Getting started

Norwid is an environment for writing, planning, editing and preparing a book for publication. Your book is stored on this Mac and saved automatically.

First steps

1. Open the Library (⌘0). It contains the sample book The Lighthouse That Remembers and every book you have imported.
2. To start your own book, click New Book (⌘N). To bring in an existing one, use Import EPUB or drag an .epub onto the window: the book is split into parts, chapters and scenes.
3. Open a book and you land in Writing: structure on the left, the scene text in the middle, scene properties on the right.
4. Write. There is no need to save manually: the status is shown in the top bar (“Saved · 14:32”).

Four modes of one book

Mode	The question it answers
Writing ⌘1	What am I writing right now?
Planning ⌘2	How is the story built: scenes, time, characters, relationships
Editing ⌘3	What needs work and what has changed: statuses, comments, version history
Publishing ⌘4	How the book will look: editions, metadata, pre-release checks

Not sure where a feature is? Press ⌘K and start typing its name — the palette finds modes, commands, scenes, characters, book text and help articles.