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novelWriter is a simple multi-document plain text editor using a modified markdown syntax to + apply simple formatting. Additional features are available through special meta data + commands. These make it possible to generate an overview of the entire novel project and how + the various files are interconnected.
+ +The user interface is intended to be as minimalistic as practically possible, and most + features are accessible through the menu and through keyboard shortcuts. The colour scheme + of the user interface can be modified with various themes, and new themes are fairly + straight forward to add. They are separated into gui and syntax themes, and can be found in + the themes folder in the source code.
+ +The tree view has various sections for the various types of supporting files that the User + may want to add to the project. The novel itself lives under its own root folder, and export + features are in the process of being added. These will include HTML, open document and PDF + via LaTeX.
+The different classes of documents have some restrictions.
+The different classes of documents have some restrictions.
+ + +An automatic backup system is built into novelWriter. In order to use it, a backup path to + where the backups are to be stored needs to be provided in Tools > Preferences. + Backups can be run automatically when a project is closed, which also implies it is run when + the application is closed. Backups are date stamped zip files of the entire project + folder.
+ +The backup feature, when configured, can also be run manually from the Tools + menu.
+ +For the backup to be able to run, the Working Title must be set in Project + Settings. This value is used to generate the file name. It is also possible to + dissable automated backup for a given project in its project settings.
The header levels are not only important when generating the exported novel file, but is also - used by the indexer and timeline view. Each heading starts a new region where new References + used by the indexer and timeline view. Each heading starts a new region where new references to tags can be set, and will show up as a new row in the timeline view.
The different header levels are interpreted as specific section types of the novel.