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**AUDIENCE: ****FACULTY**** | ****STAFF**
Books let instructors create multi-page resources in the style of a book. Various types of content can be added to the book, such as H5P activities, Quiz pages, or audio and video files. Links to PDF files can be added to books; however, they are not embedded into the book.
Students can print and export book chapters or entire books as PDF documents.
## Creating a Book
Turn **Edit mode** on in the top-right corner of the main mêskanâs page.
Find the section in your course where you would like to add the book and click** + Activity or resource**.
Select **Book** from the activity page.
In the next window, enter a name for this book.
Optional: add a description in the **Description** text box. If you click the **Display description on course page** button, the description will appear under the link on the home page.
You can further customize the settings in the Appearance, Common module settings, and Activity Completion sections below. These settings can be adjusted anytime if you do not want to specify them now.
Click **SAVE AND DISPLAY** to save your book.
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## Adding Content to the Book
Begin adding content by adding a new chapter to the book.
Give the new chapter a title and enter the content into the editor box.
When finished, click the **SAVE CHANGES** button at the bottom of the page.
After creating the initial chapter, you can create additional chapters and subchapters using the menu on the right of the page in the **Table of contents** menu.
To indent a **Subchapter**, select the checkbox.
Enter a **Chapter title** and **Content**.
The table of contents will grow once more chapters and subchapters are added.
## Exporting as PDF
Text entered into books can be exported as PDF documents by both students and instructors. This can be useful for people who prefer to read on paper rather than on computer screens or for those who want to create a digital copy of the book.
From any page in the book, click on the **More** drop-down menu.
Choose either the *Print book* or *Print this chapter* from the drop-down menu. Select *print to PDF* in the print dialogue box and then click *save*.
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