Tips&Tricks

[josip]

Undocumented or more or less hidden features ...

[josip]

TIP #1
When blind scrolling with left mouse click, hit Control key to jump
page up or page down. Release to scroll one line at a time again.

TIP #2
When blind scrolling, click top of the screen to scroll to the TOP of
the doc, click bottom of the screen to scroll to the END.

TIP #3
Select text to see partial word count. This only applies to the
numeric progress bar. The same goes for printing - only selected text
will be printed.

TIP #4
When in Jumps dialog, right click an item to jump and close at the
same time.

TIP #5
When in Jumps dialog, hold Control key and hover trough listed items.
The text in the main window will scroll accordingly.

TIP #6
When in Jumps dialog, hit Control + Backspace to close dialog and
scroll to the original caret position.

TIP #7
Scale up or down your text with CTRL + ALT + up/down shortcuts. Set
text area width with CTRL + ALT left/right. You can also use mouse
wheel in combination with Shift, Control or Alt keys. Experiment ...

[josip]

TIP #8
Write your web stuff without distractions! Use WM with great Firefox
extension "It's All Text" (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
addon/4125). Use it when writing text for your blogs, for web based e-
mail ... It works with any textarea on any web page. To use this
extension character encoding must be set on UTF-8 (already default)
and "Always save on exit" must be enabled.
i.

[josip]

TIP #9
Writemonkey lacks multi document support but there is a feature that
is quite useful for jumping between docs - press CTRL+TAB to toggle
recently opened files. You can combine this feature with "Always save
on exit" option (Preferences / Open&Save).
i.

[josip]

TIP #10

TO-DO AND DONE JUMP MASKS FOR REPOSITORY
========================================

I often use repository part of the document to store ideas about text
I'm writing. Also all kind of other "to-do" type notes. When I add a
new item I put a ! in front of the paragraph. And when the item is
"done" I replace ! With OK.

I created two jump masks:

1.
Name: To-do
Jump mask: ^!.+?\n
Sample text: ! This is to-do item ...

2.
Name Done
Jump mask: ^OK.+?\n
Sample text: OK This is idea I have already implemented.

When I visit repository I can easily jump through the items that need
further attention and even see the list of those already checked.

You can go even further and use filter (bottom of the jumps dialog) to
refine your matches. For example: Use !P to mark the items that have
something to do with the plot of the story you are writing. Or !R for
items that require research ...

You can of course replace ! and OK in jump mask with any character or
string you want. Find the style you like.

i.

[turbo]

I'd like to add a tip: To sync your text online, use http://pageoftext.com/
with the above mentioned addon for FF -- It's All Text. You can also
encrypt your online text (go to Advanced Options > Very Advanced >
Show the encryption buttons).

[josip]

TIP #11

Undocumented feature - Flow mode. Use your Vulcan touch and hit CTRL
+SHIFT+ALT+F. Backspace and delete buttons will be disabled. No cut,
copy and paste. For first drafts and other creative seances. Just let
it go ... You can exit the flow mode only by restarting wm.

[thereisg...@gmail.com]

What is "blind scrolling"?

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Beware that CTL+ALT+ and arrow key in Windows is used to change the orientation of the monitors.

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Version: WM3 Beta8 Jan2019 Windows 64bit

Since I don't understand what "blind scrolling is" I can't verify Tip#1

Tips #2, 4, 5 6, 7 don't work.

[Luiz Fonte Boa]

Those tips are for WM2! ;)

[thereisg...@gmail.com]

Aha! Thanks.