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Project settings

Shy Editor allows you to configure project settings to fit your specific requirements and preferences. To change your project settings, click the ⚙ icon in the bottom left corner of the project screen.

Project settings apply to the current project only. Some default settings will depend on the project type.

Preferences​

Editor toolbar​

Disabling this will hide the toolbar from the editor. You will still be able to format your text with keyboard shortcuts or Markdown.

AI Assistant​

Disabling this will hide the AI assistant window and contextual assistance.

Writing and grammar advice​

Disabling this will turn off writing and grammar advice within the text and fall back to default browser spellchecking.

Named entity recognition​

When this is turned on, Shy Editor advice will automatically suggest people, places, locations, etc. to add to the knowledge base from your text.

Automatic typography​

When this is turned on, Shy Editor will automatically replace common text patterns with the correct typographic character. For example, (c) will be converted to a copyright sign ©. Note - pressing Backspace will undo this conversion.

Project structure settings​

Project type​

The project type of the current project. This is only displayed for reference and cannot be changed.

Multiple sheets​

When this is turned off, only one sheet will exist in the project. Note - to avoid confusion or loss of data, you cannot disable this setting if multiple sheets already exist.

User-created sheets​

When this is turned off, you cannot manually create new sheets. Note - to avoid confusion or loss of data, you cannot disable this setting if multiple sheets already exist.

Project overview​

When this is turned off, the project overview will not be displayed in the tools window.

Notes​

When this is turned off, notes will not be displayed in the tools window.

Knowledge base​

When this is turned off, the knowledge base will not be displayed in the tools window.

Bibliography​

When this is turned on, you will be able to access the bibliography, in-text citations. If any sources are present, a reference list will be automatically added to exported files.

Project status​

When this is turned off, the project status can no longer be changed.

Images​

Control whether you can add images to the project. Note - existing images will not be removed if you turn this off.

Tasks​

Control whether you can add tasks to the project text. Note - existing tasks will not be removed if you turn this off.

Code blocks​

Control whether you can add code blocks to the project. Note - existing code blocks will not be removed if you turn this off.