Manuscript Documents & Folders

Projects in Motif consist of three main areas of work where you can add documents, files, or folders. These three areas are split into Write, Plan, and Research tabs. 

Under the Write tab, you can manage and organize the documents and folders in your Manuscript.

View Your Manuscript

Open a project from the Your Projects page of the app. Click the book icon (“Write”) to navigate to the Write tab and view your manuscript.

If the Write tab drawer does not automatically open, click the book icon again to open it. In the left drawer, you will be able to view and edit your project name and Manuscript file list. 

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Under the “Manuscript” heading will be a list of the documents and folders in your work. 

Add Documents or Folders

There are two ways to add documents or folders to your Manuscript list.

The first method will add documents or folders at the bottom of your Manuscript list. Select the “+” icon next to “Manuscript”. Choose “Add Document” or “Add Folder”. The new file will appear as “Untitled”.

The second method will add documents or folders directly below a selected file. Hover over a document or folder and right click or control click. A dropdown menu will appear. Choose “Add Document” or “Add Folder”. The new file will appear as “Untitled” below the file you right or control-clicked on.

Moving & Organizing Files

You can organize the documents and folders in your Manuscript list by dragging and dropping them.

You can drag documents directly into and out of folders. You can also nest folders within other folders.

To open a folder and view its contents, select the arrow next to the folder name. It will show a list of the documents and folders inside it. Or, select the folder itself to pull up a board view of files in it. You can choose the file you want to open from that board.

Documents and folders cannot be moved to the Plan or Research tab in your Project.

Duplicate a Document

You can create a new copy of a document. To do so, hover over the document you want to duplicate, and right click or control click. A dropdown menu will appear. Choose “Duplicate”. The new copy will appear immediately below the original document with the word “(copy)” at the end of the file name.

Trash a Document or Folder

To trash a document or folder from your Manuscript, hover over the file you want to trash, and right click or control click. A dropdown menu will appear. Choose “Trash”. The document or folder will be sent to your Project’s trash tab.

When you trash a folder, all documents and folders inside it will be trashed as well.

Trashed items are permanently deleted after 30 days. You can restore them by navigating to the “Trash” tab, selecting the files you want to restore, and clicking the “Restore” button.

Download a Document

You can download individual documents within your Manuscript. Open the document you want to download. Select “File” from the menu at the top of the Editor. Choose “Download” from the dropdown menu. 

Then select your file type to download the document as. You can choose between Microsoft Word (.doc) and PDF.