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Welcome to MyNovel 3
Welcome to MyNovel 3
Welcome to MyNovel 3
What's new in version 3?
Installation guide
Getting started
Registration / activation
The welcome page
MyNovel workspace
MyNovel workspace
MyNovel workspace
The application menu
The ribbon bar
The writing tab
The inspiration tab
The writers circle tab
The layout and theme tab
The printing (and exporting) tab
The novel explorer
Classic novel explorer
Expert novel explorer
Explorer mode
The properties window
The research window
The thesaurus window
The to do list window
The quick help window
Working with MyNovel
Working with MyNovel
Working with MyNovel
Create a new novel
Edit novel details
Chapters and sections
Add a chapter
Working with the word processor
Checking your progress
Evaluate readability / reading age
Generate a cover letter
Generate a synopsis
Generate a title page
Generate a glossary
Diagrams, family trees and corkboards
Add a diagram or corkboard
Diagram editor
Events, characters, places and things
Add an event
Add a character
Add a place
Add a thing
Observations
Relationships
Printing and publishing / exporting
Printing, publishing and exporting options
Submissions to literary agents
Keeping track of submissions
The Writers Circle (www.writerscircle.biz)
Log in to The Writers Circle
Create a new accout on The Writers Circle
My writers circle account
Submit to The Writers Circle
My submissions to The Writers Circle
Get inspiration
Preferences
More languages
About box (and license)
Novel writing templates
Novel writing templates
Novel writing templates
The hero's journey
Support and contact information
Support and contact information
Support and contact information
How to buy MyNovel
How to buy MyNovel
How to buy MyNovel

Novel explorer



Window To display this window, go to the layout and theme tab on the ribbon bar, click the drop-down arrow under the windows button and select show novel explorer window.

To hide the novel explorer window use the same procedure - or click the cross at the top right of the novel explorer window.

The novel explorer, which sits at the left hand side of the workspace by default, allows you to select the current chapter or diagram that you want to work on. In addition, it enables you to select any of the events, chapters, places or things you have added to your novel.

Whenever you select a chapter or diagram in the novel explorer, the properties window shows the properties for the chapter or diagram. In addition the chapter or diagram is automatically opened for editing. See working with the word processor or the diagram editor for more information.

Whenever you select an event, character, place or thing in the novel explorer, the properties window shows the properties of the selected item, so that you amend them.

You should get used to right-clicking on the novel explorer to bring up the context menu. The context menu for the novel explorer includes important commands for adding and removing chapters, diagrams, events and characters from your novel.

You have a choice between two different kinds of novel explorer. The first, the classic novel explorer, will be familiar to you if you have used MyNovel in the past. The second, the expert novel explorer, is also available to you if you have used MyNovel for some time and / or you are technically-minded. The expert novel explorer is particularly useful if you are creating a work with numerous places, settings and so on.

Classic novel explorer Expert novel explorer
The classic novel explorer
- familiar to users of MyNovel 2.0
The expert novel explorer
- for the technically-minded

Important: You can switch between the two novel explorer modes by clicking either the classic novel explorer button or the expert novel explorer button on the layout and theme tab.

classic novel explorer context menu expert novel explorer novel explorer right-clicking showing the novel explorer switch between classic and expert modes