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  • Right click on a scene to switch between the 3 views very fast. For instance a right click on a scene in the chronological view shows the entries "Show in Book View" and "Show in Manage View". Not only the view is switched, it also scrolls to the chosen scene.
  • Right click on a scene in the tree to show the chosen scene in one of the 3 views.
  • Right click on a location's name in the tree and choose "New location". The country and city will now be filled in for you.
  • Right click on an icon on the top of the sidebar to show the category additionally, e.g. left-click on the character icon, then right click on the location icon. The tree now shows both, characters and locations.
    • Left click -> shows only the clicked category.
    • Right click -> shows a clicked category in addition.
    • Right click again -> hides the clicked category.
  • Scenes and relative dates: When trying to set a relative scene date, you've just got a warning. Reason: You don't have any scenes assigned to chapters yet. Once you have assigned scenes to chapters, you'll be able to choose from these scenes when setting a relative date.
  • Scene editor and characters / locations: Instead of using the buttons "add" resp. "remove" you can simple double click on the list. A double click on the list above removes the character / location, a double click on the list below adds the character / location.
  • On the tree, press the first letter(s) to jump to the desired character or location. This works on the sidebar tree as well as on the lists shown if you edit a scene.
  • Want to know the age of a character depending on the scene's date? Move the mouse cursor over the character abbreviation label. The age is shown on the quick info window. If a character is dead, the reached age is shown marked with a "+".
  • Memoria Tool: Use Shift-Left-Click and move the mouse to rotate the graph. Use Ctrl-Left-Click and move the mouse to skew the graph. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in / zoom out.
  • Want to see a location in Google Maps? In the tree, right click to a location and choose "Google Maps" from the context menu! The URL used for Google Maps can be set manually for those outside the USA. Open the preferences, select the tab "Internet" and enter the Google Maps URL of your country.
  • Troubles with wrong characters (e.g. German Umlauts) after a CSV import in Word / OpenOffice? Choose "Unicode (UTF-8)" as character set.
  • Text fields have undo support. Press Ctrl-Z to undo.
  • Most text fields have Drag-n-Drop support. To move text from Word / OpenOffice, just select it, then drag it to the desired text field and drop it. You can also move text the same way from one scene to another of course.

 

 

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