The Handbook

How Quillard works

Nine short volumes, with pictures of the real thing. Every one of them is also inside the app under Help → The Handbook, where it arrives as a book you can read in your own room, search like any other, and delete when you are done with it.

01The RoomNine rooms, your own rooms, sound, the lamp, focus and zen.5 sections02WritingThe keycap bar, type and measure, pictures, dictation, the quiet corrections.6 sections03The KeyboardFive shortcuts worth learning first, and the rest by what they are for.7 sections04The ShelfBooks, chapters and sections; kinds, covers, jackets and finding things.5 sections05RevisionSuggesting, comments, the six panels, proofing, notes and research.5 sections06Goals and DeadlinesA number, a bar, and what a deadline actually asks of you.3 sections07Getting It OutWord, EPUB, Markdown and a typeset PDF — no second tool.3 sections08Keeping It SafeAtomic writes, history, the bin, the backup folder, and a full disk.5 sections09Two Machines, One BookPairing, encryption, review before apply — how sync works.5 sections10Why It Works This WayOffline first, no assistant in the writing room, and your name on your copy.3 sections