How to Use Section and Element Presets

A preset is a saved style you can reuse. Instead of being locked into one look for your blockquotes or headings, you can create several versions and apply each wherever you want it.

Presets are optional

If you never create a preset, your book uses the default style everywhere. You only make presets when you want a second look for something.

What can use presets?

You can create presets for most styling elements, including:

• Section headings: Heading Title, Heading Subtitle, and Heading Spacing
• Subheadings (H1 through H6)
• Blockquotes and handwriting
• Callout boxes
• Lists and tables
• Image captions
• Ornamental breaks
• Text conversations
• Footnotes and endnotes
• Headers and footers

Grouping presets

When you create a preset, you can put it in a group. Groups keep related presets together so they are easy to find later.

Say a character named Felix has his own text conversation, blockquote, and subtitle style. Put all three in a group called “Felix,” and that group shows up wherever you apply a preset, so you never have to remember which preset is which.

Some ways people group presets:

• Character names: Felix, Luna, Aristotle
• Section types: Front Matter, Back Matter, Appendix
• Moods: Fancy, Minimal, Dramatic

You start with no groups and create them as you need them.

How do I create a preset?

1. Open the style panel for the element you want (for example, click a blockquote, or open a heading style from Edit Styles)
2. Open the preset dropdown at the top of the panel and choose New
3. Name it and, if you like, assign it to a group

How do I apply a preset to a section’s heading?

1. Open the section’s Options menu
2. Choose Section Heading Styles
3. Pick a preset for Heading Title, Heading Subtitle, or Heading Spacing

How do I apply a preset to an element?

Every element that supports presets has a preset dropdown in its panel.

1. Click the element in your editor (a blockquote, table, callout box, and so on)
2. Open its preset dropdown
3. Select the preset you want

Preset Manager

Open Preset Manager from the Edit Styles menu to see every non-default preset and exactly where it is used across your book. It is the quickest way to understand why a section looks the way it does.