Lesson Focus: In this lecture we will look at what fonts are and what we are talking about when we talk about fonts.

There are more to fonts than how the letters look. In this lecture we will discuss and learn what the is being described when the following words or phrases are uses.

• What are font families?
• How are fonts different from each other?
• What are glyphs? How do I discover what glyphs are in each font?
• What is point size? How do I change the size of fonts?

These are other questions will be answered.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we will continue our discussion of typography.

This is an extension of the previous lecture. We will look at how line length, leading (or the space between lines), letter spacing and Kerning (the distance between letters) affects the way our text looks on a page.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we discuss determining the size of your book and setting up the margins around your content.

When publishing a book, the books size is an important decision. This choice in influenced by a variety of factors. The most common are:

• Printing service or website used
• Cost of production
• Genre of the book
• Purpose of book
• Audience of the Book
• Length of the book

After these choices are made it is time to set up the book. In this lecture we will demonstrate how to set up your book using Microsoft Word's page set-up menu.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture you will learn how to use the "Show/Hide" functionality of Word.

We will use this functionality to see what's happening "under the hood" of your document. You will be able to remove any unseen formatting and clean up your document before you start formatting.

If you are formatting a document you created from scratch there will be fewer issues to deal with. However, if your document pulled together information and content from external sources, there may be some issues you cannot see without deeper investigation.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture you will learn how to insert page/section breaks.

Word's built in headers and footers are wonderful tools. In order to use them effectively you will need to divide you book using page breaks that also create section.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture you will be begin adding some preliminary styles (event though they will not be formatted yet).

These styles will be what you will use when we get to the table of contents section. The styling we apply at this step will be changed as we begin the actual formatting of the project.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture learn how to find free and low-cost fonts that we can use for our books and other projects.

Fonts are propriety files and products. This means that the person who built them is entitled to get compensated for their use. It is important to use fonts in accordance to the specified usage permissions.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we will look at how to modify the styles we are using as well as some basic design ideas to keep in mind.

Microsoft Word's styles are power tools, if they are used (correctly!). Styles allow you to make global changes to any and every aspect of your document. If you have identified the various elements of our book or document, the this will make your work much easier and more efficient.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we look at creating enough white space in the document to enhance the reading experience.

When formatting a book. The reading experience is of most importance. If the words and lines are too close together it becomes difficult to read. The strain on the eyes can cause discomfort. When you are designing and formatting your book or project it is important to keep this in mind.

This lecture covers the topic of Hyphenation that was omitted in the previous lecture.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we discuss adding header and footer information.

Many books have information in the header of their books. Page numbers can be included in either location. This section will help you deal with the sections we created in Lecture 7.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we cover building and formatting the Table of Contents.

In a book the Table of Contents (TOC) is very important. Word has a simple way of including a TOC. Formatting is also simplified because we can use styles to make changes to the entire TOC without having to change any particular element individually.

Lesson Focus: In this lecture we learn how to create the PDF file you will need for you printing/publishing website.

The process of creating the Print-Ready PDF is covered. You will also be shown how to download and install a free PDF creating software that functions like a digital printer on your computer.

In this final lecture we go over four concepts to keep in mind as you work on your book or project.