Book

About

The Book module is used for creating structured, multi-page content, such as site resource guides, manuals, and wikis. It allows you to create content that has chapters, sections, subsections, or any similarly-tiered structure. For more information, see the online handbook entry for Book module.

Uses

Adding and managing book content

You can assign separate permissions for creating, editing, and deleting book content, as well as adding content to books, and creating new books. Users with the Administer book outlines permission can add any type of content to a book by selecting the appropriate book outline while editing the content. They can also view a list of all books, and edit and rearrange section titles on the Book administration page.

Book navigation

Book pages have a default book-specific navigation block. This navigation block contains links that lead to the previous and next pages in the book, and to the level above the current page in the book's structure. This block can be enabled on the Blocks administration page. For book pages to show up in the book navigation, they must be added to a book outline.

Collaboration

Books can be created collaboratively, as they allow users with appropriate permissions to add pages into existing books, and add those pages to a custom table of contents menu.

Printing books

Users with the View printer-friendly books permission can select the printer-friendly version link visible at the bottom of a book page's content to generate a printer-friendly display of the page and all of its subsections.