1/19/2024 0 Comments Scrivener 3 updateThere are no functions for increasing or decreasing indent unless you want to go back to using the tab key constantly and if you do this in a list? Fugitaboutit. Ultimately, you will be fighting formatting constantly. Fake reviews and YouTube videos tell you to set up your styles in the “styles” pallet but good luck getting Scrivener to actually set the style consistently in the style you saved in the palette. No, Scrivener 3 will type in the font it chooses – either Courier or Times and you will like it. Oh, you can change it alright, but it won’t matter as every new line you type will be in the Scriver 3 font – not the one that you set and have been using for the rest of the document OR in the defaults settings which you changed originally. The format font is courier or Times and good luck trying to change that. Scrivener 3 will format it as it sees fit and you will like it and just for fun, Scrivener will format it completely different under the exact same settings the next time you want a list. Forget formatting lists in this garbageware. They like to say you can but I’m here to tell you that you can’t. You cannot format text like you can in a free word processor like Open Office or in paid software like Word. I have used this software for a couple months now and I absolutely hate it and for good reason. My verdict? Scrivener is great, and remains great in the new version, but the transition may not be an easy ride. There are now several good videos out there (like the one from Writer’s Territory ), so the journey shouldn’t be too rough. STOP PRESS: What has become clear, to me at least, is that the compiling is a bit counter-intuitive to users of Microsoft Word – In Scrivener 3 for Windows you can basically write in any paragraph structure, font or size you want in your manuscript, then set your styles and formatting at the end. I’m confident, from past experience, there will be help out there when I get to that point. I’m afraid I can’t offer any solutions at present – I’m trying to write, rather than being distracted into the dark depths of compiling before I have to. However, in Scrivener 3, it seems much more complex – even though the changes are intended to make it simpler. Compile has always been a bit confusing, in that it takes the layout you’ve used to produce the document, then rejigs it for final production and this needs tweaking to get the result you want. And it’s not just me saying this, the forums are full of complaints and confusion. The biggest headache is the redesigned Compile function. It’s also possible to change how it looks if you don’t like the default but, personally, I do. I assume this is due to replicating the Mac. There are new features in Scrivener 3 for Windows, (listed on the Literature and Latté site here) particularly the ability to work with metadata, and the whole layout looks a lot cleaner when you get used to it. I have to say, I’ve never found the in-built Scrivener manual to be enlightening. There are still, unfortunately, lots of hidden features which need mining of the menu system, and possibly searching through forums and Youtube, to unearth. I’m not sure this will be a problem if someone is coming at it new. A trial version is free to download on the Literature and Latté website.Īs I’ve said, it wasn’t ever a quick program to learn, and the developers have struggled trying to marry what’s possible in Mac with what’s possible in Windows, so users of the earlier version will see a completely different screen layout (see below) and this could be daunting. The birth has been long and arduous, I guess for developers as well as users, but we now have full commercial availability. Mac users have always had the advantage of a wider range of features than in the Windows version, so it was with great excitement when an update, to be called Scrivener 3 for Windows, was announced. I’ve written six novels using Scrivener and my biggest regret is I didn’t have it as a tool when I was writing reports and non-fiction guides – it would have been invaluable. The writing target options help keep track of progress on a document by document and on a project basis (Scrivener 3 even allows targets on a session basis, to keep you at the task).īecause of all this, it’s never been a quick system to learn, though there are lots of videos and massive assistance on the web, but, in my opinion, it’s worth sticking with for the benefits to writing. Whether you are writing novels, short stories or non-fiction, it enables detailed planning and has a really good system of structuring folders, text, research and notes. Readers of these posts will be aware I’m a great fan of Scrivener as a writing tool.
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