I love writing books. Do any of you know if Power Point or Microsoft Word is better to write a book on?

Answer 1

Definitely use Microsoft Word. It is better for handling large amounts of text. Use powerpoint for slide shows and presentations. Good luck!

Answer 2

I love writing books too, and I always use Microsoft Word or other word programs. PowerPoint is really meant to be used for slideshows or presentations, not long blocks of text at a time. Good luck with your stories, by the way!

Answer 3

You'll most definitely want to use Microsoft Word, unless you're doing like a little kid picture book or something in which case I'd use Power Point.

Answer 4

The best program, by far, for WRITING a book is Word.

If you want to DESIGN a book, first write the mansucript in Word and then lay out the pages in Quark or InDesign.

Whatever you do, please do not submit your book to a publisher in anything other than Microsoft Word. If they decide to publish it, they will hire a designer to lay it out in Quark or Indesign. If you submit your manuscript in anything other than Word, the publisher will not think much of you.

Answer 5

I would use Microsoft Word as it is designed to be used with writing documents while Power Point is only designed to create presentations.

Answer 6

Power point is for presentations, not for writing long texts. If you intend to write a book, you should user Word.

Answer 7

Hi there. I'm an author (yes, a REAL one) and I use Word almost exclusively. Why? Turn on the "track changes" function and you will see why. Track changes allows you to see all the changes you've made and even make notes about the changes. That's valuable to an editor who is working on someone else's material, too.

I hope this helps. Good luck with your writing.

Jon F. Baxley (Author, Editor, Ghostwriter and Proofreader)

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(For a FREE copy of The Scythian Stone or a full color, four chapter illustrated demo of The Blackgloom Bounty, email me at [e-mail]).

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Answer 8

Word is definitely easier for writing large chunks of text, and if you want to transfer it for others to read then most people have Word.

You could also try writing it and doing covers etc in Powerpoint as this allows much more artistic input.

Answer 9

Word. You can actually change your page set up to your desire size, so that you get an idea of how many pages your book might be, and to you, how the text looks like.

Answer 10

I would write it in MS Word. Only use PowerPoint if you need to show images and illustrations. One could use both and wrap it up in MS Binder. The latest WordPerfect version one can comnine all into this software.