{"id":27791,"date":"2016-09-09T21:30:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T03:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https://howtoscrivener.com/?p=27791"},"modified":"2016-09-09T21:46:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T03:46:05","slug":"use-scriveners-binder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://howtoscrivener.com/use-scriveners-binder/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Scrivener’s Binder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Use Scrivener’s Binder<\/h1>\n

T<\/span>he Scrivener<\/a> Binder is a powerful scrivener feature designed to give the writer ultimate flexibility and control over the organization of his writing. If you’ve ever been frustrated with Microsoft Word because, for example, you have to navigate one long block of text in one document, or try to find something specific across several separate files, fear no more! Scrivener makes all that go away in a snap\u2014with the binder.<\/p>\n

The Scrivener Binder<\/h1>\n
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Scrivener’s binder is the structured list of all the files and folders in your project file. In other words, hierarchy. The binder is where you organize all your writing. This means the content<\/em> in your Scrivener project, like documents, as well as the style<\/em> with which you organize it all is within your control. Scrivener allows you to ask yourself how you want to organize your writing workflow and archives.<\/p>\n

Depending on whether or not you started with a blank scrivener file, or a template, the style,<\/em> and organization<\/em> of your binder will reflect that. In the screenshot on the left, for example, we see the Pen and Muse Fiction template<\/a>. They organized the folders, and the documents, and the icons, and the order of them all in a way that suited their needs\u2014their workflow. You’ll notice that the binder in the screenshot in the upper right of this post looks completely different, and is also organized distinctly.<\/p>\n

Binder Elements<\/h2>\n

In the binder, you will find various elements and functions to help you organize your writing. These range from hierarchical elements that literally let you organize your files and folders, to stylistic icons and other indicators that help you distinguish and your elements from each other.<\/p>\n

There are several methods for activating these elements. You can click on the appropriate icon in the toolbar at the top of the Scrivener interface to add a document, or a folder, for example. But you can also right-click the binder and add documents and folders that way, too. There are also keyboard shortcuts that will do the same.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the major binder elements and their definitions.<\/p>\n