Math book set up

Rivkah Lewis

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    • May 27, 2015 at 1:47 am #75688
      Rivkah Lewis
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      I’m working on a math book for kids teaching multiplication and division.
      The publisher has had a typist type up with file in Word in simple lines going across.
      Some pages have exercises like this:
      12
      x 14
      _____

      (A line underneath for the answer)

      Plus they all need a number next to them in a way that the children can see it is the number of the exercise and not a number as part of the math problem.

      A different designer has already done a book in this series and I’ve seen her set up, but I was wondering what you all would suggest in terms of the best more time efficient way of setting up the pages.

      Thanks!

    • May 28, 2015 at 11:26 am #75708
      Kelly Vaughn
      Participant

      Hi Rivkah,

      I am assuming you want the math problems to have the numbers right aligned. Set up a paragraph styles containing both a numbered list and a rule below. Change all the hard returns in each math problem to soft returns.

      Indents and Spacing:
      – Right-aligned paragraph

      Bullets and Numbering
      – Bullet or number position alignment doesn’t seem to matter
      – Left indent: 0.625 in
      – First line indent: -0.625 in

      Paragraph Rules:
      – Rule Below:
      – 0.5 pt
      – Width: Text
      – Offset: .03 in

      Do a find and replace for all the underscores to remove them and change the paragraph style to the new one you just made.

    • May 31, 2015 at 1:56 am #75729
      Rivkah Lewis
      Member

      Kelly:
      Thanks for taking the time to reply.

      There is something perhaps I did not write clearly enough – or that I didn’t understand from your answer – and that is that there are a number of rows of these problems going across horizontally.
      Is there something in the above that spaces these?

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