Returning to Scrivener, I compared a snapshot of the file as composed in Scrivener with the the latest version copied in from Word. The snapshot preview reveals extra paragraph breaks that aren’t there in the editor, which account for the extra #. Replace a paragraph break with a seemingly identical one in the editor and the problem goes away:
I have turned invisible characters on. The extra paragraph breaks:
a) do not appear in the original text in Word
b) do not appear in the editor when pasted into Scrivener (see screenshot above)
c) are reflected in the text compile back to Word by being transformed into # marks, which I believe is normal behaviour for a double paragraph break
The only place that the extra paragraph marks are visible is when you compare the current text to a snapshot of a version that hasn’t been pasted in (I have been pasting in new versions of scenes from Word after editing, so I have a earlier non-pasted snapshot to compare). You can see this in the inspector pane of the screenshot. Without that view all I’d be able to see (even with invisibles turned on) is the effect when compiling but not the cause. It is most perplexing.
If the snapshot is the original text that was compiled, the blank lines will have been replaced by hash symbols during compile (in many compile defaults).
I understand that. The problem is not the hashes - they are just a symptom. The problem is the invisible extra paragraph breaks that cannot be seen in the Editor window, but which show up in the snapshot comparison and affect the compile output.
Ahhhh. Doesn’t help you, but for me that compiles without any hashes appearing in the compiled file. Stumped. Hope Katherine can work out what is happening. Sorry.
The extra paragraph breaks are only appearing in the comparison pane (and effecting the compile) if I match style when pasting into Scrivener. If I paste as is, it doesn’t happen (even if I convert to default formatting afterwards). Also, if I duplicate the scene, the copy doesn’t have the problem, but the original still does. It is really puzzling.
