

Then, too, when exporting (or distilling) a PDF for the printer–we don’t generally send InDy orvQuark files out to printers anymore–there are some options for optimizing graphic files for the purpose of bringing their sizes down. When you use Quark or InDesign there are Book options that allow you to do each chapter separately, keeping files sizes more manageable, and then joining them in a Book folder. For one thing, it’s a word processor, not a page layout program. So it’s tools on not designed to optimize all the elements that go into a book. First off, Word is not a viable tool for professional book design and layout. Stephen: I’m presuming that you’re speaking of print versions of your books.

Here are some of the pain points and advice from a blog by Joel: In order to get a macro view of the writing landscape, I took a glimpse of what other writers ran into and felt about what tool they were using. Choosing software.Other writers experience!
