This list is the same as the list you would have seen if you’d clicked the left side of the button. If you click the downward pointing arrow, then Configure, you’ll be able to select the feature that you want to customize. If you click the left side of the button, you will see a list in the left column of every feature that can be customized. With your chosen style selected (with a colored background), look in the top right corner of the style. If instead, you find one that you like except you’d prefer a variation of one of its features, you may be able to edit that feature. You may find a style that you are happy with as is. Changing pages in the Preview panel won’t change what you see in the Styles Browser. You should see an arrow that you can click to browse forward or backward to a chapter title page. If you are styling a chapter heading, but you see a full page from the middle of a chapter in the Preview panel, mouse over the left or right edge of the page, about halfway down. The Vellum v3 toolbar showing the Generate button. If you do not see the third column, go to the top right corner and click the Preview button. In the third column you should see a full-page representation of the style. Open the Preview pane in Vellum v3Īs you scroll down the list you will see a short representation of the style in the colored box. The asterisk indicates the style has been edited from its default state. You may see an asterisk beside one or more style titles. The currently selected style will have a colored background. That list will contain twenty four styles, each of which can be customized. To see all available styles, select All Styles in the left column. The right column where the Editor had been contains a list of the styles in the category that was chosen in the left column. The left column contains a list of general style categories that includes Popular, Serif, Sans Serif, Script, and All Styles. Select the Styles button and you’ll see the Binder and Editor have been replaced by the Styles Browser. The Icon only and Icon and Text versions are much more visible and obvious. The Content/Styles mini-menu does not appear unless you click Navigator Display. The words Navigator Display are easy to miss if you don’t know where to look. Vellum v3 showing the Icon and Text content and styles button. If you click on those two words, you’ll have the option to choose Content or Styles. You’ll find the words Navigator Display in the top left corner under the minimize and close buttons. If you choose Text only, the toolbar area collapses to a thinner bar than it was with Icons or Icons and Text. You can choose Icon only, Icon and text, or Text only. Vellum v3 Content and Styles buttons – Icon only. You can change that by right-clicking anywhere in the top portion of Vellum and choosing Customize Toolbar…. The Contents and Styles buttons may just contain icons. When the Navigation pane is open, you’ll see a split button at the top of it that says Contents|Styles. You still go to the Contents and Styles panes, the same way you did in version two. You can also click Check for updates…to find out if additional updates are available. Click About Vellum to find your current version number. If you aren’t sure how to check your current version number, go to the Vellum menu in the top menu bar. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll need to be sure you have updated your copy of Vellum to at least version 3.3 before you can take advantage of every feature discussed in this article. You can use the included images or provide your own to lend a visual mood to your stories. One of the most exciting options is the ability to insert background images on chapter title pages. But now, there are more options available. As with Vellum v2, you can change how block quotes and other features will look in your finished document. This article updates a similar section based on Vellum v2 in our article Formatting a Book For Print in Vellum. Notes to remember when using Vellum to style your books.Using predesigned features in Vellum v3.Customize your book design in Vellum v3.
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