Office 2007 (The village idiot has a question)

J-WO

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I'm having a little trouble with '007.

As a short story merchant I'm trying to send out work in standard manuscript format. This requires that I put my name and story title (etc) in the top right hand corner of every page. This I can do well enough by typing what I want into the header doo-dah and the doo-dah repeats it throughout for me. Good Doo-dah.

However , SMF also demands that this not be the case with the very first page of the manuscript; the top right corner should be bare (Not counting the contact details a little below--ah, but I'm confusing things now.). How do I persuade Office 2007, doo-dah or otherwise, to remove the first one?

I know this is a piddling matter but you can never look too professional on a magazine editors desk, as I'm sure you'll agree.

Cheers!
 
Go to Page Layout (between Insert and References) and then click on Margins. At the bottom of list that appears, click on Custom Margins...

In the Page Setup box that appears, choose the Layout tab. There you'll find Different first page, just as you would in, say, Word XP.
 
Wow. Quick on the draw there, wise ol' grizzly one. This means I can immediately crack on with being the scourge of the slush piles.

Thank you very much!


(Well, I guess that's the end of this thread. If anyone wishes to waffle on about the iPAD, feel free to use the space here.)
 
As a quid pro quo - and it won't cost you anywhere near a quid - have you a link to the SMF requirements, J-WO?

(Not that I write short stories - I'm too long-winded for that - but others might find it useful. Oh, and perhaps the post with the link (should it exist) ought to be in Aspiring Writers.)


Alternatively, someone could mention where such a link already exists. (I'm sure it must.)
 
Judge for yourself**, Cul: SMF is the abbreviation J-WO used in the first post for the standard manuscript format.


:)






** - No disrespect for TJ intended.
 
Ratfink. This was the one technology question I could have answered and Ursa beat me to it. But I will not be denied...

There is another way, J-WO. Go into the header do-dah itself (yes, I even know all the technical terms) either through Insert, Header, Edit Header or simply by clicking at the top where the header is on the other pages, and that brings up Header and Footer Tools - Design. In the Options box (4th along from the left) is Different First Page - and click on it there. I think, from memory, it won't number the page either.

Ha ha... today Word 7, tomorrow the World...



And oy - no one judges for himself while I'm around, thank you very much.
 
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As a quid pro quo - and it won't cost you anywhere near a quid - have you a link to the SMF requirements, J-WO?

(Not that I write short stories - I'm too long-winded for that - but others might find it useful. Oh, and perhaps the post with the link (should it exist) ought to be in Aspiring Writers.)


Alternatively, someone could mention where such a link already exists. (I'm sure it must.)

at the risk of sounding trumpets close to home, the right-hand side of the blog here (even though the meeting dates have long expired) has a good range of handy links. including one to manuscript formatting, as well as a big list of current markets. i'd like to take the credit for this, but i'll raise a glass to Ian Sales instead!
 
Ah, looks like my Quid has been Pro'd; Nice work, Chopper. Ursa, I owe you a latin, non-fiscal quid. Or an album by 'Quo. Not sure which.

Thanks everyone, I'm gonna take a look at all the many ways you've advised. Seems there's a cornucopia of ruses to skin this particular ferret...
 
If you want a longer, more in-depth article on SMF type the name William Shunn into google. It's generally the one a lot of SF online mags link you to from their submission guide (Ceaseless Skies, Velocipede, Strange Horizons etc). I've no link to offer because, in truth, my knowledge on how to link isn't so hot either. Oh dear...
 

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