Hi,
I am quite new to Scrivener and I have a layout problem when compiling and printing the document as pdf. The style called creation block doesn’t apply the font and size for the document. I have been searching, but I can’t find where to change it. Could you tell me what I need to change?
The other problem is the presentation of the table of content: instead of indicating the page number at the end of the title line it provides on the next line. Also, where can I change this?
Is this a style that you created? If not, where did it come from?
Styles are, by design, insulated from the Compile command’s changes. You’ll need to use the Styles panel of the Compile Format Editor.
This means that the ToC as it appears in the Editor is wider than the page you’ve defined in the Compiler. You can fix it by changing the Ruler for the ToC document in the Editor.
What is your ultimate goal here? If you are new to Scrivener but already have a complete manuscript, you have already done the parts of the process where Scrivener excels. It is not intended to replace purpose-built page layout tools.
Thank you so much for your helpful answer.
It’s the first book I am writing with Scrivener. I have written about 60% of my manuscript, and I need to show some results to my editor, as well as a few friends who can help improve the text. So, from now on, I will need to produce at different stages a nice document for them to read. I’d like it to be at a click of a button. That’s why I have been trying as I go to learn how Scrivener function. The editor will take care of the final layout.
I didn’t create the style, I just modified an existing one. I had modified in the Formats/ Paperback (5.06" x 7.81") New/Edit formats…/Styles the font and its size to match that of the Body style, but the print styles are still different. Now I am wondering if it is because I didn’t apply style to the main body (I selected “No Style” in the style bar).
I have done as you advised for the TOC. I have chosen Paperback (5.06" x 7.81"). So I reduced the width of the page with the ruler. It worked, the number are now aligned. But then the TOC text only the left of the page, whereas the rest of the text the whole width. I guess I need to change the width with the ruler in the editor for the entire text for all the pages of the print document occupy the full width of each page, right?
If you’re working with an editor, are you sure you even want the “paperback” format? Often, editors find that letter-sized pages are easier to deal with. And if they’re going to feed the text into a page layout program, the starting dimensions aren’t that important.
In any case, the ToC can use a different ruler from the main text. To make them match, you can either make the ToC wider or the text narrower, Scrivener doesn’t care. Remember, though, that the view you see in the Scrivener Editor won’t necessarily match the dimensions defined by the Compiler. That’s the whole point. You can use letter-sized pages in the Editor and then paperback pages in the output document, and Scrivener will reflow everything to fit.
(The ToC is unusual because line breaks matter, which they mostly don’t in running text.)
You don’t need to (and we don’t recommend) use a “body” style for the main text. If you’re editing the Style settings in the Compile format, just make them match what you want your output to look like. If the Compile format defines other styles, but you don’t actually use them, they’ll be ignored.
(Thank you, by the way. You’ve clearly done a bit of digging into how the Compile command works, which lets me explain things much more concisely.)
Of course! The letter-sized is fine for what I need. Thanks. That makes things much simpler. Thanks a lot for your help.