How it works · A life
A whole life, in a real book.
A Bio: who the person was, in sections and parts, with the family photos, the dates and a timeline, and an A4 book to print. It tells a life while it is lived, or in memory. The pictures are from the book of Vô Orlando, an example family.
1 Start
Who they were, on one page.
On your Dashboard, tap New Bio. The name, a line about who they were, the dates and who is writing.
- 1In one line“baker, Irma’s husband, Marta and Luiz’s father, grandfather”: right under the name, on the page and in the book.
- 2Dates as you remember them“1931”, “March 1931” or the whole day. Untick “Still living” for the date they passed.
- 3Who is writingWhat you are to them: granddaughter, son, wife. In the book: “by Júlia Benetti Rossi, granddaughter”.
Who is this Bio about?
Who they are or were, in one line
Date of birth
Date of passing
Your relationship to the subject
2 The sections
One part of a life at a time.
Each section has its title, its date and its text, typed or with Tell it out loud. The first, without a title, opens the book.
- 1The section’s date“March 1931 to 1945” in Date: it shows above the title.
- 2PartsTap + A new part and, in the list, drag the part to the section where it starts: “Part 1 · The colony”. A part’s years come from its sections’ dates.
- 3In quotation marksA line in quotation marks, like “Bread is never in a hurry”, can become a page’s highlight.
Date
Until
Part 1 · The colony
Antônio Prado
+ A new part
“Pão não tem pressa. Quem tem pressa é a gente.”
3 The photos
Two photos per section, with captions.
Up to two photos in each section. Write under each what it shows: in the book it becomes the caption, in handwriting.
- 1The caption“Orlando and Irma, 12 May 1956”: who, where, when.
- 2A full page in the bookUnder “Photo options ▾”, for the moments that deserve a page of their own: the wedding, the bakery’s last day.
- 3The book alternatesLarge at the foot of the text, or on a page of its own facing it: never the same three times in a row.
Photos for this section · up to two
Photo options ▾
2A full page in the book
4 The end of the book
The timeline, a letter, who wrote it.
The timeline is written as a list. The last section can be a letter, and “About the Author” closes the book.
- 1The timelineOne date per line, as you remember it: “1958 to 1996 The Benetti bakery”. Dates already in the text are offered for you to accept.
- 2The letterThe last section is set in italics, signed at the end: “With all the love in the world, Júlia”.
- 3Who wrote itA few lines about you, and why you wrote it.
Timeline
A letter to Grandpa · Grandpa, today would have been your birthday…
About the Author
5 The book
An A4 book, to print.
In the Classic look, under Download, the PDF: the cover with its photo, the parts, the photos with captions. And the EPUB, to read on a phone or a Kindle.
- 1The coverThe photo held by its corners, the name, the years and who wrote it.
- 2The partsEach part opens on a page with its photo and its years.
- 3The sayingsA line in quotation marks, large, over a full-page photo.
Who sees it
Start the story of a life.
The first section takes ten minutes. The rest comes with time, and with the family.
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