I try to figure out how to compile an outline with compile format Full Indented Outline.
But every chapter has the same number/letter. I have done this before and then it worked. I also wonder why the synops gets numbered by three figures, 1.1.1. In the section layout window it looks like two figures in the section level.
(And I also expected the synops to get numbered in order, but I guess the numbering starts over again in every new chapter. )
Can it be a bug in new version? Or something I do wrong. I have a Swedish version but I think my screenshots shows the problem. (This is only a dummie projekt because Im about to show some other people how it works. And Im embassed to notice it doesnât⊠. Happy if you can tell me what Im doing wrong.
Yes, itâs because youâve just joined the forum; for security/anti-spam reasons, you need to have posted a number times to establish your credentials as a forum member before you can post screenshots.
One of the moderators (I am not one) can override that and up your status. As itâs hard, at least for me and not least because I have never done what you are trying to do, to help you on this without the screenshots, I hope that one of the moderators will pick up on this soon.
If it is a dummy project, feel free to use the File âž Back Up âž Back Up To... command, with the zip compression checkbox enabled, and drag and drop the .zip into your response here, to attach it.
We should be able to see what is going on pretty quickly with that.
This compile format works as intended for my simple test setup (and synopses would never be numbered, so something is definitely different). But it maybe be worth noting that hierarchical numbering certainly does reset for each subsection. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 ⊠2.1, 2.2, etc. If you want basic incremental numbering, the <$n> placeholder is better than <$hn>.
With due respect to @AmberV, can I just add to make sure you save the compile settings you are using as a Project Format so that it is included in the zipped version.
Thank you.
I use the standard compile formats. Do you think I need to save it as project format as well?
Lets here if Amber and her colleagues can find my mistake in there. The compile funktion is very complex and I thought I had figured it out âŠ
Thank you. Good to have an explanation. I knew I had uploaded media before so this time I was surprised it didnât work. I had to make a new account because of a password meltdown. So I am ânewâ to the system. But not new to Scrivener. Love the app.
It would only need to be included separately if it is listed in the âMy Formatsâ section, which is where custom formats are listed if they are shared by all projects. By default custom formats are saved into the project though, and transfer fine in the .zip.
I see what is going on. You are using two different hierarchical numbering types at different levels of the outline, and so they resetting each other back to the start after every use.
It might help at this point to know what you want the numbering to look like. Should it be something like: A, 1, 2, 3; B, 1, 2, 3? Or maybe: A, 1, 2, 3; B, 4, 5, 6? Or maybe something else entirely?
As for why you get three figures, it is because technically these items are at level three. There is âUntitled Documentâ, then the folders at level two, then the files at level 3.
Itâs a bit of an aside, but there is maybe more structure here in your binder than you really need? It seems to me that this would be a cleaner and easier to work with Draft folder:
But I of course do not know what you are eventually aiming for with this demo. That is what I would do if all of my chapters were one text section in length though. Why use folders to, each of them, hold only one thing?
Now I think I figured it out!
If I skip the idea of chapter level marked as letters and scene level marked as figures. I made a new projekt format with no title in the scenes. And this is working. Thanks for help and support.
Yup, thatâs definitely the simplest approach, and how the <$hn> marker was meant to be used. But itâs worth noting that if you do want A, 1, 2; B, 1, 2⊠style numbering then setting all of your section types to use the Alphanumeric Outline Item layout would give you that. Normally it would use Roman numerals instead of letters at the top, but in this case the invisible untitled item is at that level. So the first visible level is alphabetical.
But if these âcannedâ multi-level counters donât do what you want, you can always use different counters yourself. For example, using <$L:rubrik><$rst_avsnitt> in the layout that the Rubrik section type uses, and <$n:avsnitt> for Avsnitt section types. The ârstâ marker will reset the counter going by the name following the underscore, wherever it appears (at each main section, A, B, C). Thus remove that and you get continuous numerical counting.
Here is a demonstration of a setup that produce this kind of numbering, that you might find in an Appendix:
A. Main group
A.1) Sub-group
A.2) Sub-group
A.3) Sub-group
B. Main Group
B.1) Sub-group
...
. Happy if you can tell me what Im doing wrong.
