Space and the picture archive

Pictures take up the most space. When a novel is finished, you can put the originals of its pictures into a single file of your own and free up the space, and bring them back later. The gallery, the book and the videos keep working all the while.

1. How much space is taken up is shown at the bottom of the novels panel and in each novel’s row. The details are in the novel’s “⋯” menu, the Space… item.
2. To free up the space, click Move media library to an archive…. The window shows how much goes into the file and how much stays.
3. Tick “I will keep the archive file in a safe place” and click Move. The AuthorWorkplace Bridge application asks where to save the file. If you cannot see its window, click the AuthorWorkplace icon on the taskbar.
4. Then the application writes the file, checks it and only after that frees the space. You can close the window: the progress stays visible on the desk.
5. The archive file is the only place where the originals remain. Keep it safe: without it the originals cannot be brought back.
6. A novel with an archive is marked in the novels panel: “originals in an archive”. Until the archive is attached, new frames with the earlier references cannot be drawn, and the book and the videos get the smaller previews.
7. To bring the originals back, open Space…, click Attach archive… and choose that same file — its name is shown in the window. Everything comes back at once and only to that same novel.