Manuscript

A Manuscript is the unit that holds one story or one series. A Space can hold several manuscripts.

Manuscripts are managed in the Manuscript tab of the sidebar. Create a new one from the manuscript picker at the top of that tab, and give it a name and a Writing Style at the same time. Pick another manuscript in the same picker to switch to it. To rename or delete a manuscript, press All in the Manuscript tab, open the ⋯ beside the manuscript's name, and choose Rename or Delete.

Manuscripts and chapters

Inside a manuscript, writing splits into numbered chapters (03, for example). A chapter holds one page or several. In the Manuscript table that All in the sidebar opens, the number of pages inside a chapter appears next to its title, so you can tell a collapsed chapter's size too.

Press ⋯ next to a chapter to open these options.

• Add page: Adds one more page inside the chapter.
• Change number: Changes the chapter number. If the number you want is taken, TypeTak tells you which chapter has that number now, and that the numbers in between shift by one, before you confirm.
• Move › · Share › · Export ›: Moves the chapter to the Documents tab or another manuscript, shares it, or exports it as a file.
• Rename · Delete: Changes the chapter title, or deletes the chapter along with the pages inside.

In a chapter that holds several pages, Change number in a page's ⋯ changes its order inside the chapter. In the same window, setting Chapter number to another chapter moves the page to the end of that chapter, and picking the number after the last chapter splits the page off into a new chapter.

Creating pages in the Manuscript

Create them from the Create new menu in the Manuscript tab. The same menu sits in the header of the Manuscript table under All.

• Next chapter: Creates a new chapter with the number after the last one. Enter a chapter title if you want (blank is fine), and if there is no manuscript yet, a default one is created for you.
• Subpage: Adds one more page inside the last chapter.
• Import: Upload a file and put it into this manuscript. (See Importing for details.)

Moving pages between Manuscript and Documents

Move a page in the Documents tab into the manuscript you want with Move › Manuscript in its ⋯ menu. A manuscript page moves to the Documents tab with Move › Document.

You can ask the agent in chat instead. It handles everything from creating, renaming, and moving pages and folders to creating manuscripts, moving pages into them, and reordering chapters. It can also duplicate a page, delete pages and folders (they go to the Archive), move a manuscript page to Documents, rename or delete a manuscript, add a page inside a chapter, rename or delete a chapter, and bring deleted items back from the Archive. It never changes the text inside a page — only where pages, chapters, and folders sit. (With Edit permission on Ask first, it shows you what it will change first.)

Can I write a series across several volumes?

A Space holds several manuscripts, so give each volume one of its own. Create a new manuscript from the manuscript picker at the top of the Manuscript tab.

Do I have to number things?

No. Pages with no order belong in Documents, where you create and manage them. The agent reads Documents exactly as it reads the Manuscript.

If I delete a manuscript, do the pages inside disappear?

Deleting a manuscript deletes the pages inside it, so a warning comes first, and deleted items can be restored from the Archive.