Format not taking text format of existing paragraph.
I hope I can describe this well enough. When I dictate I frequently just use the general style and then later convert each document to script mode (specifically Comic Book) to start editing and adding comic book script formatting.
After I do this conversion, the default style when I start typing appears to be "Panel Number," an all-caps style, even if I start typing in the middle of a paragraph of general text or what have you. Is there a way to have it mimic the style of text at the existing paragraph?
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1 Posted by keith on Jul 25, 2017 @ 05:47 PM
I can't reproduce this, but it would depend on the formatting of your general text style. Scriptwriting mode is all based on paragraph formatting, and the script elements are recognised by paragraph formatting. So, if your general text style has the same paragraph formatting (line spacing, indents, tab stops etc) as the "Panel Number" element, then clicking into general paragraph text in script mode would cause it to start typing in Panel Number format. The workaround would be to add an extra tab stop to your general text formatting.
All the best,
Keith
2 Posted by gtjosvold on Jul 26, 2017 @ 04:46 PM
Ignore the thrashing at the beginning (I thought I'd hit copy, but must not have). The key thing I'd loved fixed is the ALL CAPS default typing, even though I'm already in a paragraph of regular text, as there is no way to undo the allcaps with command-z. I'd love the default when you start typing to be whatever the existing paragraph is.
3 Posted by keith on Jul 26, 2017 @ 04:54 PM
Like I say, all you need to do is add an extra tab stop to your default text formatting, and the problem will go away. That's the only way to fix it, though, because Scrivener uses paragraph styles for script formatting and has no way of distinguishing otherwise.
keith closed this discussion on Jul 26, 2017 @ 04:54 PM.