Download: A Text Data File
October 24, 2024 vers. 1.0
Overview
Text Data Files save your story and story bible information/data in a quick view condensed data way. For use in saving, backup, or in other software.
A text data condensed format shows your story, story bible, characters bible, story settings & world/story rules bible in a way you can't see in any other way.
A fast way to view your story, story bible, characters, story settings & world/story rules.
Quick review your story elements in a web browser as text data in HTML.
What this Tutorial Covers
Basics
While you are creating your story or story bible, character bible, or story settings & world/story rules bible, download/export/backup a text data file.
Download it in the file type you like. And for a quick condensed view download as a HTML file and open in your favorite web browser.
Download/back up frequently to save backups of important changes in any areas you want and backups you can take with you to be safe.
Uses
- Download to use in other software, back up, and save .
- Download a text data file to use your story/book bible, character bible, or story settings & world/story rules bible in other software.
- Download a current condensed story/book bible.
- Download a current condensed character bible.
- Download a current condensed story settings & world/story rules bible.
- Download as Microsoft Word, PDF, or HTML for easy conversion on the web to any format you want (More internal formats also coming soon).
- Use directly in other WriterStat writing software to get an even faster head start in your story writing. Story data and any changes automatically sync across all your WriterStat writing software.
Get Started
Open the Download Panel by selecting the download icon from any Storyfyre Origin area toolbar.
Or select Download from the Storyfyre Origin Top Menu - Area Quick Menu.
You can also open the Download/Open Panel from the Left Side Hover Action Menu Button in the top left corner of the Top Menu.
(Or on larger screens where the left hand menu is displayed, you can select Download/Open from the Left Side Hover Action Menu.)
Download: A Text Data File(Area Bible)
Downloading a text data file
Select These Download Options
Download (Area) - Select Download from the Scene Map, Scenes Outline, Characters, Story Settings & World/Story Rules Areas.
- Scene Map, Scenes Outline: Download a Story Bible.
- Characters: Download a Character Bible.
- Story Settings & World/Story Rules: Download a Story Settings Bible.
- All: All Together They are Your Book Bible.
Download To - Select Local. Download text data file to your local download directory.
File Name - Name of the file. (Defaults to projectname-areatype-year-datetime)
Download Style - Select Data as the download style.
Download Type - Select the type of file Storyfyre Origin will create. (Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML)
- MS Word: Microsoft Word file.
- PDF: Adobe PDF file.
- HTML: HTML file.
Select The Download Button - This downloads your text data file.
We used these download types because they can be easily converted on the web into the largest volume of other file types to be used in other writing software. As well as being easy to cut and paste from. Microsoft Word is the industry publishing standard.
This also makes it easy to back it up. Backup your story.
Downloading to HTML allows you to use Storyfyre Origin for all kinds of different writing and writing project things. And for converting.
Limits
Let us know of any limits within the Download: A Text Data File, that you discover and we'll include them in the next update.
More integrated files types available in our following versions.
Storyfyre Origin is growing daily, let us know what we can include. We appreciate your help.