Dear Friends: Is there an easy way to save an existing Scrivener document as another file with still keeping the original intact? Thanks as always for your help.
–Joe
When you say “document“, are you referring to a binder document within a project, or are you referring to a complete project as a document?
Mark
Thanks Mark. I’m talking about a complete project.
Then you should be able to either duplicate it and rename the duplicate in Windows explorer (with Scrivener closed?), or use File > Save As… in Scrivener to save it under another name.
However, with the latter process do check carefully as to which version is open in Scrivener after it has finished saving. I’m a Mac-user and am not sure what happens with Save as… under Windows, nor am I sure if it is safe to duplicate a project which is currently open.
I’m sure some Windows-user will be along to elucidate as necessary.
Mark
Windows user here. File > Save As changes name and saves project with new name at that point going forward. So would not do any work in project A before saving as Project B. Open Project A and immeadiately save as project B to duplicate. Will see the new Project folder in your usual save location and the name of the Project becomes Project B.
Many thanks Mark and Goalie Dad for your responses. It answers my question. Thanks again.
–Joe
While this particular question is answered well above, I would note that the user manual covers this topic in Chapter 5, All About Projects, under §5.1.2, Saving and Making Copies. The procedure for using Save As is documented there in checklist format.
I point that source out mainly because that chapter contains other useful topics relating to basic project management, that you might find useful in the future, such as creating backup copies to a specified location (often a better approach than Save As, unless you really want two live parallel forks of the work that you intend to actively work on together).
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Many thanks Amber V for your good counsel. I’ll review the manual. Thanks again. Joe