Section Styles for Articles and Books

AsciiDoc provides built-in styles for the specialized front matter and back matter sections found in journal articles, academic papers, and books. These styled sections are referred to as special sections. The document type, article or book, determines which section styles are available for use.

Book section styles

The following section styles are permitted in the book document type:

  • abstract (becomes a chapter)

  • colophon

  • dedication

  • acknowledgments

  • preface

  • partintro (must be first child of part)

  • appendix

  • glossary

  • bibliography

  • index

The following styles are implied by the location of the section in the document and are thus not special sections.

  • part

  • chapter

Article section styles

The following section styles are permitted in the article document type:

  • abstract

  • appendix

  • glossary

  • bibliography

  • index