Research Links, 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 Research tab, you can add and organize links, documents, and folders you’re using to inform your work.

Open a project from the Your Projects page of the app. Click the paper stack icon (“Research”) to navigate to the Research tab and view your Research list.

Add Links

There are two ways to add links to your Manuscript list.

The first method will add links at the bottom of your Research list. Select the “+” icon next to “Research”. Choose “Add Link”. 

A pop-up box will appear. In the “Name” field, type in the title you want to use for your link. In the “Link” field, paste the URL for the link you want to add. 

Click “Submit” to save the link to your Research list.

The second method will add links directly below a selected file. Hover over a file or folder and right click or control click. A dropdown menu will appear. Choose “Add Link”. The pop-up box will appear and you can submit your link name and URL.

Add Documents or Folders

You can add documents or folders to your Research list in the same two ways as links.

The first method will add documents or folders at the bottom of your Research list. Select the “+” icon next to “Research”. 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 file 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 files and folders in your Research 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 files 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.

Files and folders cannot be moved to the Plan or Write 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 File or Folder

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

When you trash a folder, all files 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 from Research. 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.