#How to upgrade scrivener to scrivener 3 series#

Leading (space between one paragraph and the next).Line spacing (between consecutive lines).Indentation (first line only, or blocked).Justification (left-aligned, centred, right aligned, fully justified).In the screen grab above, I’ve turned on Invisibles so you can see the pilcrow symbols (the backward Ps) which show the end of each paragraph.įor each paragraph, there are formatting choices to make. Paragraphs are sequences of characters (any/all of which can be formatted using character formatting) which are terminated by the Return key. In the paragraph below, the words ‘New home? Wow! Where?’ have been italicised (as have all the words in this sentence). Special formatting: italic, bold, underline.You can control how individual characters appear. Wherever you are formatting – for the Editing pane or for the compiled output – there are two levels and many aspects which can be tweaked for each. Padding (the space that appears – usually – at the start of a new chapter).Margins (the spaces between four edges of the page and your text).If your output is paged, you have a number of controls to set (or change from the default settings). But, if you want to control what you see onscreen, in the Editing pane, you need to learn about onscreen formatting. It’s what’s exported which matters to me. Personally, while I am writing a piece, I don’t worry about the onscreen formatting. How your text appears on your screen is controlled separately from how it appears when you export it. Or are you outputting to an ebook or Kindle – in which case there aren’t any pages!.Or are you worrying about how your material will look on the page when output?.Are you trying to tweak how your material looks on the Editing Pane? ( If so, you might like to read this blog post.).Once you’ve focused on which of those three you want to tweak ( and I explain what to do for each in the next blog post), there are then more decisions to make. Are you formatting for all your projects?.The first question regards the scope of your endeavours. Which particular default settings you need to tweak depends on what you are doing.

It’s an art form, combining your material with white space to good effect.įormatting therefore involves making decisions on layout and adjusting the default settings in Scrivener so that you achieve the end result you desire. Having chosen the perfect words to convey your message, formatting determines how you will present your material to your audience.

#How to upgrade scrivener to scrivener 3 series#

It’s the first of a series and I hope this series will persuade you to stay in Scrivener – and then, also, to stay with Scrivener for compiling … and self-publishing.

So this post explains the extent of formatting available. I often hear of writers switching to Word or Vellum, rather than use the tools in Scrivener. Formatting is one of the most misunderstood features of Scrivener.