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The Workspace

Overview

The novelibre workspace is divided into three panes:

Project tree

The project tree in the left pane shows the organization of the project.

• The tree elements are color-coded according to the section type. Normale type sections are highlighted according to the selected coloring mode (see Opzioni in the Vista menu).
• The order of the columns can be changed (see Opzioni in the Vista menu).
• Right-clicking on a tree element opens a context menu with several options.
• The type of chapters and sections, as well as the completion status of the sections are color coded and can be changed via context menu.

Project tree structure

• The Libro branch contains the parts, chapters, and sections that belong to the novel manuscript.
• The Personaggi/Località/Oggetti branches contain descriptions of the story world’s elements that can be associated with the book’s sections.
• The Linee narrative branch contains the plot lines and plot points.
• The Note di progetto branch contains project notes.

Project tree operation

Browsing the tree

novelibre has a browsing history for the selected tree elements. This allows you to go back and forth e.g. between a section and its related characters.

• or Alt-Left: Go forward in history.
• or Alt-Right: Go back in history.

Hint

On Windows, the “Forward” and “Back” mouse buttons (if any) may also work.

Skipping other kinds of nodes

With the Alt key hold down, you can navigate directly to the next or previous tree element on the same level (e.g. section or chapter or character).

• Alt-Up: Go to the previous node of the same kind.
• Alt-Down: Go to the next node of the same kind.

Move tree elements

Drag and drop while holding down the Alt key.

Hint

With some Linux desktops, it may be necessary to first press the mouse button, then the Alt key.

Caution

Be aware, there is no “Undo” feature.

Delete tree elements

Select the element to delete and hit the Del key.

• Parts and chapters are deleted.
• Sections are marked “Non utilizzato” and moved to the “Trash” chapter.
• Deleting a part has no effect on its subordinate chapters.
• Deleting a chapter moves its sections to the “Trash” chapter.
• The “Trash” chapter is created automatically, if needed.
• When deleting the “Trash” chapter, all its sections are deleted.

Copy/paste tree elements

You can copy and paste the following tree elements via the system clipboard:

• Parts and chapters,
• sections,
• stages,
• plot lines,
• plot points,
• characters,
• locations,
• items,
• project notes.

Elements can be transferred to and from the clipboard one by one. The element’s properties and “children” are copied, except relationships.

Via the clipboard, you can transfer these elements between different novelibre projects, or within a project.

Text viewer

The Text viewer in the middle pane shows the part/chapter/section contents with their titles as headings.

• You can open or close the middle pane with the Text viewer with Vista > Mostra/nascondi il visualizzatore di testi, or Ctrl-T, or clicking on .
• On opening, the text viewer shows the text where the tree is selected.
• When changing the tree selection, the text moves along.
• However, the text can be scrolled independently with the vertical scrollbar, or the mousewheel.
• You can select text with the mouse, and copy it to the clipboard with Ctrl-C.
• You cannot edit the text in the viewer. For this, you might want to install an editor plugin, such as nv_editor.
• Section text is color-coded according to the section type.
• With the Mostra Markup checkbox, XML markup can be shown/hidden.

Properties

The Properties in the right pane show properties and metadata of the element selected in the project tree.

• The project settings can be made in the Book properties view.
• You can open or close the element properties window with Vista > Mostra/Nascondi Proprietà or Ctrl-Alt-T, or clicking on .
• On opening, the windows shows the editable properties of the selected element.
• You can detach or dock the element properties window with Vista > Stacca/Aggancia Proprietà or Ctrl-Alt-D.
• On closing the detached window, the properties are docked again.

On large screens, you can arrange novelibre and Writer with detached windows.

Menu bar

The bar at the top is the menu bar with the main menu, which is documented in the Command reference.

Toolbar

The second bar from the top is the toolbar with buttons for frequently used actions.

Status bar

The second bar from the bottom is the status bar. It normally displays project statistics, such as word count. These are overwritten with program messages when necessary.

• Messages on a green background indicate successful actions.
• Messages on a yellow background indicate notifications or warnings.
• Messages on a red background indicate errors.

Tip

You can restore the normal view at any time by clicking on the status bar.

Footer bar

The footer bar at the bottom displays the project file path and the file date.

Change notification

If there are unsaved changes, the footer bar is highlighted in goldenrod.

Project lock

If the project is locked, the footer bar is displayed in reversed colors.

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