novelibre User guide
Contents
Introduction
Preparations
The Desktop
Basic concepts
Saving data
Getting started
Writing the manuscript
Plotting with novelibre
Keeping the metadata in sight
Taking notes
Word count and writing progress
Going outside
Narrative time
Managing multiple books
Command reference
File menu
View menu
Part menu
Chapter menu
Section menu
Characters menu
Locations menu
Items menu
Plot menu
Project notes menu
Import menu
Export menu
Tools menu
Help menu
Tree view context menu
The toolbar
Properties reference
Plugins
Program errors
Abandoning novelibre
About this user guide
novelibre User guide
Command reference
Command reference
File menu
New
Open…
Reload
Restore backup
Refresh tree
Lock
Unlock
Open Project folder
Copy style sheet
Discard manuscript
Save
Save as…
Close
Quit/Exit
View menu
Chapter level
Expand selected
Collapse selected
Expand all
Collapse all
Show Book
Show Characters
Show Locations
Show Items
Show Plot lines
Show Project notes
Toggle Text viewer
Toggle Properties
Detach/Dock Properties
Options
Part menu
Add
Export part descriptions for editing
Export part table
Chapter menu
Add
Add multiple chapters…
Set Type
Change Level
Move selected chapters to new project
Export chapter descriptions for editing
Export chapter table
Section menu
Add
Add multiple sections…
Set Type
Set Status
Set Viewpoint…
Export section descriptions for editing
Section table (export only)
Show Time table
Characters menu
Add
Set Status
Import
Export character descriptions for editing
Export character table
Show table in Browser
Locations menu
Add
Import
Export location descriptions for editing
Export location table
Show table in Browser
Items menu
Add
Import
Export item descriptions for editing
Export item table
Show table in Browser
Plot menu
Add Plot line
Add Plot point
Insert Stage
Change Level
Import plot lines
Export plot grid for editing
Export story structure description for editing
Export plot line descriptions for editing
Plot table (export only)
Show Plot table in browser
Project notes menu
Add
Show table in Browser
Import menu
Discarding documents after updating the project
Export menu
Manuscript for editing
Manuscript for third-party word processing
Final manuscript document (export only)
Brief synopsis (export only)
Cross references (export only)
XML data files
Options
Tools menu
Backup options
Open installation folder
Plugin manager
Show notes
Help menu
Online Help
About novelibre
novelibre home page
Tree view context menu
Book context menu entries
Characters/Locations/Items context menu entries
Plot lines context menu entries
Project notes context menu entries
The toolbar