Scrivener: Adding Pictures and Research Links (windows)

For many, the ability to store information in your scrivener project is a very handy functionality. 

For example, if you're writing a historical novel and you have a lot of research to keep track of, instead of filling up your browser bookmarks, you can save links inside scrivener that you can:

1) open up in your browser
2) view in your scrivener project w/o leaving it


So how do you create these links?

1) Go to the folder you are interested in storing the links. In this example, I have stored mine under "Research". Add  "New Text" 
 
I have already added one and called it "Planting Veggies". 



2) Click on the "References" icon

As you can see below. I already have links added. You can have more than one link. So you don't have to keep creating "New Text" to create additional items.

3) To add a link, select the "+" button. And then "Create External Reference".

4) For this example, I am adding a link from The Old Farmer's Almanac on the subject of lettuce. Add the title for your link (I added Lettuce) and then just below add the url.

5) Once you've done that, Right Click on the link you just added.

Choose "Open in Current Editor." The webpage will open up right there in scrivener.

If you select "Open link", your url will open up in your browser.

What if I wanted to add a link to a picture or some other file in my computer instead of from a webpage link?

 Go back to step 3. Instead of choosing "Create External Reference", choose "Look Up & Add External Reference"

 

Your file folder will open up for you to find and select your file. You will see a link to that file and it will have the same name as the file you just added.

What if I want to add a picture that will stay there (no link)?

1) Open up your file folder to the location of your picture. 

2) Drag and Drop directly onto your folder. In the example here, I used my Reference" folder.  

3) This will create a layer underneath your folder with a picture attached. The title will have the same name as your file.

Keep in mind that the more pictures you add the larger your project gets. Using links instead could be a better option.

  

NaNoWriMo 2015: Completed!

101728 words in 30 days. 

SCRIVENER: How to Convert Your Format (Windows)

How do you set the format (font & paragraphs) or change the format you already have?

We are all different and like to work in different fonts. So let’s say, the font is set to Courier New and you want to see your project in Verdana because it’s easier on your eyes. It’s not obvious how to do this.





 
Here are the steps:

1) Change the Default settings.

A)On the toolbar: TOOLS→OPTIONS




B) Once in options, select “Editor” then the “A”, which is located next to the “B” (Bold). This will change the font.





So now everything you type will have that new format.

But what about the text you already wrote. How to you convert that to the new format?

2) Under: Documents→Convert→Formatting to default Text Style

You should be able to convert everything. But in my case, either due to windows or my version, doing this only changed the one scene I was in, not the entire document.

My work around goes as follows:

A) On the left pane, MAKE SURE ALL FOLDERS ARE OPEN then select a scene. Do NOT select a folder. Once your scene is selected, you want to “select all”. 

If you don't have all the folders open when you "select all" then the scenes inside the closed folder might not be selected and won't change.

Either do a A or you go tot he toolbar Edit→Select All.

Now everything is selected.

B) Now you can do:
Documents→Convert→Formatting to default Text Style

Make your selections or don’t select anything and press “OK”



You are now done!