Update the project sections of the docs to 2.6
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@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Active novel documents can only live in a **Novel** type root folder. You can al
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**Archive** and **Trash** of course, where they become inactive.
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The project tree can distinguish between the different heading levels of the novel documents using
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coloured icons, and optionally add emphasis on the label, set in **Preferences** for easier
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identification.
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coloured icons, and optionally add emphasis on the label. Emphasis can be enabled in
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**Preferences**.
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.. _a_struct_heads:
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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Four levels of headings are supported, signified by the number of hashes (``#``)
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title. See also the :ref:`a_fmt` section for more details about the markup syntax.
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.. note::
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The heading levels are not only important when generating the manuscript, they are also used by
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the indexer when building the outline tree in the **Outline View** as well as in the **Novel
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Tree**. Each heading also starts a new region where new Tags and References can be defined. See
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@@ -60,16 +61,25 @@ The syntax for the four basic heading types, and the three special types, is lis
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mid-scene, like if you change the point-of-view character. You are free to use sections as you
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wish, and you can filter them out of the final manuscript.
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Page breaks can be automatically added before partition, chapter and scene headings from the
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**Manuscript Build** tool when you build your project to a format that supports page breaks. If you
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want page breaks in other places, you have to specify them manually. See :ref:`a_fmt_break`.
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Page breaks can be automatically added before titles, partition, chapter and scene headings from
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the **Manuscript Build** tool when you build your project to a format that supports page breaks. If
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you want page breaks in other places, you have to specify them manually. See :ref:`a_fmt_break`.
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.. tip::
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There are multiple options of how to process novel headings when building the manuscript. For
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instance, chapter numbers can be applied automatically, and so can scene numbers if you want
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them in a draft manuscript. You can also insert point-of-view character names in chapter titles.
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See the :ref:`a_manuscript` page for more details.
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.. note::
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As of 2.6, the heading levels internally in novelWriter do not map directly to heading levels in
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manuscript documents. In manuscript documents, chapters are considered the top level heading,
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and partitions become plain text paragraphs with a larger font.
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.. versionadded:: 2.6
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.. _a_struct_heads_title:
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@@ -77,15 +87,28 @@ Novel Title and Front Matter
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----------------------------
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It is recommended that you add a document at the very top of each **Novel** root folder with the
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novel title as the first line. You should modify the level 1 heading format code with an ``!`` in
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order to render it as a document title that is excluded from any automatic Table of Content in a
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manuscript build document, like so:
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novel title in it. You should modify the level 1 heading format code with an ``!`` in order to
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render it as a document title that is excluded from any automatic Table of Content in a manuscript
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build document.
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You can also add the author name and address above this if this is required by the manuscript
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format you use, and additional space added before the title.
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This is the title page novelWriter generates automatically for a new project as of version 2.6:
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.. code-block:: md
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Jane Doe[br]
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Address 1[br]
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Address 2 <<
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[vspace:5]
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#! My Novel
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>> _by Jane Doe_ <<
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>> **By Jane Doe** <<
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>> Word Count: [field:textWords] <<
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The title is by default centred on the page. You can add more text to the page as you wish, like
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for instance the author's name and details.
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