Settings in Word for Drafts

Here are my Word settings for drafting a story, based on YouTube tips, Copilot AI recommendations, and playing:

  • Font: Garamond, 10 pt
  • Justification: Full
  • Page size: 6″ by 9″
  • Line spacing: 12.5 pt (1.25 lines)
  • Margins: 0.5″ (all sides)
  • Footer: Centered page number, offset .25”
  • Header: None on the first page; book name on even pages (left justified), chapter name on odd pages (right justified), offset .25”

These settings make the text easier to read. I created a macro for automated consistency, though I may adjust as needed.

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I’m Jaycee

Currently, I am a drafter and plodding editor of my own fiction stories. Looking towards the future when edited stories turn into published ones.

Here I am starting to bare my soul to give you a preview of what I have been working on.

See “Harvest of Blood” in this site’s menu bar for a preview of a draft chapter from Boudica and The Butcher, a novel set in a future Second American Civil War.

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