The menus and commands available on the menu bar are described below.

A number of menu bar commands can also be executed by clicking their associated icon buttons on the toolbar. In addition, menus and commands with shortcut keys displayed next to them can be selected by pressing the associated keys.

This means there are a number of ways to execute the same command. For example, to execute the Undo command, you can click Undo on the Edit menu, hold down the CTRL key while pressing the Z key (CTRL+Z), or click the Undo button on the toolbar.

File Menu

New Project

Creates a new project. If a project is already open, it will be closed once the new one has been created.

Open Project

Opens a previously saved project so that you can continue creating your game. In the Open window that appears, select the Game.vnproject file in the project folder.

Close Project

Closes the current project. A confirmation dialog box appears. To save your project before closing it, click Yes, or to close it without saving, click No.

Save Project

Saves the project you are currently working on. (This overwrites any existing data for the same project.)

Quit Visual Novel Maker

Closes the program. As with the Close Project command, a confirmation dialog box appears.

Edit Menu

Undo

Undoes the previous operation, returning to the state immediately before it was performed. It is endless until you switch to another scene.

Cut

Copies and removes the selected command(s) from its current position.

Copy

Copies selected command(s).

Paste

Adds the content of the clipboard below the selected command.

Delete

Deletes the currently selected command(s).

View Menu

Home

Returns to Homeview screen.

Scene

Opens Scene Content tab.

Database

Opens the Database tab..

Script

Opens the Script Editor tab..

Extension Manager

Opens the Extension Editor tab.

Language Configuration

Opens the Language Configuration tab.

Live Preview

Contains commands to deal with Live Preview

• Detach / Attach - Detaches Live Preview to an external window which you can put on your second monitor to work more comfortable. If Live Preview is already detached, it will be attached if you execute this command again.

• Replay - Replays Live Preview until the selected command

• Restart - Restarts Live Preview, that may be necessary sometimes if you have the feeling Live Preview acts weird.

Find Menu

This tab only works on Script Editor and Extension Editor tab.

Find

Searches for the inputted keyword.

Find Next

Searches for the next instance of the inputted keyword.

Find Previous

Searches for the previous instance of the inputted keyword.

Replace

Replaces instances of the inputted keyword.

Search All

Searches all entries for the inputted keyword.

Tools Menu

Resource Manager

Manages Resources that are to be used in the game. For more information, visit the Resource Manager page.

Music Player

Allows you to play a music track in the editor. The music will be stopped when the Music Player is closed.

Extension Manager

Allows you to manage custom extensions for the Visual Novel Maker editor.

Debug Console

Shows debug and error information.

Developer Tools

Contains utility functions which are useful during the development of Visual Novel Maker extensions or game scripts. For more information, visit the Script and Plugin Reference page.

Script Agents

Contains script agents developed by third-parties or DEGICA. A script agent offers utility functions like mass-importing character expressions.  For more information, visit the Script and Plugin Reference page.

• Expression Importer - Batch import character expressions based on the pattern set in your image filenames.
  For more information, visit the Expression Importer page.

Preferences

Allows you to change project and application preferences.

• Project Preferences - Allows you to change settings, information, etc. for your project. See Project Preferences for more information.

• Application Preferences - Allows you to change application settings. See Application Preferences for more information.

Games Menu

Play

Plays your game in Windowed Mode. Press F12 on Windows/Linux or Option+CMD+i on OS X to open Debugging Console.

Play in Fullscreen

Plays your game in Fullscreen Mode. Press F12 on Windows/Linux or Option+CMD+i on OS X to open Debugging Console.

Play On

Allows you to test your game on the selected target platform. Read Build & Run for more information.

Build

Builds your game for the default target platform configured in Application Preferences. Read Build & Run for more information.

Build For

Builds your game for the selected target platform. Read Build & Run for more information.

Create Game Package

Build games for various platforms. For more information, visit the Create Game Package page.

Open Game Folder

Opens the current project's folder.

Help Menu

Help

Opens the help file.

About Visual Novel Maker

Shows program version, developers and technologies used.