Scrivener Superpowers by M. G. Herron

Author:M. G. Herron [Herron, M. G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Computers, Non-Fiction, Scrivener, Software, Technology, Word Processing
ISBN: 9780988449756
Google: Z5CqDAEACAAJ
Publisher: Write Practice
Published: 2016-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Editor Settings

The blank page in the middle of Scrivener where you write your story, also called the Editor, is highly customizable. Before you begin, take a second to adjust your Editor settings. You’ll be spending a lot of time here, so make sure everything is just how you like it.

On Mac, you can manage the Editor Preferences by going to Scrivener > Preferences and adjusting the options in the Editor and Formatting panes.

On Windows, you’ll find these options in Tools > Options > Editor. Note that on Windows the tabs are in a column on the left-hand side instead of in a row across the top, so it won’t look exactly like the screenshot above.

If you like to have a Ruler and Format Bar visible, you can hide/show those in the Menu under Format > Show/Hide Ruler and Format > Show/Hide Format Bar. On Windows, they’re simply labeled Ruler and Format Bar without the Show/Hide qualifiers. I always have these showing so that I can adjust margins, alignment, and spacing quickly.

I also like to use Page View for fiction. You can turn Page View on in the Menu by going to View > Page View > Show/Hide Page View (Mac only). If you’re placing large images inline in your editor while you write (like I am with this book), you might want to turn Page View off so that you don’t have blank spaces in your document when big images get bumped down to the next page.

Use settings that please you during the writing phase, because a happy writer is a productive writer. But also be aware that when you get to the compile phase, you’ll specify different formatting settings with Compile. In other words, there is one group of settings that affects your Editor, and another group of settings that affects the formatting of the final document you generate with Compile. So if you want to write with blue Comic Sans text on a camouflage background, more power to you. That does not mean that those Editor formatting choices will carry over to your ebook or print book. We’ll go over Compile in depth in a later chapter.

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