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What is Shelfster?

Shelfster is a free platform that allows you to capture information from everywhere and create online documents with all the gathered information at your fingertips.

What's so special about Shelfster?

Having at your fingertips everything you've gathered and all your research, when creating the document you don't have to worry anymore that your ideas, collected data and sources of inspiration are lost or scattered in different places.

How can I gather information for a project?

Shelfster has several free tools for different platforms (MAC, Windows, smartphones, browsers addons) that allow you to capture ideas, images, text snippets, voice notes, web pages and save&send them in your Shelfster online account.

What's an ITEM?

An item is a piece of information (idea, image, text snippet, web page, voice note) captured with the free tools.

What's a DOCUMENT?

A document is a text file that you can create in the online application using the text editor.

What can I do with a DOCUMENT?

You can save, delete, share, export to HTML (zipped) and PDF, or print it.

What's a PROJECT?

A project is a folder where you can store items and documents. It will help you organize your work.

How does the search work?

The search is project based, which means it will be applied to an "open" project (just click on its title to open it). To clear a search just click on Clear search link.

*Please note that new items and documents need 15 minutes to be indexed (before appearing in search results).

How can I hide the left panel so I can focus on my writing?

Just click on the bar with the small arrow "<", and the left panel will be hidden.

Why doesn't my document, exported in Google Docs, look the same as in Shelfter?

The formatting is partially lost when exporting a document in Google Docs. In case your document is not legible enough, just select your whole document (in Google Docs) go to [Line Spacing] and select one of the two options: "Add space before paragraph" or "Add space after paragraph" (see the image below).