Notes and scratches - Mana

Each project has two writing trees in the left sidebar:

Content: the main structure for your manuscript, article, script, or other project.
Scratches: notes, fragments, experiments, and draft material that is not part of the main structure.

Content tree

The content tree supports folders and text documents. Use it to organize chapters, scenes, sections, acts, or any structure that fits your work. You can:

Create text documents
Create folders
Rename items
Drag and drop to reorder
Nest folders and documents
Assign labels to text documents
Delete items

Scratches

Scratches use the same basic tree behavior, but they are separate from the main content tree. Use scratches for:

Loose notes
Draft paragraphs
Research fragments
Alternate scenes
Ideas you have not placed yet

Scratches are not treated as canonical project content for Mana’s project understanding. The content tree New menu also contains import options for Word and Markdown files. See Import for details.

Limits

Project plans can limit how many content and scratch segments you can create. Existing segments remain editable after a downgrade, but creating new ones can be blocked when you are over the new plan limit.