![]() When you click on an image, you will see a little blue anchor symbol appear next to a paragraph of text. I try to crop everything before I bring it in to Word, especially census scans. When you add an image in Word, make sure to select a Text Wrapping setting. They are not only interesting – they give the eye a break from big overwhelming blocks of text. Photos and document scans were a huge component of my book. I also wanted to control the size and location of each image myself. I’m a very visual person, and I wanted the photos and documents to be embedded in the narrative, rather than collected at the end. This also allowed me more control over layout. These files would be incorporated into the book by FBC in between the hard data. That’s one separate Word document for each couple. ![]() So, I decided to free-write a biographical chapter for each couple in the book (for the first 3 generations). And I had slowly been learning that census data contains more stories than I ever thought, if I sat down and really paid attention. There were historical facts and context that would be very helpful in understanding our family’s emigration and foundation in the U.S. She would want to read stories, really learn about her ancestors. ![]() Then I sat down and thought about my intended audience (my grandmother) and decided that only seeing names, dates, and places would not be as interesting to her as it is to me. My original plan was to just let FBC write the whole book for me.
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