Using File's names as Section Titles

[Cassady]

Hello all,

Apologies if I should’ve been more adept at searching for this - but not entirely clear on the terminology!

I compiled a lengthy speech in Scrivener for the weekend past. It was incredibly useful, being able to drag the component parts around, until the order flowed, and made sense.

I named each section/file (in the Binder) with a unique identifier. Upon compiling, I was hoping I would be able to get the header to pull its ‘name’ from that identifier/descriptor- as opposed to using the Project Name. The use-case would be, as you flip the page during the speech, top-right would be that identifier, acting basically as a Header for that particular page - this way you know where you are at in a quick glance.

I hope the above makes sense? Regardless- I couldn’t figure out how to do it - have I missed something, or is that not possible?

[AmberV]

Have you tried using the <$sectiontitle> placeholder in the header field? It sounds like you’re using the <$projecttitle> token, which of course just does what it sounds like. Section title on the other hand will print the name of the last section that generated a page break. As described in the Help/Placeholder Tags List:

…Gets replaced with the title of the document that first comes after the page break most recently preceding the header or footer in which it occurs. In practice, this is useful for placing chapter titles in headers or footers. For instance, if you have a chapter in a single text document starting on a new page, then that document’s title will replace <$sectiontitle>; if your chapters are broken down into smaller sections placed inside folders, and the folders mark the start of each new chapter, then the folder’s title will replace <$sectiontitle> throughout the chapter headers and footers.

Note that if the section title cannot be calculated for any reason (for instance, because there is no text in the section associated with any documents), <$sectiontitle> may fall back on using the abbrevated project title (working the same as <$abbr_projecttitle> - see User and Project Information for details on where the abbreviated project title is drawn from).

[Cassady]

@AmberV

Have you tried using the <$sectiontitle> placeholder in the header field? It sounds like you’re using the <$projecttitle> token, which of course just does what it sounds like. Section title on the other hand will print the name of the last section that generated a page break. As described in the Help/Placeholder Tags List:

…Gets replaced with the title of the document that first comes after the page break most recently preceding the header or footer in which it occurs. In practice, this is useful for placing chapter titles in headers or footers. For instance, if you have a chapter in a single text document starting on a new page, then that document’s title will replace <$sectiontitle>; if your chapters are broken down into smaller sections placed inside folders, and the folders mark the start of each new chapter, then the folder’s title will replace <$sectiontitle> throughout the chapter headers and footers.

Note that if the section title cannot be calculated for any reason (for instance, because there is no text in the section associated with any documents), <$sectiontitle> may fall back on using the abbrevated project title (working the same as <$abbr_projecttitle> - see User and Project Information for details on where the abbreviated project title is drawn from).

Ah - many thanks - that looks to be exactly what I needed to do! Will give it a whirl. Thanks again!