I’m relatively new to Scrivener and want to keep things simple. I’m having a hard time dealing with fonts and styles, surely a rookie blind spot. When I come to the end of a paragraph and hit return with the curser in the spot immediately after the paragraph-ending period to start typing the next paragraph, why does the style change from my set style (a custom style I’ve called “Text”) to “no style”? Obviously, I should not have to rest the paragraph style every time I start a new paragraph, so I am sure I am just missing some default setting somewhere.
Thanks.
The default, and our recommendation, is to not use a “body” style at all, but to define the default formatting to look like what you want.
The reason is that using Styles adds an added layer of complexity when it’s time to create your output document. We recommend using Styles only for text that should be unique in some way.
If you do want to use a body style, you need to set the specification for the “next style.”
If you haven’t already, I’d recommend taking a look at our Interactive Tutorial, available from the Help menu. It’s a good overview of Scrivener’s fundamental operations.
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OK! Thank you, that seems to work just fine. I know, I should watch the tutorials!