Now I have different customized output formats, each for the specific work I am planning to put out. In other words, to let the compiler handle those sections as they were created, rather than manually assigning the section layout to possibly manually select and interchange them later on-but I could be oversimplifying a more complex way to simplify this. The section types assigned in the project settings can work as section layouts unequivocally. I still think it can be streamlined in certain aspects. I used to think the Scrivener Compiler was difficult to follow and a tad confusing. But then I only have to output raw manuscript pages in 12-point Times Roman, and needn’t fiddle around with Drop Caps and flush-left and block quotes and dramatic passages emphasized by embarrassingly garish fonts. Writers may have been there in the gestational stages of some of the big-budget programs, but they were quickly taken over by the corporate wing and made to be all tools for all purposes, which means the same as A tool for no purpose in particular.įor me, Scrivener and its flexible little packets of text strung together by an outliner works as I do. Its my tool of choice for all writing because, of all the other options out there–I started with Wordstar way back in the last century and switched to Microsoft Word when it hit version 1.01–Scrivener is the only program developed by a writer. Since its early beta in 2016 I’ve used Scrivener for everything, including magazine articles and books and the research for same, and, until I retired a few years ago, for editing a national magazine in all phases, from managing the submissions to writing dejection letters to the editing back-and-forth with authors and the final output to the talented folks in production. One of the potential benefits of using Scrivener for all of my writing is that I can bulk compile and export my work for archiving in other applications, e.g., DEVONthink. Thanks in advance for your kind assistance! If you do not use Scrivener exclusively, please explain why and share what other apps you use for the types of writing I have listed?.Do you use Scrivener for all your writing tasks, and if so, what are your reasons?.Communications intended for distribution to the community we serve.įor all these types of writing, apart from the book project, I currently use Apple Pages.Consequently, the format consists of multiple heading levels, with text followed by an image, then more text, and this pattern continues throughout the document. It’s worth mentioning that my presentation notes often incorporate screenshots of corresponding Keynote slides to signify points where I need to reference a slide. These notes are prepared for conferences, staff meetings, and parent and donor presentations. Presentation notes that vary in length from one to possibly eight pages.In addition to my book project, my writing portfolio includes the following:

This has led me to consider whether I should migrate all my writing projects to Scrivener to streamline my writing workflow into a single application. Currently, I’m using Scrivener for a large non-fiction book project, and it has proven to be extremely useful for this purpose. If you bought Deckset after March 1st, 2017, you can receive a free upgrade.I am interested in determining whether Scrivener is a suitable platform for all my writing needs.

The current version runs $29 US, with site licenses available. The new version is available exclusively via direct purchase, which - as a side effect - gives them a lot more flexibility with coupons, pricing, and educational discounts.ĭeckset is definitely the coolest, easiest tool I’ve found for creating slide decks quickly and beautifully. With the release of version 2, Deckset has announced they’re leaving the Mac App Store. You can also add customization to a single slide using metadata headers to do such things as temporarily disable slide numbering or change a footer. You can also just use Markdown headers as slide dividers (as opposed to horizontal rules), making presentation creation that much faster. Now you can adjust colors, fonts, and general layout, and even export and share the theme with others. It comes with a wide selection of styles, but I’ve always longed to be able to change them just slightly for my needs. I’m very excited to let you know that version 2.0 has been released, and it covers some of the requests I and other users have had over the years.įirst, you can customize the themes. At CMD-D last summer, I hadn’t expected to be speaking, but when Andy Ithnako had to call in sick, I wrote a full slide deck in Markdown on breaks between talks. Since then I’ve continued to love it as an alternative to Keynote, using it whenever I can for presentations. I first wrote about Deckset back in 2014.

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