Import research material such as image, PDF and media files.

Rearrange sections as index cards on the corkboard (iPad only).

Expand, collapse and drill down into sections of your project.

Write a synopsis for any text section and see it in the outline.

Write in any order and reorganize later.

Comprehensive keyboard shortcuts for external keyboard users.

Customizable keyboard row provides quick-access buttons for formatting, navigation and punctuation.

Write a screenplay using scriptwriting mode.

Typewriter scrolling mode keeps typed text center-screen (iPad only).

Comments, footnotes, links and highlights.

Quickly navigate sections using the “binder” sidebar.

View all sections as a single text using the “Draft Navigator” (iPad only).

Write your manuscript in sections of any size.

Easily split imported text into separate sections.

Import Word, RTF, Final Draft and plain text files.

Keep each manuscript and supporting materials in a self-contained project.

You can even share using different formatting, so that you can write in your favorite font and still keep your editor happy. Once you’re ready to share your work with the world, simply compile everything into a single document for printing, or export to popular formats such as Word, PDF, Final Draft or plain text. On the iPad, open two documents side-by-side on the iPhone, flip between research and writing with just two taps. Check for consistency with an earlier chapter.

Write a description based on a photograph.

Need to refer to research? In Scrivener, your background material is always at hand. All text sections in Scrivener are fully integrated with its outlining tools, so working with an overview of your manuscript is only ever a tap away, and turning Chapter Four into Chapter One is as simple as drag and drop. Whether you plan or plunge, Scrivener works your way: meticulously outline every last detail first, or hammer out a complete draft and restructure later. Grow your manuscript organically, idea by idea. Got a great idea but don’t know where it fits? Write when inspiration strikes and find its place later. Tailor-made for creating long manuscripts, Scrivener banishes page fright by allowing you to compose your text in any order, in sections as large or small as you like. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. “The biggest software advance for writers since the word processor.” -Michael Marshall Smith, bestselling author

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