{"id":40,"date":"2016-10-25T17:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T21:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/book-structure-parts-and-chapters\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:35:50","slug":"book-structure-parts-and-chapters","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/book-structure-parts-and-chapters\/","title":{"raw":"Book Structure: Parts and Chapters","rendered":"Book Structure: Parts and Chapters"},"content":{"raw":"To structure your book in Pressbooks, log in as an administrator and select <strong>Organize<\/strong>. If you are starting a book from scratch you will see an empty book structure that looks something like this:\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_39\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of &quot;Organize&quot; Page from the PressBooks authoring dashboard\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\" \/> Figure 3.3.1 Pressbooks Organize options[\/caption]\r\n\r\nPressbooks has four different types of content that you can use to structure your book.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Front Matter: Includes pages such as\u00a0Acknowledgements, Dedication or Foreword<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Back Matter: Includes content such as Appendix, Afterword, or Credits<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Parts: Organizational blocks that hold Chapters<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Chapters: The building blocks of your book<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Parts and\u00a0Chapters<\/h2>\r\nPressbooks is limited in how deeply you can nest your content. There are two levels: Parts and Chapters. You can use Parts and Chapters to break up your content into manageable and meaningful chunks. In fact, for some books you may find that your chapters are very long and may instead want to think of a Pressbooks \"Part\" as your chapter, and Pressbooks \"Chapters\" as topics within that chapter.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Note: <\/strong>Do not add any content to a Part (text or images) as this will disrupt some of the functionality of your textbook.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Reordering\u00a0Chapters<\/h2>\r\nTo reorder chapters, go to <strong>Organize<\/strong>. Select the <strong>Move Up<\/strong> or <strong>Move Down<\/strong> link that appears when hovering over the chapter, or drag and drop the chapter to where you want it.\r\n\r\nTo reorder Parts, go to edit each Part and change the numbering of each to the order you would like.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Content adapted from \"Book Structure: Parts and Pages\" from the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170701215004\/https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/opentextbook\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B.C. Open Textbook Authoring Guide<\/a> (archived version) by Lauri Aesoph and Amanda Coolidge. Image has been modified.<\/div>","rendered":"<p>To structure your book in Pressbooks, log in as an administrator and select <strong>Organize<\/strong>. If you are starting a book from scratch you will see an empty book structure that looks something like this:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of &quot;Organize&quot; Page from the PressBooks authoring dashboard\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM.png 762w, https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM-65x32.png 65w, https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM-225x110.png 225w, https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-10.36.00-AM-350x170.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.3.1 Pressbooks Organize options<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pressbooks has four different types of content that you can use to structure your book.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Matter: Includes pages such as\u00a0Acknowledgements, Dedication or Foreword<\/li>\n<li>Back Matter: Includes content such as Appendix, Afterword, or Credits<\/li>\n<li>Parts: Organizational blocks that hold Chapters<\/li>\n<li>Chapters: The building blocks of your book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Parts and\u00a0Chapters<\/h2>\n<p>Pressbooks is limited in how deeply you can nest your content. There are two levels: Parts and Chapters. You can use Parts and Chapters to break up your content into manageable and meaningful chunks. In fact, for some books you may find that your chapters are very long and may instead want to think of a Pressbooks &#8220;Part&#8221; as your chapter, and Pressbooks &#8220;Chapters&#8221; as topics within that chapter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>Do not add any content to a Part (text or images) as this will disrupt some of the functionality of your textbook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Reordering\u00a0Chapters<\/h2>\n<p>To reorder chapters, go to <strong>Organize<\/strong>. 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