How to Format Your Article Using Our Scenario Styles 
(Source: Flynn, Peter Editing Word Files for Publication Jan. 2007 < http://epu.ucc.ie/doc/wordedit?chunk=prep#N10146>)
You have written an article for Scenario and wish to send us a copy.
At Scenario, all articles must be formatted using the same layout to visually connect articles and to easily transfer articles onto our web page. To format your article, please follow these steps:
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To Download and Use Our Stylesheet
Download our style template labelled SCstylesheet.dot and save it as Document Template, ie. as .dot file under Templates (see Fig.1 and 2).

 
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2.	To Set Up Microsoft Word to Format Your Articles 
Open your article in Microsoft Word.  Select Tools from the top task pane, scroll down and select Options (Fig. 3).

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The Options window will pop-up (Fig.4).  Under Outline and Normal Options set the Style area width to 3cm and click OK.

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3.	To View the Style Area of Your Text

Go to View in the top task pane and select Normal (Fig.5). You will now see the style area on the left hand side (Fig.6). (However, only in View  Normal.)

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If the document has no other styles in use, all paragraphs (including headings, lists, etc. will be labelled Normal).
4.	To Find Our Scenario Styles
Stay in Microsoft Word.  Go to the Tools menu in the top task pane and select Templates and Add-Ins (Fig.7).  A new window will pop up (Fig 8). Under Global templates and add-ins check the box next to SCstylesheet.dot to load it. 

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If SCstylesheet.dot does not appear as item in the box, click on the Add button (Fig.9).  
Then search for the folder that contains SCstylesheet.dot, select it and click OK (Fig. 10)!

Now SCstylesheet.dot will appear under Global templates and add-ins. 
Check the box next to it and click OK (Fig.8).

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5.	To Find Our Scenario Styles
To find SCEANRIO styles, first return to your article (word document).  Go to Format in the top task pane and select Styles and Formatting (Fig.11).

A Styles and Formatting window will pop up (Fig.12). Find the Show menu (here at the very bottom) and select All styles. 

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This menu may appear in a different way on your screen.

At SCENARIO everyone needs to use the same set of 13 possible styles.  We have chosen nine styles already existent in any Word style catalogue and four styles specifically created for SCENARIO and labelled with SC:
Normal			SC Abstract, 
Title			SC Author / Autor,
Heading 1		SC Block Citation / Blockzitat 
Heading 2		SC Source / Quelle
Heading 3
Heading 4
List Bullet
List Number
List Continued

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To find each of these styles simply scroll up or down in your alphabetical style list. 
6.	 If Our SC Styles Do Not Appear in Your Styles and Formatting Window 
If the SC styles do not appear in the alphabetical list under Styles and Formatting with the Show menu on All styles please proceed in the following way: 
1.	Open your article (word document). 
2.	 If you haven’t already done so, go to Tools, select Options and under Outline and other options set the Style area width to 3cm and click Ok. 
3.	Then, go to View and select Normal. You should then see the style area of your document (here on the left hand side).  
4.	Now go to Format and select Styles and Formatting. 
5.	A window will pop up showing different styles.)  Go to the Show menu (here at the bottom of the Styles and formatting window) and select custom.  
6.	A new window named Format Settings will appear. Simply click on Styles (Fig.13).
7.	A further window called Organiser will then appear (Fig.14).

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8.	It will show the styles available in Your Article and in Normal.dot, Word’s normal template. You do not need Normal.dot now, so select Close File. 
9.	Click Open File, select SCstylesheet.dot in the Templates folder, and Open it (Fig.15). 

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