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The codex while you write
The Codex button In the editor's toolbar, beside Notes, there's Codex. Click it and a rail opens ...
Publish a print PDF
This page walks through making the interior file for a paperback or hardcover—the PDF you upload ...
Page setup: the basics
Everything about how your book looks on the page—its size, margins, fonts, how chapters open—live...
Use your own fonts
Write comes with a good range of fonts, but if you've bought a font for your series—or your cover...
Choose your trim size and margins
The trim size is how big your printed book is; the margins are the white space around the words. ...
A page setup for each edition
A paperback, a hardcover and a large-print edition are the same book in different clothes: a diff...
Headers and page numbers
Along the top of a printed book's pages runs a header—usually the author's name on the left-hand ...
Chapter openings: drop caps and lead-ins
The first page of a chapter is where a book shows a little ceremony: the chapter starts partway d...
Type size, line spacing and paragraphs
How big the type is and how far apart the lines are decide, more than anything else, how comforta...
What an AI can and cannot do in your books
The short version A connected AI works as you, in your books, and only when you ask. It can read ...
What a codex is, and whether you need one
The idea A codex is the bible of your world: the characters, places, things, factions, rules, eve...
Create your first book
Starting a standalone book In the Library, click New book at the top right. Type the title. If y...
Review suggestions and comments
When an editor goes over your book, their changes arrive as suggestions—shown in the text, but no...
What each role can do
Everyone on a book has a role, and the role decides what they can do there. This page sets them s...