Goldenford - Style sequence standards

Style sequence standards

Standards on this page are mandatory. Are you serious?

The style sequence below works well and is easy to apply to an existing manuscript. These styles are likely to cover the majority of your text. Goldenford templates include additional styles, eg for embedded letters/emails within the text. You can invent others as the need arises. See also word processing standards

section style sequence

Use the paragraph styles in the sequence shown as you write your manuscript. Having the right sequence is essential.

description	paragraph style
Chapter title	Heading 2
First paragraph of chapter or section	Section first
All subsequent paragraphs except immediately before a section break Use 'section normal' style for the last paragraph before a new chapter and at the end of the book	Section normal ... ... ... ... ... Section normal
Last paragraph of section [except at end of chapter]	Section last (separator) or Section last (space)
Visible section break eg * * * [except at end of chapter or after Section last (space)]	Section separator

Templates supporting Goldenford standards can be downloaded

Although you could use different names for the 'section' styles, providing they conform to this structure, we prefer our standard names.

Occasional situations, eg a section consisting of a single paragraph, require additional styles. Some of these are included in our templates.

See also working with styles [www.goldenford.co.uk/main.pl?styles]

Chapters can be separate documents (see master documents). When combined, the page break in 'Heading 2' gives correct pagination.

Suggested Paragraph Style settings

In Word, settings are in dialogue boxes starting from Format > Styles and Formatting
In OpenOffice, settings are in the floating styles palette. Right click to modify a style
Adjust the style settings so your manuscript looks good. The sequence is much more important than the detailed settings.

Section normal: for most text, first line indented, colour automatic, widow control, language UK English, following style section normal
other styles dependent on Section normal, settings thus inherited unless explicitly changed
Section first: Section normal + no indent, following style Section normal
Section last (space): Section normal + desired spacing after, following style Section first
Section last (separator): Section normal + keep with next, following style Section separator
Section separator: Section normal + centred with desired spacing before and after, following style Section first
Heading 2: for chapter headings, Section normal + page break before + spacing before and after 30pt + font size increase, following style Section first
Heading 3: for sub-headings only if these are to be included in the table of contents, settings similar to Heading 2. You may need to adjust the spacing settings