Scrivener Secrets Revealed: Using Power Features Find • Seach • Collections

In this video, fantasy and science fiction author Brad Beaulieu delves into three powerful features of Scrivener: find, project search, and collections. He explains how the 'find' function can be used to locate and replace text within a document, covering various options like ignore case, diacritics, and regular expressions. Brad also demonstrates the 'project search' feature that allows users to search across an entire Scrivener project, including manuscript text, notes, character details, and more. Finally, he discusses 'collections', which help writers organize their chapters and scenes manually or dynamically. Brad highlights the importance of these tools in managing and editing large writing projects and invites viewers to engage in the comments with their own tips and experiences.

00:00 Introduction to Scrivener's Powerful Features
01:05 Meet Your Host: Brad Beaulieu
01:40 Supporting the Channel
02:02 Getting Started with Scrivener
03:10 Mastering Find and Replace
05:58 Advanced Find Options
08:32 Common Uses for Find and Replace
09:52 Cleaning Up Your Manuscript
14:23 Using Regular Expressions
16:54 Introduction to Project Search
17:50 Advanced Search Techniques
19:27 Utilizing Metadata for Efficient Searches
20:04 Practical Examples of Project Search
23:35 Exploring Search Operators
28:05 Common Scenarios for Project Search
29:29 Introduction to Collections
29:53 Creating and Managing Collections
31:17 Dynamic Collections for Better Organization
34:18 Final Thoughts and Viewer Engagement

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[StingyGeek]

Scrivener is such an amazing tool. I've used it for about 6 months now, and yes the learning curve is a lot (if you want to extract full value), but damn, it's well worth the effort. Great video thank you.

[damianr.c.]

I like your videos and the manner you explain everything. Can you make a video about the compile feature? It seems complicated. Also, can you create a table of contents for your chapters in this app or do you use another one for that? Thank you!

[grantsmall_Ngenious]

Came across your Scrivener videos and like your style of explaining. You mention a "How to get started in Scrivener" video but I can't find it on your channel. Would you please link it here.
Keep up the great work nand I really hope that this channel will grow.

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[RandallLeeReetz]

I can not make RegEx work in Scrivener. I try my expressions in several RegEx testing programs, but when I use the same expressions in Scrivener, I get bizarre and incorrect results. Would you mind trying the expression: in your copy Scrivener? This expression finds matches any two successive words when both begin with capital characters (first and last names). on the text: "Jane Doe, John Doe… both like Suzzie (not Suzzie Smith, Suzzie Jones)."