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# novelWriter Changelog
## Version 1.2 RC 1 [2021-02-28]
## Version 1.2 RC 1 [2021-03-02]
### Release Notes
This is the first release candidate of 1.2. The release is intended for testing of new features.
Please take this into account when working on your live projects.
This is the release candidate of 1.2. The release is intended for testing of new features and to
sort out potential bugs before the full release. Please take this into account when working on your
live projects.
#### The Build Novel Project Tool
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well as the Markdown export, is now handled entirely by code written for novelWriter. Previously,
these export features depended on the underlying Qt library's save routines connected to the
preview document shown in the build dialog. Using this method of export both meant that the content
of the document was dependent on the preview being generated, and that the exported document had
limited support for novelWriter-specific features and custom formatting. The new export tool should
generate a much better result, especially for the Open Document formats. The Open Document standard
is supported by Open Office, Libre Office, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and probably a number of
other applications too. The Markdown export hasn't changed a lot, but should be a slight
improvement on the previous export feature.
of the document was dependent on the preview being generated first, and it also meant that the
exported document had limited support for novelWriter-specific features and custom formatting. The
new export class should generate a much better result, especially for the Open Document formats.
The Open Document standard is supported by Open Office, Libre Office, Google Docs, Microsoft Word,
and probably a number of other applications too. The Markdown export hasn't changed a lot, but
should be a slight improvement on the previous export feature.
These changes to the build tool also imply that the saving process is now independent of the
content of the preview window, meaning you don't have to rebuild the preview before saving, which
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Among other changes in this release are a few improvements to the process of creating and changing
documents. When a new document is first created, the header is generated from the assigned label
and layout. For some document layouts, when the user changes the header level of the first header
and layout.
In addition, for some document layouts, when the user changes the header level of the first header
of the document, the document layout setting is updated accordingly. This should reduce the need
for the user to maintain two ways of assigning the role of a given document. This automation only
applies to combinations of header level and current document layouts where there is no ambiguity.
For instance, changing the header level in a "Scene" document from level 3 to 2 changes the
document layout automatically to "Chapter". But changing the first header of a "Book" layout
document from 1 to 2 does not change the document's layout as the "Book" layout is a generic
document layout.
document layout and it's perfectly reasonable for its first header to be a chapter header.
Keep in mind that novelWriter treats documents with layout "Book", "Chapter" and "Scene" exactly
the same during exports. The distinction is only meant as a way to indicate the purpose of a
document in the project tree. This new automation is meant to assist in keeping this information up
to date. The other layouts do have an effect on formatting during export and are generally left
to date. The other layouts do have an effect on formatting during export, and are generally left
alone.
#### The Session Timer and Idle Time
Another change that has been requested by a couple of users is to have the session timer in the
status bar stop counting when the user is inactive. This feature is optional, and can be controlled
from Preferences. The definition of idle here is either that the user is active in a different
application than novelWriter (loss of focus) or that the user has not made any changes to the
document open in the editor for a given amount of time. The time threshold is by default five
minutes, but can be altered in Preferences.
status bar stop counting when the user is inactive (idle). This feature is optional, and can be
controlled from Preferences. The definition of "idle" in this context is either that the user is
active in a different application than novelWriter (loss of focus) or that the user has not made
any changes to the current document for a given amount of time. The time threshold is by default
five minutes, but can be altered in Preferences.
In addition, the idle time is also recorded in the session log, and can be viewed in the Writing
Statistics dialog and exported with the rest of the information. The idle time is recorder in the
logs regardless of whether the status bar clock displays this information or not.
logs regardless of whether the status bar clock takes idle time into consideration or not. So even
if you turn off the idle time switch in Preferences, the other idle time setting still affects the
writing stats log entries.
#### Other Changes