If you’ve done this right, the first page will say “First page Footer, Section 1” and the top of the next page will say “First Page Header, Section 2.”Ĭlick into the headers area (by clicking the space at the top of the page) and make sure you’ve checked "Different First Page” and “Different Odd and Even Pages.”īecause this is the first page of the first chapter, you can begin styling the chapter pages. So put the cursor before any of the text, go to “Page Layout” > “Breaks” and “Next Page.” This will be really important later when we start adding headers and footers. Next, we’re going to separate all the chapters. This time, right click and “Save the selection as a new style.” Save it as “First Paragraph.” Chapter Pages Then select the first paragraph of your book, click line spacing options again, but set the first line indent at 0.0. With that text still selected, right click, go to “Styles” and “Update Normal to Match Selection.” Now your whole document is using the “Normal style.” Make sure there's no space before or after the paragraph, and justified text. Set the indent for the first line of paragraphs to. Highlight some text and click on the "line options" tab. Copy and paste your text into the document (or, if you’ve already been writing in Word, save the document as a new file (to be safe) and then start formatting. Recently (2014) I've noticed that Createspace book spines are much more glued-together, so the gutter may need to be a little bigger. The "Gutter" is extra space on the inside. I set this one to 1" margins on the top and bottom (a bit too much on the top). Make sure to apply to the “whole document” instead of “this section.” Click “size”> “More paper sizes” and set the document to 6”x9” (or your book size). How to format a book in Microsoft Word (with pictures) Getting started
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