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alexpgpJust some random thoughts:
Colors Monochrome black text is so... 20th century! There's a reason most monitors can display 65,535 colors these days, so make sure you put at least a good half-dozen text colors on every page (the idea being that words of a certain color should have a particular meaning, y'know?). Don't forget that you can specify the background color of text as well!
Text boxes Use these liberally and make sure to group them whenever possible. Don't waste page real estate, however: make sure a text box containing, say, the word "облет" is just big enough to fit the word and don't worry that the English equivalent term is "docking port alignment maneuver."
Fonts Check out the Fonts dialog box in Microsoft Word. Besides the actual typeface, you can specify fractional point sizes, leading, character spacing, and positioning. Done properly, you'll get exactly the effect you want, but don't even think about changing a thing afterward: adding as much as a period could throw the entire section out of kilter!
Languages This feature is only useful if you plan on spell-checking your final document. If you accidentally hit F7 while working on your Russian-language opus and don't know what to do when Word displays a dialog box that starts out "Cannot find proofing tools for Portuguese (Brazil)..." just close the dialog box and keep on truckin'. Spell checks are for sissies, anyway.
Cheers...
Colors Monochrome black text is so... 20th century! There's a reason most monitors can display 65,535 colors these days, so make sure you put at least a good half-dozen text colors on every page (the idea being that words of a certain color should have a particular meaning, y'know?). Don't forget that you can specify the background color of text as well!
Text boxes Use these liberally and make sure to group them whenever possible. Don't waste page real estate, however: make sure a text box containing, say, the word "облет" is just big enough to fit the word and don't worry that the English equivalent term is "docking port alignment maneuver."
Fonts Check out the Fonts dialog box in Microsoft Word. Besides the actual typeface, you can specify fractional point sizes, leading, character spacing, and positioning. Done properly, you'll get exactly the effect you want, but don't even think about changing a thing afterward: adding as much as a period could throw the entire section out of kilter!
Languages This feature is only useful if you plan on spell-checking your final document. If you accidentally hit F7 while working on your Russian-language opus and don't know what to do when Word displays a dialog box that starts out "Cannot find proofing tools for Portuguese (Brazil)..." just close the dialog box and keep on truckin'. Spell checks are for sissies, anyway.
Cheers...
