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.. _Snowflake: https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/
.. _Markdown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
At its core, novelWriter is a multi-document plain text editor. The idea is to let you edit your
text without having to deal with formatting until you generate a draft document or manuscript.
Instead, you can focus on the writing right from the start.
Of course, you probably need *some* formatting for your text. At the very least you need emphasis.
Most people are familiar with adding emphasis using ``_underscores_`` and ``**asterisks**``. This
formatting standard comes from Markdown_ and is supported by novelWriter. It also uses Markdown
formatting for defining document headings. If you need more specialised formatting, additional
formatting options are available using a shortcode format. See :ref:`a_fmt_shortcodes` for more
details.
.. admonition:: Limitations
novelWriter is designed for writing fiction, so the formatting features available are limited to
those relevant for this purpose. It is *not* suitable for technical writing, and it is *not* a
full-featured Markdown editor.
It is also not intended as a tool for organising research for writing, and therefore lacks
formatting features you may need for this purpose. The notes feature in novelWriter is mainly
intended for character profiles and plot outlines.
Your novel project in novelWriter is organised as a collection of separate plain text documents
instead of a single, large document. The idea is to make it easier to reorganise your project