Hopefully a stupid question. How to I insert research say from Safari into Scrivener in iOS. I found a post (literatureandlatte.com/blog … s?author=9) that said you can send it to Scrivener through the Share Sheet, but it’s not available or not available to add. What am I missing?
Also is the routine for printing really to tap the Share Sheet/Send a Copy/PDF/Share Sheet (again)/Print
Is there a way to access printing that feels less like a work around?
There are 2 ways. One is a bit quicker but the name of the file in Safari will be a random name instead of a correct name of the article. The other one is a bit slower, but it will have the correct name when you bring it into Scrivener.
First make sure you opened Scrivener iOS and you are in the folder in which you want to put your research. Because when you ‘send to Scrivener’, whichever of the 2 ways you pick, it will go to the last folder you were in.
Method One:
You are on a page in Safari. In the share sheet you go to ‘MAKE PDF’. Then, you go to a PDF view of that page. When you push the Share sheet from there again, you can copy to Scrivener. This doesn’t require a lot of taps, but it gives you a random name in Scrivener, which I personally don’t like.
Method Two:
You are on a page in Safari. In the share sheet you go to PRINT. You’ll have a dialogue box with a preview version of your page underneath (it says page one). You PINCH TO ZOOM on that preview, to have a full-screen PDF. And from there, again, you go to the share sheet and COPY to Scrivener.
It will be the same result as method one, BUT the name of the PDF will be the name of the page, or at least more closely resemble it.
Both options are not that much less work then doing it in the desktop version (where you also have to print, and save to PDF first). The fact that I can now save research on the go, especially from my iPad, my preferred device to read stuff online, is really handy.
But, indeed, with both methods you have to go to the share sheet twice.
Another method for importing webpages as web archives when you’re browsing is to open Scrivener in the split or slide-over view. Tap the import button in the binder footer and choose Web Page, then drag the url from Safari’s address bar to the field in the import popover and tap Import.
If you’re printing an individual document, the steps should be just Share > Send a Copy > PDF > Print. To compile the entire manuscript for printing, you can choose Compile in place of Send a Copy (if you’re viewing a document within the Draft) or tap the compile button in the binder footer to go straight to the compile sheet. Choose PDF as the format, tap Compile, then tap the share button at the top and choose Print.
Thank you for responses. All of those suggestions for bringing research into Scrivener worked.
However discoverability for both these features are certainly lacking. If the developers monitor these boards, printing should be no more than 3 taps: TAP share sheet/TAP Print/TAP Print (for selected printer) instead of the current 5. Also the command P keyboard shortcut should certainly be implemented for iPad Pro Smart Keyboard (no taps needed!).
The research is certainly doable, but not discoverable, especially for a word processing program with a stand out feature of gathering and maintaining research. I think that a discreet Share Sheet extension should be a no brainer. Thanks for the responses, it’s made my life a little easier.