I used the non-fiction template, which is a mistake since I don’t know what the template is doing. One of the things it’s doing is adding the word “Introduction” to chapter headings when I compile the e-pub.
How can I get rid of this?
Very difficult to say without more information, such as how your project is set up, what Compile format this is (presumably ePub 3 with “Ebook”?), how you set up the contents, and so on.
- Out of the box non-fiction template.
- This is compiled for epub2.
- Contents are as follows: (in binder?)
Manuscript, underneath:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3, etc.
But I set up a project just like that with no issues. I would look in your chapter documents and switch to page view. Are there any page breaks in there perhaps? Something else has to be going on here. Could you attach a sample version of the project to your reply so that I can see it?
Did you put “Introduction” in the Title Prefix or Suffix for that section layout, by any chance?
Katherine
I initially had the same thought, but as pseingalt’s screenshot shows they are using an unedited compile format, I then assumed they wouldn’t have been able to edit the title prefix or suffix. Is there a way to do such a thing outside of the compile interface?
Another possibility: “INTRODUCTION-n” is part of the title of each document. It could be that there is a return after each “Chapter n” with “INTRODUCTION-n” after it (not something Scrivener itself would have done, but users can force a return character in there if they really want to). That would explain what is happening.
@KB: Here are the first few project chapters.
Sorry this is so complicated.
004328.zip (266 KB)
My previous post guessed it exactly right: the ToC is correct, because it is showing the titles of your MS. The title of your first document is:
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
The title of your second document is:
Chapter 2
INTRODUCTION-1
You can see this for yourself easily:
- Double-click into “Chapter 1” in the binder.
- Press the down arrow on your keyboard.
Alternatively, switch to outliner mode (which can show returns in titles). There you will see that “[return]-INTRODUCTION” is part of all of your titles.
So you just need to fix your document titles.
That was it, thanks!