I really have to learn to blog as I go, and not save things up. So, as a quicky, how does one design a cover in MS word? Your milage may vary, as I am using the very anoying Office 2007
The cover size will depend on the thickness of the book, but that can probably be finalized post the general design. The paper needs to be set to a size to cover both front and back and the spine. In Word, page layout -> page setup -> paper Select paper size as custom. For a 6 x 9 book with a need for a 1 inch spine, choose 13 x 9.
Now use text boxes to build the cover. For the spine, insert a text box, position it in the middle and find how to change the text direction. In 2007, there will be a 'text box tools' section and that will have a 'text direction' menu item. Use other text boxes for the front and back cover text. You will need to play with position, font size, etc.
For examples, I pulled random images from my hard drive to experiment with. So a cover with a small, contained picture, and one with a bright colorful picture stretched across the book.
Your other key needs are use of fill colors and send to back/front. Note that 'no fill' or transparent are not white. For the superman image, it has to be sent to the back and the text box fill has to be transparent.
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