Help Front & back matter

Front & back matter

Choose where a page appears, and which side it starts on

What you'll do: choose a page's position and editions, with optional print layout settings.

The Book extras screen

Open a page's editor, then Page options. For a page created automatically, choose Page options from its ⋯ menu.

Include in

To keep your text but leave the page out of both editions, clear Include in my book.

Placement

Choose Before my chapters or After my chapters. To change its order within that group, use the ⋯ menu's Move up and Move down controls.

Start on (print only)

Choosing a side can add a blank page before this one. Use recommended page sides applies conventional sides to standard opening pages. These settings don't affect ebooks, where pages adapt to the reader's screen.

The selected-page Print preview shows this page's layout. Its final side and number depend on the complete book.

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