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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ at the same time provide useful features needed for writing a novel.
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The main window does not have an editor toolbar like many other applications do. This reduces
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clutter, and since the documents are formatted with style tags, it is more or less redundant.
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Most formatting features supported are available through convenient keyboard shortcuts. They are
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also available in the main menu, so you don't have to look up formatting codes every time you need
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them. For reference, a list of all shortcuts can be found in the :ref:`a_kb` chapter.
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@@ -36,13 +37,18 @@ On the left side of the main window, you will find a sidebar. This bar has butto
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views you can switch between, a quick link to the :guilabel:`Build Manuscript` tool, and a set of
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project-related tools and quick access to settings at the bottom.
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.. versionadded:: 2.2
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A number of new formatting options were added in 2.2 to allow for some special formatting cases.
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At the same time, a small formatting toolbar was added in the editor. It is hidden by default,
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but can be opened by pressing the three dots icon in the top right corner.
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Project Tree View
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-----------------
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Project Tree and Editor View
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----------------------------
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.. figure:: images/fig_project_tree_view.png
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A screenshot of the Project Tree View.
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A screenshot of the Project Tree and Editor View.
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When in :guilabel:`Project Tree View` mode, the main work area of the main window is split in two,
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or optionally three, panels. The left-most panel contains the project tree and all the documents in
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@@ -59,8 +65,8 @@ the editor's header, or by pressing :kbd:`F8`. When :guilabel:`Focus Mode` is en
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interface elements other than the document editor itself are hidden away.
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Novel Tree View
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---------------
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Novel Tree and Editor View
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--------------------------
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.. figure:: images/fig_novel_tree_view.png
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@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ This is a brief introduction to how you structure your writing projects. All of
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covered in more detail later.
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The main point of novelWriter is that you are free to organise your project documents as you wish
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into subfolders or subdocuments, and split the text between these documents in whatever way suits
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into sub-folders or sub-documents, and split the text between these documents in whatever way suits
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you. All that matters to novelWriter is the linear order the documents appear at in the project
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tree (top to bottom). The chapters, scenes and sections of the novel are determined by the headings
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within those documents.
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@@ -153,8 +159,8 @@ The four heading levels (**H1** to **H4**) are treated as follows:
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The project tree will select an icon for the document based on the first heading in it.
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This header level structure is only taken into account for :term:`novel documents`. For
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:term:`project notes`, the header levels have no structural meaning, and the user is free to do
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whatever they want. See :ref:`a_struct` and :ref:`a_references` for more details.
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:term:`project notes`, the header levels have no structural meaning, and you are free to use them
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however you want. See :ref:`a_struct` and :ref:`a_references` for more details.
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.. versionadded:: 2.0
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You can add documents as child items of other documents. This is often more useful than adding
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@@ -173,8 +179,9 @@ The project can at any time be assembled into a range of different formats throu
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various flavours of Markdown.
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The HTML5 format is suitable for conversion by a number of other tools like Pandoc_, or for
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importing into word processors if the Open Document format isn't suitable. In addition, printing
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is also possible. Print to PDF is available from the print dialog.
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importing into word processors if the Open Document format isn't suitable. The Open Document format
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is supported by most Office type applications. In addition, printing is also possible. Print to PDF
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is available from the print dialog.
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In addition, you can export the content of the project to a JSON file. This is useful if you want
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to write your own custom processing script in for instance Python, as the entire novel can be read
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