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Characters menu

Character operation

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Add

Add a new character

You can add a character to the tree with Characters > Add.

• If a character is selected, the new character is placed after the selected one.
• Otherwise, the new character is placed at the first position.
• The new character has an auto-generated title. You can change it in the right pane.
• The status of newly created characters is minor.

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Set Status

Set the character status

This can be major or minor.

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Import

Import characters from another project

This will import a selection of characters from another project. First you select an XML file containing the character data. Then you select the characters you want to add to the current project.

To create an XML character data file for the current project, use Export > Characters/locations/items data files.

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Export character descriptions for editing

Export an ODT document

This will generate a new OpenDocument text document (odt) containing character descriptions, bio, goals, and notes that can be edited in Office Writer and written back to project format. File name suffix is _characters.

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Export character list (spreadsheet)

Export an ODS document

This will generate a new OpenDocument spreadsheet (ods) containing a character list that can be edited in Office Calc and written back to project format. File name suffix is _charlist.

You may change the sort order of the rows. You may also add or remove rows. New entities must get a unique ID.

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Show list

Show an HTML report with characters data

This will generate a list-formatted HTML file, and launch your system’s web browser for displaying it.

• The Report is a temporary file, auto-deleted on program exit.
• If needed, you can have your web browser save or print it.

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