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The Styles panel () lets you create, manage, and apply document style presets. Styles control every visual aspect of your exported document — fonts, colors, spacing, headers, footers, tables, charts, and more.
Styles sidebar panel

How styles work

Styles in Autype follow a copy-on-apply model:
  1. You create a style preset (or choose a template) that defines fonts, colors, spacing, headers, footers, etc.
  2. When you click Apply or Use Template, the style configuration is copied into the document. The document now has its own independent copy of that style.
  3. You can further customize the document’s style via Edit Document Style at the top of the panel. These changes only affect the current document.
If you later edit a style preset, documents that were previously styled with it are not updated automatically. You must re-apply the style to propagate changes. This is by design — otherwise modifying a shared preset would unexpectedly alter all documents that use it.

The panel has two main areas at the top:
  • Document Style — click Edit Document Style to open the Style Editor and modify the current document’s styling directly. Changes apply only to this document.
  • Create New Style — creates a reusable style preset that can be applied to any document.
Below that, two sub-tabs organize your styles:

My Styles

Lists all style presets you have created. Each card shows the style name, page size, and default font. Actions per style:
  • Apply / Re-apply — applies the style to the current document
  • Edit — opens the Style Editor to modify the preset
  • Delete — permanently removes the preset

Templates

Pre-made style templates provided by Autype. Click Use Template to apply a template to your document.
Style templates tab

Style Editor

The Style Editor is a full-screen modal with a sidebar navigation on the left. It is organized into three groups: Layout, Elements, and Advanced.
You can also generate a complete style using AI — click the Generate with AI button in the top-right corner, describe the look you want, and the AI will configure typography, colors, and spacing for you.

Document

Configure the page layout for your document.
Style Editor — Document tab
SettingOptions
Style NameName for the reusable preset (not shown in document style mode)
Page SizeA4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal
OrientationPortrait, Landscape
MarginsTop, Bottom, Left, Right (in cm)

Typography

Set the global default font and configure heading numbering, figure captions, and table captions.
Style Editor — Typography tab
Default Font — applies to all text unless overridden by element-specific styles:
SettingDescription
Font FamilyChoose from a wide selection of fonts
Font SizeSize in points
ColorText color
Line HeightLine spacing multiplier (e.g., 1.5)
Heading Numbering — automatically numbers headings using a format string:
CharacterStyle
1Numeric (1, 2, 3)
aLowercase letters (a, b, c)
AUppercase letters (A, B, C)
iRoman lowercase (i, ii, iii)
IRoman uppercase (I, II, III)
αGreek letters
Example: 1.1.a produces headings like 1. Title, 1.1 Section, 1.1.a Subsection. Figure Captions — controls how image captions are rendered:
SettingDescription
PrefixText before the number (e.g., Figure, Abb.)
SizeFont size in points
StyleNormal or Italic
AlignLeft, Center, or Right
DisableTurn off figure captions entirely
Table Captions — same options as figure captions but for tables (prefix defaults to Table).
Configure the content that appears at the top and bottom of every page. Each section (header and footer) has a 3-column layout: left, center, and right.
Style Editor — Header & Footer tab
Click on a column in the visual preview to edit it. Each column supports three content types:
TypeDescription
TextPlain text with support for **bold**, *italic*, and variables
RichMulti-line text with per-line font size, weight, and color
ImageUpload an image or provide a URL, with optional width/height
Available variables for text mode:
VariableOutput
{{pageNumber}}Current page number
{{totalPages}}Total number of pages
{{date}}Current date (DD.MM.YYYY)
{{date/YYYY-MM-DD}}Custom date format
{{date/DD.MM.YYYY/+7d}}Date with offset (+/-Nd, Nm, Ny)
{{date/HH:mm//+01:00}}Date with timezone
Check Skip first page to exclude the header or footer from the first page (e.g., for a title page).

Text Elements

Configure the typography for each heading level (H1–H6) and two body text styles (Text, Text 2). Each element can override the global defaults.
Style Editor — Text Elements tab
Per element:
SettingDescription
Font FamilyOverride or inherit from defaults
SizeFont size in points
WeightNormal, Bold, or Inherit
ColorText color
AlignLeft, Center, Right, Justify, or Inherit
Space Before / AfterSpacing in points
Page Break BeforeStart a new page before this heading (headings only)

Tables

Control the visual appearance of tables in your document.
Style Editor — Table tab
Borders:
SettingOptions
Outer BorderWidth (pt), Style (Solid/Dashed/Dotted), Color
Inner GridWidth (pt), Style (Solid/Dashed/Dotted), Color
Header Row — background color and text color for the first row. Cell Padding — top, right, bottom, left padding in points. Spacing — space before and after the table element.

Charts

Configure the color palette used for chart series.
Style Editor — Chart tab
Define up to 5 series colors, each with a fill color and a border color. These colors are applied to bar charts, line charts, pie charts, and other chart types.

Code Blocks

Style Editor — Code Blocks tab
SettingDescription
Render as ImageWhen enabled, code blocks are rendered as PNG images. This improves compatibility in DOCX exports where syntax highlighting may not be preserved natively.

Equations

Style Editor — Equations tab
SettingDescription
Render as ImageWhen enabled, math equations are rendered as PNG images. This improves compatibility in DOCX exports where LaTeX rendering may not be supported natively.

References & Citations

Configure the styling for reference links, the List of Abbreviations, and the bibliography.
Style Editor — References tab
Reference Links — style for internal cross-reference links (e.g., [](#anchor)):
SettingOptions
Link ColorColor picker
Text StyleBold, Italic, Underline (toggles)
List of Abbreviations:
SettingOptions
Sort OrderAlphabetical or Document Order
SeparatorDash, Hyphen, Colon, Equals, Tab
Font SizeSize in points
Font FamilyOverride or inherit
Bibliography & Citations:
SettingOptions
Citation StyleAPA 7, Harvard, IEEE, Chicago, MLA, Vancouver
Font FamilyOverride or inherit
Font SizeSize in points
Entry SpacingSpace between entries in points
Hanging IndentIndent for continuation lines in cm

JSON Editor

For advanced users, the JSON Editor provides direct access to the raw configuration object. Changes are applied live as you type.
Style Editor — JSON Editor
The editor uses Monaco (the same engine as VS Code) with syntax highlighting, folding, and validation. This is useful for fine-tuning values that are not exposed in the visual UI or for copying configurations between documents.