Changed to Scriv3, text won't fill the whole width of its usual area

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Hi,

Owing to Mac upgradeI’ve had to stop using the excellent Scriv 2.
With Scriv 3 I have opened my file, but the text only fills the centre of the page. I’ve attached a screenshot that may help explain - the blue area is where I have selected text above.

The text used to fill the page. If I changed the width of the third column it automatically reformatted as the area for text got narrower. It still does that when I make the space for text narrower than it is, but it doesn’t increase after a certain width.

That isn’t entirely clear, I can add more details if necessary.
Thanks for any help getting the text to fill the whole width of the screen again.

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Yes, the default preference for this changed with Scrivener 3. To change it back,

  • Choose Scrivener->Preferences…
  • Click on Appearance, then on Main Editor in the sidebar, then on Options in the preference pane.
  • Untick “Use fixed width editor”

Hope this helps!

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If you haven’t already, I’d recommend taking a look at our upgrade guide for Scrivener 2 users, as Scrivener 3 has some very significant changes. You can find it here:
literatureandlatte.com/scri … date-guide

Katherine

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Many thanks. Just the box I needed to untick.