Adding Strikethrough to Format Bar?

No.

Everything that you describe doing via stroke-through I do with a mix of Comments (Shift-Cmd-*), Inline Annotations (Shift-Cmd-A), Document Notes, Project Notes, Change Icon, Revision Mode, Snapshots and Collections. I tweak the textual ones by using Scrivener Links to ensure that cross-document continuity is correct. When something is completed or resolved then the related comment/annotation/notes are removed. Using strike-through for me would be too sledgehammerish or like using a chisel as a screwdriver.

I use Collections extensively. I probably abuse them as I create them for purposes that others might use metadata for but unlike metadata occurrences they are visible directly with the Binder. Often the case that I duplicate the presence of Comments/Annotations/etc by also creating a parallel Collection. Projects regularlyhave a Collection named “To Fix Up” containing all documents that have issues. Once fixed up the documents are removed from the Collection.

When File > Compile time comes I include or exclude all those standard Scrivener features. Occasionally I File > Compile a Collection to focus my attention on the reason it exists.

To me, using Comments, Annotations, etc., instead of simply marking a sentence or, part of sentence with strikethrough, would seem like to much fuzz for nothing. I am not using strikethrough for major changes, but for those small bits where I am not quite sure if it should stay or not.

But I see your point.
I am just now going over a 25 000 word manuscript, trying to figure out a way to pin-point all those occasions where I repeat myself, without splitting the manuscript in the Binder in one-document-per-paragraph.

That’s exactly when I need all those features of Scrivener. Strikethrough for me means nothing more than ‘delete this’ (as it did when I used paper and pen) never ‘think about it again smuck’.

I’ve had to split projects into one sentence-per-document before now to be sure there was no repetition. But mostly I add potential repetitious documents to a “Sort This Out” Collection. Then select the Collection, display it in Scrivenings mode with the occasional Split Window and blat away the repeats.

I thought you’d come with a Great Tip on how to handle this. :slight_smile:

In Scrivener 3, I found an easy way to strikethrough a portion of text with only one click on the mouse.
I created a character style for strikethrough and keep the Styles panel open.
After having selected the text I want to strikethrough, I click on the style “Strikethrough” in the Styles. Very practical.

Hi, can you explain to me how did you
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I created a character style for strikethrough and keep the Styles panel open. " ?

Don’t waste your time. You’re a Windows user.
Add the Strikethrough Icon to your Format Bar, using View > Customise Toolbars. The rest is intuitive.

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