Transferring Your Preferences to Scrivener 3

If you have a lot of customized settings that you’d like to bring with you to Scrivener 3, you can save them to a file to transfer. There are plenty of new options in Scrivener 3, but those that match up will be set accordingly. Here’s how to transfer your preferences.

Saving Scrivener 1 Preferences

1. Open Scrivener 1.

2. Go to Tools>Options.

3. Click the Manage button in the bottom left corner of the window.

options window

4. Choose Save Preferences.

5. Provide a name and location—remember them!—and click Save.

6. Click OK to close the Options window.

Importing Scrivener 1 Preferences to Scrivener 3

1. Open Scrivener 3.

2. Go to File>Options.

3. Click the Manage button in the bottom left corner of the window.

4. Choose Load Options from File and select the file you saved in Step 5 above.

5. Click Open. Your settings are updated.

6. Click OK to close the Options window.