Click the down arrow to the right of "single" and click "exactly".
8. To the right of that box (At), you want to click that down arrow to choose a point size 1 point smaller than what you are using (example 12 pt text - 11 pt at). Generally no more than 2 pts smaller - or you begin to cut off sections of the top and bottom of the words.
9. Click OK button at bottom - this will effect everything that was highlighted. If nothing is highlighted, it will only effect the line/paragraph where the cursor is currently.

• MS Word (advanced user): Use the outline function to string independent files together.
• Place all the separate file data into one file (MS Word instructions below):

1. If you have any file that already has the right margins, etc. for the book project, open one up. If not, start with a blank file and set all margins, etc.
2. "Save" (new file) or "Save As" (existing file) as file name "text". You can name this anything you want, but this example will use the name text.
3. Open another file you want to use in the book and highlight it's entire contents.
4. Save this highlighted block to your clipboard and close the file.
5. In your text file, place the cursor where you want the clipboard material to go (make sure the cursor is blinking), and copy the information into the text file.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 as necessary.

Overlooked format items that can be altered or added to the text file at any time include headers, footers, and page numbers.

1. Have your file open - your cursor can be anywhere...
2. Click "insert" from the pull down menus at the top.
3. From the list that expands, click "page numbers"  - this will bring up a new window (dialog box):
   
4. Looking from top/left:
   set the position Top...header or Bottom...footer
   set alignment as you prefer
   click the box beside "show number on first page" to make page 1 blank, if desired

   Click the OK button to apply.

   • To change the position and alignment, click the down button to the right of each box and click the option you want.

   Additional numbering options, such as roman numeral, etc. can be accessed by clicking the Format... button.