Amazon Nonfiction Books: Introduction to Microsoft Word
What you'll learn
- How to start Word from the Windows Taskbar, save files in directories, the screen layout and how to navigate.
- How to optimize your Word writing screen real estate including the menu ribbon, navigation pane and editor pane.
- How to select text using 8 different methods, how to delete, copy, and move text and how to configure text highlighting.
- How to configure paragraph and chapter heading styles for writing both fiction and nonfiction books.
- How to use the writing templates supplied in this course to format your manuscript.
Requirements
- You need a computer running a recent version of Microsoft Word to follow along with the projects.
Description
Hello,
Welcome to my course, Amazon Nonfiction Books: Introduction to Microsoft Word.
In this course, I provide an introduction to writing nonfiction books using Microsoft Word. The first quarter of the course deals with navigating Word and optimizing your screen real estate. The second quarter explains how to use Word to select text, edit text and configure text. The third quarter discusses how to define and use nonfiction normal and numbered chapter header styles. The final quarter explains how to configure your page for publication and use the downloadable nonfiction writing template supplied with the course. This is the third course in an extensive course series on Amazon nonfiction books.
Learn to use Microsoft Word to write Amazon nonfiction books.
My name is Brian Jackson. I'm the instructor of the course. I'm also the writer of over one dozen books, publisher of well over 100 Amazon Kindle e-books and instructor with almost 40 Udemy courses to my name.
In this course, I discuss using Microsoft Word to write nonfiction books for publication on Amazon. More specifically, I address the following topics in detail:
How to start Word, save files and navigate the screen.
How to optimize your Word writing screen real estate.
How to select, edit and configure text.
How to configure paragraph and chapter heading styles for both fiction and nonfiction books.
How to use the writing templates supplied in this course to format your manuscript.
Learn only what you need to know to use Microsoft Word to write books the easy way.
I am directing this course to writers new to Amazon self-publishing and old timers wanting to brush up on their skills.
Whichever is the case, I look forward to joining you on a journey through the lectures ahead.
I'll see you in the classroom,
---Brian
Who this course is for:
- Beginner writers and self-publishers looking to generate online passive income.
- Experienced writers and self-publishers looking to up their game.
Instructor
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I was born in the middle of the last century in Los Angeles, California. After moving for a time to the Silicon Valley, I graduated from Humboldt State University amid the redwoods of Northern California.
Two weeks after graduation I was working as a computer systems programmer for Lockheed Missiles and Space (LMSC) back in the Silicon Valley. Two months after that and I was married as I have been happy ever since (for 40 years).
After 14 years at Lockheed, I moved from working on IBM mainframes to using PCs running the Unix operating system and encountered a thing called the Internet. Cisco Systems seemed to be the right place to work, so I joined the company as their 650th employee. Eleven years later Cisco had grown to over 20,000 employees.
I retired at the age of 48 and instantly became bored!
Throughout my professional career, I'd always enjoyed both writing and providing technical training. So, I attended creative writing classes at my local junior college and began to write.
I managed to write and self-publish a handful of books, but things didn't take off until my wife, Melanie Jackson, an established author with a New York company, left traditional publishing to join me in self-publishing.
In 10 years, from 2010 to now, Melanie and I have made half-a-million dollars self-publishing well over 100 books. I also managed to record a pair of audiobooks for Amazon and Audible sale.
By 2014, our rapid rise to Kindle fame had already dwindled. I decided to pursue my second passion of giving training presentations.
Since 2014 I've published over 48 online video training courses for training sites such as Udemy and Skillshare. My goal is to provide low-cost high-quality screencast-based educational material focusing on my areas of expertise; namely, self-publishing and book cover design using the GIMP. I continue to expand my video training catalog while focusing some energy on resurrecting our flagging book sales using various marketing techniques. Finally, I spend a portion of my time maintaining both my website and my wife’s website, which was developed using WordPress.
I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada, with my lovely wife and Butterscotch the cat.
I'll see you in the classroom,
---Brian