Formatting

Document Formatting

fictionWriter.textFormatting.enabled

Enables all document formatting features.

Experimental

This is an experimental feature. It works by changing text in your document. Make sure you make a backup of your document before enabling this, or use is on drafts and test documents only.

Remove extra spaces

fictionWriter.textFormatting.removeExtraSpaces

Removes multiple spaces (not at beginning or ending of lines), with one space.

Before

This is   a  text with  a lot  ,  of spaces.
On multiple  lines  .

    Indents   are not removed    !

After

This is a text with a lot, of spaces.
On multiple lines.

    Indents are not removed!

Remove Trailing Spaces

fictionWriter.textFormatting.removeTrailingSpaces

Removes all whitespace characters from line ends.

Before

This is a text.
Having too much space at the end of each line.

After

This is a text.
Having too much space at the end of each line.

Fix Paragraph Breaks

fictionWriter.textFormatting.fixParagraphBreaks

• none default
• Soft line-breaks As New Paragraph
• Soft line-breaks In Same Paragraph
• One Sentence Per Line

Converts soft and hard breaks, depending on the selected behaviour:

Soft line-breaks As New Paragraph

• combines soft breaks from same paragraph into one line. (joins multi-line paragraphs)

  Before

  This is a line
  with a soft linebreak.
  
  This is a new paragraph.
  With another line break.
  And another line break
  

  After

  This is a line with a soft linebreak.
  
  This is a new paragraph. With another line break. And another line break
  

Soft line-breaks In Same Paragraph

• Converts soft line-breaks to hard line-breaks. The result is having an extra empty before each soft break. (multiple paragraphs)

  Before

  This is a line
  with a soft linebreak.
  
  This is a new paragraph.
  With another line break.
  And another line break
  

  After

  This is a line
  
  with a soft linebreak.
  
  This is a new paragraph.
  
  With another line break.
  
  And another line break
  

One Sentence Per Line

This is a technique used by some writers. It consists of writing each sentence from the same paragraph on a new line. Paragraphs are still marked with an empty line.

If enabled, this setting does the following: - Splits each line in sentences (using the boundary characters: . ! ? ; :) - Adds every sentence on a new line. - Keeps spacing between paragraphs.

Before

# Using one sentence per line

This means, each sentence. If in the same paragraph. Uses a soft line break.
Already separated sentences, will remain as they are.

Paragraph breaks are also kept. This is it.

After

# Using one sentence per line

This means, each sentence.
If in the same paragraph.
Uses a soft line break.
Already separated sentences, will remain as they are.

Paragraph breaks are also kept.
This is it.

Fix Paragraph Spacing

fictionWriter.textFormatting.fixParagraphSpacing

Normalizes space between different paragraph types (header, body, dialogue, ...) by adding a new line if needed.

Before

# This is a header
And this is a first line. The second sentence is this.

Then, a lot of empty lines here.
## This can be another header

And a lot here.
***

After

# This is a header

And this is a first line. The second sentence is this.

Then, a lot of empty lines here.

## This can be another header

And a lot here.

***

Remove Extra Lines

fictionWriter.textFormatting.removeExtraLines

Reduces multiple empty lines (more than two), to a single empty line.

Before

And this is a first line. The second sentence is this.



Then, a lot of empty lines here.




And a lot here.
***

After

And this is a first line. The second sentence is this.

Then, a lot of empty lines here.

And a lot here.

***

Fix Mismatch Dialogue Markers

fictionWriter.textFormatting.fixMismatchDialogueMarkers

If the currently selected dialogue marker is not quotes, then it replaces all known dialogue markers (not quotes) with the selected one.

Before

-- This text has mixed dialogue markers.

--Some are without space.

--- Yes, it has quite a lot.

— It can be fixed.

After

— This text has mixed dialogue markers.

— Some are without space.

— Yes, it has quite a lot.

— It can be fixed.

Fix Dialogue Indents

fictionWriter.textFormatting.fixDialogueIndents

Replaces all dialogue indents (visible if one sentence per line technique is used) with the currently selected dialogue indent.

This works only if fictionWriter.editDialogue.markeris not quotes, and fictionWriter.editDialogue.sentenceIndent is greater than 0, or fictionWriter.editDialogue.sentenceIndentAutoDetect is enabled

Before

This text has mixed dialogue indents.

-- Sentences for same dialogue.
    Start at different indents.

-- Yes, this can be quite annoing sometimes.
Some start too early.
            And some start too late.

Of course, normal paragraphs are left untouched.

After

This text has mixed dialogue indents.

-- Sentences for same dialogue.
    Start at different indents.

-- Yes, this can be quite annoing sometimes.
    Some start too early.
    And some start too late.

Of course, normal paragraphs are left untouched.