Novel writing application using Markdown
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Control the display
Hide the sections
With View > Chapter level or Ctrl
-Alt
-C
, you can collapse the
tree, so that only parts and chapters are visible.
Show a whole branch
With View > Expand selected, you can expand a selected tree element.
Hide child elements
With View > Collapse selected, you can collapse a selected branch.
Show the whole tree
With View > Expand all, you can expand the whole tree.
Hide child elements
With View > Collapse all, you can hide all tree elements except the main categories.
Go to the "Book" branch and expand it
With View > View Book, you can select and open the "Book" branch.
Go to the "Characters" branch and expand it
With View > View Characters, you can select and open the "Characters" branch.
Go to the "Locations" branch and expand it
With View > View Locations, you can select and open the "Locations" branch.
Go to the "Items" branch and expand it
With View > View Items, you can select and open the "Items" branch.
Go to the "Plot lines" branch and expand it
With View > Show Plot lines, you can select and open the "Plot lines" branch.
Go to the "Project notes" branch and expand it
With View > View Planning, you can select and open the "Project notes" branch.
Show/hide the novel text
With View > Toggle Text viewer or Ctrl
-T
, you can open or close
the text viewer window, showing part/chapter/section
titles and section content.
Hint
On reopening, the windows shows the text, where the tree is selected.
Show/hide the selected element’s properties
With View > Toggle Properties or Ctrl
-Alt
-T
, you can open or
close the element properties window.
Hint
On reopening, the window shows the properties of the currently selected element.
Show the selected element’s properties either in the main window or in its own window
With View > Detach/Dock Properties or Ctrl
-Alt
-D
, you can
detach or dock the element properties window .
Hint
On closing the detached window, the properties are docked again.
Project independent program settings
With View > Options, You can open a dialog for settings concerning the display.
Set criteria according to which normal sections are colored in the tree
Normal sections are black on white by default.
Normal sections are colored according to their completion status (Outline, Draft, 1st Edit, 2nd Edit, or Done).
Normal sections are highlighted if their completion status does not match the work phase defined in the Book properties.
By default, the icon size is 16x16 pixels. If the Large toolbar icons checkbox is ticked, 24x24 icons are used after the next program startup.
Note
This applies not only to the toolbar, but also to all other icons that decorate the application’s control elements.
Change the column order
Click the Apply button to apply changes.