Hello everybody,

we proudly present our third Screencast on Ulysses, this time about exporting. This one is a bit longer, but includes plentiful information about the file formats, the settings and some great tips and tricks for the Exporter. We don’t want to give away too much, just have a look at it :)

Have fun!
Götz

Hello all!

I know it’s taken me longer than I promised but here is the next episode. However, if you feel if it takes too long till I post again, just drop me a line at seelemann [at] blue-tec [dot] com. Today, we’re going a bit deeper and I selected a really “hidden” feature to show you:

Search (and replace) for Styles
Ulysses only

This is something most will never have recognized. But first things first. As you might have seen in Götz’ second screencast, Ulysses follows the approach of Semantic Text Editing. These semantics are organized in categories for various purposes. There exist paragraph styles, inline styles and markers.

Now, if you heavily rely on these you will fill your text with semantics. Let’s say you have a paragraph style for comments, a marker for sections you need to rework, a inline tag for quotes, etc. There will be occasions (like finishing up the project) where you want to find all places that still need rework or you want to collect all quotes to add them to a reference list. And now, instead of scanning all documents by hand or to type a (maybe inaccurate) search query for the tags (which again does not work for markers), just use the power of semantics and look it up semantically.

As I said – it’s quite hidden. Go to the Search and Replace mode (or type the shortcut, Command-R) and click on the little loupe in the search field, a menu will appear. (This loupe menu represents the search scope and this is why the feature is in there”. Just change the scope to Styles and some popup menus will appear. There you can exactly select your search, the rest works a usual.

However, as you might think – in Search and Replace mode there of course also exists a replace facility. This will most of the time not be uttermost useful, but there are some occasions. For example one could think of two markers one for “Highlight” and one for “Important” and at some point you notice that in your project these are the same. So here is a way to solve the problem quickly.

I hope to keep you posted more frequently from now (I know I already promised this earlier ;)). But please keep us posted about any feedback you have: the Blue-Tec Forum

Read you soon,
Max

Hello everyone,

following our first Screencast on Ulysses, we have just released the second Screencast on Ulysses. You can find it here. This Screencast introduces the most important concept of Ulysses: Semantic Text Editing. So this time it’s all about Styles and Markers. You’ll learn how to put them into your texts, create custom styles and how to use them during export. Whether you liked it or you didn’t, we’d be glad if you leave us a little comment.

Enjoy it!
Götz

I’d just like to let you know that our first screencast for Ulysses is finally online. You can find it here. This first episode is mostly an introductory episode to the whole program. You’ll get a tour of the interface and also hear about the most important concepts of Ulysses. But even if you have been a Ulysses user for years, you’ll find some new tricks and tips that you maybe haven’t discovered yet.

This screencast is just the start of a whole series of videos for version 1.6 of Ulysses. There are more to come. The next ones will each introduce a concept or cover a part of Ulysses in detail.

We’d really like to hear back from you! If you’ve got feedback, you can just drop us a line in our forum.

Enjoy!
Götz