Adding Text Messages Inside Stories

We've added the ability for authors to add text messages inside their stories on Ream, plus some additional formatting options that will help save you tons of time when publishing! 😍

Here's what Text Messages Inside Ream Stories look like:

How to Create Text Messages in Stories:

First, navigate to your Author Dashboard inside Ream.

Then, navigate to the Stories tab and create a new story or edit an existing one.

Once inside the story editor in Ream simply:

1. Highlight the text you want to turn into a text message.

2. Right-click inside the same text you have highlighted and Ream's context menu will appear.

3. Select Text Features from the menu options and pick Left Text Message or Right Text Message.

Note: Adding text messages to stories is best done on a desktop or laptop. (Please do this on a desktop or laptop 😉 )

You will notice that there are also a bunch of other fun options in the context menu that will help you quickly format your stories on desktop and laptop:

Inside the story editor on Ream you can simply press enter/return or navigate to a new line.

You can then add more text and choose to turn it into another text message or keep it as standard text in Ream.

Below is what text messages look like on a desktop or laptop:

They are centered to make the reading experience as seamless as possible!

And on mobile devices, text messages inside stories look just like texts on your phone.

Text messages also are visible to readers across Dark Mode and Sepia Mode inside Ream.

If you have any questions about creating text messages inside a story, please contact our team at support@reamstories.com.