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Publishers are picky. If they accept your manuscript at all, it will not take much to convince them to throw it in the trash, without ever even reading your first sentence. One of the key things they look for immediately is whether you have formatted your manuscript properly. Since Microsoft Word appears to be one of the most popular word processors, and because many publishers now request that manuscripts be sent in a Word document, knowing how to format your novel in Word is important ... and easy. Although different publishers may have different requirements, what follows are the specif...
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