And because the font and style you find most comfortable for writing and editing may not be the same as those required in your final document, Scrivener’s advanced Compile settings optionally allow you to print or export your work in a completely different format. Enter page layout view to see your words on virtual pages, which can be set up to mimic your printer settings or the pages of a book. Add footnotes and comments in the inspector and choose how they should be laid out when you export or print. Scrivener provides access to all the features of the OS X text system: add tables, bullet points and images and format your text however you want using the format bar at the top of the page. Scrivenings mode allows you to collect the constituent components into a single editor, so that you can edit them as though they were all part of one document: in Scrivener, you’re only ever a click away from seeing the forest or the trees. Check word counts, see what’s left to do using the Status column, and create custom columns to store any information you need. Organize your ideas using as many or few levels as you want and drag and drop to restructure your work. View and edit the synopses and meta-data of your documents in Scrivener’s powerful outliner.

Mark common themes or content using labels stack cards, grouping related documents together or place cards anywhere on the board using freeform mode.

Moving the cards on Scrivener’s corkboard rearranges their associated text in your draft. Every document is attached to a virtual index card onto which you can jot a synopsis.

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