Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MacJournal 6.0 Mariner Software
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MacJ ournal User Guide Chr onic le Y our Lif e © Copyright 2012 Mariner Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this documentation may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, microfilmed, or otherwise duplicated on any medium without written consent of Mariner Software, Inc.
Chapter 1: First Steps ! 4 Installation ! 5 Registration ! 6 T roubleshooting ! 7 Using this guide ! 8 Basic terminology and ideas ! 9 Chapter 2: Journaling ! 10 The main window ! 11 Creating and dele.
Sorting ! 51 Searching ! 52 Smart Journals ! 53 Chapter 6: Creating and Publishing Books ! 55 Creating and deleting books ! 56 Working with books ! 57 Publishing a book ! 58 Chapter 7: Advanced Editin.
Cha pter 1: Fir st Ste ps This version of MacJournal has a totally revamped interface and a host of new features. T ry out new views, like T imeline or Calendar . Assign a mood to your entries, or a book setting to your journal. Whether you want your journal to be your-eyes-only or you want to share it with the world, MacJournal 6 is there for you.
Installation For downloaded DMGs: ! ! ! ! ! For product CDs: 1 Mount the disk image by double-clicking on the MacJournal.dmg file in the Finder . 2 Drag and drop the MacJournal.app icon onto your Applications folder . Replace your older version of MacJournal if/when prompted.
R egistration 1 Launch MacJournal. A dialog will appear with information about your trial period. 2 Click Register . 3 Enter your name, organization, and serial number in the resulting sheet. 4 Click OK . Note: Y ou should only have to register MacJournal once.
Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g If you have gone through the documentation and are still having problems with MacJournal, we ʼ re here to help! For technical support, please visit http://www .marinersoftware.com/support . We make every effort to reply promptly , in most cases within 24 hours.
Using this guide This user guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of Mac OS X. Y ou should understand pointing, clicking, double-clicking, dragging and dropping, and how to select items in the menus.
Basic terminology a nd ideas MacJournal is an extremely flexible and versatile tool for storing text, but for consistency , it uses several standard ways to refer to the containers that you’ll store your writing and other creative materials within the program.
Cha pter 2: Journaling Journaling is a powerful form of expression, and MacJournal provides you with the tools to take it even further . However , at its most basic level, MacJournal is about storing your thoughts, feelings, or whatever else, in an ordered journal, just like pages in a notebook.
The ma in windo w 1 To o l b a r : A standard Mac OS X style toolbar . The specific buttons available can be customized (see Customizing the toolbar ).
Cr eating and delet ing journals T o create a new journal, click the + button at the bottom of the Source List, choose File → New Journal… or hit ⇧⌘ N . In the resulting sheet, enter the journal’s name, choose a location for your journal, and pick an icon from the selection provided.
Cr eating and delet ing entr ies T o create a new entry , click the New toolbar button (shown at right), choose File → New Entry , or hit ⌘ N . By default, your cursor will be in the T opic field in the information bar . If you wish to leave the topic blank, simply hit tab and you can begin editing the entry’s text.
The Timeline view The default view in MacJournal is the Edit view , which displays the main window as described above (See The main window ). However , MacJournal has two other view modes - T imeline and Calendar - that allow you to configure your journa l and entries display in different ways.
The Calenda r view The Calendar view displays the sidebar in the left pane and, depending on your choice, a monthly or yearly calendar in the main area. 1 T o enter the Calendar view , select Vie w Mode from the View menu, and choose Calendar , or click the Calendar view button in the T oolbar .
Using the Quick Note window Y ou can use the Quick Note window to add entries to MacJournal from within any application without needing to switch back to MacJournal. Before you can use Quick Notes, you’ll need to set up a shortcut in the preferences (see General ).
Adding a udio and video Sometimes you need to capture more than just text to get your point across. Fortunately , MacJournal allows you to quickly add audio or video to your entries. For advanced functions, such as adding recording time to a new entry line, see Recording Preferences .
Any entries with audio or video attached will be marked in the Source List or Entries pane with a speaker icon (shown at right). In the recording bar , the gear menu gives you access to a number of different options for working with your audio or video file: • Settings.
Non-text entr ies MacJournal is very versatile. Not only can you store your written words, but you can also add files to your journal. This allows you to use MacJournal documents as general-purpose scrapbooks and information managers.
Importing entr ies What do you do with all your writings prior to your purchase of MacJournal? Fortunately , you can import your writing, and its very easy to do. T o import an entry , choose File → Import and choose the option that suits you: • T ext or Attachments.
Cr eating a n Import Dr oplet Import droplets are little applications that sit in the finder waiting to help you route files into a specific journal in MacJournal. Y ou simply “drop” the file onto the droplet and it is routed into the droplet’s journal.
W orking with the Side bar Sour ce List a nd Calenda r In general, moving entries and journals about is as easy as dragging and dropping them in the Source List. Journals can be nested to any depth and clicking on a journal in the Source List will display all of the entries in that journal and its children in the main area.
Cha pter 3: Bl ogging a nd Shar ing MacJournal doesn’t restrict you to personal journaling, but provides a conduit between your personal computer and the broader world through blogging. MacJournal supports many popular blogs including LiveJournal, WordPress, Blogger , and T umblr .
Configur ing a b log serv er Although you can post any entry to any blog, blog servers are associated with specific journals within your MacJournal document. This allows you to easily separate out the entries that you have posted publicly from those you do not wish to share.
P osting ima ges a nd attachments The blog settings window will tell you if your blog supports uploading attachments (such as pictures) by default. Most blogs, other than Blogger , which publishes pictures automatically to Picasa, and WordPress, will not.
P osting photos to Pi casa If you have configured a Blogger or WordPress account, you can skip this page. T o post an entry with photos, the photos must be stored somewhere online. There are many online photo-sharing services, such as Picasa. Here is how to use photos in a Picasa web album.
P osting a n entry 1 Select the entry you wish to publish to your blog in the Source List or entries pane. 2 Choose Share → Send to “Y our blog name”… (if you’ve already configured a blog for this journal) or Share → Send to other blog… .
Embedding a Y ouT ube video in an Entry T o embed a Y ouTube video in an entry: 1 Paste the URL that Y ouT ube provides on a separate line in the entry (to keep the text-flow working well). 2 Go into your Blog Server settings ( Journal → Blog Settings.
Scheduling a bl o g post 1 Create an entry from the Calendar by clicking on a date in the future, or create an entry and change its date and time to the future. 2 Choose Share → Send to “Y our blog name” or otherwise publish the entry to your blog (see Posting an entry ).
Multiple entr ies a nd the Activity V ie w er Y ou can publish multiple entries at once, as long as they are all going to the same server . Simply select the entries you wish to publish in the Source List or entries pane and follow the standard steps for posting an entry .
Ema il an entry If you want to share an entry but don’t want to publish it online for everyone to see, you can easily email the entry from within MacJournal.
Cha pter 4: W orking with Entr ies Although by default MacJournal provides you with a simple way to organize date-based entries in your journals, it also allows you to attach a plethora of metadata to your entries to help you better organize and keep track of them.
Adding fields to the Entr ies P a ne T o display # extra fields in the entry pane, simply do the following: 1 Click on the small arrow at the right end of the table header (assuming the entry pane is on top - see the next page for different locations).
Cha nging the Entry P a ne location MacJournal is easy to customize. The entry pane can display on the left, top, or right of the display window . Displaying the entry pane on the left makes a three column view . On top, the default, is a familiar interface for Mail.
The Inspector: entr ies The Inspector is an important tool for customizing your document, journals, and entries. T o open the Inspector , click the Inspector button in the toolbar , choose Wind ow → Inspector , or hit ⌥⌘ I .
• Editable: Uncheck this to lock the entry and disallow editing. • Flagged: Check this if you want to flag the entry . Flagged entries have a flag instead of the default entry icon in the Source List and entries pane, similar to Apple Mail. Y ou can also flag an entry by choosing Entry → Flag or hitting ⇧⌘ L .
T aggin g entr ies T agging your entries can be a handy way to organize and filter them outside of journals. A tag is merely a short keyword or phrase that you can later use to find or sort your entry .
Using the media br o wser The Media browser window helps you quickly find media to insert into an entry . The browser handles photos, audio, movies, and Links. 1 Open the media browser window by selecting Window>Media or hitting ⌘ 2. The Media Browser appears.
Customizing the info ba r The info bar is the gray bar at the top of the main area. By default the info bar displays the title of the entry , but you can customize it to include a number of different pieces of information about the entry .
F ocused editing / Full scr een modes MacJournal allows you to edit your entries in a no-distraction environment, by taking advantage of its Focused Editing mode or OSX Lion’s full screen mode. T o use the focused editing mode: 1 Select a journal entry .
Editing entr ies Sometimes, you may want to edit an entry in its own window . T o do so, choose Edit in Separate Window from the Entry menu. Y our new entry window will display the information bar , main area, and status bar (including the entry’s location within your document).
W r iting timer MacJournal lets you set a writing timer to accompany your entries. T o use the writing timer: 1 Choose Tim e r from the Window menu, or hit ⌘ 4 . 2 Choose between Tim e r mode, which counts down the time spent on your entry , and Stopwatch mode, which monitors the amount of time you are spending.
Entry aliases Sometimes you might find it helpful to not have a hierarchical organization of your journals and entries. Smart journals and entry aliases are the tools to help you achieve the organization you desire. By making an alias to an entry you create a “pointer” or “reference” back to the original entry .
Cha pter 5: W orking with Journals Journaling is a powerful form of expression. Whether you are looking for introspection or wish to share your writings with the public, MacJournal has the facilities to do either . Journals are the containers for entries or other journals.
Back g r ounds Using the Inspector , you can set the background for the entire MacJournal document, on a per journal basis, or per entry . For the purposes of this section, we will look at backgrounds for journals. T o set a background for an entry , see The Inspector: entries .
Te m p l a t e s T emplates are pre-defined settings and/or content for entries in your document or journal. For instance, if you set up a travel journal, you may wish to have several tags automatically created for every entry .
Cr eating a template 1 Select a journal from the sidebar , and open the Inspector window . The settings for the current document, journal, and entry are displayed in the Inspector . 2 Under either the Document or Journal section, see the T emplate option.
Encryption MacJournal allows you to password protect your writing from prying eyes. Y ou may also think about encrypting the data on the disk so even if the data was out of your hands it would be safe. T o lock a journal: 1 Click on a Journal’s name to select a journal in the Source List.
Important notes about encryption There are several things to note about encrypting journals: • Encrypted journals will not be available for Spotlight to index, making their contents unfindable in Spotlight. • If storing files within the MacJournal data file (internally), the file size can become quite large.
Unlocking a journal 1 Click on the journal in the Source List to bring up the Locked Journal screen. Alternatively , click on the locked journal ’ s padlock in the Source List, hit ⌘ L or choose Unlock Journal... from the Journal menu. A sheet appears.
Sor ting MacJournal lets you easily sort journals and their entries.. T o sort entries in the sidebar by Date, T opic, or other attribute: 1 Choose Sort by> from the journal menu and then select the attribute you wish to sort by . The list is sorted.
Sea r ching T o quickly find an entry or filter for a subset of entries, MacJournal’s searching features are what you want to use. T o start a new search: 1 T ype your search term into the toolbar search field.
Sma r t Journals Smart Journals allow you to filter your entries by a phrase, tag, date, or any attribute of the journal. Matching entries are included in the smart journal, which is a way to organize related content that is spread across separate journals.
Cr eating a ne w Smart Journal 1 Choose New Smart Journal... from the File menu. The smart journal criteria sheet appears, with T opic and T ag parameters by default. 2 Enter a name for the Smart Journal.. 3 Choose whether or not you wish to find text matches from within the entry .
Cha pter 6: Cr eating a nd Publishing Book s Y ou may find that you want to move beyond just journaling, and that you feel inspired to write the next great American novel. Don’t worry , MacJournal has you covered. Within MacJournal, books are a special type of journal that are designed in a way that they can be published to Lulu.
Cr eating and delet ing book s T o create a new journal, choose File → New Book… In the resulting sheet, enter the book’s name, your pen name, choose a book size, and select the sections you would like to include in your book. All books, by default, have at least one chapter section included.
W orking with book s Once you have created a new book, it will appear in the sidebar , with any sections you chose nested within it. MacJournal will automatically focus on the topic of the first section of your book, whether that is a Chapter or an Introduction.
Publishing a book When you have finished writing your book and would like to publish it, choose Journal → Order Book… In the resulting sheet, choose from the cover , language and country options provided, and click Upload . Y ou will be prompted to enter your Lulu.
Cha pter 7: Advanced Editing Y ou will spend most of your time in MacJournal creating and editing your journals. Y ou can customize your journals by adding pictures, files, tables, numbered lists, smiley faces, iT unes songs, links, wiki links, and more.
R esizing Photos or Ima ges There are two ways to resize photos you’ve added to an entry: 1 Select the photo/image by clicking on it. A resize handle appears in the lower right-hand corner . Drag the resize handle diagonally , up and to the left to make the photo arbitrarily smaller .
A ppending text to an entry T o append text to an existing entry: 1 Drag text onto the MacJournal dock icon. 2 A window appears allowing you to append to an existing entry or create a new journal (see image at right).
Linking 1 Choose Edit → Insert → Link… or type ⌘ K . A sheet appears. 2 Name the link and enter its URL. 3 Alternatively , choose to link to a file or separate journal entry by clicking the page icon (to link to an entry within the document) or the folder icon (to link to any file on your Mac).
W iki link s (auto-discov er ed linking) MacJournal can automatically discover links using a standard linking format often seen on wikis (called CamelCase). See Editing preferences for more information on automatic discovery . Alternatively , you can manually have MacJournal discover the links: 1 Select a Journal Entry .
Clea ning text T o clean up text in an entry that, for example, you pasted in from an e- mail: 1 Select the text containing e-mail quote characters (greater than “>” symbols). 2 Choose Format → Clean Up → Remove E-Mail Quotes . 3 The quotes and indentation will be removed (see images for before and after example).
Ta b l e s T o add a table to your entry , choose Format → Te x t → Ta b l e … . A table will appear at the location of the cursor and a table inspector will open (shown at right). Edit the table cells as necessary . The table inspector has the following options: • Rows: set the number of rows.
Lists MacJournal supports a number of different types of automatic lists. T o create one: 1 Place your cursor within a journal entry in the body . 2 Choose Format → List and choose the type of list you wish to create (numbered in this example). 3 Press return and your next line should be numbered “1.
Spell checking 1 Select some text, then click on the spelling button in the toolbar or press ⌘ : . The spelling and grammar window will appear . 2 Choose to: - Change: replace the text with one of t.
Entry statistics 1 Select a journal or entry . 2 Choose Vie w → Statistics . 3 A Statistics sheet appears (shown at right). Statistics includes: • Words, characters, and lines in the selected entr.
Cha pter 8: Expor ting a nd Syncing Y ou can record and attach an audio recording to an entry . Also, you can share that audio recording by podcast. (A podcast is an audio blog you post to the web.) MacJournal exports podcasts to MPEG 4 Audio (.m4a) format.
Exporting entr ies a nd journals T o export journal entries or entire journals, select what you wish to export and then: 1 Choose File → Export… . A sheet appears. 2 Select a file format in which to export. 3 Select the location and click Export .
Exporting audio 1 Select an entry that has an audio recording. 2 Using the gear menu in the recording bar , click Export... 3 A sheet appears. 4 Name the file, set the save location and click Export .
Po d c a s t i n g Podcasting is a way to share audio with listeners who subscribe to your podcast via RSS. It is up to you to provide content (entries = episodes) on a regular basis for your subscribers. Generally , podcasts are hosted on a private web server .
Backing up your MacJournal documents Backups occur automatically when you quit MacJournal, and consist of your entire document. By default, backups are stored here: ~/Library/Application Support/MacJournal/ (For those unfamiliar with Unix paths, the ~/ signifies your home folder .
W orking with Backups Y ou can browse your backups in MacJournal, and recover specific entries or an entire backup. T o recover a specific entry: 1 Choose the entry . 2 Choose File → Browse Backups… . A sheet appears. 3 The entry you have chosen will appear in the left pane in its current form.
Cha pter 9: Pr efer ences The Preferences panel allow you to customize and control many facets of MacJournal. • General : set many of the default settings • Editing : set saving, typing and ruler .
Gener al pr efer ences 1 Choose MacJournal → Preferences . Th e Preferences window appears. 2 Select General . Y ou can set several options: • Quick Note : set a keystroke that will invoke the Quick Note feature. See Using the Quick Note window for more.
Editing pr efer en ces • Automatically save every X minutes : Choose how often you’d like to automatically save your data. • When typing, automatically ... • Check spelling : underlines in red misspelled words according to the Mac OS X dictionary .
W a rnings pr efer ences Decide when you’d like to be warned about possible data-loss, editing, styling, and other situations. Should you turn off these warnings when they are shown to you in the program, you can turn them back on here (or vice versa).
Side bar pr efer ences • Show Badges : display icons (for audio and blog posts) next to journals and/or entries. • After Selection : • Expand selected journals : clicking a journal reveals its entries. • Collapse other journals : clicking a journal hides the entries of other journals.
Fo nt s & Co lo r s p r ef e r e n ce s Set the default font, size and style for the Source List, entries list, rich text, and plain text. Setting the default font does not change the entry font.
HTML pr e fer ences Here you can set the template for exporting your journals and entries into HTML. Y ou can import and export HTML templates to and from MacJournal by using the buttons provided. Y ou can also add and remove templates from the list by using the + and - buttons.
F ocused Editing pr efer ences Focused Editing preferences contains the following options: • T ext Zoom : set the zoom magnification percentage. • Horizontal Margin : set a percentage of the screen width on left and right for the margin. • V ertical Margin : set a percentage of the screen width on top and bottom for the margin.
R ecor ding pr efer ences • Vid e o : select the device with which to record video. • Audio : select the device with which to record audio. • Rate : change the playback speed, ranging from 50-200% of original speed. • Format : allows you to select several output options.
Secur ity pr efer ences Security preferences deal with securing your data from theft as well as safeguarding your data against mishaps or other events that might cause data loss. • Lock Journals after X minutes idle - Locks journals when the computer is not being actively used.
• Index decrypted journals for Spotlight - Once a journal is decrypted its content is available to be found by Spotlight. • Lock journals when quitting - Password locks all the password protected journals on quit so that they do not remain unlocked on disk or in the next application launch.
Adva nced pr efer ences • Main Document : Set MacJournal’s main document location. • Reveal in Finder : Display the current document’s location in the Finder .
Customizing the toolba r 1 Choose Vie w → Customize T oolbar… . A sheet appears (shown at right). 2 Choose which items you want in the toolbar by dragging items into the toolbar . Remove items from the toolbar by dragging them out of the toolbar and then releasing the mouse button.
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