Guides

Why Does Page 47 Look Weird? A Calm Debugging C...

A calm, systematic checklist for fixing a strange-looking page in Word: show formatting marks, hunt stray section breaks, style overrides, keep-with-next, and image anchors.

Word Section Breaks, Finally Explained (Next Pa...

What Word section breaks control in a book, the four break types, why chapter openers use odd-page breaks, seeing breaks with Show/Hide, and fixing a broken section chain.

Pasting Your Manuscript Into a Template Without...

How to paste your manuscript into a book template cleanly: use unformatted or merge formatting paste, work chapter by chapter, apply styles after, then do a cleanup pass.

Book Layout: The Complete Guide to How a Book's...

A complete guide to book layout: the anatomy of a page (margins, gutter, text block, running heads, folios), front matter order, chapter openers, typography, trim sizes, and print vs ebook.

Fonts for Books: Which Ones You Can Legally Use...

Can you legally use a Word font in a book you sell? A plain-English guide to font licensing for print and ebooks, safe free routes, classic book fonts, and what...

The Half Title Page: Why Books Still Open With ...

What a half title page is, the tradition behind it, when to include or skip it, and how it affects your book's page count and the recto chapter start.