My first issue was I needed to get my book that I had to submit to my publisher (Siren) compiled into a Word. I don’t know if the Windows version looks different or not. Keep in mind my screenshots are on the Mac version of Scrivener 3. I have my own template set up so I have minimal tweaking to do when I have to create a new project. This makes it easier keeping character and location and story notes up to date and saves me time when I need to go back and reference a character or plot point. I usually create a project for a series and keep the individual books in the series separated in folders. How do I use Scrivener? Mostly for fiction. Including creating a default template for yourself if, like me, you frequently create new projects. One of the nice things is you can set up presets for, say, a basic template for a project (like how the binder looks and acts, etc.) export those settings, then import them to other projects. And there are ways to export certain settings out, but I haven’t even gotten that far yet, frankly, because I don’t have time to sit and figure it out. When you upgrade from an earlier version to 3, it will convert your projects to the new version and make a backup of the old version, in case you feel the need to go back. Before, you could basically go into the project’s Compile settings, and between that and whatever you set up in the editor, you could control exactly how every aspect of your work looked when you converted it to whatever format you’re using.Īnd if you’re like me, you’re going to want to know that ahead of time. They’ve shifted a lot of stuff around in terms of how it works, including style sheets, etc. If you’ve already got Scrivener 3, you can open that, too, and play along.
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Go to the compile section and refer back and forth from here to it as you need to.
SCRIVENER 3 FOR WINDOWS PDF
You will probably want that PDF handy to take a look at.
SCRIVENER 3 FOR WINDOWS MANUAL
If you’re using an earlier version of Scrivener, download the free manual BEFORE you upgrade (it’s included in the upgrade under the Help menu) and take a gander at the Compile instructions.
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If you’re interested in test-driving it, they have a 30-day free trial, and it works on Windows and MacOS, as well as an iOS app.) (If you’re asking me what is Scrivener, it’s the writing software I use and love, even though I’m currently swearing at some of the revamped features until I get to know what the frak I’m doing in it.
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So, you might have seen my kvetching a couple of days ago about Scrivener’s version 3 update.