I'm not able to take a snapshot of multiple documents. Help please

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Hi, I’ve tried highlighting all of the documents and then going to the Documents> Snapshots> Take snapshots of selected documents. But it doesn’t work. All I get is the first document.

Also, can you view the snapshot in the editor window?

Any help much appreciated.

I’m on the latest MacOS on Mac mini M4 and latest Scrivener.

Thanks.

Thanks.

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Are you sure you are selecting multiple documents? Each snapshot should appear in its corresponding document (without title). You can use the “Select > Select with subdocuments” option to make sure you select the contents.

Regards.

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Thanks for that. My fault, I thought the snapshot would be all one text. So, yes, I can see the snapshot attached to each document. I’m a bit hard of thinking at times.

Thanks again.

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Snap shots bring along their own complications. I’m curious why you are making them?

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In my case, I use them to have saved versions of each chapter if I regret a change in the future.

Regards.

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If this is the result that you wanted, snapshots are not the thing.
You have to compile.

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Personally I’d try getting used to the per-section way of doing things in Scrivener, including snapshot handling. It might take a little getting used to, but I can’t say I have ever once been compelled to take a whole-section collective snapshot. It’s much easier to see the comparison changes right alongside the text they relate to, or look up a bit of an older take on a paragraph that I remember liking better, in a few seconds, as opposed to having to go back and forth between this item and that one, and scrolling in this huge chunk of text in a tiny inspector panel.

But, if you really do want to do it, here is how I would:

Whole-section snapshots...

If you want a “whole section” snapshot, say the entire chapter instead of all of its pieces individually, you can do something like this:

  1. Select the group itself, that contains the items you want to preserve the collective state of, and use Edit ▸ Select ▸ Select with Subdocuments.
  2. Next, use Edit ▸ Copy ▸ Copy Text of Documents.
  3. Select the group by itself now, by clicking on it in the binder, and use the shortcut to view the selected item’s text, ⌘4 / Ctrl4. This special shortcut doesn’t change your preferred group view mode (corkboard/outliner/scrivenings).

Now you can paste the total text for this group into its text editor, take your snapshot, and then delete the text. You could even leave it there if you wanted to, as many default compile format settings do not include group text, preferring to print only the heading. It’s a handy place for chapter notes and such like that. I’d remove though, just to avoid basically having the whole text in the editor twice when using Scrivenings. :slight_smile:

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Me, I’d rely on the automatic backups for that. Avoids getting confused about what versions of a file is active.

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I’ve never had complications in the past.

I wonder if you’re on a different page?

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I’m curious about what you mean, are there pitfalls using them?