I looked through the forum and I couldn’t get a specific answer to my question so here I go:
I want to know if I change my paragraph indents to flush left (no indent) for the project while I am developing my book, will I be able to change that back to indent in every paragraph during compiling process or will I need to do that before I compile?
When I write, I do a lot of brainstorming within the document - so I have many single lines throughout - and I don’t like them to be indented as I am creating.
Hi Mike65. Welcome. I know you can do that. I’m not yet good at compiling so I’ll let others describe how. But that’s one of the key features of Scrivener. You can write in whatever format you want, and then give your manuscript to any number of others, and each target could have its own specific format (that you create). You may know this, but it starts with Compile and then you can create/copy a Format and modify it. The abilities are extensive (thus there is a fair bit of a learning curve).
I’ll read follow-ups to learn more about the how myself.
What you have described is exactly how I work. My default paragraph in Scriv is set to 12pts of space after and no first line indent, but I have my go-to Compile Format set to render regular paragraphs with first line indent and no space after. That setting excludes paragraphs I have applied a defined style to, like one I use for extended quotations — this I have set to indent both left and right. Even the look of defined-style paragraphs can be overridden, but that is a separate act in the Compile settings.
Being old-fashioned, I also like to see my typescript text in a monospace font like Courier when I am working. When I compile this might likely be converted to a canonical book typeface like Garamond.
Thank you gr. So now I know that I can change the editor settings to be the way I like when I am writing while also knowing that it can be changed while I am compiling (vs. having to go through and change everything manually). Really cool!
Yes. That’s one of the main reasons why the Compile command is as complex as it is. You can change almost every aspect of the output text’s appearance.
