Guide: Writing, Revising, and Exporting a Book

1. Getting started

Quick start: your first project : Create a Project, write your first pages, and learn how they save.
A tour of Tabularia : Find the Canvas, panels, and controls you use while writing.
Browsers, devices, and requirements : Check browser support and choose a device for your writing.

How a manuscript is structured : Learn how Projects, Books, Chapters, and Scenes fit together.
Story shapes and outlines : Start with a story structure or outline you can change as you write.
Drafts, Snapshots, and autosave : Choose between automatic saves, restore points, and alternative versions.

Importing an existing manuscript : Bring in existing writing and check what each format preserves.
Exporting and printing : Prepare a submission, reading copy, printed Book, or Project archive.
Sync, backup, and offline : Understand local saves, cloud copies, and writing without a connection.
Keeping backups in a folder : Keep daily Project copies in a folder outside your browser.

Writing and formatting : Format text, create styles, and use the tools that help you revise.
Designing a Book : Design Chapter openings, Contents, and Act opener pages.
Headers and margin numbers : Set page numbers, running headers, and references beside the text.
Markdown in Tabularia : Use typed markers for formatting, or bring Markdown in and out.
Navigating a long manuscript : Move between passages and focus on one part of a long Manuscript.
Writing goals and statistics : Track counts, set word goals, and time a writing session.
Writing on a phone or tablet : Find your writing controls on a smaller screen.

Sheets: People, Places, Items, and Concepts : Keep character and world details beside your writing.
Timelines : Trace a character, subplot, or other thread through its passages.
Images and Book Decorations : Place pictures and choose ornaments for your Book.
Free writer tools : Use free planning, revision, and word tools outside the editor.

Working with Drafts : Try alternative wording, compare versions, and merge what works.
Markup Mode and Review Changes : Read suggestions and comments, then decide what to keep.
Snapshots and History : Save a restore point and revisit earlier writing.

Sharing your manuscript for review : Invite Readers or Editors and review the feedback they return.
Publishing and reading : Choose what your published page shows and how readers use it.

AI assistants : Connect your own assistant and choose what it may read or change.
What to ask your assistant : Try specific requests for feedback, revisions, and reference material.

Glossary : Find a short definition of a term used in Tabularia.
Keyboard shortcuts : Look up editing and navigation keys for your platform.
Connector reference : Technical tool definitions for the remote cloud connector.
Browser WebMCP reference : Technical tools and limits for assistants using an open browser tab.