How to Use the Edit Styles Menu

Edit Styles is where you change how your whole book looks: drop caps, indents, section titles, chapter numbers and more. Each item opens a panel, and the preview shows your changes as you make them.

Where to find the Edit Styles menu

Edit Styles is in the header bar, between New Style and Print Settings. The palette button in the strip down the right side opens the same menu.

Use it for a change you want in every section: every drop cap, every chapter number, every section title. To change one section only, use that section’s Options menu.

The left column holds Paragraph Styling, Spacing, Notes and Manage. The right column holds Section Heading Settings, Chapter Type Settings, Parts & Volumes and Index.

Choose	To
Drop Caps	Style the large first letter of your sections.
First Line Styling	Style the first line of a section, and of the text after a break or subheading.
Justification & Hyphenation	Justify your text and choose how words break, in the e-book and in print.
Indentation	Set how far paragraphs indent, and whether the first one does.
Paragraph Spacing	Set the space between paragraphs.
Endnote Settings	Style your endnotes and choose where they print.
Preset Manager	See every preset group and where each preset is used.
Copy Styles from Another Book	Bring styles, and sections if you like, from another Lacuna book.
Heading Title	Style section titles.
Heading Subtitle	Style section subtitles.
Heading Spacing	Set the space around section titles.
Chapter Heading Images	Put a picture with every chapter type’s title.
Numbered Chapter Settings	Choose how chapter numbers read and look.
Book Part Settings	Number your book parts and choose their prefix (“Part”).
Volume Settings	Number your volumes and choose their prefix.
Index	Mark the topics your index lists.

The three Section Heading Settings are a quick way to edit the presets for your section titles, subtitles and the space around them.

Questions

Where do I change my book’s font?

Your body text’s font is in Print Settings › Body Text. Each heading panel, such as Heading Title, has its own Font row. See fonts.

How do I change the line spacing?

Set Line Spacing in Print Settings › Body Text. Edit Styles sets the space between paragraphs (Paragraph Spacing) and around section titles (Heading Spacing).

Where do I style blockquotes, tables and lists?

Not in Edit Styles. Click the pencil on one in your text and its own panel opens.

How do I add an index?

Add an Index section (Add New Section(s) › Back Matter › Index), then choose Edit Styles › Index to mark the topics it lists.