diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8313e25a8..4bb6d93b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1242,20 +1242,20 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "craft-idml"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558#eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558"
+source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a#752d3558ae79118dd5121bd00aad315843e7153f"
 dependencies = [
- "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558)",
- "craft-zip 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558)",
+ "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a)",
+ "craft-zip 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a)",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "craft-idml"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be#fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be"
+source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558#eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558"
 dependencies = [
- "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be)",
- "craft-zip 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be)",
+ "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558)",
+ "craft-zip 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=eed3c28cf016723d004d6f2c79c61424c15d4558)",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
 ]
 
@@ -1653,6 +1653,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "craft-xml"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a#752d3558ae79118dd5121bd00aad315843e7153f"
+dependencies = [
+ "quick-xml 0.41.0",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "craft-xml"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1709,18 +1718,19 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "craft-xml"
+name = "craft-zip"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be#fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be"
+source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=19692b6190465671e41967c75d0cd4c439d0c84c#19692b6190465671e41967c75d0cd4c439d0c84c"
 dependencies = [
- "quick-xml 0.41.0",
+ "flate2",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "zip 9.1.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "craft-zip"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=19692b6190465671e41967c75d0cd4c439d0c84c#19692b6190465671e41967c75d0cd4c439d0c84c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a#752d3558ae79118dd5121bd00aad315843e7153f"
 dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
@@ -1767,16 +1777,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zip 9.1.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "craft-zip"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be#fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be"
-dependencies = [
- "flate2",
- "thiserror 2.0.21",
- "zip 9.1.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.5.3"
@@ -2021,8 +2021,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-prepress",
  "craft-print",
  "craft-svg 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=cc23ffd4d26f3074808e2187d332564817624f8f)",
+ "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a)",
  "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=f23b0f33f0d00b157476533a43cbbcfd901aa1f1)",
- "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be)",
  "designcraft-color",
  "designcraft-compose",
  "designcraft-doc",
@@ -2103,9 +2103,9 @@ name = "designcraft-idml"
 version = "0.20.1"
 dependencies = [
  "craft-file-formats",
- "craft-idml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be)",
+ "craft-idml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a)",
  "craft-svg 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=cc23ffd4d26f3074808e2187d332564817624f8f)",
- "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be)",
+ "craft-xml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a)",
  "designcraft-color",
  "designcraft-compose",
  "designcraft-doc",
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@ version = "0.20.1"
 dependencies = [
  "craft-docx",
  "craft-file-formats",
- "craft-idml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be)",
+ "craft-idml 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs?rev=752d3558a)",
  "craft-rtf",
  "craft-wordmodel",
  "craft-xlsx",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb77f1d6e..044453737 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ craft-pdf = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "4052591363
 craft-designcraft-format = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "19692b6190465671e41967c75d0cd4c439d0c84c", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-eps = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "ba24fe2435adb3c81ad6057faf36365fbba736cf", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-epub = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "ba24fe2435adb3c81ad6057faf36365fbba736cf", version = "=0.1.0" }
-craft-idml = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be", version = "=0.1.0" }
+craft-idml = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "752d3558a", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-indd = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "47bf5650b0d503b97bfb5e841746c4957897d11f", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-svg = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "cc23ffd4d26f3074808e2187d332564817624f8f", version = "=0.1.0", features = ["tree-render", "tree-text"] }
-craft-xml = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "fbdd905cdddd2f0de930021a3f92bcf1684973be", version = "=0.1.0" }
+craft-xml = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "752d3558a", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-xml-dtd = { package = "craft-xml", git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "f23b0f33f0d00b157476533a43cbbcfd901aa1f1", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-rtf = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "ba24fe2435adb3c81ad6057faf36365fbba736cf", version = "=0.1.0" }
 craft-xlsx = { git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "ba24fe2435adb3c81ad6057faf36365fbba736cf", version = "=0.1.0" }
diff --git a/crates/idml/src/import/story.rs b/crates/idml/src/import/story.rs
index 06c11a280..30ed7d45f 100644
--- a/crates/idml/src/import/story.rs
+++ b/crates/idml/src/import/story.rs
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ impl<'r> Importer<'r> {
             let saved = !x.text.is_empty();
             xref_list.push(Arc::new(designcraft_doc::CrossRef { target: 0, format, text: saved.then_some(x.text), page: x.page.filter(|_| saved) }));
         }
-        let pref = e.find("StoryPreference");
+        let source = craft_idml::model::Story::from_el(&crate::xml::to_craft(e));
         let optical_margin = designcraft_doc::OpticalMargin {
-            on: pref.and_then(|p| p.boolean("OpticalMarginAlignment")).unwrap_or(false),
-            size: pref
-                .and_then(|p| p.num("OpticalMarginSize"))
+            on: source.optical_margin_enabled(),
+            size: source
+                .optical_margin_size()
                 .and_then(designcraft_doc::OpticalMargin::clamp_size)
                 .unwrap_or(designcraft_doc::OpticalMargin::DEFAULT_SIZE),
         };
@@ -89,12 +89,8 @@ impl<'r> Importer<'r> {
             paras,
             chars,
             frames: vec![],
-            direction: if e.find("StoryPreference").and_then(|p| p.get("StoryDirection")) == Some("RightToLeftDirection") {
-                designcraft_doc::TextDirection::RightToLeft
-            } else {
-                designcraft_doc::TextDirection::LeftToRight
-            },
-            vertical: e.find("StoryPreference").and_then(|p| p.get("StoryOrientation")) == Some("Vertical"),
+            direction: if source.right_to_left() { designcraft_doc::TextDirection::RightToLeft } else { designcraft_doc::TextDirection::LeftToRight },
+            vertical: source.vertical(),
             optical_margin,
             rev: 0,
             tables,