Character and Location imports

[Cheryl Kottke]

Is it possible to import CSV files into yWriter rather than entering each character or location separately?  I have all of my characters in an Excel spreadsheet and would like to import them from a CSV file rather than entering each character manually into yWriter. Entering in yWriter is slow (the software is slow), and I already have all of my characters and locations in a spreadsheet. I have a lot of characters and locations. 

[Simon Haynes]

I could add a routine where you paste a list into a text box and then specify whether they're characters or locations.  It could then create them all.

However, if you want to import more than just their names it gets a lot more complicated.

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On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 at 21:20, Cheryl Kottke <clko...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to import CSV files into yWriter rather than entering each character or location separately?  I have all of my characters in an Excel spreadsheet and would like to import them from a CSV file rather than entering each character manually into yWriter. Entering in yWriter is slow (the software is slow), and I already have all of my characters and locations in a spreadsheet. I have a lot of characters and locations. 

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[CHERYL KOTTKE]

That would be awesome. It would be a great help. I write a series and have a lot of characters. Other details I can always add if I want to later. 

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[Simon Haynes]

I've uploaded a new Alpha with the bulk import added.

yWriter7 Alpha test version

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[CHERYL KOTTKE]

Thank You

 

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