Welcome. This section contains tutorials for common software a fiction writer or a technical writer might use. These tutorials are short demonstrations of how to perform specific tasks. If you would like a tutorial added, or if some of the steps are not working, let me know. I'll be glad to do whatever needs to be done! :)

Adobe FrameMaker

Managing Templates

• Creating Paragraph Tags
• Modifying Paragraph Tags
• Deleting Paragraph Tags

Adobe Photoshop

• Creating Transparent GIFs
• Creating Height Maps - Create a height map for use with ReBumpX to create landscapes in Animation: Master.

eHelp RoboHelp

• Creating New Documents
• Creating New Topics
• Changing Topic IDs
• Changing Topic Titles
• Inserting Internal Jumps
• Inserting External Jumps
• Inserting Images
• Inserting Shed Graphics

GIMP

• Creating Transparent GIFs

Microsoft Word 2000

• Inserting Tables

Managing Templates

• Creating Templates
• Applying Templates
• Creating Styles
• Modifying Styles
• Deleting Styles

Electronically Editing Documents

• Highlighting Text
• Using Comments
• Using Track Changes
• Accepting/Rejecting Edits

Formatting a Manuscript for Submission

• Creating Manuscript Headers - Adds a Word document's header in a common format used for submitting manuscripts to markets.
• Setting Manuscript Margins - Sets a Word document's margins to a common format used for submitting manuscripts to markets.

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