Navigation Pane: (Windows Mac:
Navigation Pane) This is a ‘map’ of the structure in terms of the heading styles that been applied in the document. The map provides a quick means of navigating to different headings.
8) This shows formatting characters and marks in the document. There are a few non-printing characters and marks that Word uses (spaces, tab characters, paragraph or ‘carriage return’ characters, and object anchors) that do not show up on the printed page. It can be useful to make them visible while editing.
Style Pane: The Styles Pane is useful for seeing what styles have been applied to text, picking styles to apply to text, and managing styles. Style-formatting is a necessary part of making documents accessible.
.rtffile, contact the Production Coordinator through RT and they will convert the file for you to .docx
Before you start editing, set up your document properties. Add the title, author, and other information (below). This data will become the book's metadata and is used by assistive technology.
Filein the top menu
Authorof the work
National Network for Equitable Library Servicein the
Companyfield. Do not use the publisher name of the original book.
Note: do not use underscores (_) in document properties.
See also document metadata.
NOTE: if you are working in Office 2013, follow these instructions for setting the document properties:
Optionally, you can assign keyboard shortcuts to quickly apply styles and conduct other operations that you regularly do while e-text editing: Keyboard Shortcuts
Have the original ebook open along side the document you are editing. This will ensure you are keeping close to the original document as possible.