Scrivener 3 for Windows: Compile Tutorial

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Compiling with Scrivener 3 is easy once you get your settings right. In case you don't know, a Scrivener project has a complex file structure, so you have to compile it in order to open it in any other program. In this video I'll show you how to do that.

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[williefilmore]

thank you for this vid. I can't tell you how much time i spent trying to get the compile to work on Scrivener 3. You are the only one that explains the whole project settings. again thank you so much.. I recommend that any one using Scrivener 3 has got to see this vid. it will save you so much time and aggravation. I should know. god bless

[bobnolin]

First, thank you for this -- I was not getting anywhere with L&L's tutorial, re: compiling. Your video explained it all perfectly. Second: congrats on the book! I'm self-publishing my debut in the spring. Subscribed.

[abigailwelborn]

Thanks! I could not figure out 'heading' and 'section.' Makes so much more sense to call them chapter and scene!

[advmx]

Thank you SO MUCH for your help. I wish Scrivener had better, more interactive documentation in it, The official manual is super huge and frankly not as objective as it could, sometimes developers forget to give plenty of examples on its own documentation.
I was able to compile my ebook, import it on my Kindle and it works perfectly, after your first explanation of the Layouts, how they work, and all that I was able to figure it out the rest by myself.
There's plenty to test and mess around with to learn every single option, because just like you said: A lot of the examples make us confused about how they would work, but as long as we have any reader on our PCs to check the files after compiling, we can do it as many times as we need.

Thank you again for your help, I'm going to save this video to check on it later if I ever forget how to configure the layouts again!

[TheRandyHunt]

THANK you! You said a few things that made it finally all click for me.

[johnisethomasdigiacomo]

😊 You made it very easy to understand. Perfect. Make more with windows.

[ElleEKay]

Thank you! This is the best explanation I've found.

[redfoxcreates]

This was so useful! As a longtime Scrivener user (since 2007!), I've really struggled with the new Compile interface - it may be better in the long run, but I never had to assign section types to documents before so that really wasn't intuitive and I've had a lot of Compile disasters! Now I understand that I should probably set up the sections before I even think about compiling, it's going to be a lot easier 😀

[leeloolyndsie]

That was super helpful! Thank you! I was tearing my hair out trying to set up a novella that I wrote in the short story template into one with chapters and parts.

[joycestone]

There’s a lot there, there and I’m no where close to compiling SO, I will be checking out this video again! Thanks Michelle! 🙂

[lvfucanan]

This definitely save my life! Thank you so much. I subscribed to your channel. I'll check your books too. Please make more Scrivener 3 tutorials! :)

[samuelcollie]

Thanks for this. I watched a few others. It still took me a while to figure out how to tell Scrivener what chapters etc to include in the compile. It's not an intuitive program. Just about ready for Beta readers for my first novel. I'll use Book Funnel.

[ulricaedvinssonsundin]

Hi! Thank you for a great video. Helped me a lot :) I followed all the steppes, and it worked perfectly. Almost. Chapter 1 is whiteout an indent, but chapters 2 and later all have one, and I need help finding how to change it. I found the boxes in the options that should fix the problem, but it doesn't work. Any advice?

[SunshineLeclair]

Thanks hun, this has helped alot ;) Sunshine

[jamesnewquist]

In windows 3- How to do you rework or change title page of paperback book?

[michaelcopple]

If you feel stuck in Windows, (like you cannot leave because all your programs function on a Windows environment only), there is hope for those of us who are die hard Scrivener 3 users and want to stick with a Linux based operating system. This can be achieved by downloading the Lutris gaming app in Linux and accessing Scrivener 3 in the software, running the program and setting up your license through Literature and Latte direct through the software like you would in Windows, (Phew, run on!!). Keep in mind, this is not pirating, nor is it illegal. Linux is a 100% free and open source operating system with hundreds of different alternatives. But we have found ways to run our Windows software very well without the spying. (Sorry, Michelle. Just a geek and writer who is excited about the Scrivener 3 working on Linux)

[thetinboxtrilogy]

Michelle, Can I hire you to format my new manuscript?

[pamdavies]

how do you add your cover picture into scrivener?

[MahaliaCrotz]

This is like the best tutorial about compiling but it’s hard to hear with all that noise. Please don’t use music in tutorials when you’re speaking.