The Front Page Document

About the Front Page document

The Front Page is the cover document of a publication in Pergamon. It’s generated through the Document Assembly workflow - Pergamon’s AI-assisted flow that builds a first draft from user inputs. Typical content includes the cover image, product name, model number, and required compliance elements.

Scope and layout requirement

Use the Front Page only with layouts of type Front. This guarantees correct processing and rendering in both Booklet and Leaflet publications. Assigning any other layout type can lead to formatting or pagination issues during PDF generation.

Anatomy of Front Page

The Front Page document is made of 6 content blocks, each with a specific purpose:

How to create a Front Page document

To create a Front Page document:

1. On the Home page, in Search, enter Front or Front Page.

2. In the results, locate Front Page, hover, and choose Create manual.

3. Answer the questions as prompted. After the document is assembled, click Confirm.

4. Enter a Document name and review the summary.

5. Choose Create to generate the document, then select Open Document to begin editing.
   
   

Edit Front Page document 

Watch the video to see how to edit a Front Page document.

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Note: The video also covers Back Page editing. Once you’ve watched the Front Page portion, you can ignore the Back Page section if it’s not relevant right now.

Front page Document editing guidelines

• Don’t add or delete content blocks. Although the Editor allows you to add or remove blocks, the Front Page layout is built on a fixed structure. Adding new blocks or deleting existing ones will break this structure and can cause layout-generation errors during PDF export.
  • To ensure correct processing, edit only the text inside the existing content blocks. Keeping the original block structure intact prevents formatting issues and ensures the Front Page exports successfully. 
  • Front Page templates don’t consume tokens—if formatting breaks, you can reassemble the layout without extra cost.
• Keep the original block order. Don’t rearrange blocks to change the visual layout. If you need a different look, switch to a compatible Front Page layout instead.
• Don’t modify predefined script labels. Changing labels can cause PDF generation issues.
• No format-specific edits required. The same edited Front Page works for both Booklet and Leaflet publications.

Languages in Front Page Document

Language behavior on the Front Page

Multi-language mode (how it works)

• The Front Page is always created in Multi-Language mode.

• Because of this, it can’t be localized per language. If you need translations, paste them manually into the corresponding content blocks.

Language ToC content block

• In multi-language assemblies, the system inserts language codes/markers to place the Front Page correctly in the publication.

• Example (correctly configured for English-UK, German, French, Spanish, Polish):

Example snippet

EN Instruction Manual      [|EN-GB|]
DE Bedienungsanleitung     [|DE|]
FR Manuel d'instructions   [|FR|]
ES Manual de instrucciones [|ES|]
PL Instrukcja obsługi      [|PL|]

Formatting Language ToC block

Follow these rules to keep the language ToC working and paginated correctly:

• Keep the special tab characters. Do not remove the Tab and Right-Indent Tab characters the system inserts in this block—they control the table-of-contents alignment.

• Preserve the language-code syntax. Codes must remain inside square brackets with pipes, in the form [|CODE|] or [|REGION-CODE|] (e.g., EN-GB). The system replaces this code with the final page number during export.

• Replace only the code placeholder. Swap the placeholder with the correct code from your supported language list; leave the surrounding brackets and pipes intact.

Example language ToC

EN Instruction Manual      [|EN-GB|]
DE Bedienungsanleitung     [|DE|]
FR Manuel d'instructions   [|FR|]
ES Manual de instrucciones [|ES|]
PL Instrukcja obsługi      [|PL|]

Supported language codes

Use these codes inside the Language ToC block as [|CODE|] (for example, [|EN-GB|]).