| Q: What program should I use to format my tables? |
A: Please use Microsoft Word; it will create the least amount of problems
for CPG when publishing your USGS book or map. Tables done in Excel often have
to be redone from scratch.
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| Q: How do you make an em dash and an en dash in Word on the PC? |
A: Em
dash — with the "Num Lock" turned on,
hold down the Alt key and type
"0151."
En dash – with the "Num Lock" turned on, hold down the Alt key and type "0150."
Mac
users can achieve these characters by typing opt-hyphen (–en dash)
and shift-opt-hyphen (—em dash).
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| Q: My digital camera takes great photographs (they look good on my computer
monitor), but I'm concerned that the resolution of the photographs it takes
may be too low to use in printed USGS books and maps. Where can I get more
information about this? |
A: Please
take a look at "Advice for Authors Using Digital Cameras" on
the CPG web page (http://cpg.cr.usgs.gov/toolbox/digital_advice.html). It will give
you more information about the resolution necessary for digital photographs
used in offset-printed books and maps.
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| Q:
Where do completed manuscripts go when ready for log-in and approval
by the Central Publications Group? |
A: Completed manuscripts are sent to Amanda Hill, MS 902 or dropped
off to Room D2101 in the Central Publications Group hallway, Bldg.
20.
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| Q:
How are figure captions handled in layout? Should they be part of the illustration file, or submitted in Word? |
A: It
is always best to leave the figure captions out of the graphic file itself
(i.e. illustrator files). The layout person would have to delete them
anyway before placing the figure in the layout. We usually place the
captions from Word into the proper place in the layout below the graphic.
As for the TOC, InDesign has the capability of creating a TOC from the
layout and pulling in the figure captions, but we normally do not do
this as the figures listed in the TOC are often more of a description
of what the figure is rather than the actual figure caption. The figures
listed in the TOC come from a Word file that is placed and tagged in
InDesign.
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