Veronica Berglyd Olsen
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novelWriter User Guide
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| **Release Version:** |release|
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| **Updated:** |today|
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novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels assembled from many
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smaller text documents. It uses a minimal formatting syntax inspired by Markdown, and adds a meta
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data syntax for comments, synopsis, and cross-referencing. It is designed to be a simple text
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editor that allows for easy organisation of text and notes, using human readable text files as
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storage for robustness.
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.. figure:: images/screenshot_multi.png
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:class: dark-light
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:align: center
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:width: 500
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The project storage is suitable for version control software, and also well suited for file
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synchronisation tools. All text is saved as plain text files with a meta data header. The core
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project structure is stored in a single project XML file. Other meta data is primarily saved as
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JSON files. See the :ref:`a_breakdown_storage` section for more details.
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Any operating system that can run Python 3 and has the Qt 5 libraries should be able to run
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novelWriter. It runs fine on Linux, Windows and macOS, and users have tested it on other platforms
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as well. novelWriter can also be run directly from the Python source, or installed from packages or
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the pip tool. See :ref:`a_started` for more details.
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.. note::
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Release 1.5 introduced a few changes that will require you to make some minor modifications to
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some of the headings in your project. It should be fairly quick and straightforward. Please see
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the :ref:`a_prjfmt_1_3` section for more details.
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**Useful Links**
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* Website: https://novelwriter.io
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* Documentation: https://docs.novelwriter.io
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* Internationalisation: https://crowdin.com/project/novelwriter
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* Source Code: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter
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* Source Releases: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases
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* Issue Tracker: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/issues
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* Feature Discussions: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/discussions
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* PyPi Project: https://pypi.org/project/novelWriter
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* Social Media: https://fosstodon.org/@novelwriter
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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Main Page <self>
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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:caption: Introduction
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:hidden:
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int_introduction
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int_overview
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int_started
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int_source
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int_howto
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int_customise
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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:caption: Using novelWriter
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:hidden:
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usage_breakdown
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usage_interface
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usage_format
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usage_shortcuts
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usage_typography
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usage_projectformat
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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:caption: Organising Your Project
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:hidden:
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project_overview
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project_structure
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project_notes
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project_export
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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:caption: Under the Hood
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:hidden:
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tech_locations
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tech_storage
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tech_tests
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