MS Word question - can I create "chapters" - like worksheets in Excel?

tankman1989

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I often find myself in need of a way to organize my writings in Word. I basically need to create "chapters" that are not linear but arranged alphabetically or numerically kind of like a textbook. The ideal setup would be having a Word document within an Excel spreadsheet where I can create worksheets (or "chapters) within the document. I can't think of a good way to do this within Word and may just end up writing a lot of my work in Excel as it allows me to keep my work organized and easily accessible.

Do you follow what I am asking?

I actually have the need for a lot of spreadsheets within the work that I am doing so writing it within Excel might not be such a bad idea.

The closest thing I have found to being able to write withing Excel is to widen the width of column A to take up the whole page and then I just write in each cell as if I am writing on a typewriter. I used to do this and then use the "underline cell" function to make lined notebook paper of custom size. The only problem with writing like this is when I go to print or publish the file it will be very difficult to export it to a manageable file.

So can any of you brains figure out a working solution for this?
 
A client of mine who is a screenwriter uses screenplay writing software (free) called Sophocles that might fill the bill for what you're trying to accomplish. If I recall it will export to Microsoft Word.

http://download.cnet.com/windows/sheehan-software/3260-20_4-64251.html?tag=rb_content;contentBody

There is a minor problem with the program in saving the documents, if I recall correctly. Unfortunately, the software author reportedly passed and the software is no longer supported. On the upside, I found a fix for it, if you decide to use it, send me a message and I'll search out the forum where I found the updated DLL files to fix the problem.

Addendum. Fixing the software problem was my primary goal so I didn't spend a lot of time working with it, but from what I could see it didn't have a very steep learning curve.
 
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Have you tried One Note?

My wife uses it all the time & swears by it. She keeps a lot of notes, drawings & pictures and it helps her keep them in one place.
 
Have you tried One Note?

My wife uses it all the time & swears by it. She keeps a lot of notes, drawings & pictures and it helps her keep them in one place.

Ditto. You are trying to do what OneNote is built for. Worth looking at. I hate it but only because I'm never that organized. :D
 
Ditto. You are trying to do what OneNote is built for. Worth looking at. I hate it but only because I'm never that organized. :D

Wow, One Note looks awesome! I did find another solution which is basically exactly what I asked for in Notepad++ (which is totally awesome for so many more reasons than tabbed files!!). I'm a little torn between which one to use.

On to one note!!!!:D

Thanks guys!
 
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