I need to change the format for my entire novel manuscript to add 0.25 inch indent to each first new paragraph + 0 pt line spacing between paragraphs.
I’ve figured out how to do this for each individual text (manuscript is divided into ‘folders’, ‘sub-folders’ and ‘text’ within sub folders) - using ‘format’->‘paragraph’->‘tabs and indents’/‘line and paragraphs spacing’ - but I want to just make this the default format and automatically change it for the entire manuscript (don’t care if this means the entire project with notes and research get changed as well).
I can’t figure out how to automize this -using ‘File’->‘options’ give me no choice to change indent and paragraphs.
If I first change indent and paragraphs, then click ‘make formatting default’, then hihglight the entire manuscript and click ‘documents’->‘convert’->‘text to formatting default’, then the entire manuscript resets to the original format with no indents and 8.pt line space between paragraphs.
How do I make the format of my choice the default and convert the entire manuscript to my chosen default format?
I haven’t done it for some time—as I’m on a Mac I can select all in Scrivenings view—but, as you’re on Windows, I think you need to expand the complete Binder, select all the documents in the Draft/Manuscript and then use Documents > Convert > Text to Default Formatting. It will only work on the documents which are explicitly selected, which is why you have to expand it fully.
Hello! How do you change everything to Calibri?
In Project Settings and formatting it’s grey’d out and I can’t change it.
I also couldn’t see what “level” is being referred to. I tried the Scene I was writing but couldn’t see the option. Thank you!
I’ve moved your question over to a discussion that is relevant to it, you can read from the top if you wish, which has a link to the FAQ on this.
The thread you had responded to previously was in regards to compiling, and with the old version of Scrivener at that, which is why nothing was making any sense.
Thanks I started reading but I’m on a deadline and just need to know how to convert the whole thing to Calibri. Might you point me to the answer? Or answer yourself if you know? Many thanks! Katie
This doesn’t work: “You can select a paragraph formatted as you wish, then go to Formatting | Style and choose “Set Default Formatting…” and it will give you the opportunity to set that as your default formatting.” The very next paragraph is not indented. If I press tab, the stop is default .5" when I set .25"
Make default doesn’t do anything at all.
And what does this mean? : “Go to Scrivener Preferences | Editing | and choose Formatting. You should see the screen captured menu below. This is where you set the default formatting for Scrivener. Any new document you create, or new project you create, will have this default formatting.”
New project formatting? I want to format THIS PROJECT.
This is the third book I’ve written with Scrivener and each time I am stuck with default formatting because there is no way to change default formatting. Even when I start from scratch I have to change the formatting page by page, and I can’t set the tab stops the way I want. Each new paragraph goes back to default set in Scrivener.
Use the Documents → Convert → Text to Default Formatting command to reformat existing text to the new default.
If that doesn’t work, are you using a “body” style? Have you set a project-specific default in the Project Settings pane? (Check even if you don’t think you did, as the project template may have done so for you.)
Hi, I’m vexed. I’ve tried and checked everything suggested above, but I can’t get the automatic 0.5 paragraph indents to resume. For some reason they just stopped happening. Now there’s no indent at all and I have to tab whenever I want to start a paragraph. Please advise.
