Back to: Scrivener 1 for Windows: The Basics and Beyond
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Adding an Image
Screenshots are a great way to show me exactly what you're talking about or to show me how you have things set up in your own project. (If you don't know how to take a screenshot, check out the “Capturing Screenshots” lesson.) To include a screenshot with your comment, click the Browse button and select an image file from your computer. File must be no larger than 128MB (if it is, you'll get a weird error that I have no control over). If your file is larger than 128MB, you'll need to resize it before attaching to your comment.
The image will display in the comment as a thumbnail.
TIP: Paint is good for adjusting file sizes. In File Explorer, right-click the image and choose Edit. The image opens in Paint (unless you have another photo tool assigned for that file type.) Select Resize. Use percentage or pixels to reduce the size. (For pixels, changing the longest side between 800-1200 pixels should do the trick.)
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How do I pagninate? I have my chapters just going on and on. I need my pages to correspond to my Word document so I can see how much I have
Also, how do I set the tab five spaces in. Right now my tabs are set ten spaces in. Thank you.
Hi, Gillian. There’s no page view in Scrivener because how the pages fall would depend entirely on how you set things up to compile (export). It’s not a What You See is What You Get (WYSIWYG) layout like Word. To get a rough idea of what you have, you can use Project Statistics (Project–>Project Statistics). Adjust the settings on the Options tab to change the words per page. Otherwise, you’d have to compile periodically to see how you’re doing. Personally, I just use the rule of thumb of 250 words/page to get a rough estimate of where I am. So, 1000 words is about 4 pages.
As for setting the indents and other formatting, I’m going to refer you to the Writing in the Editor section of this course. Once you’ve gone through that, if you have more questions, feel free to post them on the relevant lesson. 🙂
Gwen, there are no page breaks on my screen. My novel is just one long page and it could go on for 50,000 words with me having no way at all to access any kind of pagination at all. Is there a way to make pages on Scrivener. At this point i am not concerned about how many words per page. Just that I have a page. Thanks
Oh, absolutely, Gillian. If you want to divide your manuscript up into separate scenes or sections/chapters or whatever, you’d just create a new text document for each section as you’re ready to write it. (See the “Working with Documents and Folders” section for more.)
If you’re importing existing work from another word processor, like Word, you can split the imported file into multiple shorter documents (again at scene or chapter breaks, as desired). You’ll find that in the section mentioned above too.
I copied and pasted text here that was all across the page on my screen. when i pasted it here it was exactly the way i want it. so i can’t show you what the trouble is. I have my text all over the screen. i want it uniform with right and left margins. right now most of my text is on half of the page. i have one paragraph where it goes across the page like i want it to. i am looking everywhere to create margins and cant find anything. Thanks
Gillian: You’ll need to take a screenshot to show me what you’re seeing on your screen, then you can attach it to your comment as outlined in the lesson above. If you don’t know how to take a screenshot, check out the “Capturing Screenshots” lesson (https://scrivenerclasses.com/lesson/capturing-screenshots-2/).
Once I can see what you’re seeing, I can give you better advice on how to fix it. Thanks.
Re Screenshots – click Browse button and select an image file. Where do find an image file? I really don’t understand what this means. Are there steps to take before this?
Hi, Jan. Actually, there’s a lesson on Screenshots that tells you how to take a picture of what’s on your screen. So, the step you’re asking about would come after you’ve taken a screenshot. I’ll put a link to the screenshots lesson in this one to make it clear that it’s coming. Thanks!
no question