I am working on a multi-part, multi-chapter document. I am trying to compile the chapters of Part 1 to PDF. I choose Manuscript (Times), and make sure (in the right subpanel of the interface) to choose to compile Current Selection. Each document I choose has a section type of “Chapter.” The section layout for the only two types of sections I have (Part Heading and Chapter) are correct. When I compile, the Part Heading compiles correctly, and only the first chapter compiles correctly - namely, it’s double-spaced, which is what I need. All subsequent chapters are single-spaced and a different font. No matter what I do, this is the result I get.
Thank you
Why not show an image of the Section Layout area after you assigned them to the Section Types and show in the Compile Format designer the particular Section Layout you are using and the lower formatting pane. That might help us help you.
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Two images uploaded. First is main compile window. Second is assign section layouts.
Are you using a paragraph style for the text in the other chapters? That would override the basic section layout formatting, preserving a single line space if that were part of the paragraph style.
Generally in Scrivener you want to use styles only for the text that needs to be different from the norm; then you can use the section layouts in compile to reformat the way you need it for any particular end file type, and can then either preserve the styled text formatting from the editor or reformat that as well through compile styles, so that the styled text can likewise have a unique formatting for different end outputs, as needed.
Ergo the best solution, if you have inadvertently used a paragraph style throughout the main text of the chapters, is to reset it to “No Style”, so your compile section layout’s formatting will be used. If there are certain paragraphs that need to be formatted differently from the rest, leave those with the paragraph style and then, if needed, add the style to the compile format and adjust it to fit with your particular output here (e.g. maybe it needs special indentation, but it should still use double spacing, and you can set that up as part of the compile formatting without changing how it looks in the editor).
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Thank you - that did it. I have to say I don’t like it. That is to say, I like the result, but the interface confuses me. There’s a check box that says, “override text and notes formatting,” which doesn’t actually do that (for me, anyway), unless I reset paragraph style to “No Style.”
Perhaps I need to spend more time reading the documentation.
Thanks again!
