Settings
Settings is your control center for customizing Penpoint to match your workflow and story needs. From character layout customization to theme preferences, Settings gives you the tools to tailor Penpoint to your writing process.
What You Can Customize
Settings are organized into categories, each focused on a specific aspect of Penpoint:
- Design your character page layout and choose which information to display
- Create custom traits to track character attributes unique to your story
- Manage tags for categorizing and organizing characters
- Define item types and location categories that fit your world
- Import and export your work, or bring in existing manuscripts
- Customize the interface with themes, fonts, and animation preferences
- Manage backups, storage, troubleshooting tools, and view version information
Settings Categories
Character Sheet Setup: Build your ideal character page layout by adding, removing, and arranging blocks. Each block displays different information (traits, relationships, items, etc.) and can be customized to your needs.
Traits: Create custom traits like "House Affiliation" for wizarding schools, "Magic System" for fantasy novels, or "Political Alliance" for epic sagas. Define the options for each trait and choose how they display.
Tags: Set up character tags for quick categorization and filtering. Assign colors to tags for visual organization across your character lists.
Item & Location Types: Define categories for both items and locations in your story. Item types range from "Weapons" and "Artifacts" to "Documents" and "Vehicles", while location types let you create categories like "City", "Landmark", "Region", or custom types specific to your world-building needs.
Interface: Choose your preferred theme (light or dark), customize typography, and adjust animation speeds to match your working style.
Import/Export: Export your characters, locations, items, notes, and chapters in multiple formats. Import edited data back into Penpoint, or bring in existing manuscripts from .epub, .docx, .rtf, .md, or .txt files.
Community & Updates: View announcements, manage community stats contributions, and review privacy settings.
Storage & Backups: Configure automatic backups, manage storage locations, and set up secondary backup protection.
Advanced: Troubleshooting tools like hardware acceleration control and support log export for when you need help diagnosing issues.
About Penpoint: Check your current version, view changelog information, and check for software updates.
Accessing Settings
Navigate to Settings from the main navigation bar at any time. Most settings are book-specific, meaning each book has its own character layout, traits, tags, and customizations. Interface settings (theme, font, animations) are global and apply across all books.
Learn More
Explore the child articles below to learn about specific settings categories:
- Calendar Settings - Set up dates, eras, and moons for your book
- Customizing Character Layout - Customizing your character page layout
- Managing Location Types - Setting up location type categories
- Managing Traits - Creating and managing custom character traits
- Managing Tags - Organizing characters with tags and colors
- Managing Item Types - Defining item categories and archetypes
- Interface Settings - Customizing themes, fonts, and animations
- Spellcheck & Autocorrect - Catching typos as you type and building your own dictionary
- Exporting Your Data - Exporting worldbuilding data, manuscripts, and templates
- Importing Your Data - Importing worldbuilding data and manuscripts
- Community & Updates - Community updates and stats contributions
- Advanced Settings - Hardware acceleration and support logs
- Backup & Restore - Automatic backups and data protection
- Penpoint Cloud Settings - Encrypted cloud backup and sync