Mariner Software StoryMill for Mac - Manual (Page 19)

If you need to add information to multiple scenes at one time, you
can use the contextual menu (shown at right). Select from the
source list the scenes you want to modify with shift-click or
command-click and right click them (or control-click for single
button mice). From the contextual menu you can add tags, set
statuses, open an attached character or location in its item editing
window, open the chapter that contains the scenes, and more.
Individual item views provide a different set of options for managing
your work. As described in Chapter 1, each single item view
displays a header bar, content pane, metadata pane (described in
detail below), and status bar, enabling you to edit your story in a
variety of ways.
Each individual item viewʼs metadata pane whose mode bar
(shown below) allows you to control a variety of metadata panes.
The available panes in the metadata pane vary by item, although
Pictures, Tags, and Links are common to all items.
Each will allow you to store different pieces of information, such as:
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Tip:
Different individual items will display different views. For
example, the upper pane of a characterʼs view will allow
you to make notes on the character, while the upper pane
of a chapterʼs view will allow you to edit text.