Formatting Contract Text

NOTE-- We retired MacNail construction software in 2000, and replaced it with Goldenseal: a complete, integrated business software package for Macintosh and Windows. Goldenseal handles construction spec writing, plus accounting, construction estimating, and project management, Any word processor will be able to format the text you create from a Goldenseal contract.

Formatting Text

There are many formatting options available to you in any word processor program. This section mentions a few of the more common things you can do to contract documents created from the MacNail project management software.

Create Bolds and Italics

You can improve the look of your contracts with careful use of bold, italic, bold italic and other text styles.

To change the style of text in a word processor, follow these steps:

1. Select the text whose style you'd like to change.
2. Choose the desired text style from the Font, Format or Style menu (depending on the word processor you use).

Change Fonts and Font sizes

To improve the look of contracts created from the MacNail construction management software, use larger text for section headings, and smaller text for footnotes or less important sections of text.

You can also change the font itself to create a different look-- a sans-serif font looks more modern than a more traditional serif font, for example, while serif fonts (such as the one used in this manual) are generally easier to read.

HINT: To avoid a sloppy look, use a maximum of two different fonts in your contract.

To change the font or font size in a word processor:

1. Select the text whose style you'd like to change.
2. Choose the desired font or font size from the Font, Format or Style menu (depending on the program you use).

HINT: In some programs you can use 'style sheets' to make it easier to use the same text styles on similar kinds of text. Check your word processor manual for more about style sheets, if they are available.