I typically do all my final formatting in Word. Using Word’s Styles provides ultimate control over the look and feel of your text when you change the formatting of a style, it automatically applies that change to all text in the document to which that Style has been previously applied. Scrivener has commenting, annotating, and limited ability to track changes, however it is intended as an authoring tool, not a collaborative tool. When it comes to collaborative editing and tracking changes, Word is king. As you can see from the following screen capture, I have mine set with a leafy-green background image, and with my “paper” taking up most of the screen. Scrivener has a built-in Composition Mode, which displays nothing but the page you’re working on, with a background of your choice (or no background at all). You can also hide the ribbon, leaving only the page you’re working on in view. Word has a full-screen view, which hides the menus. You can easily export all or a portion of the Scrivener file. Not everyone has Scrivener, To share a document from Scrivener, you can export to Word, PDF, HTML, e-book (both ePub and Kindle), XML, and text formats, all with customizable variations. To share a portion of a document, you need to first copy that portion into a new document, save, and then send. You can also save to text, PDF, and HTML (web) formats. Since pretty much everyone has Word, sharing documents is easy. The following screen capture shows the binder for my blog posts: You can add a document for each scene or chapter, or keep all the text on one document. Folders are like tabbed sections within the binder. Before you write, you need to add a “document,” which is like inserting a sheet of paper, before writing. Scrivener is set up like a virtual binder. You don’t have to learn any of its features to use it. Availabilityīoth Word and Scrivener are widely available on Mac, PC, and mobile devices, and both can by synced using Dropbox. Today, I’m going to put Word and Scrivener in the ring, side by side, and compare their strengths and weaknesses. Each can be easy or difficult to learn, depending on how many features you want to use. It’s also a great journaling tool.īoth Word and Scrivener are feature-rich, and each has its place in the writing toolbox. I use Scrivener for pretty much all my writing these days: blog posts, short works, such as essays and poems, as well as book-length works. And if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know I’m a big fan. IF YOU’VE BEEN WRITING ANY LENGTH OF TIME, you’ve probably heard of Scrivener.
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