diff --git a/reference/strings/book.xml b/reference/strings/book.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bd4175cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/strings/book.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- Purpose: basic.text -->
+<!-- Membership: core -->
+
+<book xml:id="book.strings" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+ <title>String &Functions;</title>
+ <titleabbrev>Strings</titleabbrev>
+
+ <preface xml:id="intro.strings">
+  &reftitle.intro;
+  <para>
+   These functions all manipulate strings in various ways. Some more
+   specialized sections can be found in the regular expression and
+   <link linkend="book.url">URL handling</link> sections.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   For information on how strings behave, especially with regard to
+   usage of single quotes, double quotes, and escape sequences, see
+   the <link linkend="language.types.string">Strings</link> entry in
+   the <link linkend="language.types">Types</link> section of the
+   manual.
+  </para>
+ </preface>
+
+ &reference.strings.setup;
+ &reference.strings.constants;
+ &reference.strings.reference;
+
+</book>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+
diff --git a/reference/strings/constants.xml b/reference/strings/constants.xml
index 880d642b89..eb8ff60dc2 100644
--- a/reference/strings/constants.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/constants.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
-<section xml:id="string.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<appendix xml:id="string.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  &reftitle.constants;
  &extension.constants;
  <variablelist>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
-</section>
+</appendix>
 
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diff --git a/reference/strings/reference.xml b/reference/strings/reference.xml
index fdb1fc851a..b0e07a8269 100644
--- a/reference/strings/reference.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/reference.xml
@@ -1,55 +1,23 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
-<!-- Purpose: basic.text -->
-<!-- Membership: core -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 
- <reference xml:id="ref.strings" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
-  <title>String Functions</title>
-  <titleabbrev>Strings</titleabbrev>
+<reference xml:id="ref.strings" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+ <title>String &Functions;</title>
 
-  <partintro>
-   <section xml:id="strings.intro">
-    &reftitle.intro;
-    <para>
-     These functions all manipulate strings in various ways. Some more
-     specialized sections can be found in the regular expression and
-     <link linkend="ref.url">URL handling</link> sections.
-    </para>
-    <para>
-     For information on how strings behave, especially with regard to
-     usage of single quotes, double quotes, and escape sequences, see
-     the <link linkend="language.types.string">Strings</link> entry in
-     the <link linkend="language.types">Types</link> section of the
-     manual.
-    </para>
-   </section>
+ <partintro xml:id="strings.seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   For even more powerful string handling and manipulating functions
+   take a look at the <link linkend="ref.regex">POSIX regular
+   expression functions</link> and the <link linkend="ref.pcre">Perl
+   compatible regular expression functions</link>.
+  </para>
+ </partintro>
 
-   <section xml:id="strings.requirements">
-    &reftitle.required;
-    &no.requirement;
-   </section>
+ &reference.strings.entities.functions;
 
-   <section xml:id="strings.installation">
-    &reftitle.install;
-    &no.install;
-   </section>
-   
-   &reference.strings.constants;
-   
-   <section xml:id="strings.seealso">
-    &reftitle.seealso;
-    <para>
-     For even more powerful string handling and manipulating functions
-     take a look at the <link linkend="ref.regex">POSIX regular
-     expression functions</link> and the <link linkend="ref.pcre">Perl
-     compatible regular expression functions</link>.
-    </para>
-   </section>
-  </partintro>
+</reference>
 
-&reference.strings.entities.functions;
-
- </reference>
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diff --git a/reference/strings/setup.xml b/reference/strings/setup.xml
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index 0000000000..1507ce53d3
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+++ b/reference/strings/setup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+
+<chapter xml:id="strings.setup">
+ &reftitle.setup;
+
+ <section xml:id="strings.requirements">
+  &reftitle.required;
+  &no.requirement;
+ </section>
+
+ <section xml:id="strings.installation">
+  &reftitle.install;
+  &no.install;
+ </section>
+
+ <section xml:id="strings.configuration">
+  &reftitle.runtime;
+  &no.config;
+ </section>
+
+ <section xml:id="strings.resources">
+  &reftitle.resources;
+  &no.resource;
+ </section>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+indent-tabs-mode:nil
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../manual.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:nil
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
+vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
+