"1. Start OpenOffice.org Writer with a regular blank document template.
"The first thing you will need to do is set the size of your book. In my personal experience, it helped me tremendously with writing to be able to see each page at a normal book size rather than the 8.5″x11″ college essay size. Suddenly, writing one hundred or two hundred pages will not take so long or seem so daunting.
"2. Click “Format” in the menu and then click “Page...”
"3. Enter in your custom width and height.
