# Managing Your File Tree

The file tree is your project's home base — it's the sidebar on the left where you organize your manuscript, notes, research, and everything else that goes into your book. Think of it like the folder structure on your computer, but purpose-built for writing.

## The Basics

When you open a project, the file tree shows your entire project structure in the left sidebar. It's hierarchical — folders can contain files and other folders, nested as deep as you need.

Click a file to open it in the editor
Click a folder's arrow to expand or collapse it
Folders show a ▶ when collapsed and ▼ when expanded
Your currently open file is highlighted in blue

## Your Manuscript Folder

Every project has a special Manuscript folder. This is where your actual book lives — your chapters, in order.

The Manuscript folder has a few superpowers that regular folders don't:

Chapters are numbered and ordered sequentially
You get special chapter management options (more on that below)
It can't be accidentally deleted or renamed
It auto-expands when you open your project

Everything outside the Manuscript folder — character sheets, research, world-building notes — is supporting material. Only the Manuscript folder treats its contents as ordered chapters.

## Adding a New Chapter

To add a new chapter:

Right-click on the Manuscript folder
Click Add Chapter
A new chapter is created automatically wi

Question 2

Languages in Novelium

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Language Support in Novelium

Novelium supports more than 30 languages for grammar and spell checking, with regional variants for languages that differ by region. Your language selection affects how Novelium checks your spelling, grammar, and writing style.

Supported Languages

| Language | Regional Variants | Spelling & Grammar Check | Intelligent Analysis | | Afrikaans | | — | ✓ | | Albanian | | — | ✓ | | Amharic | | — | ✓ | | Arabic | | ✓ | ✓ | | Armenian | | — | ✓ | | Assamese | | — | ✓ | | Asturian | | ✓ | — | | Azerbaijani | | — | ✓ | | Basque | | — | ✓ | | Belarusian | | ✓ | ✓ | | Bengali | | — | ✓ | | Bosnian | | — | ✓ | | Breton | | ✓ | — | | Bulgarian | | — | ✓ | | Catalan | Balearic, Valencian | ✓ | ✓ | | Cebuano | | — | ✓ | | Chinese | Simplified, Traditional | ✓ | ✓ | | Corsican | | — | ✓ | | Crimean Tatar | | ✓ | — | | Croatian | | — | ✓ | | Czech | | — | ✓ | | Danish | | ✓ | ✓ | | Dhivehi | | — | ✓ | | Dutch | Belgium | ✓ | ✓ | | English | Australian, Canadian, GB, New Zealand, SA, US | ✓ | ✓ | | Esperanto | | ✓ | ✓ | | Estonian | | — | ✓ | | Filipino | | ✓ | ✓ | | Finnish | | — | ✓ | | French | Belgium, Canada, Switzerland | ✓ | ✓ | | Frisian | | — | ✓ | | Galician | | ✓ | ✓ | | Georgian | | — | ✓ | | German | Austria, Germany, Swiss | ✓ | ✓ | | Greek | | ✓ | ✓ | | Gujarati | | — | ✓ | | Haitian Creole | | — | ✓ | | Hausa | | — | ✓ | | Hawaiian | | — | ✓ | | Hebrew | | — | ✓ | | Hindi | | — | ✓ | | Hmong | | — | ✓

Question 3

Getting Started with Novelium

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Welcome to Novelium. This guide covers how to get your manuscript into the platform and start using the tools that make it useful — the World Codex, consistency checking, and more.

Creating a Project

When you first sign up, you'll be walked through creating your first project. After that, you can create new projects from the sidebar at any time.

There are several ways to start:

Option 1: Import an Existing Manuscript

If you already have a manuscript (or part of one), importing it is the fastest way to get going. Novelium supports importing from:

Google Drive — Connect your Google account and pick files directly from Drive
OneDrive — Same idea, but for Microsoft accounts
Local files — Drag and drop or browse for files on your computer. Supported formats:
Word documents (.doc, .docx)
Plain text (.txt)
Markdown (.md)
HTML (.html, .htm)
Rich text (.rtf)
PDF (imported as text or as a visual document)
EPUB — Import eBooks with automatic chapter detection
Scrivener — Import Scrivener projects directly
Obsidian — Import an Obsidian vault
Fountain — Import screenplays in Fountain format

During import, Novelium will attempt to auto-detect your chapters and classify your documents by type (manuscript, character sheet, research, etc.). You can review and adjust these classifications before finalizing the import.

What happens after import: Once your files are imported, Novelium automatically kicks off a World Codex

Question 4

How does Novelium use AI?

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Overview

Novelium is a manuscript intelligence platform built for fiction writers. The vast majority of what Novelium does, organizing your project, managing files, tracking characters, is not powered by AI at all. These core features run entirely on standard software logic and do not involve artificial intelligence in any way. However, certain analytical features within Novelium do use AI to read and analyze your text. This is how Novelium is able to catch things like character description contradictions and timeline conflicts. It is important to understand what this means and, more importantly, what it does not mean for your privacy.

What AI Does in Novelium

When you run an analysis (for example, checking your manuscript for consistency issues), Novelium sends the relevant portions of your text to an AI system for processing. The AI reads your text, identifies potential issues, and returns its findings to Novelium. The interaction is purely analytical. The AI reads, it never writes. This is consistent with Novelium's core philosophy: "Reads, Never Writes." Novelium will never generate, ghostwrite, rewrite, or produce creative text on your behalf. AI is used exclusively as an analytical tool — the same way a spell-checker reads your words without writing new ones.

Our Privacy Commitments

We know that for authors, a manuscript is often years of work, and sharing it with any system, even analytically, requires trust. Here is exactly what we promise: | **C

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