Just as an opposing-opposing viewpoint: I've remapped Close Tab and Quit Scrivener to Cmd+Opt+W & Q, because I used to frequently close Scrivener accidentally due to mistyping some other key-command – can't recall which. If it were just close and reopen, I'd not bother with the remapping, but th...

which Webster seems not to have understood! No true Englishman would use Websters! It's in Chambers, though, fyi :-) (Aside: Chambers dict & thesaurus apps are available on iOS, and utterly brilliant for every writer. They're the only reason I have an iPhone.) People think English spelling is r...

I see your point and raise you Neal Stephenson's "Anathem." Mention of Anathem always brings to mind its top review on Goodreads – and it's pertinent in this case, I think that Neal Stephenson is very intelligent and a terrific writer. That said, I found all the made-up googlies in this s...

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

I use Garner as my reference. He provides a little table of pronouns, which I've attached. basic pronouns.png He also discusses the indefinite pronouns: anybody, anyone, everybody, everyone, nobody, no one, somebody, and someone; and the reflexive pronouns: herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself,...

Another vote of support from me o/

To create a Collection, in this context, do a regular search – for sourdough, for example – then click Save Search as Collection… from the search dropdown. A Collections is just a set of references to files – they are non-destructive. You can use them for any number of reasons. Best to read the docs...

One way to do this is to create a Collection from the search results. You can then open the Collection, select all the items, and then drag them on to the Binder label, which will open the Binder itself, allowing you to drop the items into a pre-existing folder.

In version 3, you’ll be able to select any folder in the binder and “hoist” the view, which causes the binder to display only the contents of that folder. So for those special-purpose projects that do not need the standard mechanisms, you can easily achieve that effect without actually deleting the...

Could some kind person explain to me - as if I were a freakin' child, what I need to do to get them back???? Try this: Click on Manuscript in the Binder. If the editor says Manuscript Folder , then you are in non-scrivenings mode. If not, you will see all of your text and be in scrivenings mode. Ei...

Philip Pullman has spoken about the importance of routine: of sitting down each day and writing regardless of how you you feel. You'll hear the same from many writers. It's obvious really: nothing gets written unless you turn up. A common difficulty is thinking your way out of writing. This seems to...

There's Edit/Text Tidying/Strip Leading Tabs

For more than that you can do to a find/replace or Project Replace of \t with nothing in regex mode.

I am a rather inexperienced user. I have tried to use itemized lists and keep having problems with weird formatting effects. E.g. I added a numbered list and then all subsequent paragraphs suddenly didn't have any indent any longer until I reset the entire document using "Documents -> Convert ...

I'm not sure you've yet understood the problem, Keith. Here's an example with the system accent and highlight set to blue. The top image is with the left editor selected, and the bottom with the right editor selected. Clear as anything. Anyone who doesn't use Lock in Place will be intimately familia...

Further to this do you create a physical ; 'map;' of the place your story takes place in? My wife tells me that's something she really likes to have in a book. My concern with that, much as with a 'dramatis personae' for a novel is that it can be a story spoiler to some extent. Even if you don't pu...