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WareWoolf is designed for one thing: writing fiction. It is intentionally simplified: you cannot change the font, line spacing, or color. But it has everything you need to organize, edit, and revise a novel--and you don't even need a mouse.
It is composed of three simple text-based panels with no icons: Chapters, Editor, and Notes.
That's it. There is no toolbar with twenty buttons cluttering the screen. There isn't even a file menu unless you summon it. All formatting is done with shortcuts. (But don't worry, there aren't many to memorize, and you can always press CTRL + H to show them all in the Shortcut Helper. And it's not like you do a lot of formatting when writing fiction anyway.)
On the left is the list of chapters, which you can re-order and rename. In the middle, the main editor. On the right, notes. These three panels can each be toggled on/off with F1, F2, and F3, so you can clear everything but the editor for a fully distraction-free experience, or make room for using a narrow vertical screen.
Speaking of room--the editor panel can be contracted or expanded using CTRL + < or > so you can see your paragraphs as they will look in a narrow paperback or a wide manuscript page. Similarly, you can adjust the font display size with CTRL + - or +.
To cycle through chapters, press CTRL + Up or Down. CTRL + Right and Left will jump between the notes and main editor. These are the Navigation Keys.
To move a chapter up or down in the list, press CTRL + SHIFT + Up or Down. To rename a chapter, CTRL + SHIFT + Left. These are the Alteration Keys.
Pressing ALT will reveal the file menu. Here you can import, export, compile, or use many other tools, all easily accessible without a mouse by navigating the menus with the Arrow Keys and Escape. In addition to the usual find/replace, spellcheck, etc., there is a simple Outliner with word count breakdowns for each chapter and a fields for writing summaries.
WareWoolf makes it easy to combine multiple files, edit and style them, and export them as a document in standard manuscript format.
It is designed especially to work well for those who write first drafts in plain-text-based workflows, as is common with distraction-free writing devices such as the Astrohaus Freewrite, Alphasmart Neo, or various stripped-down applications.