PDF Two Column?

[pottsca]

Is there a way to control the PDF output generation so as to have the section text below the level of chapter appear in two columns ?. There is a simple way to do this by modifying the PDB header to include //twocolumn

[JenT]

Scrivener doesn’t do multiple columns. You’d need to compile to an editable format and set columns in a formatting program or by hand in Word.

[drmajorbob]

Not for all output file types, no, but this is for RTF export:

[JenT]

That’s a good point of clarification—you can do columns when compiling to RTF and DOC and DOCX, but not for PDF, which was the question here.

[rms]

So, to make a 2-column PDF from Scrivener:

1. Compile to RTF (or Word DOC/DOCX)
2. Use the appropriate tool to open that file and “print” to PDF (a feature of macOS).

Job done.

[Vincent_Vincent]

@rms

and “print” to PDF (a feature of macOS).

Same feature is available under Windows.