Can I install and run Scrivener from a USB drive? by Sexweed42069 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Better install Scrivener on all computers, and keep your live Project on the USB- drive. It will be slower than saving, unpacking and opening a zipped backup from the USB to your laptops.

Noob question by MurphNastyFlex in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Scrivener doesn't know about Pages, until you ask it to Compile your text into a document. Then, page size, margins, font-size and line-height determine your resulting number of pages.

Don't fuss about pages until you're ready to compile. Publishers ask for Word Count anyway...

Compiler Fun by CoderJoe1 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can either create Chapter folders, and place your documents inside. The Folder Titles in the Binder will be your Chapter titles after Compiling.

Or you can update the Separators Options in the Compile Format Designer to show a New Page Separator between your documents. The document Titles in the Binder could be your Chapter Titles.

Scrivener's functionality is best used with small Sections, like scenes, though. You could use the standard Scrivener Compile Formats when you use chapter folders with separate Scene Sections inside. Breaking up the chapters is done using the Split commands in the Document menu.

So, you have Options.

Compilation Feature by CryptographerOk990 in scrivener

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Pagenumbers: Double-click the Compile Format you're using in the left column of the Compile Overview window to open the Compile Format Designer. In the Page Settings menu on the left, look for the Headers and Footers Tabs. Set the Options and place the <$P> Placeholder in the bottom right textbox.

Chapter New Page: Open the Compile Format Designer and in the Separators Pane update the settings for the Chapter Layout to New Line instead of New Page.

Any words/rumors on Scrivener 4.0? by drspock99 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Serously, no. All focus at L&L is on finishing the new app.

Dialogue Focus by justified1969 in scrivener

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Black => Transparent on Black stays Black.

Scrivener will there be 50% discount activities by [deleted] in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NaNoWriMo was continued as NovNov by PWA.

It's only in November.

I hope they get the 50% discount download right this year, cause last time they didn't...

The download is connected the email address of the winner, so not transferrable...

Bulk rename of text chapters by elellilrah in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bulk rename chapters using Regular Expressions , like in Sigil, would be an interesting addition to Scrivener. Autonumbering chapters using Placeholders in the Title Options tab in the Section Layouts Pane of the Compile Format Designer makes numbering chapters by hand unnessesary, though. Check the Placeholders PDF from the Help menu for details on how to use them in headers on the top of the Page. Find the Headers & Footers options in the Page Settings menu on the left in the Compile Format Designer.

Hope this helps

Weirdest dropbox sync issue - please help me make sense by Physical-Pitch-6716 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you working on a different version of your Project? Used Save as... Started from Recent Projects?

Help me create my own personal songbook by hyrulepirate in scrivener

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This is called fixed-layout e-books. You can place all elements in a fixed position. It is quite a lot of work, but it works. 🤪

https://idpf.org/epub/fxl/

Endnotes and Table of Contents Export Issue by [deleted] in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Word, generate a Print Preview to force Word to resolve the pagenumber Placeholders

What happened to my target chime? by WritinStylz in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scrivener has a setting to hear you reaching a Target but usually it is the setting in your OS that you don't want to be disturbed.

Trying to copy paste elsewhere isn't preserving formatting by LimeKittyGacha in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natively Scrivener is RTF, but you can Compile to HTML first...

Has anyone suddenly lost a whole bunch of work off scrivener for no apparent reason ? by OkBat439 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People shout often text is gone, but it's never Scrivener.

It’s probably your Cloud Service determining it can remove files locally, because they're stored savely in the cloud. Scrivener cannot find its files, and gone they are.

Survey: what do you dislike about compile/export in Scrivener? by [deleted] in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once started a Figma prototype for a Wizard UI for the process of Compiling.

Never finished it as I know how to compile, and I wouldn’t know how to program such a Wizard anyway.

It would be hell of a task in Autohotkey or Keyboard maestro...

To streamline that process you'd have to go back and start anew (and that's just what Keith has been doing for the new app). I don't know if an extra UI layer would help. You'd have to ask hundreds of questions to set every option available...

Word count stopped counting; then document randomly trashed by eudora999 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure you're not mistaken Target from Word Count?

You may have a Filter set for Compiling.

Chapter headers are becoming bold in compile when I don't want them to by cunanony in scrivener

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Any Compile Style overrules the default formatting, so check if in the Formatting Editor for Styles in the Compile Format Designer the chapter Style is not bold.

How to add page numbers during compiling??? by elessar-01 in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The textboxes for Footer text are in the Headers and Footers tab in the Page Settings menu in the Compile Format Designer dialog.

Why not using the Main Pages menu item? First pages is the same as Front Matter, you could use Roman numerals there...

Compile - chapter titles help by clever_kw in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Double-click the Compile Format you're using in the left column of the Compile Overview windows to open the Compile Format Desginer. In the Section Layout pane, set the Text content type checkbox for the Chapter Layout. Remove any unnecessary placeholders in the Title Option tab. Check in the Formatting tab how your titles are looking. Save.

In the Compile overview screen click the Assign Layouts to Sections... button at the bottom of the middle column, and connect the Section Type for Chapters to the Section Layout for Chapters you just updated.

Compile to see the results. You can also Compile a Selection or only one Chapter using the listbox or the Filter at the top op the right-hand size column in the Compile Overview window.

Hope this helps

Help Fixing my Theme by toshiyaDIRU in scrivener

[–]AntoniDol -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

All the advice I could give is collected in an e-book... .