Anyway to compile so that chapters start out like:
Chapter 1: Beginning
or…
Chapter One
Beginning
instead of…
Chapter One
(loads of line breaks before the next portion of the title)
Beginning
The compiler just outputs the way you type it in, so if you want chapters to look a certain way, type them in that way. You can adjust the way in which chapters are numbered by experimenting with the different counter codes available. If you want the chapter to be all on one line, you might as well just use the document title for that (you can put counter codes in there, too).
Thanks, Amber!
Only two things… I can’t seem to find a list of codes anywhere in help. Perhaps I’m searching for them by the wrong thing?
And I did name each chapter folder and the subsequent file with the chapter name, and when I select title when compiling, it still dumps the named portion several lines below the Scriv title.
It’s still…
Chapter One
line
line
line
line
Chapter Title
line
line
Text
I am not quite sure if I understand what you are saying. Are the ‘line’ statements above meant to represent empty lines? Are these lines actually there, or is it a format dictated space? By that I mean, if you place the cursor on the chapter line and tap the down arrow just once, does it jump to the first text line within the chapter, or are there empty lines it travels through. Another way to test this is to load the document into TextEdit and then convert it to plain-text format (in the Format menu). If all of the empty lines disappear, then you’ve got format spacing, not actual empty lines.
If there are actual spaces, and they are not consistent, I would first make sure the document files in Scrivener themselves do not have extra spaces at the top and bottom. Secondly, I would check in the second tab in Compiler options and make sure extra space insertion is turned off.
Oh, and for the counter codes, you can find them in the Edit > Insert menu. You needn’t use that menu once you learn them though. Simply typing in “Chapter <$n>” will do the trick, but if you find it difficult to remember all of the codes, that menu can come in handy. Scrivener’s help documentation addresses this in the section relating to the edit menu.
Amber,
it looks like this when I compile with titles checked:
CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING Once upon a time...blah blah blah...What I want is…
CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING Once upon a time... blah blah blah...Does that help?
And thanks for the code location. I was going crazy trying to figure out which menu they were in! This is great info to know.