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The composition module is designed to help users writing a thesis or a book. It is an evolutionary process.

You start off by collecting references, files, web clippings, etc. You may first write a few notes. Those notes will evolve into sections or chapters. The composition module allows you to easily organize your writing pieces into outlines. For a big writing project like a thesis or book, it is much easier to separate your writing into smaller pieces instead of one big file. The composition module supports the reuse of your writing pieces. You can create more than one composition folder and quickly assemble the same notes into different outlines and compare the drafts. The composition module can help you to generate a table of contents, formatted citations and bibliography, a suggested reading list, a glossary, and index automatically the final draft.

Building blocks

Notes from notes module are the building blocks of a composition project. All outline entries are based on notes. You can drag-and-drop notes to a composition outline. The same note can be added to many outlines. When the note content is changed, the drafts built from those outlines are all changed accordingly.

Content reuse

The composition module promotes content reuse. Besides the reuse of notes in different outlines, references and categories are also reused. You enter a reference entry once, and it can be inserted as a temporary citation into many notes. You can also drag-and-drop a reference to different suggested reading lists. A category entry can be added to many notes in an outline as an index term or added to many glossary lists.