Markdown

All text is plain text, meaning the only formatting that matters is what you see written out. That requires new ways to integrate formatting. Here are the basics:

What you want

What you write

italics

*italics*

bold

**bold**

bold and italic

***bold and italic***

strikethrough

~~strikethrough~~

4th

4^th^ OR* 4th

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(*) Note: Manually adding the caret symbol is optional, because it is also done automatically. 

For footnotes:

Sample sentence^[A little note here.] that continues after the footnote.

Note: you can include a line break in a footnote using \\

Also, no need to include a number with the footnote.

Note: “Smart quotes” do not need to be straight quotes " and likewise em-dashes don’t need to be 3 dashes. Those issues will be handled automatically, if need be.

Paragraphs:

To differentiate two paragraphs, you need to leave an empty line in between. Simply making a new line will not suffice. This also means that you can have as many line breaks as you want inside markdown without breaking the paragraph.

Markdown

A sample paragraph.

That continues further. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further.

New paragraph, very cool.

Final release

A sample paragraph. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further.

New paragraph, very cool.

Lists:

Insert an unordered list like so:

- This is

- an unordered list

- of things.

It will become this in the export:

If you wish to have specific labels instead of bullet points, write the list like so:

- ?[label](First:) This is

- ?[label](Second:) an unordered list

- ?[label](Third:) of things.

To export:

First:

This is

Second:

an unordered list

Third:

of things.

Note: Remember to leave blank lines to separate paragraphs.

Images:

Images that are the size of an A4 paper can be added with:

![full page image](image name.jpg){alt text}

Images with a different shape are added with:

![exact fit image](image name.jpg){alt text}

The cover image is denoted in the Master with:

![cover](image name.jpg)

The very first manga panel (not the second one, if there are two) should be inserted like so:

![manga](image name.jpg){alt text}

Note: the {alt text} is optional.

Breaks:

Since empty lines just serve to split paragraphs, to get an actual separation you use:

![break]

For soft scene breaks:

![soft scene break]

For hard scene breaks:

![hard scene break]

Chapter headers:

A new chapter begins with a single line that follows the format:

# Chapter X: chapter title

Where chapter X can be “Chapter 1”, “Prologue”, etc. separated by a colon from the chapter title (The exception being the Afterword, which has no chapter title).

The chapter title may also contain the pipe character | to indicate a line break in the chapter title card. These are generated only upon export.

Advanced Markdown: Master file

The Master file is what links all other chapters together and contains a bit more special markdown that you won’t find elsewhere:

Tag

Meaning

?[title](title of book)

This is used to reliably find the book title. Note: Do not include the volume number.

?[volume](number)

This marks the volume number. It must not be in the book title itself.

![disclaimer]

This just expands into the usual disclaimer message.

?[edition](e.g. 1st Edition)

This is used to reliably find the edition of the book.

?[arc](arc name)

This is used to reliably find this book’s subtitle. Below this is where the table of contents is generated.

![include](file name)

This links the other files into the whole book, following the order they are included in.

?[color edition only](stuff)

This text is only included when exporting a color edition. Used for crediting the colorist.

Note: A tag beginning with ! describes an action, whereas a tag beginning with ? describes some extra data that needs to be included.

File names need to match the reference in the Master, however, they may have an extra “(x) ” (where x is some number) preceding the file name to help organize them inside the drive folder.