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You do not have to build a character sheet format or an episode document layout from scratch every time. Save the file you are working on as a template and from then on one press starts you with the same shape.

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Save as template

You can turn documents, sheets, plotboards, canvases, and folders into templates. Pick Save as template from the More menu at the far right of the file header, or right-click the file in the sidebar and go to Save as template under Template. If you have several items selected, the same entry appears in the bulk menus on the folder screen and in the sidebar. What you picked is bundled into one template. Even if you pick a folder together with the files inside it, they are tidied into a single folder. When the dialog opens, type a template name and press Save template. If the name is empty, the save button cannot be pressed. The Include child files switch appears only when the file you picked has children under it, and it is on from the start. Turn it off and only the file you picked is captured.
“Save as template” has been picked from the More menu in the document header, the save dialog is open, and a template name has been typed into the name field.
“Save as template” has been picked from the More menu in the document header, the save dialog is open, and a template name has been typed into the name field.

Picking Save as template from the More menu in the file header opens a dialog asking for a name.

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What gets captured

The whole body goes in, and the icon, the description, and the file’s notes go with it. Sheets carry their property values, canvases their shapes and connectors, and plotboards their columns and the cards inside them in the order they appeared. Comments are left out. If the file sat at the top of the project, the section it belonged to is remembered too.

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Managing saved templates

Saved templates gather on the Templates screen in settings. A new one goes on top, and you change the order by dragging the handle on the left. Expand a row and the files inside that template show as a tree. The menu on the right has Rename template, Export to file, and Delete template. An exported file goes back in through Import template at the top of the same screen.
Three or four saved templates, one row expanded to show the tree of files inside it, and the menu on the right open with the “Publish to Community” entry visible.
Three or four saved templates, one row expanded to show the tree of files inside it, and the menu on the right open with the “Publish to Community” entry visible.

Rename, export, publish, and delete from the Templates screen in settings.

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Publish to Community

Pick Publish to Community from the same menu and the publish dialog opens. The title has to be at least three characters; the summary and the tags are optional. Tags are separated by commas, up to eight of them, and are turned into lowercase. When publishing finishes, a notification appears with a View in Community button. Publish the same template again and a new version is stacked on it.
At the bottom of the publish dialog is the notice “This makes the template — including any captured document content — public. Anyone can view and install it.” The body you captured opens as it is, so check that no manuscript is mixed in before you press Publish.