Quest Journal: Difference between revisions

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Introduced in the 10th anniversary event Gears of Change, the Quest journal is an in-game tool used to make notes and keep track of quest timers. The Quest journal one of the main panels on User Interface, with it's button located between the Attributes, Skills, & Titles Panel and Map Panel.

What it does

Create a journal page for a quest with any or all of the following information:
- Title - A text field to enter the name of the page as it displays on both the Journal tab and Page List tab. Character limit: 32.
- Label - A text field to enter a small label for the page. Character limit: 16.
- Notes - A text field to enter notes about the quest. Character limit: 2,048.
- Location - A field used to record your current coordinates by clicking "Record"
- Timer - Three text fields used to enter the timer length in days, hours, and minutes (e.g. 2d 4h 6m) and begin counting down those timers by clicking "Start"
Navigate your journal pages on the Journal tab with buttons for First, Previous, Next, and Last pages.
Sort, search, and filter your journal pages on the Page List tab using the following features:
- Clicking "#" to sort the page by page number.
- Clicking "Title" to sort the pages by title as defined on the Journal' tab.
- Clicking "Timer" to sort pages by their timer status - None, Ready, or counting down.
- Clicking "Label" to sort pages by their label as defined on the Journal' tab.
- Entering a search parameter into the search text field, clicking "Search" to filter only pages that match, and clicking "Reset" to clear this search filter.

What it doesn't do

Pages are not created for you by the game, and timers are not automatically added in or counted down. You must create your own pages and remember to start your own timers.
Basic formatting (bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks) cannot be created in the journal. Regular and Special characters are allowed, as are line breaks.
You may only view the journal of the character you are currently logged on to.
Your journal is stored locally. If you use multiple computers, the same journal will not automatically be available on all machines. You will have to manually copy journal files if you wish to keep all machine up to date and using the same files.

A blank journal page.
A filled out journal page.
A journal page with timer counting down.
A journal page with timer ready.
A blank page list.
A page list with a quest.
A page list with a timer counting down.
A page list with a timer ready.

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 Introduced in the 10th anniversary event [[Gears of Change]], the Quest journal is an in-game tool used to make notes and keep track of quest timers. The Quest journal one of the main panels on [[User Interface]], with it's button located between the [[Attributes, Skills, & Titles Panel]] and [[Map Panel]].
+=== What it does ===
+* Create a journal page for a quest with any or all of the following information:
+** Title - A text field to enter the name of the page as it displays on both the '''Journal''' tab and '''Page List''' tab. Character limit: 32.
+** Label - A text field to enter a small label for the page. Character limit: 16.
+** Notes - A text field to enter notes about the quest. Character limit: 2,048.
+** Location - A field used to record your current coordinates by clicking "Record"
+** Timer - Three text fields used to enter the timer length in days, hours, and minutes (e.g. 2d 4h 6m) and begin counting down those timers by clicking "Start"
+* Navigate your journal pages on the '''Journal''' tab with buttons for First, Previous, Next, and Last pages.
+* Sort, search, and filter your journal pages on the '''Page List''' tab using the following features:
+** Clicking "#" to sort the page by page number.
+** Clicking "Title" to sort the pages by title as defined on the ''Journal''' tab.
+** Clicking "Timer" to sort pages by their timer status - None, Ready, or counting down.
+** Clicking "Label" to sort pages by their label as defined on the ''Journal''' tab.
+** Entering a search parameter into the search text field, clicking "Search" to filter only pages that match, and clicking "Reset" to clear this search filter.
+=== What it doesn't do ===
+* Pages are not created for you by the game, and timers are not automatically added in or counted down. You must create your own pages and remember to start your own timers.
+* Basic formatting (bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks) cannot be created in the journal. Regular and Special characters are allowed, as are line breaks.
+* You may only view the journal of the character you are currently logged on to.
+* Your journal is stored locally. If you use multiple computers, the same journal will not automatically be available on all machines. You will have to manually copy journal files if you wish to keep all machine up to date and using the same files.
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