Due to the fairly large changes to project management, the next release of novelWriter will be 2.0 instead of 1.7. See: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/issues/1144

The first release candidate is out for testing, and the second is coming along nicely. See: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases/tag/v2.0rc1

Upcoming Release 2.0 · Issue #1144 · vkbo/novelWriter

Renaming 1.7 to 2.0 After thinking about it for a while, I've come to the conclusion that the collective changes planned for release 1.7 and 1.8 together are large enough for the user that it w...

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Almost everything to do with organising your project has been updated and improved. Here are some highlights:

* You can now add documents as child items under other documents.
* You can freely move any item anywhere in the project. The settings are converted as needed.
* You can change all settings for an item directly from the context menu.
* Adding new items has been improved and now has several presets. Document templates are coming.

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There are many more changes planned for the 2.x series. They will be implemented gradually over the first three releases. You can follow the milestones for planned features.

Planned for 2.1: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/milestone/43

Planned for 2.2: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/milestone/44

GitHub - vkbo/novelWriter: novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels.

novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels. - vkbo/novelWriter

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@novelwriter This is the first time I came across your software, and it looks really cool. I can't wait to test it out with my fiction projects. Thank you!