# Overview

## About TWL Manual Editor

TWL Manual Editor is a tool that allows you to create and edit e-manuals (instruction manuals) for Nintendo DSiWare titles. These manuals are viewed using the TWL Manual Viewer.

## TWL Manual Editor Features

### Files That TWL Manual Editor Can Handle

#### Image Files (Files with the `.gif` Extension)

  TWL Manual Editor can handle image files in GIF format, including transparent GIFs.

#### Page Files (Files with the `.ntpg` Extension)

  These are files created in TWL Manual Editor. They are made by laying out image files and text on a page.

#### Binary Files (`.blz` Extension)

  These are binary files that contain the manuals that are embedded within Nintendo DSiWare titles.
  TWL Manual Editor allows you to export a project as a manual binary file.
  It also allows you to load and preview manuals that have been output as binary files.

### Characters That Can Be Used in Filenames

The characters that can be used in filenames are shown below.

Half-width numerals | 0123456789
Half-width letters | abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Half-width spaces |
Certain half-width symbols | ! # $ % & ' ( ) + - = [ ] ^ _ @ ` { } ~

Japanese characters, full-width alphanumeric characters, full-width spaces, full-width symbols, and other such characters cannot be used.

### Main Features and Characteristics

#### Loading Image Files and Laying Out Manuals

  TWL Manual Editor can load image files (GIF files) and create page layout data.

#### Hardware Preview

  The contents of TWL Manual Editor can be transferred to the Manual Viewer, allowing you to confirm the manual layout.

#### Creating Links for Nintendo DSiWare E-Manuals

  The manual's links are built automatically by the Manual Viewer and shown in the table of contents.
  The Contents screen shows the pages in the order of their associated filenames, starting from page 1.

## Creating Data with TWL Manual Editor

### Managing Data in the Project Folder

With TWL Manual Editor, you can create data for each individual project folder and store image data (GIF) and page data (NTPG) in the project folder.

You can also preview an entire manual, letting you see the whole project folder.

### Creating Pages by Object Layout

TWL Manual Editor creates a page by laying out objects on the page.

There are three kinds of objects.

1. Pictures

   Objects for handling image files (GIF).

2. Text boxes

   Objects for handling text.

3. Frames

   Objects for handling frames.

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