If your document has footnotes, you’ll want to start by creating two macros in Word. If your document doesn’t have footnotes (e.g., parenthetical citations), you can skip down below and just do steps 4–6. Word styles can be converted to the direct formatting that SBL Press and others want.

If we’re writing for SBL Press or a publisher with similar requirements, does this mean we can’t use styles? Or, if we do use styles, do we consign ourselves to hours more editing work in order to remove them when we’re preparing to send off a typescript?įortunately, no. Other publishers have similar requirements. And styles may not always transfer completely from one computer to another.ĭo not use your word processor’s style option to mark different elements of the text (body text, headings, subheads). So far so good, but making a single document out of many with different style definitions can be a real headache. There’s no need to update every place the style occurs individually. If you need to change the formatting, just modify the style, and the formatting for all text with that style will update accordingly. This helps keep things consistent and avoid forgetting something like applying italics or bold here or there as you’ve done elsewhere. If you apply a style to text, the text will be formatted as the style specifies (e.g., a first-level heading, a block quotation). 1 But, you might also need to be able to turn these styles into “direct” formatting. One of the best ways to ensure consistent formatting in a Word document is to use styles.

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