Questions tagged [scrivener]
Scrivener is a word-processing program and outliner designed for authors. Use this tag if you have questions about the use of this software.
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Tagging dialogue lines with character names using hotkeys
Is there a program/tool that can use to deal with boilerplate such as indicating who is speaking in my text on the go with hotkeys? What I'm imagining is, for example, when writing a back-and-forth ...
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Scrivener page numbering and prologue roman numerals
I have a prologue and table of contents in a common front matter folder in my manuscript folder. My chapters appear after this folder. I want to number my prologue with roman numerals, then have the ...
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How do I tell Scrivener table of contents to use chapter names and not numbers?
I'm exporting for paperback 6"9" and the table of contents doesn't use my chapter names, it uses chapter one, chapter two, etc. How do I make it use my chapter names instead?
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Why is Scrivener using the "First pages" setting for the entire manuscript?
I have a 'project format' template I've been using for a long time that shows a different header for the Front Matter, then starts the manuscript at Chapter 1 with the project title/page 1 etc in the ...
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How do I prevent forced capitalization after a period in Scrivener?
Scrivener forces a capitalization after a period when used in initials when possessive such as J.D.’S coat. It should be J.D.’s coat. How do I change it?
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How to set up page view in Scrivener?
I'm editing a screenplay in Scrivener and would feel more comfortable if It was in page view, but it isn't. The obvious solution is to go into "File" - "Page Set-up" - "A4&...
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Are there any Scrivener hotkeys for screenplay formatting?
Perhaps we can start on the same page: Scrivener is super, super, super crummy. Unfortunately for me, I've imported a complete screenplay that was a Word document into Scrivener, and now I need to ...
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What's the best way to visually sort data about characters?
I have a couple of characters that I want to group together on multiple pages. Each could be about different information. Another example would be, with 1 page for each period of time. Year 1: Alive:...
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Scrivener, footnotes are missing/misformated when compiling to PDF (Windows 3; V3.0)
I'm creating a novel in Scrivener 3.0 that makes heavy use of footnotes. In recent compile tests on a chapter, I'm finding that on one page the footnotes are being displayed laid on top of the text at ...
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OneDrive keeps moving my Scrivener project to the Recycling Bin
My Scrivener is linked to my OneDrive and recently, I've been experiencing an annoying issue. Every time I close my Scrivener project on Windows, I receive a notification from OneDrive saying the file ...
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Project statistics seem to be "stuck" in Scrivener
Recently, every time I run project statistics it shows the same word count, regardless of how much new content I've written. It's been stuck on 109,015 words for my last three writing sessions. I ...
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Scrivener challenge with page numbers
I am having a challenge with getting page numbering to work in Scrivener (Windows). I have set Page Header/Footer checked for "Not on page 1", unchecked on "Count page 1". Here is my problem. I have ...
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Word count for The whole project on scrivener.?
I know I can see the word count for each chapter at the bottom on my scrivener page but I cannot seem to find where I can keep track of the word count for the whole book i am working on. Can someone ...
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How do I fill these fields in using Scrivener? Is there some document properties to fill out?
How do I fill in these notatable fields?
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Text Appearing Between the Lines in Scrivener
I have been editing scrivener across devices, and when I edit text across multiple devices, the text appears midway between the lines. I can find no way to prevent this from happening in the first ...
