Book Interior Basics: Chapter Openers, Page Numbers, Running Heads

Make your manuscript look like a book: chapters that open on a right-hand page with a proper sink, page numbers on the outside edge, running heads that follow each chapter, and roman numerals for the front matter — all set up once with master pages. Episode 3 of Season 1, "From Word to KDP in Your Browser": we make one public-domain book (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 6 × 9 in) from manuscript to printed proof. ▶ Episode 2 — Import a Word manuscript:    • Import a Word Manuscript and Keep Your Styles   ▶ Full playlist:    • From Word to KDP in Your Browser — Season 1   In PodoLay: • Chapter openers: paragraph style › Keep Options › Start Paragraph: On Next Odd Page • Page numbers: on the master, right-click › Insert Marker › Current Page Number, aligned away from the spine • Running heads: right-click › Insert Text Variable › Running Header (Heading 1) • Sink: a B-Master with a deep top margin for chapter openers; blank pages get None • Front matter: right-click the page › Numbering & Section Options (i, ii, iii — then 1) Try PodoLay free: https://podolay.com/en/?utm_source=yo... Manual — Pages & master pages: https://podolay.com/en/support/manual... Manual — Styles: https://podolay.com/en/support/manual... The free plan covers documents up to 30 pages; the 92-page example book in this series uses a paid plan. EPUB export is free on every plan. In this video 0:00 From manuscript to book 0:33 Anatomy of a spread 1:30 Chapter openers on the right 2:07 Page numbers on the master 2:48 Running heads 3:13 Opener master with a sink 3:43 Front matter numbering 4:07 Checklist Made by the PodoLay developer. Narration is AI-generated (text-to-speech) from a script written by a person. The example book (Lewis Carroll, 1865, illustrations by John Tenniel) is in the public domain in the US; it is not offered for sale.