Foreword

Acknowledgments


Chapter 1 Using templates in Word 2013

Chapter 2 How to design templates

Chapter 3 How to work with headings

Chapter 4 How to work with figures

Chapter 5 How to work with tables

Chapter 6 How to work with equations

Chapter 7 How to work with citations


Appendix A: Becoming a Microsoft Word 2013 power user

Appendix C: File template for a single-column report or paper

Appendix D: File template for a double-column paper

Appendix E: File template for a thesis, book, or long report

Appendix F: IEEE template with STREAM Tools enabled

Appendix G: NIH template with STREAM Tools enabled

Amplify your document’s impact with this specialized guide to Microsoft Word. Writing technical proposals, reports, journal articles, theses, and other complex documents poses unique challenges—from managing formats, figures, and equations to ensuring consistent presentation and voice in a multi-author scenario. In this book, you’ll learn from the authors’ extensive experience managing the authoring and publication of long-form technical content. And you’ll gain specific practices and templates that you can apply right away. Use templates to help simplify the creation of long documents Learn how to set up your own custom templates Create table styles that are effective, attractive, and reusable Compose and edit figures Present simple to complex equations accurately Manage automatic numbering, cross-references, citations, and bibliographies Increase the quality of collaborative writing projects—from formatting, editing, and citations management to commenting and version control