This is the only thing I haven’t figured out how to do.
I want to have an indented paragraph appear in my Kindle book. This might be a block quote, or a bulleted list. Below is what a list like this looks like in my first book (done with OpenOffice).
Do I have to create a text document for that single paragraph?
Thanks,
Al
Is there really no way to easily accomplish this?
This would have been a deal-breaker for if I hadn’t fallen in love with Scrivener already. I must be able to compile the file and publish without any intermediate steps. In the final proofreading phase, I can’t be cleaning up Scrivener output with every new typo fix.
Of course it’s possible. The easiest way being Format -> Text -> Tabs and Indent or Format -> Text -> Increase and Decrease Indents.
Didn’t check on the windows version though… hope it’s the same…
Sorry to hijack this thread — but could you tell me which font, and what size, I am seeing in this screenshot here?
Thanks – ZG
It doesn’t seem to be on the Windows version Format menu. Instead, on that menu you can select Show Ruler (or press Ctrl+Shift+R) to display the ruler in the editor, and drag the markers on the left to create indented paragraphs. (My recollection’s a bit hazy on this part, but I think you leave the right-margin marker alone, since the editor doesn’t really have a “right edge of the page” to relate it to.)
Hmm, I had a quick look at the windows manual. Didn’t find it either. Setting margins manually would do the trick and copy&paste the styles only but …
Did you check the latest beta version? Maybe this feature was added?
Have you thought of using mmd (multimarkdown) as a formatting option? I use this all the time. All the formatting you need would be a breeze to do in mmd.
It’s Times New Roman 12 – but note that you are looking at a screen shot of the Kindle previewer app.
Thanks for the help, but changing the margins with the ruler did not fix it.
The important variable here is that I am compiling for MOBI. I have found that Left indent is ignored, although first line indent is not. Same when adjusting via the ruler.
I really think you should try the multimarkdown formatting.
Try this:
Some text…
More text
The next paragraph with Bold and Indent:
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Not good enough? 5 Spaces means coding tag.
Cool enough 
Ups, was wrong
That’s better
Best of all, the css decides what the final should look like. One formatting, many many final styles.
Hope this helps.
You could even use an online mmd viewer. Scrivener can also do a lot with mmd. All you’re going to need imho.
Thanks, I’ll look into it. I seem to remember something about the windows version of S being deficient in MMD stuff, relative to the mac version. Also, be aware that my goal is MOBI ebook format. I remember reading something that made me conclude the MMD wasn’t relevant for me, so I moved on.
It works. I already did it with a dissertation last summer. It was an older beta version of Scriv though and I had to install the newest mmd-version. With Calibre and Sigil you then have full control over the output and can convert into many formats.
I’m sure some other windows user have gone this road with mmd to mobi.
Have a look at this quick search:
http://literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=23075&p=152107&hilit=mmd+mobi#p152107
Mainly it’s compile mmd to html and from there to Sigil and then to Calibre.