Split and combine
Scenes change shape as a book grows. Split one in two where the cursor is, or run a scene into the one after it.
Split
Split Scene at Cursor asks for the new scene’s name, right under the scene in the sidebar, then makes a new scene after it holding everything from the cursor on, with the same status, and opens it. Split at a scene break, and the break goes: the two scenes are separated by being two scenes.
Combine
Combine with Next Scene brings the next scene onto the end of the one you’re in, after a scene break, so the book reads exactly as it did. Delete the break to run them together. The scene that was absorbed goes to the Stash, marked for deletion, until you save.
Undo takes it back whole
Right after a split or a combine, Undo takes the whole thing back: both scenes’ text and the book’s structure together. The Edit menu says what it will undo (“Undo Split”), and Redo does it again.
How
- Split at the cursor: ⌘K, or Manuscript → Split Scene at Cursor
- Combine with the next scene: ⇧⌘K
- Undo either: ⌘Z, or Edit → Undo Split / Undo Combine