Section menu

Section operation

Add

Add a new section

With Section > Add, you can add a section to the tree.

  • The new section is placed at the next free position after the selection, if possible.

  • Otherwise, no new section is generated.

  • The new section has an auto-generated title. You can change it in the right pane.

Properties of a new section:

  • Normal type

  • Outline completion status

  • No viewpoint character assigned

  • No plot line or tag assigned

  • No date/time set

Add multiple sections

Add new sections in bulk

With Section > Add multiple sections, you can add up to 20 sections to the tree.

  • You will be prompted to enter the number of new sections.

  • The number of sections to be added at once is limited to 20.

  • The new sections are placed at the next free position after the selection, if possible.

  • Otherwise, no new section is generated.

Set Type

Set the type of the selected section

With Section > Set Type, you can set the type of the selected section to Normal or Unused .

Hint

Type change for multiple sections:

  • Either select multiple sections, or

  • select a chapter.

Set Status

Set the section completion status

With Section > Set Status, you can set the completion status of the selected section to Outline, Draft, 1st Edit, 2nd Edit, or Done.

Hint

Status change for multiple sections:

  • Either select multiple sections, or

  • select a parent node (chapter or Book)

Export section descriptions for editing

Export an ODT document that can be imported again after editing

With Section > Export section descriptions for editing, you can create a text document with a full synopsis containing part/chapter headings and section descriptions that can be edited and reimported. File name suffix is _sections_tmp.

Section list (export only)

Export an ODS document

With Section > Section list (export only), you can create a spreadsheet with a row per section, containing the following data:

  • Section ID (hidden)

  • Section number (link to manuscript)

  • Title

  • Description

  • Viewpoint

  • Date

  • Time

  • Day

  • Duration

  • Tags

  • Section notes

  • Scene

  • Goal

  • Conflict

  • Outcome

  • Status

  • Words total

  • Word count

  • Characters

  • Locations

  • Items

Note

Only “normal” sections appear in the section list. Sections of the “Unused” type are omitted.

File name suffix is _sectionlist.

Clicking on a section number with Ctrl pressed, you can jump to the corresponding section in the manuscript. However, if you edit this spreadsheet, you cannot apply the changes with novelibre (in contrast to the plot grid). The section list is more intended for extracting the metadata of the writing project, for example, in the case of abandoning novelibre.