Appendix A
Menus and shortcuts
Every command in Septangular’s menus, with its keyboard shortcut, and the keys that work in the editor and the sidebar.
The symbols are the Mac’s: ⌘ Command, ⇧ Shift, ⌥ Option, ⌃ Control, ↩ Return.
| Command | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| About Septangular | | Shows the version you have. |
| Septangular Publish… | | Shows your Publish licence, or a place to enter one. See Chapter 9. |
| Hide Septangular, Hide Others, Show All | ⌘H, ⌥⌘H | The Mac’s usual commands. |
| Quit Septangular | ⌘Q | Quits, warning you first if anything is unsaved. The book that’s open reopens next time. |
| Command | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| New Project… | ⌘N | Starts a new book in a folder of its own. See Your first book. |
| Open Project… | ⌘O | Opens a book: choose its book.xml. |
| New Series from This Book… | | Makes the open book the first of a series. See Chapter 10. |
| New Book in Series… | | Adds a new book to the series (only in a series). |
| Add Existing Book to Series… | | Moves a book you already have into the series (only in a series). |
| New Story Bible Entry… | | Shows the form for a new entry. See Chapter 5. |
| Save | ⌘S | Saves the whole book as one version. See Saving your work. |
| Close Window | ⌘W | Closes the book, warning you first if anything is unsaved. |
| Command | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| Undo, Redo | ⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z | Undoes or redoes your last change. The menu names what it will undo, such as “Undo Split” after splitting a scene, which undoes the split as a whole. |
| Cut, Copy, Paste | ⌘X, ⌘C, ⌘V | The usual commands. |
| Paste and Match Style | ⌥⇧⌘V | Pastes as plain text. |
| Delete, Select All | ⌘A for Select All | The usual commands. |
| Find → Find… | ⌘F | Finds words anywhere in the book, as it is now. In Notes, goes to the notes search instead. See Chapter 3. |
| Find → Find Next | ⌘G | Goes to the next match, from scene to scene. |
| Find → Find Previous | ⇧⌘G | Goes to the match before. |
| Find → Find in History… | ⌥⌘F | Searches every saved version, for text you’ve cut. See Chapter 8. |
| Speech | | Reads the selected text aloud, or stops. |
These work in the editor, and on its right-click menu too.
| Command | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| Bold | ⌘B | Makes the selection bold, or plain again. |
| Italic | ⌘I | Makes the selection italic, or plain again. |
| Block Quote | | Sets the paragraph apart as a quotation, such as a letter or a sign. |
| Scene Break | ⇧⌘↩ | Puts a break within the scene, shown in the finished book as the configuration’s scene break. |
| Clear Formatting | ⌘\ | Takes bold and italic off the selection. |
Appendix B shows how each of these is written in a scene’s file.
| Command | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| Editor Font | | The editor’s typeface. It changes only how the editor looks, not the finished book. |
| Editor Text Size | | The editor’s type size. |
| Hide Sidebar, Show Sidebar | ⌃⌘S | Hides the sidebar, for a wider editor. Clicking the heptagon at the top of the icons does the same. |
| Show Synopses | | Shows each scene’s synopsis under its name in the sidebar. |
| Highlight Today’s Writing | | Marks what you’ve written or rewritten today. See Chapter 3. |
| Show Revision Heat | | Colours scenes by how often they’ve been revised. |
| Back Matter Under Front Matter | | Lists back matter at the top of the sidebar, under front matter, rather than after the story. |
| Show Preview | ⇧⌘V | Shows the finished pages beside the editor, or hides them. |
| Focus Mode | ⇧⌘F | Fills the screen with the scene you’re writing. Esc leaves it. |
| Actual Size, Zoom In, Zoom Out | ⌘0, ⌘+, ⌘− | Makes everything in the window larger or smaller. |
| Enter Full Screen | ⌃⌘F | The Mac’s full screen. |
These act on the scene that’s open, wherever you are in the window.
| Command | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| Move Scene Up, Move Scene Down | ⌃⌘↑, ⌃⌘↓ | Moves the open scene one place, into the next chapter at either end of its own. |
| Move Chapter Up, Move Chapter Down | ⌃⇧⌘↑, ⌃⇧⌘↓ | Moves the open scene’s chapter one place. |
| Split Scene at Cursor | ⌘K | Makes the text after the cursor a new scene. |
| Combine with Next Scene | ⇧⌘K | Joins the next scene onto the end of this one. |
| Scene History… | | Lists the saves that changed this scene. See Chapter 8. |
| Collapse All Chapters, Expand All Chapters | | Folds every chapter in the sidebar away, or opens them all. |
| Collapse All Parts, Expand All Parts | | The same for parts. |
Window and Help
The Window menu has the Mac’s usual commands, such as Minimize ⌘M. Help → Open Source Licenses lists the free software Septangular is built with, and its licences.
Keys in the editor
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| ⌥↑, ⌥↓ | Move the paragraph the cursor is in up or down. |
| ⌘↑, ⌘↓ | Go to the start or end of the scene. |
| ⌥←, ⌥→ | Move by a word. Add ⇧ to select as you go. |
| Right-click | Spelling suggestions for a misspelt word, Learn Spelling, then Cut, Copy, Paste and the Format commands. |
| Keys or click | What they do |
|---|
| Click a scene | Opens it in the editor. |
| ⌥-click a scene | Opens it beside the scene you’re writing. |
| Click a chapter or part | Folds it away, or opens it. |
| ⌥-click a chapter or part | Folds or opens every chapter, or every part. |
| Right-click anything | Its menu: rename, status, move, new scene after, and more. |
| ↩, Esc | While naming something in place: keep the name, or leave it as it was. |
| Drag the sidebar’s edge | Makes the sidebar narrower or wider. Double-click the edge to put it back as it was. Once you’ve clicked the edge, ← and → move it too, further with ⇧. |
Keys in Find
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| ↩ | Goes to the next match. |
| ⇧↩ | Goes to the match before. |
| Esc | Closes Find, and goes back to the book’s parts, chapters and scenes. |
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