First of all, thank you for a great program! I’ve just started using Scrivener 1.53, but already I can see that it’s going to make me much more productive.
Now to my questions: I’ve created a document template for characters that lists the minimum information I like to have for each of my characters. I want to use it for new characters, but I can’t find a menu item that will allow me to create a new document from a document template. I can find ‘New text’ and ‘New folder’ but I can’t find any way to use the template I created. I’m sure I’m just missing something very simple.
Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Yes, exactly this feature is coming to 2.0 (you will assign a folder as the “Templates” folder and thereafter anything that appears in that folder will be available as a basis for new documents via the Documents > New From Template menu). However, there is no such feature in 1.x. Instead, as Jason said, you can use the Duplicate feature. If you have a folder for these character sheets, just place the template at the top of the folder and select it and hit cmd-D every time you need a new one.
D’oh, apologies Jaysen, sincerely! I always have to force myself to remember how to spell your name (and if Antony Johnston is listening, his name is even more difficult to remember - I mean, why can’t you just be called Jason and Anthony Johnson, just to help those of us with sieve-like memories?). Sorry! I blame your parents. (Though I’m sure they’re to blame for a lot… )
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