Compile please please

Hello:)

I’m just wondering if anybody here uses compile to export finish texts or just gives up on the end and copies and pasts everything into a normal word processor like me?

I try again and again to make it through the compile menu-ing to see an change in the export.

Right now my Small issue is that I want all of my BBC radio script to be 1 font size smaller. No chance.

I’m pretty frustrated. I feel like compile could be an intuitive menu if anyone was interested.

To reduce font size in the compiled output, the necessary action is probably to open the Section Layout of your body text in the Compile Format Designer and update the font size drop-down list in the Formatting Editor in the right pane.

Make sure the Section Layout is Assigned to the Section Type your body text is using (or apply a Section Type to your documents with the Context Menus of those documents and Apply that to a Section Layout via the button at the bottom of the Compile Overview window).

To reach the Compile Format Designer, double-click the Compile Format you’re using in the left column of the Compile Overview window.

And, yes most people learn how to master compilation in Scrivener. There’s a chapter in the Interactive Tutorial that handles Compile especially. Find the Interactive Tutorial in the Help menu.

Hope this helps

2 Likes

If you haven’t used the compile tools much, you might want to check out our 4-part series titled “Getting Your Work Out” on the Mac tutorial videos page.

Those four videos will show using the built-in compile formats as well as accessing the compile designer panel to customize your settings. You might find seeing that process demonstrated is helpful.

(For any Windows users who drop by this thread later, we don’t have a Windows-specific set of videos. However, the general compile process and customization steps are the same. Watching the macOS videos will give you a general idea of how to customize your settings if needed.)

The Tutorial also has some documents about the compile process. And, Chapters 23 and 24 in the Scrivener manual go into detail on the settings and customization process.

You can access both from Scrivener’s Help menu.

I find the Tutorial a good test project for trying out the different compile settings. That way, I’m using a real project for testing, but it’s not one I care about. I feel a bit more willing to play around with settings when the words aren’t my own.

2 Likes