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Open a section editor window by double-clicking on a section, or via the
Section > Edit menu entry when a section is selected, or by hitting
the Enter
key.
Note
If you choose a section already open, the window will be brought to the foreground.
Shift
-Arrow
.Ctrl
-Shift
-Arrow
.Ctrl
-A
selects the whole text.Ctrl
-C
copies the selected text to the clipboard.Ctrl
-X
cuts the selected text and moves it to the clipboard.Ctrl
-V
pastes the clipboard text content to the cursor position.Ctrl
-I
places "emphasized" markup around the selected text or
at the cursor, like so:
*Example*
If the selection is already emphasized, the command removes the markup.
Ctrl
-B
places "strong" markup around the selected text or at
the cursor, like so:
**Example**
If the selection is already strong, the command removes the markup.
Ctrl
-M
removes "emphasized" and "strong" markup from the
selection.
Ctrl
-Z
undoes the last editing. Multiple undo is possible.Ctrl
-Y
redoes the last undo. Multiple redo is possible.With File > Split at cursor position or Ctrl
-Alt
-S
, you can
split the section at the cursor position.
With File > Create section or Ctrl
-Alt
-N
, you can create a
section.
F5
key, or via the Word count > Update menu entry.Note
Live updating the word count is resource intensive and may slow down the program when editing big sections. This is why it’s disabled by default.
With Ctrl
-S
, you can apply changes to the section. Then "Modified"
status is displayed in mdnovel.
Note
Before applying changes, the program checks the editor content for XML validity. Malformed XML will not be accepted.
Alt
-F4
.Ctrl
-Q
.