However, pay special attention when previewing your file. Technically, you don’t have to do any conversions.
Now what? Can you just upload it to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) or another book service as is? Or do you have to do more? So you’ve successfully formatted your book in Word. It shows all the chapter headings, making it easy to click to the beginning of each chapter without scrolling through the document. This will allow the Navigation Pane to pop up on the side of the document. Customizing the headings allows you to easily change all Chapter Headings or other types of headings in your book without having to change them manually.Īfter the chapter headings have been standardized, you can go to the View tab and check the box by Navigation Pane. Then, select the Chapter Heading you’re modifying and apply the Chapter Heading style you created to every chapter in your book. You can modify the font type and size if you would like it to be different from the ones provided by Microsoft Word. There are several options provided by Microsoft Word, such as Heading 1, Heading 2, Title, etc. To make sure Chapter Headings are uniform for all chapters, select the Chapter Heading in the document, then navigate to the Styles tab. It’s best to keep all the Chapter Headings the same throughout the book. Since ebooks are read on various types of tablets and digital devices and have reflowable text, the page size doesn’t matter and you can leave it at the default, which is 8.5” x 11” letter in the US. The line spacing should be changed to Single and the alignment should be set to Left for the body text. Instead, click into the Paragraph settings and change the indentation to First Line, then 0.2” or 0.3.” You can try a few different indentation sizes and see which one looks better. When writing a book in Word that you intend to export as an ebook, you need to refrain from using the Tab key and implementing hard indentations for every paragraph because this results in an indentation that is much too large for a book. Update your Microsoft Word paragraph settings and marginsĪfter the font is set and you’re ready, change the indentation in the Paragraph settings.