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#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Set up custom meta-data (‘Project > Project Settings…’) to add custom checkboxes, list boxes and text fields to the Inspector and outliner.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Set up custom meta-data (‘Project > Project Settings…’) to add custom checkboxes, list boxes and text fields to the Inspector and outliner.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Right-click on selected documents to assign a label, status, section type or icon change to multiple documents at once.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: ‘Project > Project Settings…’ allows you to set up custom labels, custom meta-data, section types and much more.

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#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Click the magnifying glass in the toolbar to search the project. Click the magnifying glass in the search field to change search options.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Click the magnifying glass in the toolbar to search the project. Click the magnifying glass in the search field to change search options.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Use ‘Documents > New Folder from Selection’ to create a new folder and move selected documents into it in a single action.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Use ‘Documents > New Folder from Selection’ to create a new folder and move selected documents into it in a single action.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Centre outliner columns in the visible area by selecting ‘Center Content’ from ‘View > Outliner Options’.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Centre outliner columns in the visible area by selecting ‘Center Content’ from ‘View > Outliner Options’.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Picking a Layout from the leftmost toolbar icon or from ‘Window > Layouts’ lets you quickly switch to a different UI arrangement.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Picking a Layout from the leftmost toolbar icon or from ‘Window > Layouts’ lets you quickly switch to a different UI arrangement.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Open multiple documents in Quick Reference panels by dragging them onto the Quick Reference icon in the toolbar (the box with the pencil).

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Open multiple documents in Quick Reference panels by dragging them onto the Quick Reference icon in the toolbar (the box with the pencil).

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Quickly create a project bookmark by dragging a document onto the bookmark icon in the toolbar.

It’s not uncommon for a novel or a memoir to have multiple timelines. The story may take place in the past and the present, or there might be a separate timeline for each major character. With Scrivener, you can manage multiple timelines easily. We've put together some tips: https://buff.ly/4jOeNLf

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Quickly create a project bookmark by dragging a document onto the bookmark icon in the toolbar.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Turn on line numbering in the editor using 'View > Text Editing > Show Line Numbers'.

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#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Turn on line numbering in the editor using 'View > Text Editing > Show Line Numbers'.

Revisions don’t have to be overwhelming! Join us for this free webinar and learn how to use Scrivener to track edits, organize revisions, and refine your book with confidence. Claim your free spot for February 19th at 2 pm EST / 7 pm UK here: https://buff.ly/4aS1RQm

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: To get statistics for your whole draft, go to 'Project > Statistics...'.

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#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: To get statistics for your whole draft, go to 'Project > Statistics...'.

You know what I love about @scrivenerapp.bsky.social? It's that in the Release Notes they use words like "erstwhile." (They missed a trick, though, by omitting, "we daresay.")

#Scrivener 3 on macOS & Windows Tip of the Day: Switch to page view in the editor using 'View > Text Editing > Show Page View' on Mac, or 'View > Text Editing > Page View' option toggle on Windows.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: You can apply Dark Mode. On Windows go to ‘Window > Themes > Dark Mode’. On macOS go to ‘Scrivener > Appearance > Dark’.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: You can apply Dark Mode. On Windows go to ‘Window > Themes > Dark Mode’. On macOS go to ‘Scrivener > Appearance > Dark’.

Scrivener projects can have their own settings, which, in some cases, override global settings. Learn how to use these settings to customize projects and create templates: https://buff.ly/4hjGslR

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: Drag a snapshot from the Inspector to an editor header bar to view it in the main window.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Drag a snapshot from the Inspector to an editor header bar to view it in the main window.

#Scrivener 3 Tip of the Day: Remove a word from your dictionary. On Windows go to ‘File > Options > Corrections > Spelling > View Personal Word List’. On macOS, open a new document, write the word you want to remove, control-click on the word and choose ‘Unlearn Spelling’.

#Scrivener 3 Tip of the Day: Remove a word from your dictionary. On Windows go to ‘File > Options… > Corrections > Spelling > View Personal Word List’. On macOS, open a new document, write the word you want to remove, control-click on the word and choose ‘Unlearn Spelling’.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Make links between documents by dragging a document from the binder onto a selected word in the editor.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Left with rogue extra spaces after editing a document? Use ‘Edit > Text Tidying > Replace Multiple Spaces with Single Spaces’.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: Left with rogue extra spaces after editing a document? Use ‘Edit > Text Tidying > Replace Multiple Spaces with Single Spaces’.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: If Scrivener has suddenly stopped working after a system update, make sure you have the latest version installed from literatureandlatte.com/download?pro....

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: If Scrivener has suddenly stopped working after a system update, make sure you have the latest version installed from www.literatureandlatte.com/download?pro....

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: If you accidentally delete a file, the file is not permanently deleted, just moved to Scrivener’s Trash folder.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: If you accidentally delete a file, the file is not permanently deleted, just moved to Scrivener’s Trash folder.

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#Scrivener 3 on Mac Tip of the Day: Holding down the Option/Alt key while dragging in the binder or outliner will disallow drop-ons, making dropping between items easier.

#Scrivener 3 on macOS Tip of the Day: Holding down the Option/Alt key while dragging in the binder or outliner will disallow drop-ons, making dropping between items easier.

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & Mac Tip of the Day: If the text in the editor is too small but you don’t want to change the font size, change the zoom setting in ‘View > Zoom’.