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Scrivener compile formatting5/10/2023 You can easily create new styles simply by formatting a paragraph as you want, selecting it an then in the Paragraphy Style menu, click that little + sign to add it to your style options. to match, you can simply change the style in the Paragraph Style menu, and it will apply that style to your entire manuscript. ![]() Then, to change all of your body text, songs, letters, etc. As I have parts of my story that are written or sung, and those sections have different styles than the main body text, using Paragraph Styles ensures that each part is formatted correctly in font and size. If you use font styles from the very beginning, this makes formatting a lot easy on the end. While the compile formatter does have options for setting the text of your manuscript, I like to have a back-up by using Paragraph Styles to set my body text. This will let Scrivener know where to put Front and Back Matter.Ĭhecking “ Include in Compile” is also a step you don’t want to miss or you may be missing chapters and scenes! Paragraph Styles Other authors use *** as a placeholder.Īll of my core manuscripte (the story itself), I put in the “ Manuscript” folder. If I decide to replace the ◆ ◆ ◆ with a illustration, it will be easy to find all of them within my manuscript in Word later on and replace them simply by searching ◆ ◆ ◆. I titled my top scenes with spelled-out numbers, and my sub-sections with ◆ ◆ ◆. I use “Section” for the top scene (start of a chapter), and “Sub-Section” for additional scenes within that chapter. Making sure the Titles are correct (if you are using numbers, spelled out numbers, or named titles) is also very important to save yourself time later on. Seperating your manuscript by Scenes as opposed to just chapters (if your chapters feature multiple scenes) is also good to do here. Section Types can be used in all sorts of ways, telling the formatting how to assign attributes to this section of text. Having your manuscript set up correctly in your metadata is essentiel to using Scrivener to format your manuscript for publishing. So I figured I would share the tidbits here: This is a big reason why many self published authors chose to hire someone to format their novels, to ensure they have not only a professional looking cover, but a professional interior as well.īut! I have learned so much about formatting with Scrivener Compile, as opposed to just exporting the whole thing to word and pain-stakingly figured it out one page at a time. O’Reilly members experience live online training, plus books, videos, and digital content from nearly 200 publishers.I am currently in the final stages of editing A CROWN OF CHAINS, which means I have also begun formatting, which is a big challenge to do by myself and well, and something I never quite figured out perfectly with my previous novels. ![]() Get Scrivener For Dummies now with the O’Reilly learning platform. Type a descriptive name in the Enter a Name for This Compile Format. Windows users, simply click the Save Preset button at the bottom-left of the Compile window.ģ. Instead, you can create your own preset with exactly the settings you want and use it again any time on any project.įollow these steps to create your own compile preset in the Compile window:ġ.ğrom the Format As drop-down list select Manage Compile Format Presets.Ģ.Ĝlick the plus sign (+) button in the bottom-right corner of the window that appears. If you have your compile settings perfectly tuned and don’t want to lose them, you can go beyond the basic save-for-next-time approach outlined in the “Saving compile settings without compiling the project” section, earlier in this chapter. Saving your compile settings as a custom formatĪ format preset is basically a saved setting that includes all the compilation options and the output type. The best part is that your saved presets are available for all your Scrivener projects. ![]() That’s when saving your own format preset comes in handy. ![]() If you spent a lot of time getting the settings just right - and maybe you can’t remember all the steps you took to get there - you probably want to avoid starting over next time you want the same format. Scrivener comes preloaded with a nice selection of compile format presets (covered in detail in Chapter 12), but you can also add (and delete) your own. Creating and Deleting Compile Format Presets
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