Answers.Body: <p>It's complicated to format poetry. I'm not sure MS word would be the best way to do it. I've formatted 2 ebooks with a good amount of poetry and I did it purely with css. </p>
  
  <p>EPUBSECRETS wrote a two part article on it: <a href="http://epubsecrets.com/well-hung-poetry-ebooks-and-indents-part-one.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://epubsecrets.com/well-hung-poetry-ebooks-and-indents-part-one.php</a> and <a href="http://epubsecrets.com/well-hung-poetry-ebooks-and-indents-part-two.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://epubsecrets.com/well-hung-poetry-ebooks-and-indents-part-two.php</a></p>
  
  <p>Derek Murphy has two videos about formatting poetry on MS Word: <a href="http://diybookformats.com/format-publish-market-book-poetry/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://diybookformats.com/format-publish-market-book-poetry/</a> Murphy always has great ideas, but I'm skeptical about using MS Word for poetry. </p>
  
  <p>My code about formatting verse is somewhere, I can't find it at the moment. Two hints: 1)make sure you test on BOTH  a small device (IE width less than 767 px) and a 10 inch tablet (1025px and above). 2)Make sure the page breaks where you want. The css properties page-break-before and page break-after are supposed to work; I can't remember if they work in Kindle. CHeck Paul Salvette's article <a href="http://www.paulsalvette.com/2012/04/adding-page-breaks-for-your-kindle.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.paulsalvette.com/2012/04/adding-page-breaks-for-your-kindle.html</a></p>
  
  <p>I use something like this: </p>
  
  <pre><code>blockquote.stanza {
       margin: 1em 0em 1em 0em;  
  
   }
  
   /* for verse lines. */
  
   p.line-verse {
      text-indent: -2em; padding-left: 3em;
      padding-right: 3em;
      line-height: 80%;
  
   }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Looking over this code, I realize that line-height was used mainly for a quotation of a longer verse passage in a prose chapter. You wouldn't need to use that. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I am designing a poetry ebook with Microsoft word. Where can I find free templates that I can use? All the free templates I see online are for InDesign but I need one for Microsoft word.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
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Title: How can I get free Microsoft word templates for poetry books?
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ThreadText: # How can I get free Microsoft word templates for poetry books?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-03)
  
  I am designing a poetry ebook with Microsoft word. Where can I find free templates that I can use? All the free templates I see online are for InDesign but I need one for Microsoft word.
  
  Thanks.
  
  **Tags:** ebook-management, editing
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-04. Score: 1
  
  It's complicated to format poetry. I'm not sure MS word would be the best way to do it. I've formatted 2 ebooks with a good amount of poetry and I did it purely with css. 
  EPUBSECRETS wrote a two part article on it: http://epubsecrets.com/well-hung-poetry-ebooks-and-indents-part-one.php and http://epubsecrets.com/well-hung-poetry-ebooks-and-indents-part-two.php
  Derek Murphy has two videos about formatting poetry on MS Word: http://diybookformats.com/format-publish-market-book-poetry/ Murphy always has great ideas, but I'm skeptical about using MS Word for poetry. 
  My code about formatting verse is somewhere, I can't find it at the moment. Two hints: 1)make sure you test on BOTH  a small device (IE width less than 767 px) and a 10 inch tablet (1025px and above). 2)Make sure the page breaks where you want. The css properties page-break-before and page break-after are supposed to work; I can't remember if they work in Kindle. CHeck Paul Salvette's article http://www.paulsalvette.com/2012/04/adding-page-breaks-for-your-kindle.html
  I use something like this: 
  blockquote.stanza {
       margin: 1em 0em 1em 0em;  
  
   }
  
   /* for verse lines. */
  
   p.line-verse {
      text-indent: -2em; padding-left: 3em;
      padding-right: 3em;
      line-height: 80%;
  
   }
  
  Looking over this code, I realize that line-height was used mainly for a quotation of a longer verse passage in a prose chapter. You wouldn't need to use that.
  
  
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