I want to import my book from MS Word, complete it in Scrivener, and export back to MS Word with all styles kept intact.
I have a problem with numbered list.
In my original MS Word I have a simple list, styled eg with “Paragraph List”:
Then I compile the file to MS Word (template: General Non-Fiction, format: Non-Fiction Manuscript (Times)), open exported MS Word and obtain sth like that:
Can I bump this issue back up. I am using V3 for Mac (great update by the way) and I am having the same problem.
I dragged and dropped the word doc in. Clicked the numbering button to remove and reinsert the numbers (in a simple list) then compiled to word and either the first line has a double number or all of them do.
Interestingly I find if I compile to PDF it is not an issue and if I click and delete the number manually but leave the format as numbered list, after compiling Word displays the list properly numbers and all. It works ATM because I only have a few lists in the doc. But it means I need to keep track of where I have done this workaround otherwise I have to manually fix it after compiling to word.
I have tested importing and splitting, clearing formatting, pasting and matching style etc as described in the blog post and still no luck.
The most likely cause of this is that Word’s autoformat features are configured to detect and format lists. The solution is to disable those features.
You can test by compiling to RTF and opening the result in TextEdit. The outline should be formatted correctly, demonstrating that Scrivener’s output is correct. If you then open the RTF file in Word, the anomalous formatting will likely reappear.
Thank you. I went ahead and did as you suggested, following the instruction in here washburnlaw.edu/library/technology/tutorials/autoformat-mac.html
however, it didn’t resolve the issue. I actually unticked ‘auto correct both spelling and formatting completely’ and then compiled, but it ended up looking the same with double numbering.
i also tested your suggestion to compile to RTF and it appeared correctly, but that is not going to help as most of the destinations of the documents i create require word documents.
any other suggestions?
yes, i have tried all options. untick one or the other or both, untick and then force quit word, untick and restart the machine. Compile to rtf, verify that it appears properly in TextEdit, then open in word and the double dot points or numbers appear again.
If the file appears correctly in TextEdit, but the bullet points are wrong in Word, then it is a Word issue and you might have more success contacting Microsoft support.
sorry, i should have said i have worked through the issue using the process of elimination. I didn’t list the steps i followed out, in the post otherwise the post would have been very long.
The force quit was one of the alternatives i tried, Interestingly, even though i forced quit, the settings maintained the state i.e the tick boxes remained not ticked, Obviously, if you close the settings window in word on Mac, before force quitting, it retains the settings.
i will pop over to the office forums and report this issue, But I do wonder if Scrivener is rendering paragraphs with the numbered list or bullet list style properly. the way i see it, scrivener is not formatting the list style with numbering, but inserting a number/bullet and a dot point (if appropriate) as text when you click the list button on the formatting tab.
It is also formatting the paragraph with the list style. Which is why the paragraph maintains a numbered format when i delete the number inserted by scrivener and compile to word - the paragraph is still formatted as a list style.
Maybe it could be managed at a code level a different way. For example, when i click the list button on the menu, it inserts a text based numbering but does not format the paragraph as a list style (not my preferred). Alternatively, it formats the paragraph as a numbered list and then renders the style with numbering (similar to what MS word does), in which case it will render it properly in both software. Just a thought.
Use of Styles is optional in Scrivener. Forcing a user to apply a Style in order to make a list would have ripple effects down the line, including making the Compile command more difficult to use.
