have anyone made a poetry book using microsoft word or microsoft powerpoint?

Question

I want to make my poetry book using microsoft word and I wanted to know have anyone ever made a book using microsoft word or microsoft powerpoint?

Answer 1

Word is ok to type things up in, but will be very difficult to format correctly for book form.
Powerpoint will NOT do it at all.
I think you mean Publisher. This is a very good choice as it will automatically format and print things out in the correct order for you.
However, publishers will often send you proofs in Adobe Acrobat or something similar.
A good choice to use for this is Adobe PageMaker. This will help you a lot, but MS Publisher is probably your best choice right now.

Answer 2

It is possible to make a booklet using Microsoft Word but the hardest part is laying out the pages so that the correct ones will show when you fold the pages to form the booklet.

Click on the File menu and choose Page SetUp
Set the page layout to Landscape
In the Margins tab click on 2 pages per sheet.

You type your last booklet page as the first document page and the first booklet page as the second document page. e.g. Page 8 and page 1
Then you will type page 2 and page 7

These pages will be printed back to back

If the pages on your printer are fed from the front just replace the page as it came out of the printer (don't turn it) to print the next pages.
If your pages are fed into the printer from the top, take hold of the end of the page nearest you and feed the other end back into the printer.

See the pagination layout of an 8 page booklet at the site below.

If your booklet has more or less pages it is a good idea to make up a mock booklet and number the pages so that you can tell which pages are printed together.

Answer 3

Use Microsoft Paint

Answer 4

Hello:

I didn't compile a book on poetry, but I compiled a membership booklet for one of the clubs I belong using MS Word.

It was relatively easy, once I got the page layout they way I wanted it.

If you would like more information, let me know.

Good luck.