Veronica Berglyd Olsen
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.. _a_howto:
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Tips & Tricks
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.. _Discussions Page: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/discussions
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This is a list of hopefully helpful little tips on how to get the most out of novelWriter.
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.. note::
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This section will be expanded over time. If you would like to have something added, feel free to
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contribute, or start a discussion on the project's `Discussions Page`_.
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Managing the Project
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====================
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.. dropdown:: Merge Multiple Documents Into One
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:animate: fade-in-slide-down
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If you need to merge a set of documents in your project into a single document, you can achieve
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this by first making a new folder for just that purpose, and drag all the files you want merged
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into this folder. Then you can right click the folder, select :guilabel:`Transform` and
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:guilabel:`Merge Documents in Folder`.
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In the dialog that pops up, the documents will be in the same order as in the folder, but you
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can rearrange them here of you wish. See :ref:`a_ui_tree_split_merge` for more details.
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Layout Tricks
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.. dropdown:: Create a Simple Table
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:animate: fade-in-slide-down
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The formatting tools available in novelWriter don't allow for complex structures like tables.
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However, the editor does render tabs in a similar way that regular word processors do. You can
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set the width of a tab in :guilabel:`Preferences`.
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The tab key should have the same distance in the editor as in the viewer, so you can align text
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in columns using the tab key, and it should look the same when viewed next to the editor.
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This is most suitable for your notes, as the result in exported documents cannot be guaranteed
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to match. Especially if you don't use the same font in your manuscript as in the editor.
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Organising Your Text
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.. dropdown:: Add Introductory Text to Chapters
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:animate: fade-in-slide-down
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Sometimes chapters have a short preface, like a brief piece of text or a quote to set the stage
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before the first scene begins.
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If you add separate files for chapters and scenes, the chapter file is the perfect place to add
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such text. Separating chapter and scene files also allows you to make scene files child
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documents of the chapter.
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.. versionadded:: 2.0
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.. dropdown:: Distinguishing Soft and Hard Scene Breaks
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:animate: fade-in-slide-down
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Depending on your writing style, you may need to separate between soft and hard scene breaks
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within chapters. Like for instance if you switch point-of-view character often.
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In such cases you may want to use a scene heading for hard scene breaks and a section heading
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for soft scene breaks. The :guilabel:`Build Manuscript` tool will let you add separate
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formatting for the two when you generate your manuscript. You can for instance add the common
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"``* * *``" for hard breaks and select to hide section breaks, which will just insert an empty
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paragraph in their place. See :ref:`a_manuscript_settings` for more details.
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Keep in mind that this is not what the section heading is intended for, so the app will not
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understand the section heading as a scene, but it will be formatted correctly in the manuscript.
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Other Tools
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.. dropdown:: Convert Project to/from yWriter Format
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:animate: fade-in-slide-down
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There is a tool available that lets you convert a `yWriter <http://spacejock.com/yWriter7.html>`_
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project to a novelWriter project, and vice versa.
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The tool is available at `peter88213.github.io/yw2nw <https://peter88213.github.io/yw2nw/>`__
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