I saw an old (5 years ago) Reddit topic with the following regarding compiling in Scrivener: “Well it sounds like you already found the compile setting for turning on columns for the entire document. I’m afraid what you see there is the limits of what we support.”
Basically the conversation went that you could create your entire Scrivner document in dual columns per page, during compile, or single column, but you couldn’t have some sections in dual column and others single.
Is this a thing? Can I compile in two columns per page and if so, how do I do it? I’ve googled and youtubed to no avail.
Specifically, what you can do is format the first [section]* of the output as a single column, and then the rest in multiple columns. See Section 24.6.2 in the manual for more information.
*[section] could be the first document or the front matter. The option is designed, for instance, for technical journals that have a full width title/author/abstract block, followed by two column text.
(For future reference, the best source of information about Scrivener in general and the Compile command in particular, is the manual.)
Do I get that right that it is only available in the Mac version? I only found this reference in the Mac manual, not the Windows one, and I did not see the mentioned option in that specific window of the application on Windows.
Also as far as I understand from not having actually tried it on a Mac, this option is for the word processor options only. Which is not a biggie, we can output a pdf through those word processors, but it would be a nice shortcut to have it for the PDF option too.
And of course, having this feature on Windows too would be nice if it is really missing and I was not just not noticing something It’s not a dealbreaker for me, but it’s close to being one.
Other than that, I love the software!
It’s not a dealbreaker for me, but it’s close to being one.