It’s a quick and easy way to keep track of what changes you make, rather like “track changes” in Word. In other words, if I enter revision mode and select “first revision,” any text I write after that will be red. There are five revision modes, which basically consist of five different colors for revisions you make.
It’s another pretty sweet tool I use while I revise. (I LOVE this feature.)ĭid you know that there’s a “revision mode” in Scrivener? Yeah. Now whenever you manually save your document (Command-S), any scene or documented you changed prior to that save will have a snapshot taken of it.
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It’s a wonderful tool to use, and can allow you to revise without worry, as well as without juggling multiple files.Īs a side note, under your “Scrivener” menu, select “Preferences” and under “General” make sure that “Take snapshots of changed text document on manual save” is highlighted. So if I liked my previous version better, and want to start over from that point, I can revert back to it–but I also have the chance to take a snapshot of the current version before doing so. You have the option to “compare” your versions like I did in the picture below.īut you can also “roll back” if you find a version that you wish to revert back to. When you click on it, you can cycle through all the snapshots you’ve taken and find the copy you want to return to. Just like your comments, you’ll find the snapshots in the Inspector section in the right hand portion of your screen. In Scrivener, if you took a snapshot, you’ll have it and will hardly have to go looking for it at all.
But if I wrote my story in Word and when I edited it, I simply deleted that scene without backing up my entire Word document, I won’t have it to go back to. I’m one of those paranoid writers who hates to delete anything I wrote–maybe one day I’ll realize the changes I made were awful and I want to go back to the original story. In a nutshell, snapshots prevents you from losing your original wording once you make changes. This is one of my favorite features of Scrivener, and one that I miss the most whenever I cheat on it. So with just a glance over, you’ll be able to see if you have any comments you need to address in that scene.
However, if you’re looking at tags or snapshots or something else in that section of your screen, you won’t be able to view your comments, a possible down side.Īnother nice feature of comments here in Scrivener is that if you have made a comment in the scene or document you are looking at, an asterisk will appear next to that speech bubble icon whether or not you have comments visible in your inspector section. Sometimes, it’s too much effort to write a note when I’ll know why I highlighted it by the time I return to it.Ī comment will create a yellow highlight over your text, and then appear in your Inspector to the right of your document/scene–only when the speech bubble icon is pressed. One of the nice things in Scrivener is that if you don’t wish to write something in the comment, which I don’t always do, it automatically inserts your name, the date, and time you created the note. Alternatively, shift-Control-* or else under “Format” menu, select “comment.” To use, simply select the text you wish to the comment to refer to (if you select nothing, the word nearest your cursor will be associated with the note), and hit the “comment” button. It’s incredibly convenient though to have them available in Scrivener as well.
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This feature is also something you find in Word and Pages and other word processing software these days. It allows me to change platforms and reread my story with new eyes, thus allowing me to engage in a different reading experience. I use this feature quite often when it’s time for rereading my story after I’ve finished a draft. I’ve not used most of them, but I have used the conversion to Word, epub, mobi, and PDF. This gives you pretty much any option you could need. Look for the “compile” button, or else click on “File” and go all the way to the bottom to find “compile.” Compile/ExportĪt some point in your story’s process, you’ll want to put it in a program like Word or else convert the file into an ebook format. If you’re not sure of where to start with revising your WIP, check out the article I wrote on it back at the beginning of January: A Revision Checklist. Today in continuing with our Revision theme for January, I’m going to discuss how I use Scrivener when it’s time to revise, and why Scrivener is my go-to writing software for revision.
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Previously I’ve discussed how to Create a New Document and Work with Scenes, Making Document Goals, and Cool Tools in Scrivener. As part of my ongoing Scrivener Tutorial series, we’ve reached number 4.