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.. _a_overview:
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.. _a_reading:
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Overview
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What to Read First
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******************
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.. only:: html
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The documentation of novelWriter is quite extensive. There are a lot of features to get used to,
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but you don't need all of them to get started.
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.. image:: images/python_powered.png
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:align: right
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:width: 220
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The chapters below labelled "Essential Information" are the ones you need to know to use the
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application correctly. By "correctly", it is meant: in a way so novelWriter understands the basic
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structure of your text. It collects a lot of information from your text and uses it to display the
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structure of it in various ways to help you get an overview of your project.
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novelWriter is built as a cross-platform application using `Python 3 <https://www.python.org/>`_ as
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the programming language, and `Qt 5 <https://www.qt.io/>`_ framework for the user interface.
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The chapters labelled "Recommended Reading" includes additional information on how the different
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parts if the application work and what the features do.
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novelWriter is built for Linux first, so this is where it works best. However, it also runs fine
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on Windows and MacOS due to the cross-platform framework it's built on. The author of the
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application doesn't own a Mac, so on-going Mac support is dependent on user feedback and user
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contributions.
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Spell checking in novelWriter is provided by a third party library called
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`Enchant <https://abiword.github.io/enchant/>`_. Please see the section on :ref:`a_custom_dict` for
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how to install spell checking languages.
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For install instructions for novelWriter, see :ref:`a_started`.
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The "Optional" and "Lookup" chapters contain additional information or lookup tables that are not
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essential for using the application.
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Using novelWriter
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the application interface.
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:ref:`a_manuscript` - Recommended Reading
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This chapter explains how the :guilabel:`Manuscript Build` tool works, how you can control the
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way chapter titles are formatted, and how scene and section breaks are handled.
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This chapter explains how the **Manuscript Build** tool works, how you can control the way
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chapter titles are formatted, and how scene and section breaks are handled.
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Additional Details & Technical Topics
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