Set paragraph indentations and line spacing

1. On the Home tab, right-click the Normal style and choose Modify.
2. Click the Format list (the drop-down at the bottom of the dialog box) and choose Paragraph. This opens another dialog box.
3. Under Indentation > Special, set First line indent to 0.2" (5 mm).
4. Under Spacing, set Before and After to 0 pt, and Line spacing to Single.
5. Click OK.

Format Chapter Titles

1. Place your cursor next to the first chapter title.
2. On the Home tab, click Heading 1.
3. Set the alignment to Center.
4. Repeat for each chapter title.

Create a Table of Contents

Add front and back matter

• Title
• Dedication pages
• Copyright. If you want to add a copyright page, here's a template:
  Copyright © 2018 Author Name
  All rights reserved.
  
  

• “About the Author” page
• Bibliography.

Insert and format Images

Add page breaks

1. Place your cursor where you want your page to end.
2. Go to the Insert tab.
3. Click Page Break.

Insert hyperlinks

1. Highlight the text you want to link.
2. Go to the Insert tab.
3. Under Links, click Hyperlink. This opens a dialog box.
   
   
4. Enter the URL you want to link to in the Address field.
5. Click OK.

Add footnotes

1. Place your cursor where you want the footnote to appear.
2. On the References tab, click Insert Footnote.
   
   
3. The cursor will jump to the footnote section at the bottom of the page.
4. Enter your footnote here. When your upload your eBook, the footnotes will be automatically converted to endnotes.

Check for errors

• Spelling. Use Word's built-in spellcheck and grammar tools, but also proofread your file manually. The tools may not catch every error.
• Hard returns. A hard return is anywhere you press the Enter key while typing your manuscript. Hard returns can change the design of your book in unintended ways. To avoid this, only use hard returns when you want to start a new paragraph or create extra space between paragraphs. You shouldn't use them at the end of every line.
• Track Changes. Make sure the Track Changes option is turned off. You can check this by going to the Tracking section of the Review tab.
• Cover image file. Don't include your cover image in your manuscript file. When you publish your eBook, we'll automatically add the cover image you provide during title setup.
• Page numbers, headers, footers. eBooks are reflowable and can be viewed with different font sizes, so page numbers and page count don't apply. Also, eBooks don't have headers and footers, so you don't need to add them to your file. For in-depth instructions, see Creating Reflowable Books.
• Text boxes and shapes. We don't recommend inserting text boxes and shapes to create diagrams. If you want to include visuals like these, insert them as images.
• Drop caps. Drop caps are large capital letters at the beginning of a block of text with two or more lines of regular text. They're typically used for the first letter of the first sentence of a chapter. Drop caps are supported, but they may not appear the way you want them to if you add them in Word. We recommend using Kindle Create to add elements like drop caps.

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• Phones

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