How do you make an ebook not look like a .doc file?

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mollah

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Like add a little style to the pages or whatever so it doesn't look like a university term paper?

Is there an application for this or can you do it in MS Word or what?

I want people to open my ebook and be like "whoa, this is cool looking."

 

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gimme4free

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Use a PDF Printer. Saves Word files as PDF

 

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mollah

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I know that. I'm asking how to add some style to the pages.

 

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imfh

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You have a lot of flexibility with MS Word. For example, you can go to the following tabs:

format- borders and shading
format- themes
insert- pictures- clip art, autoshapes, word art and charts

You'll most likely want to use the border/shading option with word art. You can choose a border for all of your pages and decide on the width and color of the border. You'll also be able to create pretty cool title pages with word art.

 

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mollah

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Cool. I will try that. I was thinking it would have to be done with an art program but what you said makes sense.

 

bl4ck1ce

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You can definitely use a graphics program to do it.. I create gradients, shadows, etc in Photoshop and then put them into Word as a page background, header or footer, and then save it as a template.

 

Whisker

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Adobe Indesign