Troubleshooting & FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions.
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I Clicked the "Save" Icon but it doesn't Open On My Computer
Why Don't I See My Book Cover in the Export?
My App Keeps Crashing. What is going on?
Why Do I Have Blank Pages in my PDF?
Are fonts embedded in the PDF?
Are small publishers or indie authors be exempt from Accessibility requirements?
Can Dragon be used with Atticus?
Can I apply DRM to my books in Atticus?
Can I dictate into Atticus?
Amazon Bleed Error: extend images to edge of page
Amazon KDP Error: Additional numbers appearing after the TOC
Amazon KDP Error: Bleed “This image is outside the margins”
Amazon KDP Error: Bleed Image doesn’t extend beyond edge of page
Amazon KDP Error: Remove all template text and guides from your manuscript file.
Amazon KDP Error: Remove all template text and guides from your manuscript file.
Automated Chapter titles not displaying
Blank Lines in TOC (When subheadings are included in TOC)
Can I adjust space between the header and text?
Can I share Atticus with my Client/Business Partner/Spouse etc?
Can I use bi-directional links for notes?
Can I use emojis in text messages?
Can I use much larger fonts?
Can I use the Grammarly Chrome extension with Atticus?
Do I need to be connected to the internet to upload a document or export my book in Atticus?
Do you have articles on publishing or the publishing process?
Does Atticus support hyphenation rules for a non-English language?
Does Atticus support non-breaking spaces for ending punctuation (French)?
Does Atticus support poetry?Canned Response
How can I add a blank page to start a new chapter on the right side?
How can I add style to the header text in Atticus?
How can I change which side of the spread my chapter/page starts on?
How can I customize the appearance of chapter headers in Atticus?
How can I modify the Part/Volume title page?
How can I remove indents on certain pages?
How do I Add a Chapter?
How do I add a time stamp/location/POV character without losing the drop caps on the first line of the story?
How do I add hyperlinks to my book using Atticus?
How do I adjust my margins?
How do I change the font and size of block quotes?
How do I choose the right font, font size, and line spacing for my book in Atticus?
How do I control paragraph indentation and spacing in Atticus?
How do I keep the page numbers all on the same side?
How do I make certain paragraphs and lists single-spaced?
How do I manually create a numbered list without the automated numbering kicking in?
How do I modify the font or formatting on the TOC page?
How do I place page numbers only on the left-hand side?
How do I preview ___ device?
How do I recreate Special Page Layouts?
How do I remove a scene break?
How do I remove Chapter Numbers from TOC?
How do I remove running headers?
How do I restore a backup file or upload a backup?
How do I save or backup my work in Atticus?
How do I select my eBook Start page?
How do I select my trim size (page size)?
How do I switch to continuous numbering?
How do I turn off auto-save?
How do I turn off hyphenation in the ePub?
How do I use the same theme for multiple books?
How do most Atticus users send their work to editors?
I can't see curly quotes in the editor.
I have added a page break, but it doesn't appear in the preview.
I want to change the font and spacing on the title page. How do I do this?
I've adjusted both the inner and outer margins to be the same, why do the margins still seem unequal?
Ingram PDF Errors: High Resolution (Scene Breaks)
Ingram PDF Errors: Low Resolution
Is Atticus secure? Can anyone gain access to my book(s)?
Is there a limit to how many books I can format?
Is there a way to have a manuscript open at the point you left off writing the previous day?
Is there a way to lock chapter or a book?
One of my chapter titles appears smaller than the others. How do I fix this?
Page Count won't Calculate
Page numbers aren’t generating in the PDF Table of Contents
Publisher Font on Kindle
Unable to log in—offline
Using a VPN with Atticus
What are the default subheading settings?
What are the font options above the ePub preview?
What happened to 'Convert to'?
What happened to Custom pages?
What settings should I use for the body font, text size, and spacing?
What should I do if I find unexpected blank pages in my book?
What's the difference between the inside margin and the outside margin?
Which file do I need to export for eBooks and print versions?
Which file do I upload to the retailer for my eBook?
Why am I seeing a message that says your session has expired?
Why are characters connected (Cinzel Decorative Font)?
Why are subheadings further from the top margin than the body text on the facing page?
Why aren't my small caps showing up in the first sentence (Benne font)?
Why can’t I copy and paste text from my exported PDF?
Why can't I import fonts?
Why can’t I open the snapshot/JSON/backup file?
Do Atticus ePubs meet accessibility requirements?
Why can’t I see the export buttons?
Why can’t I select fonts from the Font Library to use as my Body font?
Why Chrome?
Do I need to do anything to meet new accessibility standards if I sell books in the EU?
Why do I lose my place every time the Print preview refreshes?
Why do I see a red triangle next to my book title on the home page?
Why doesn’t my book render using Best of Both?
Why doesn’t my ePub formatting look exactly like the PDF?
Do regular EPUB validation checks include accessibility requirements under EU laws?
Why doesn’t the page size in my PDF match my trim size?
Why Don’t I see a cog icon at the top right corner of the editor?
Why is the sender name always associated with incoming texts on the left?
Why is there odd spacing in the text before a URL?
Why isn’t ProWritingAid working?
Why isn't the back matter separated from the body?
Why won't my ePub upload to Apple Books?
Why won't the app install when I click "Install App"?
Will turning off automated chapter numbers affect chapter headers in Atticus?
How can I check if my EPUB is accessible?
Should I be concerned if ACE shows warnings about missing accessibility metadata in my Atticus export?
Are Book Goals specific to a particular book in Atticus?
Are there any additional considerations for creating a large print edition?
BookBaby Printing Requirements (Adding Bleed to inside edge)
Can I add a background color to all pages?
Can I adjust the padding around the scene break?
Can I export to mobi format?
Can I make the writing window full screen in Atticus, or go into Focus mode?
Can I name my master pages for easy identification?
Can I share Atticus with my Client/Business Partner/Spouse etc?
Can I use Atticus to watermark my books?
Can mixed cases be used in the running header?
Why are my Curly Quotes wrong?
Do I need to be connected to the internet to upload a document or export my book in Atticus?
Do you have a downloadable user manual?
Does Atticus create PDF X-1a files?
Does my page count need to be a multiple of 16?
Drop-caps with non-English quotation marks.
How can I access and modify Book Details for my project in Atticus?
How can I adjust the size of indents?
How can I check which version of Atticus I am currently using?
How can I duplicate a custom theme in Atticus?
How can I get a better look at my print preview in Atticus?
How can I sync changes made to a master page to all books?
How can I use Atticus offline?
How can I write in scenes or move scenes around?
How can we address the wide gaps between words in the ePub when we select the "Justify" setting ?
How do I add a callout box to my document?
How do I add my social media profiles to my book in Atticus?
How do I add page numbers?
How do I adjust the line spacing in footnotes?
How do I apply block quote or verse formatting?
How do I change the TOC title?
How do I check spelling/grammar?
How do I create a boxset?
How do I create internal book links in Atticus?
How do I create parts/volumes on mobile devices?
How do I edit a tag used for a Project/Version?
How do I hide the chapter header from a particular page/chapter?
How do I hyperlink the ePub TOC?
How do I make my font smaller on the Title Page?
How do I manage multiple versions of a book?
How do I manage/uninstall a PWA?
How do I merge scenes?
How do I remove scenes?
How do I restart numbering for each chapter?
How do I select my body font?
How do I set the page numbers for my eBook?
How do I set up a Large Print Theme in Atticus?
How do I upload my book cover?
I am trying to create a journal / planner / cookbook / low content book
I printed out my PDF, but the pages don't seem to match the trim size selected.
I’m looking for a particular Google Font, why can’t I find it in the Font Gallery?
Ingram PDF Errors: Bullet Points
Is Atticus compatible with Antidote (French version of Grammarly)?
Is Atticus compatible with IngramSpark?
Is there a way to write notes or save sections that I might use later?
KDP is asking me to increase the page size by 0.125 wide and .25 height how do I do this?
Lag when updating multiple chapter titles
Margins for Print
Minimum Margin Requirements
What are curly/smart quotes?
What are master pages?
Why are all notes #1 when I view them in the editor?
Why are some characters like quotes or angle brackets being removed from my alt text?
Why aren’t my goals refreshing at the correct time?
Why can't I open my ePub in Word?
Why do I see an ePub3 warning message on Draft2Digital?
Why do I see an error message after exporting the ePub?
Why do my Italics Disappear on Amazon Digital Preview?
Why do text messages in the ePub use right alignment?
Why does ACE flag missing metadata fields like accessmode and accessibilityfeature in my Atticus ePub?
Why does my boxset have multiple TOCs?
Why does the print preview take longer to generate?
Why doesn't Atticus offer a free trial like Vellum?
Why don't you offer Times New Roman (or other copyrighted fonts)?
Why is Malwarebytes showing a warning?
Why is my ePub opening in a Browser or showing up as Web file?
Why is my word count different after import?
Why isn't my book cover included when I export?
Why isn't the ISBN on the copyright page?
Why was my book rejected by Apple? - images exceeding 5.6 million pixels message
Why won't my book render when using Widows and Orphans?
Will I lose formatting like bold or italics when I import to Atticus?
Will page breaks apply to the ePub?
Are there options to include pop out sections or call out boxes within a chapter?
Are there specific guidelines for chapter length in Atticus?
Can Atticus control widow words/lines for me?
Can I add a long description?
Can I adjust which pages are included in different versions of my book?
Can I create my book cover in Atticus?
Can I hire you to format my book?
Can I use Atticus to create a fixed-format ePub?
Can I use custom fonts in the chapter header?
Can I use different themes per section?
Can I use tables/charts in Atticus?
Can I use Tabs?
Do Keep options affect ePubs?
Do you have book templates?
Does “Begin on” affect reading devices that allow 2-page spread?
Does Atticus allow kerning?
Does Atticus avoid sequential hyphens?
Does Atticus support foreign languages?
Does Atticus support half-point fonts?
Does Atticus support low-content books?Can be a Canned Response
Does Atticus support Math Symbols and Equations?
Does Atticus work on older Operating Systems?
Finding straight/curly quotes and apostrophes
How can I add attributions to blockquotes in my book using Atticus?
How can I add indents to block quotes or verse?
How can I add multiple lines to my title or subtitle?
How can I adjust line spacing for a particular segment or section (including lists, Block Quote, Verse, Footnotes)?
How can I change the font of the author name on the title page?
How can I preview the ePub version of my book in Atticus?
How can I quickly zoom in and out in Atticus?
How can I replace line breaks (soft returns) with paragraphs before importing?
How do I access a created master page in another book?
How do I access the Formatting Tab?
How do I access the goal tracking features in Atticus?
How do I add another book to my boxset?
How do I add running headers/footers in the ePub?
How do I adjust the layout of the running headers/footers?
How do I change the Copyright Template?
How do I control justification in ePubs?
How do I customize my scene breaks?
How do I delete a book?
How do I find the exact width of the spine of my book for my cover artist?
How do I follow along with updates?
How do I install/access Atticus?
How do I modify my Metadata?
How do I re-install Atticus?
How do I reduce line spacing (in block quotes, verse, etc)?
How do I replicate/duplicate a page?
How do I set the font for the title page?
How do I start a text conversation in Atticus?
How do I upload a book?
How do I use curly quotes in Atticus?
How often should I back up my work in Atticus?
I accidentally deleted my title page. How can I add it back?
I can export a PDF, but why won't my Print Preview render?
I have a question about Publisher Rocket
I have added a subtitle on the Writing Tab, but it isn't showing up in the formatting.
I purchased your product, but can't find it anywhere. Where do I look on my computer for it?
I’m seeing a blank screen when I open Atticus. What do I do?
Is Atticus downloadable or web-based?
Is there a limit to the number of fonts I can “Favorite” in the Font Library?
Is there a place to see the total word count of the whole book?
Is there an easy way to find straight/curly quotes and apostrophes?
My cover artist wants to know the exact width of the spine of my book. Where can I find this information on Atticus?
The Chapters in my TOC don’t have a page number listed. How do I change that?
The End of Book notes page appears in a part/volume instead of at the end of the book.
What are the layout priority settings in Atticus themes?
What content options can I include within a callout box?
What do widows and orphans and balanced page mean?
What does N/A mean in the Smart Quote Inconsistencies report?
What does the 'Snapshots' option do in the Book Details section?
What happened to pages using the old special page formats?
What is the Sprint Timer feature in Atticus?
What's the difference between Volumes and Parts?
Where do I find the link for Little Dog Ready?
Who owns the work created using Atticus?
Why aren’t my justification and hyphenation settings showing up in the ePub?
Why aren't quotes curly by default?
Why can’t I search for words in my exported PDF?
Why do the blank lines between paragraphs disappear when I import my file?
Why does my eBook look different in Kindle Preview?
Why doesn't Word retain my indents or paragraph spacing?
Why don't curly quotes face the 'correct' direction when using em dashes?
Why is the formatting wrong when sideloading to a device or reading app?
Why not make eBook coding more specific?
Will Atticus add support for accessibility metadata fields in the future?
Will Atticus automatically produce my index?
Are fonts from the Font Gallery embedded into my files?
Can Atticus review the work I create?
Can I link Atticus to One Drive?
Can I make the content editor full screen or hide the left navigation pane in Atticus?
Can I set default preview to print?
Can I use Amazon's KDP Paperback print previewer to check my PDF?
Do Layout Priorities affect the ePub?
Do you have a Plottr integration?
Does Atticus allow custom spacing between words?
Does Atticus support Footnotes or Endnotes?
Does Atticus support multiple levels of subheadings?
How are Google Fonts Licensed?
How can I add the sender name or control whether the text message is incoming or outgoing?
How can I create a master page in Atticus?
How can I create a PDF with equal margins?
How can I modify the title page?
How Can I Arrange My Chapters Within Atticus?
How can I navigate through search results within my manuscript?
How can I override an indent or reduce spacing between lines?
How can I preview the print version of my book in Atticus?
How can I show the page numbers for subheadings in the TOC?
How do I access the content nested under a Volume or Part?
How do I add a page break within a chapter?
How do I add a title page for a part?
How do I add accents or special characters?
How Do I Add Footnotes and Endnotes in Atticus?
How do I adjust the dimensions of a callout box?
How do I adjust the top and bottom margins?
How do I change the size of the text in my writing screen, but not change the exported format?
How Do I Control Note Placement and Text Size?
How do I create multi-level lists?
How do I create my Atticus account?
How do I delete a part/volume?
How do I delete the Endnotes page?
How do I duplicate a book?
How do I edit a Master Page?
How do I hide the page numbers in a particular page/chapter?
How do I include the page number for Parts/Volumes in the TOC?
How do I increase the font size for paragraphs?
How do I keep my subheadings from being left at the end of a page?
How do I prevent Ellipses breaking over two lines?
How do I reduce my print cost on Draft2Digital?
How do I remove a callout box from my document?
How do I remove the Publisher name or logo from the Part/Volume Title Page?
How do I remove the TOC (eBook)?
How do I set the font for the title page when Chapter Title is turned off?
How do I start a new line or 'paragraph' within a list?
How do I suppress the drop caps or small caps in a particular page/chapter?
How do I type a Unicode ellipsis?
How do I type Chinese words into my manuscript?
How do I use ProWritingAid with Atticus?
How do I view a two-page spread?
How do I view the PDF page size?
How is the ISBN information used by Atticus?
How to Manually Create an Index
Can I install on a new computer, use on multiple devices, etc?
Does Atticus have a Dark Mode?
Does Atticus have a Read Aloud or Text to Speech function?
Does Atticus have a Thesaurus?
Does Atticus have AI/Chat GPT type of features?
Does Atticus have Find and Replace?
Does Atticus have plotting/outlining features?
Does Atticus participate in AI Data Scraping?
Does Atticus support Children's Books?
Does Atticus support Code-Snippets?
Does Atticus support custom trim sizes?
Does Atticus strip non-breaking spaces?
What is the 'Publishing for Indie Authors' Course?
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I can't log in to Atticus
I'm getting a blank screen when trying to log in to Atticus
How do I create a table or chart in Atticus?
KDP is showing my ePub in italics and bold