Q: How Do I Prepare the Word Document Before Uploading in the Book-Building Tool?

Insert page breaks at the end of each chapter or section of the Word file. This will split the document into editable chapters or sections.
- - Go to
    - Insert>Page Break (PC)
    - Insert>Break>Page Break (Mac)
  - Keyboard shortcuts
    - Ctrl+Enter (PC)
    - Shift+Enter (Mac)
Apply the "Heading 1" style to all chapter and section headers.
- - Home > Styles>Heading 1
  - Keyboard shortcuts
    - Alt+Ctrl+1 (PC)
    - ⌘ + Option + 1 (Mac)
Remove the following, they will be added in the Book-Building Tool based on the book details you provide and the layout you choose.
- - Page numbers
  - Headers and footers
  - Contents page
  - Half-title and title pages
  - Fonts
Footnotes in the Word document will need to be removed and manually added as text only, without links.