Recommended page layouts

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Create a consistent look in the whole document:

Use common fonts and colors on all page types.

Use common headers and footers on all page types.

Use common page margins. (However, if it makes sense, feel free to combine sections that have only one text column with sections that have multiple text columns.)

Align objects on all pages to a common design grid.

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Standard page types

Typically, a user manual contains a subset of the following pages:

a title page (front cover)
See Title page layout.

a page with legal information and version information (obligatory in some countries)
See Legal information layout.

a table of contents
See Table of contents layout.

separator pages that start each level 1 chapter
See Separator page layout.

body pages of chapters
See Body page layout.

an alphabetical index
See Index layout.

a back cover
See Back cover page and spine layout.


Setting the type area

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