• Title Formatting Style: Choose
chapter heading styles from the drop down menu to best match the styles used in the manuscript.
The chapter heading style, italics, centering and non-indent on the first paragraph all came through fine.
Not exact matches
The recommended text format is Microsoft Word and you'll get better results if major elements such as
chapter titles and
headings are marked up with Word's
styles.
Each
chapter title throughout your book should be formatted in a «
heading»
style of your font.
Your
Chapter Headings should still be using the «h1»
style.
If you already have a Draft2Digital account, you would simply log in, upload your manuscript as a Word document (no special formatting require — just use the «
Heading 1»
style for
chapter headings), and get free conversions to EPUB, MOBI, and a print - ready PDF.
It doesn't take that long; you just need to skip down to end of each
chapter, hit «split at cursor» under the «edit» menu, highlight all the
chapter headings and select H1, add your
style to the first paragraph (although - coding the «no indent» first paragraph is a little tricky... You'd need to make two
styles in the
style sheet; one for normal text, one for no indent.)
The
style for the
chapter header above is called «Chapter - Head»; the first paragraph with the drop cap is called «Body - First.
chapter header above is called «
Chapter - Head»; the first paragraph with the drop cap is called «Body - First.
Chapter -
Head»; the first paragraph with the drop cap is called «Body - First.»
Mark up your
chapter headings and the centered text portions, adjust the
styles to your linking and take a look at your own book.
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Each element in your manuscript (
chapter titles,
headings, body copy, quotations, etc) gets its own
style tag, which stores whatever formatting commands you assign.
Use an 11 pt or 12 pt font size for your main body text, and the default «
Heading 1» or «
Heading 2» in the
style pallet in Word for all
chapter and page
headings.
To make a table of contents work, your
chapter headings need to use an H1 / H2
style.
Paragraph text should be consistent with
chapter or section
headings using Microsoft Word's default
heading styles.
So set up your Table of Contents dialog box to gather the paragraph
styles you want to include (part titles,
chapter titles, and perhaps main
headings), then make sure the Include Book Documents box is checked, and click OK.
Use
Heading Style 1 for your
chapter titles.
If the main purpose is to use
chapter headings to organize the book's
chapters in a minimal and simplistic way, then using a text - only
chapter heading with an attractive font
style will work.
Since we have been using a special stye in our HTML file to manicure
chapter headings, we can now use this
style to tell Calibre where each
chapter starts.
Chapter one writer Brian Michael Bendis opens the story in almost stereotypical big action flick
style: we see the Phoenix force destroy a planet before
heading toward Earth, we meet our heroes (at least the Avengers appear to be our heroes based on how Cyclops acts later in the book... but we'll get to that in a minute) in the calm before the storm, and then disaster befalls New York City.
When this happens, your eBook needs to be
styled with
headings that point out its sections or
chapters.
I tried again and it doesn't export the
chapters headings as h1, but instead creates paragraphs that are
styled the same as the
Heading 1
style was.
My only complaint is that the
chapter titles I
styled in Word with
Heading 1 do not translate as h1 tags.
Having a template based on their specs makes it easy to drop in my text, apply my paragraph
styles, add frills and fun
chapter heads, and export for print.
If you've applied Microsoft Word
Styles to your
chapter headings and subheadings, you can use the sidebar pane to navigate easily through your document.
Yet I get an email saying «Please
style the title and
chapter headings in your document as
Heading 1, to add them as links in your NCX.»
They can
style chapter headings and drop caps.
Next, if you're using the
Heading style for your
chapter headings, go ahead and apply that to your
headings.
Try using Normal for all body text, and if you want to using a
heading style, maybe something like Heading 2 for chapter headings (don't over-use Heading styles, because the Heading style will cause page breaks to be automatically inserted in your EPUB and MOBI versions ahead of each He
heading style, maybe something like
Heading 2 for chapter headings (don't over-use Heading styles, because the Heading style will cause page breaks to be automatically inserted in your EPUB and MOBI versions ahead of each He
Heading 2 for
chapter headings (don't over-use
Heading styles, because the Heading style will cause page breaks to be automatically inserted in your EPUB and MOBI versions ahead of each He
Heading styles, because the
Heading style will cause page breaks to be automatically inserted in your EPUB and MOBI versions ahead of each He
Heading style will cause page breaks to be automatically inserted in your EPUB and MOBI versions ahead of each
HeadingHeading).
Just select your first
chapter title and select «
Heading 1» at your
styles.