Dungeon Styles Sheets

when I try to download the styles sheets (next to the writers guidleines) for Dungeon I get a single page word document that says only...

This document contains the Microsoft Word style sheets for properly formatting your submissions.

there is nothing more to it then that... is there any way to get the actual style sheets?

The styles are actually embedded in that document. I'm about half-way through writing up a "how to use these styles" document that'll go up on the website once it's done, but things are CRAZY BUSY here with the holidays and everyone's Favorite Editor-In-Chief taking a much-deserved vacation.

So until I get a chance to finish off that document, I'm afraid you're on your own with those styles, although by selecting the style pull-down menu when you have the document open, the names should be mostly self-explanitory.

I do have "finish style sheet guidelines" on my to-do list, I promise! But it'll probalby not be up online for at least a week or two...

I see... well thanks for getting back to me so quickly :)

I'm sure that there are more features to it that James will get to in his magnum opus, but what he has described is essentially all you need. Select a font from the drop down menu and just start typing. Then select a new font as necessary for specialized text (room labels, read-aloud text, monster stats, etc.). They're fairly self-explanatory. The last adventure I wrote was the first time I used the styles sheet, and I am fairly computer illiterate so it's not too hard to figure out a working knowledge (though like I said, I'm sure there's a lot I'm missing that James will expand upon).

Select a font from the drop down menu and just start typing. Then select a new font as necessary for specialized text (room labels, read-aloud text, monster stats, etc.).

You'll actually want to select the style, not the font. Just a clarification.

Sean Glenn
Art Director Dragon and Dungeon magazines

Thanks. That was my computer illiteracy showing.