Course curriculum

  • 1

    Book Layout

    • Introduction

    • Word book template

    • Can I create my own book template?

    • Book layout checklist

    • Book layouts to check

  • 2

    Word book template

    • Updated book template

    • Book sizes

    • Book templates (download)

    • How to get MS Word

    • Outsourcing the layout (job brief)

    • Fonts

    • Formatting using Powerpoint/Keynote

  • 3

    How to edit the pages

    • Testimonials page

    • Title page

    • Copyright page

    • Contents page

    • Free Gift page

    • Acknowledgements page

    • Your signature

    • About the Author page and photo placement

    • Book recommendations

    • Chapter pages

    • Chapter dividers

    • Chapter subsection dividers & woodcuts

    • End-of-chapter pages

    • "One last thing..." page

  • 4

    Template quick tips

    • The file

    • Using Styles

    • Pasting text properly

    • Using Undo

    • Saving frequently

    • Changing pictures

    • Changing captions

    • Changing titles and body text

    • Changing headers

    • Adding a new chapter properly

    • Updating the contents page

    • Change to US spelling

    • Hyphenation feature

    • Done!

    • Adding a dedication page

    • 'Blank' pages

    • Adding a 'shaded' box

    • Save your file as a pdf

  • 5

    Laying out images

    • How to lay out illustrations

    • An 'illustrations' page and bleed

    • Import images at high resolution

    • Change colour illustrations to greyscale in Word

    • Improve contrast of illustrations in Word

  • 6

    Index

    • Why have an index?

    • Create the index using AI

    • How to create the index in Word

    • How to edit the index

    • Do NOT copy-paste the index

    • Adding a subentry

    • Fixing duplicate index entries

  • 7

    InDesign

    • Microsoft Word vs Adobe InDesign

  • 8

    Kindle books

    • Print on Demand (POD) books

    • Different paper sizes?

    • Book 'versions' (US vs UK)

    • Hardcovers?

  • 9

    References

    • How to add references

  • 10

    More info

    • Get both doc and pdf file formats

    • The first few pages of your book

    • Text alignment and hyphenation

    • Updating your book

    • Choosing a printer

    • Special paper in Amazon books

    • Placement of images

    • Margins error

    • Weird bullets

    • Do we need to lay out the page margins?

    • Should I print in B&W or colour?

    • How to remove wide gaps between words