🗄️Files

Your creative chaos, organized.

Organizing your creative ideas and reference materials efficiently can make your storytelling journey seamless. Fortelling’s file system helps you manage images, notes, and other documents easily.

Types of files supported

You can store and organize different types of files:

• Images: Uploaded from your device, imported directly from Pexels, or created using Fortelling’s avatar creator.

• Notes: Text notes created within Fortelling.

• Uploaded Files: PDFs and other document types.

Folders

Fortelling enables you to order your notes in folders. You can create a folder the same way you can create a note. All folders are always at the top of the list above the notes.

Creating folders & files

To add new files:

1. Press the big yellow button with an add (+) icon.

2. Choose to create a folder, a note, or upload files from your device.

File tree view

Open the treeview to quickly explore all your existing folders and notes. You can tap on an item to open it in full screen. Unfold folders by tapping the arrow icon to see their contents.

File tree view

Moving files to folders

There are two easy ways to reorganize your files:

1. Drag and drop

• Long-press the file you wish to move.

• Drag it into the desired folder.

Pro tip: Drag an item on the breadcrumbs to move a file up in the tree view.

2. Using the context menu

• Open the file you want to move.

• Tap the context menu (three-dot icon).

• Select Move, opening the file treeview.

• Choose the destination folder.

Files

Order and digitize your notebook within Fortelling. Create notes for background lore, letters, or any other written information you have for your story. When searching, Fortelling looks across all folders, not just the one you’re currently in, to ensure you never miss a file.

Filtering and ordering

Customize how your files are displayed in the list view:

• Filter files by labels you’ve assigned.

• Order files by:

  • Alphabetical order

  • Creation date

  • Recent edits

  • Custom order

• Files marked as favorites appear at the top of your list.

Context menu

Tap the context menu (three-dot icon) on any file for quick actions:

• Favorite/Unfavorite: Highlight important files.

• Details Pop-up: View type, file name, creation info, modification info, and visibility settings.

• Visibility Control: Set permissions for collaborators (Admin, Editor, Viewer) or generate a public link. (Available with Fortelling Pro collaboration features.)

• Share: Quickly share files.

• Move: Easily relocate files.

• Delete: Remove unwanted files permanently.

Notes

There is no support for real-time collaboration on notes.

Make your notes clear and visually appealing with formatting options available in the note editor:

• Text Styles: Bold, italic, underline, colored text.

• Text Alignment: Left-aligned, centered, right-aligned, justified.

• Headings: Apply headings (H1 to H3) to structure your notes.

• Lists: Create ordered (numbered) or unordered (bullet-point) lists.

• Quotes: Visually mark paragraphs as quotes.

Note: These formatting options enhance visual clarity but do not add extra functionalities.

Tips & Tricks

• Regularly favorite your most frequently used files for quick access.

• Use clear labels to easily filter and find files later.

• Consistently format your notes for improved readability.

Ready to get organized? Dive into Fortelling and make managing your storytelling resources effortless!