What is It?

        The Content Organizer is a paper, article, novel, and non-fiction book composition simplification system. With Content Organizer, lists are the primary means of navigation instead of scrolling, and all content is therefore available with minimal mouse clicks. In addition to content organization, there are options to store and preview character sheets, places, things, events, ideas, notes, and references. Formatting can be customized and saved, and custom HTML can be added before and after content elements.

How Does It Work?

        Content Organizer uses lists to create a content hierarchy. The hierarchy determines the order in which content items appear. The structure of the Content Organizer hierarchy is illustrated below.

            Chapter 1
                  Initial Chapter 1 Content Item 1
                  ...
                  Chapter 1, Heading 1
                        Heading 1 Section Content Item 1
                        Heading 1 Section Content Item 2
                        ...
                        Sub-Heading 1
                                Sub-Heading 1 Section Content Item 1
                                Sub-Heading 1 Section Content Item 2
                                ...
            Chapter 2
            ...

            Optional Item 1
            Optional Item 2
            Optional Item 3

How Do I Use It?

        Each Content Organizer tab contains a form in which tab-specific information can be entered. The tab group to the upper-right of the window is designed to navigate the actual content of a composition. To add content, a chapter must be added first.

        A chapter can have its own content, and chapter contents are displayed right after the chapter title. Chapter headings are sub-groups that contain heading-related information. Headings appear after chapter contents.

        Headings can have heading contents. Heading contents appear after the heading title. Sub-headings appear after the heading contents.

        Sub-headings contain information subsets of headings. Sub-heading contents appear after sub-heading titles. After all sub-heading contents, the after sub-heading HTML appears.

Adding Content

        Content is added to Chapters, Headings, and Sub-Headings, and a Chapter, Heading, or Sub-Heading must therefore be created before content can be added. To add chapter content, first add a chapter title in the tab group to the upper right of the window. After the chapter title is created, select the title in the Chapter tab. Once the chapter is selected, content can be added in the Selection Content tab in the lower half of the window.

        After typing content, click the Save or Insert button to apply it. Care should be taken to not select another section of content, as doing so loads the selection and will clear entered text. Content can cut-copy and pasted between Chapters, Headings, and Sub-Headings. 

Adding Styles

        Styles can be applied to composition elements in the Formats window, which is selected by choosing the Formats menu item of the Tools menu. Styles are created with CSS. Additionally, HTML code (also defined in the Formats window) can be added before and after elements such as Chapters and Headings. Styles can be saved and loaded from the File menu independently of Contents.

Deciding What to Include

        Along with Chapters, Headings, and Sub-Headings, there are Ideas, Notes, People, Places, Things, Events, and References. These items contain information related to the composition that is not necessarily included in the published document. The Options menu item of the Tools menu contains True-False selections that indicate what items to include in exports and previews.