Can anyone help me confirm the steps/details of a manuscript?

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I understand it's the "complete/edited" version of the book one makes or has just finished!. And I also understand it has to be!.!.!.

-Fully printed
-Pages numbered
-Author name
-Book title

The question I have and am confused on is where should the authors name and book title be!? And should it be double spaced, I haven't thought about but if it does, it'd be taking up oh so many paper and ink! Wowzah! But if it does have to be double spaced, I'll use the extra money!.

also, is there some kind of format I can use/find or if anyone can give me the website to where I can find a format of a manuscript!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Ideally, you'll submit your manuscript in laser-printed form!. If you can't afford that, then use an inkjet printer (used with good bond paper, it's almost as good as laser), a good dot-matrix printer, or an electric typewriter!. If your dot-matrix printer has a pale ribbon and you can't replace it, make a darker photocopy of the original printout!.
Consider your choice of font!. A sans serif font is legible but not readable--that is, you can recognize a word or phrase quickly, but reading page after page would be exhausting!. A boldface font is even worse!. A serif font is more readable, so by all means choose one for the body of your manuscript text!. Point size is also important!. For the Mac, 12-point Times isn't bad, and it lets you put a lot of text on one page!. But 14-point Times is more readable!.
Paper should be standard 8!.5x11, 20 lb!. white bond!. If you use fanfold paper in a dot-matrix printer, make sure it's reasonably heavy!. (You will of course separate each page and remove the strips on the sides!.) Give yourself a margin of at least an inch top and bottom, and an inch or an inch and a half on the sides!. Double-space your text!. Do not put an extra double-space between paragraphs, unless you want a similar gap on the printed page to indicate a change of scene or passage of time!. Indent each paragraph about half an inch!. If you are using a font with letters that take up variable amounts of space, a single space after a period is enough!. If you are using a typewriter or a monospace font, two spaces are better!. Either way, a single space should follow every comma, semicolon, and colon!. If you can, use an ``em dash'' with no spaces between the dash and the surrounding words!. Two hyphens -- are an acceptable substitute!. Underline text only if you cannot italicize it!.
Do not use a right-justified margin! It may look tidy, but it creates gaps between words that make reading hard!. Avoid hyphenations!. also avoid ``widows and orphans''--that is, a paragraph that begins on the last line of a page, or a paragraph that ends on the first line the following page!. Most word processors can kick such paragraphs onto the next page!. This may create huge lower margins, but it's better than breaking a paragraph!.
Be sure that each page displays a plain Arabic numeral in the upper right-hand corner!. Otherwise, don't bother with a header!. They're not going to scatter your ms!. or lose the title page!. And when you send it in, don't bind it in a cute cover!. Send it loose, in a typing-paper box!. Make sure you have at least two copies on disk (in separate locations) or a photocopy!.

Best Of Luck!

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