Prepare your Word manuscript for book formatting.

Use Word styles to mark the structure.

Select each chapter title and choose Home → Styles → Heading 1. Making a heading larger or bold is not enough: the formatting process needs the actual heading style to recognise the chapter.

Use Heading 2 and Heading 3 for subheadings, and Normal for body text. Use the Title style for the book title. We create the final table of contents, so do not add an automatic Word table of contents or page-number fields to this source copy.

• Chapter title: Heading 1
• Subheading: Heading 2 or Heading 3
• Body text: Normal
• Book title: Title

Keep the writing and paragraph structure simple.

Accept or reject tracked changes, then remove comments from the copy you will submit. Proofread the text before ordering. We format your manuscript; we do not edit the wording.

Keep bold and italic where you want them. Use real paragraphs and simple, single-level lists. Avoid text boxes, columns and spacing built with repeated tabs or blank paragraphs. Print headers and page numbers will be made in the final PDF.

Place each image in its own paragraph.

The standard service accepts up to five PNG or JPEG images. Select each image in Word and choose the In Line with Text layout option. Put it in a paragraph without other text, rather than wrapping text around it.

Use the original high-quality image where possible. We check the placed resolution for print. Do not rely on a tiny screenshot enlarged to fill a page. Contact us first for illustrated books or images extending to the page edge.

Do not remove important content just to pass the check.

The fixed-price process stops when it finds tables, footnotes, endnotes, hyperlinks, formulas, Word fields, floating images, text boxes or nested lists. This prevents those elements from disappearing silently.

If any of these are essential to your book, ask us to assess the manuscript separately. Do not delete references or convert important tables into ordinary text merely to obtain a passing result. A different production route may be needed.

Save as .docx and run the free check.

Save the source copy as a Word .docx document, not .doc, PDF or an image. Check the complete manuscript, not just one chapter, before proceeding to payment.

The check runs inside your browser and does not upload the file. It checks structure and supported content; it is not a spelling check, plagiarism check or publishing approval. We also inspect the produced book files personally.