@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ text without having to deal with formatting until you generate a draft document
1212Instead, you can focus on the writing right from the start.
1313
1414Of course, you probably need *some * formatting for your text. At the very least you need emphasis.
15- Most people are familiar with adding emphasis using underscores and asterisks. This formatting
16- standard comes from Markdown _ and is supported by novelWriter. It also uses Markdown formatting for
17- defining document headings. If you need more specialised formatting, additional formatting options
18- are available using a shortcode format. See :ref: `a_fmt_shortcodes ` for more details.
15+ Most people are familiar with adding emphasis using ``_underscores_ `` and ``**asterisks** ``. This
16+ formatting standard comes from Markdown _ and is supported by novelWriter. It also uses Markdown
17+ formatting for defining document headings. If you need more specialised formatting, additional
18+ formatting options are available using a shortcode format. See :ref: `a_fmt_shortcodes ` for more
19+ details.
1920
2021.. admonition :: Limitations
2122
2223 novelWriter is designed for writing fiction, so the formatting features available are limited to
23- those relevant for this purpose. It is ** not ** suitable for technical writing, and it is ** not **
24- a full-featured Markdown editor.
24+ those relevant for this purpose. It is *not * suitable for technical writing, and it is *not * a
25+ full-featured Markdown editor.
2526
2627 It is also not intended as a tool for organising research for writing, and therefore lacks
2728 formatting features you may need for this purpose. The notes feature in novelWriter is mainly
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ instead of a single, large document. The idea is to make it easier to reorganise
3233structure without having to cut and paste text between chapters and scenes.
3334
3435There are two kinds of documents in your project: :term: `Novel Documents ` are documents that are
35- part of your story. The other kind of documents are :term: `Project Notes `. These are intended for
36+ part of your story. The other kind of documents are :term: `Project Notes `, which are intended for
3637your notes about your characters, your world building, and so on.
3738
3839You can at any point split the individual documents by their headings up into multiple documents,
@@ -51,9 +52,12 @@ Below are some key features of novelWriter.
5152**Focus on writing **
5253 The aim of the user interface is to let you focus on writing instead of spending time formatting
5354 text. Formatting is therefore limited to a small set of formatting tags for simple things like
54- text emphasis and paragraph alignment. When you really want to focus on just writing, you can
55- switch the editor into **Focus Mode ** where only the text editor panel itself is visible, and
56- the project structure view is hidden away.
55+ text emphasis and paragraph alignment. Additional shortcodes are available for special
56+ formatting cases.
57+
58+ When you really want to focus on just writing, you can switch the editor into **Focus Mode **
59+ where only the text editor panel itself is visible, and the project structure view is hidden
60+ away.
5761
5862**Keep an eye on your notes **
5963 The main window can optionally show a document viewer to the right of the editor. The viewer
@@ -72,19 +76,22 @@ Below are some key features of novelWriter.
7276**Multi-novel project support **
7377 The main parts of your project is split up into top level special folders called "Root" folders.
7478 Your main story text lives in the "Novel" root folder. You can have multiple such folders in a
75- project. This allows you to keep a series of individual novels with the same characters and
76- world building in the same project, and create manuscripts for them individually.
79+ project, and rename them to whatever you want. This allows you to keep a series of individual
80+ novels with the same characters and world building in the same project, and create manuscripts
81+ for them individually.
7782
7883**Keep track of your story elements **
7984 All notes in your project can be assigned a :term: `tag ` that you can then :term: `reference ` from
8085 any other document or note. In fact, you can add a new tag under each heading of a note if you
81- need to be able to reference specific sections of it.
86+ need to be able to reference specific sections of it, or you want to keep several topics in the
87+ same note.
8288
8389**Get an overview of your story **
8490 It is not the documents themselves that define the chapters and scenes of your story, but the
8591 headings that separate them. In the **Outline View ** on the main window you can see an outline
86- of all the chapter and scene headings of your project. If they have any references in them, like
87- which character is in what chapter and scene, these are listed in additional columns.
92+ of all the chapter and scene headings of each novel root folder in your project. If they have
93+ any references in them, like which character is in what chapter and scene, these are listed in
94+ additional columns.
8895
8996 You can also add a synopsis to each chapter or scene, which can be listed here as well. You have
9097 the option to add or remove columns of information from this outline. A subset of the outline
@@ -100,9 +107,9 @@ Below are some key features of novelWriter.
100107 Whether you want to assemble a manuscript, or export all your notes, or generate an outline of
101108 your chapters and scenes with a synopsis included, you can use the **Build Manuscript ** tool to
102109 do so. The tool lets you select what information you want to include in the generated document,
103- and how it is formatted. You can send the result to a printer, a PDF, or to an Open Document
104- file that can be opened by most office type word processors. You can also generate the result
105- as HTML, or Markdown, both suitable for further conversion to other formats.
110+ and how it is formatted. You can send the result to a printer or PDF, or generate an Open
111+ Document file that can be opened by most office type word processors. You can also generate the
112+ result as HTML, or Markdown, both suitable for further conversion to other formats.
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