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Save and back up your work - Scrivener Tutorial
From the course: Scrivener Essential Training
Save and back up your work
- [Instructor] I know a lot of people who have a sad habit. They will hit the Save button over and over again as they work on projects in other programs. With Scrivener, you don't have to do that. You have better things to have on your mind as you write. You don't need the constant paranoia of losing your work. Before you begin a project, set Scrivener to save and back up your work. Let's explore your options. First, click on Scrivener in the menu bar, select Preferences, and then from the General tab, select Saving. You can see Scrivener is set to automatically save your work after two seconds of inactivity. That's the Scrivener default. You can change it if you'd like but I find two seconds to be sufficient. In the two seconds I've been chatting with you, Scrivener has just saved my work. So unlike other programs, you don't have to keep hitting the Save button over and over, but to save manually, you can always do this. Click File, and then Save. To save as another name, I can click…
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Create a new project3m 47s
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Use the binder to brainstorm and outline your work3m 20s
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Import files1m 35s
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Split long documents3m 29s
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Merge documents3m 3s
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Use the corkboard to organize and add detail3m 5s
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Use the Inspector to set and review details2m 54s
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Use the Outliner to view details and metadata3m 26s
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Set draft and session word count targets4m 7s
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Set document word count targets3m 28s
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Add templates3m
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Save and back up your work3m 16s
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