# Adding Introduction/Prelude

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-introduction-prelude/16610>\
**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [January 21, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-introduction-prelude/16610 "2012-01-21T19:54:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bainks2525](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@Bainks2525](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Bainks2525)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-introduction-prelude/16610/1 "2012-01-21T19:54:55Z")

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Hello,

I’ve been searching around on this but have not yet found anything–I am looking to add an introduction/prelude before CHAPTER 1 of my book, but am finding that the auto “chaptering” (the Chapter \<$W\> command under formatting) fastens itself to all sections, including what I want to be my introduction/prelude.

Is there a way to bypass this so that the auto-chaptering ignores the first section?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks,  
Bainks

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**Author:** ![brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/brookter/32/16095_2.png) [@brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/brookter)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-introduction-prelude/16610/2 "2012-01-21T20:24:36Z")

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I think you need Title Adjustments in the Compile dialogue. (File \> Compile \> All Options, then Title Adjustments in the side bar). There’s a drop down list which allows you to exclude any document from title prefixes and suffixes (including auto numbering). You can exclude more than one document.

Does that help?

Regards

David

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**Author:** ![Bainks2525](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@Bainks2525](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Bainks2525)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-introduction-prelude/16610/3 "2012-01-21T23:48:17Z")

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Hi David, this seemed to do the trick–thank you so much for your insight

Best regards,  
Bainks

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**Author:** ![brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/brookter/32/16095_2.png) [@brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/brookter)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/adding-introduction-prelude/16610/4 "2012-01-22T01:08:44Z")

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No problem – glad it helped…