Chapter Content

Upload from your device

The standard path for inserting an image from your computer.

1. Place your cursor in the chapter where you want the image to appear.
2. Click the Image button in the left sidebar.
3. In the small menu that opens, click "Upload Image".
4. Pick a file from your computer. The image inserts at your cursor.
5. Drag the corner handles to resize.

Paste from clipboard

Faster for screenshots and copied web images. Click into the chapter where you want it, press Cmd+V (Mac) or Ctrl+V (Windows), and the image uploads and inserts in one step. No menu needed.

Good to know

• Large images are auto-compressed on upload.
• Images are block elements (between paragraphs), not inline.
• Click an image once, press Delete or Backspace to remove.

Steps

Place your cursor where the image should go, click the Image button in the left sidebar, then pick "Generate Illustration" from the menu. The dialog shows the current chapter and your remaining quota.

The custom prompt field is optional: leave blank to auto-generate from chapter content, or type your own (e.g. "a minimalist line drawing of a runner at sunrise"). Click Generate; the illustration drops in at your cursor.

Cost and limits

Paid feature with a per-book quota plus credit overflow:

• Creator: 3 illustrations per book.
• Premium: 10 illustrations per book.
• Beyond quota: chapter credits cover extras.

Steps

Select the text you want to format, then click the Aa Text button in the left sidebar. A formatting panel opens with bold, italic, underline, headings, bullet and numbered lists, alignment, font size, and font family. Click the option you want and it applies to your selection.

For the basics, keyboard shortcuts skip the panel entirely: Cmd+B / Ctrl+B for bold, Cmd+I / Ctrl+I for italic, Cmd+U / Ctrl+U for underline.

Steps

The colour applies only to the selected text. To set a colour for the whole book at once, use the Theme button in the left editor sidebar instead.

1. Highlight the words, paragraph, or block you want to recolour. Use Cmd+A (Mac) or Ctrl+A (Windows) inside the chapter to select the whole chapter.
2. Click the Aa Text button in the left sidebar. The formatting panel opens.
3. Click "Text colour" in the panel. A small swatch grid opens with a Custom button for entering a hex code.
4. Pick a swatch or click Custom to enter a hex value. The change applies instantly.

Quote blocks

Add a styled pull-quote from the Text panel.

1. Place your cursor on the line you want to turn into a quote.
2. Click the Aa Text button in the left sidebar to open the formatting panel.
3. Click the Quote icon (next to the Numbered list button).
4. Click the Quote icon again to unwrap the quote.

Callout boxes (Tip, Note, Warning, Important)

Callouts are auto-styled at export time. No separate button in the editor. Available on paid plans.

1. Start a paragraph with a trigger word and a colon. Example: "Tip: Always preheat the oven before baking."
2. Open the Export dialog, expand Decorations, and toggle Callout boxes ON.
3. Export your book. The paragraphs render as styled boxes; without the toggle they stay as plain text.

• Tip: or Pro Tip: → brand colour
• Note: → blue
• Warning: or Caution: → amber
• Important: → red

Recipe cards (Ingredients, Instructions)

Recipe cards are auto-styled at export time too. Available on paid plans.

1. Inside a chapter, add a heading (H2, H3, or H4) named one of: Ingredients, Instructions, Directions, Method, Preparation, or Recipe.
2. Immediately below the heading, add a bullet or numbered list (both live in the Aa Text panel) with your items.
3. Open the Export dialog, expand Decorations, and toggle Recipe cards ON.
4. Export your book. The heading + list pair renders as a bordered card with a coloured header bar.

• Items must be a bullet or numbered list from the Aa Text panel. Plain paragraphs with line breaks will not trigger the card.
• Each heading + list pair becomes its own card, so Ingredients and Instructions render as two cards.

Add a section break

Place your cursor on a new empty line inside the chapter. Type three dashes ("---") then press Enter. The dashes are replaced with a thin horizontal line that separates the sections above and below it. The line survives PDF, EPUB, and DOCX exports.

Remove a section break

Click on the line once to select it (you will see a thin highlight around it), then press Delete or Backspace. Your cursor returns to the previous line so you can keep writing.

Not the same as the export "Chapter dividers" toggle

Section breaks inside a chapter (covered here) are different from the "Chapter dividers" toggle in the Export dialog's Decorative Elements panel. That toggle controls ornamental dots between whole chapters in the final PDF. They are independent settings.