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How can i invite my assistant to edit on here with me?
The new collaboration feature is live with new version 1.32.0. A code will be generated that will allow your supporter to join your session. It is in Beta right now so you may experience some glitches. Please raise these to me as they come up! Thank you for your patience with this one!
Shipped in v1.32.0Hi! So my manuscript contains some text messages, I'd love a different way to stylise these such as text bubbles!
Looking into this! I will look to ship some new designs and ensure they make their way to the exports!
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We added some new variants (and also colour selection!) Enjoy!
Shipped in v1.25.0Trying to move 'Chapter x' chapter header onto the same page as the start of the chapter. Right now it is showing in a completely separate page before the start of the next chapter …
Should be resolved in the latest version. Thank you for sharing!
Shipped in v1.36.0Hello, I really love the live preview of the book / ebook on the right side of the screen. It helps a lot with how I write my books! But I am wondering if …
Hi Jade, I have added this to the live preview board!
Shipped in v1.32.0I was looking for this in Alhora: how can I change the chapter header? What outcome would make this useful?
Everything to do with the styling and placement of the chapter header can be found in the Style Studio!
Shipped in v1.36.0Hi! In the preview it and exported PDF my chapter number and titles show as a dark grey, when I change the page color to black.. is there a way to change the chapter …
Hey Jenny. Thanks for the feedback. This has now been added and can be found in the Style Studio!
Shipped in v1.36.0I was looking for this in Alhora: how do i change the cover What outcome would make this useful?
Hi Cindy-rose. You can change your book cover by clicking on your book on the Home Screen, Select Edit Binding, and then it will take you to the area where you can set your front, back, spine and edge colour. These attributes make their way to epub files where appropriate.
Shipped in v1.0.0I would like to ask if the pricing currency change be selectable in the Alhora Store Fronts. I was looking at its features and I assume, because I am writing US English, the store …
This has been delivered, along with a bookshop revamp of the user experience.
Shipped in v1.36.0Hello there, Firstly, this programme is a great asset to have. I signed up recently as a Alpha Tester not realizing the programme was already launched. But I have been playing around with it …
Resolved all in 1.28.0
Shipped in v1.28.0I love being able to see the different sections of my manuscript, it really helps me stay organized. However, when I rename a section it sometimes gets added as a header in the proof. …
Update — the gap I described is now closed.
To recap what I said before: there were ways to get a clean artwork page, but none of them let you also give it a tidy name in the sidebar. That's what was missing, and it's what's now been built.
Every section has a Contents name. Type "Chapter One artwork" into it and that's what you see in the Contents pane while you work — and it is never printed. The page itself prints whatever its own title says, or nothing at all if you leave that empty. So you get the organised sidebar you wanted and a clean page, at the same time, in the same spot.
Also fixed in the same release, and related: an image page inserted between chapters used to be a dead grey placeholder you could only fill by dragging an asset onto it (which added a second block). Now you click the placeholder and choose the picture. That was the other half of what made this awkward.
Subsections are still on the list — not forgotten, just not this release.
Thanks again for such a clearly described case. "I want it in the sidebar but not in the book" is exactly the sentence that made the shape of this obvious.
Shipped in v1.28.0I was looking for this in Alhora: How do I keep headings from automatically being chapter names? What outcome would make this useful?
Following up on this one, because part of my earlier answer turned out to be wrong — and in your favour.
I said there was no way to stop Alhora promoting your Heading 1s into chapters on import. There was: it's a setting called "What starts a new chapter?" that sits next to the import button, with four choices — Auto, Heading 1, Heading 2 and Never. Never brings your manuscript in as a single chapter and leaves every heading as a heading.
What I got wrong is WHY you might not have found it working. In two places the setting was being quietly ignored: if you imported through the Quick Start wizard when creating a new book, and for every .odt file regardless of how you imported it. Both of those silently fell back to Auto. So depending on your route, you could have chosen Never and watched it split your book into chapters anyway.
Both are fixed in 1.28.0. The setting is now honoured on every import path and every format.
And the rest of my earlier answer still stands: if it's happening while you're writing in Alhora rather than on import, click the block, open Turn into, and choose Paragraph. If you want a heading that stays inside a chapter rather than starting a new one, use Heading 2 or Heading 3 — only Heading 1 carries chapter weight.
Sorry for pointing you at a control that wasn't reliably working. Thanks for asking the question that got it looked at.
Shipped in v1.28.0Since the app already produces a 3D mockup, it's be super helpful if we could download a (static) png, transparent version of it, so we could use it on promo posts etc, from any …
Done :)
Shipped in v1.27.0It would be more versatile to be able to set different fonts for the different headings, so we can make the most of font pairing.
Done :)
Shipped in v1.27.0Hey there, I noticed chapters with song or lyric headings have a big space underneigh it, so my chapter starts significanty lower than the ones that dont have it. Is there a way we …
Done :)
Shipped in v1.27.0Hi! is there anyway we can center certain front type paragraphs or page in general to start in the middle as well! :) my dedication is displayed at the top rather then middle page. …
This has now been added and classed as fixed :)
Shipped in v1.27.0Maybe there is a way to do this larady but I cant seem to find the contents page seperate so that it doesnt show up on my print file :)
Your instinct was right — it's already in there!
Open Print settings and you'll see a "Contents page" section with a
"Print a contents page" tick. Turn it off and it stays out of your
print file entirely.
Small thing worth knowing: Alhora only prints one for books with more
than three chapters, on the grounds that a three-chapter book doesn't
really need an index of itself.
It arrived in 1.24.0 and we never actually told anyone, which is on us.
Shipped in v1.24.0would there be a way to see what we can do to minimize our file size, or see what is taking up space in the manuscript? or what would we change to lessen the …
Great suggestion, and shipped :)
Shipped in v1/25/0Hello! I'd love to have the option of the front / back matter pages start on the right side! Right now, my dedication page starts on the left and Chapter 1 starts on the …
Hi Jade, good spot. It works for chapters, but not for front matter or back matter. We will copy the code across to work on front and back matter too!
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Resolved!
Shipped in v1.25.0I was looking for this in Alhora: similar to how the themes automatically include their own, a small icon that I could insert to break up lengthy paragraphs without having to start a new …
Yes, you can do this with a Scene break, without creating a new chapter.
In Prose, place your cursor in the paragraph before the break and choose Insert scene break from the toolbar. On smaller windows, it may be under More formatting. In Blocks, choose + → Scene break.
To choose the decorative icon in the installed app, open Style Studio → Customise this style → Scene breaks → Ornament. If you cannot find those controls, let us know your device and Alhora version so we can point you to the right place.
I was looking for this in Alhora: how do i publish my book as a 14 year old? and do i do it in the app? What outcome would make this useful?
You can have a book published as a young author, with help from a parent or guardian.
Alhora helps prepare your book’s layout and create ebook or print files. Publishing those files through a retailer is a separate step. For example, Amazon KDP allows a parent or guardian to open the publishing account and publish a minor’s book. KDP’s account requirements
Alhora’s own terms currently require account holders to be at least 16, so please ask a parent or guardian to contact us before setting up an account. We can clarify the permitted way forward and help explain the publishing steps.
I was looking for this in Alhora: how do i change the author's name? i want my full name What outcome would make this useful?
Hey Amaria! If you ask Inkia (hovering button in the bottom right corner) "author name", she will take you to the right place to fill this in!
Shipped in v1.0.0It'd be useful to be able to zoom is so the text is bigger on screen, for those of us with poorer eyesight. On writing mode, whether on focus or out of it, it …
Excellent idea. This has been shipped in Focus mode (been revamped a little too). In the icon in the top left corner, click the button to pull down the hidden drawer, and adjust the text size.
Shipped in v1.36.0I was looking for this in Alhora: What do i need to fix my book What outcome would make this useful?
Hi ebubechi, your request needs to be slightly clearer as I am not sure what you are referring to. I will mark this as completed but please share your detailed issue to [email protected] and I will look at your issue you are encountering in more detail.
Shipped in v1.0.0Hi! Is there a way to have the table of contents be generated automatically? Thanks
Yes! Alhora does the contents-page housekeeping for you 😊 It generates the table of contents from your chapters and updates it as you add, rename or rearrange them. For a PDF, enable Print a contents page in Print layout — page numbers are calculated automatically when you export. It currently appears when your book has more than three chapters included in print.
Shipped in v1.33.1On the app under table of contents it says : Print a contents page A contents page is printed after the front matter, listing every chapter with the page it starts on. Most print …
You weren’t missing an option — that was a bug, and it’s fixed in 1.33.1! 😊 Update and export your PDF again, and the contents will sit after your opening pages, such as the title page, copyright and dedication, and before the foreword, preface or first chapter.
Shipped in v1.33.1