What you'll learn

Back up your work to DropBox in the cloud so that if your computer crashes or is stolen your work can be retrieved via another computer by logging in to your dropbox account and downloading the backup file to whatever computer you are currently using. Then learn how to store your Scrivener projects inside your Dropbox account so that you can access them from any of your computers that have Scrivener loaded on them. Lastly, learn how to customize the user interface for optimum readability and to suit the way you like to work in Scrivener.

Course content

3 sections • 10 lectures • 56m total length

Udemy User Interface Explained11:55
A quick overview of the Udemy interface showing you short cuts to the curriculum so that you can skip to particular lectures, where to adjust the speed and volume of your videos, and how to download videos to your computer for offline viewing.

Welcome and a Quick Overview of What's in the Course3:14
A quick introduction to me and to Scrivener writing software, followed by what to expect from this course
Backing up your Scrivener projects to Dropbox15:03
Scrivener automatically creates backup copies of your projects to your hard drive. In this lecture I'm going to show you:

How to find your backups, customize and manage them

How to redirect your backup files to backup in the cloud for extra security.

How to open up and activate a Dropbox account

How to save your backups and your actual projects to Dropbox.

How to retrieve your backup files in case of computer mishap

How to work on your projects via dropbox if you want to switch between computers.

Adjusting The Colors of the User Interface in Scrivener Version 1 For Windows3:45
In this lecture we are going to have a look at how to set your favorite colors on the user interface when working in the Windows version of Scrivener including the text background color for your editing window and some container background colors like your binder and your document notes container.
Adjusting The Colors of the User Interface for Scrivener 2 version for Mac3:37
In this lecture we are going to have a look at how to set your favorite colors on the user interface when working in the Mac version of Scrivener including the text background color for your editing window and some container background colors like your binder and your document notes container.
Adjusting The Colors of the User Interface for Scrivener 3 version for Mac4:16
In this lecture we are going to have a look at how to set your favorite colors on the user interface when working in the Mac version of Scrivener including the text background color for your editing window and some container background colors like your binder and your document notes container.
Showing Label Colors in Your Binder and Your Outliner Rows2:33
Scrivener Labels have colors assigned to them by default but did you know you can decide where you want to see them and you can also change their colors? In this lecture I will show you how to assign colors to your labels and have them show up in your index cards, your binder and your rows when you are in Outliner View
Customizing the Cork Board Interface in Scrivener Version 1 For Windows2:37
In this lecture I'm going to show you how to customize the appearance of your cork board beyond the size and shape of the actual cards which you can do from the menu in the right hand corner of its footer bar. We will cover:

What shape you want the corners of your index cards to be

Whether you want a label indicator or a pin on each index card

What type of background you want behind your index cards

How to add color to the whole card and adjust the opacity of it.

If you are using status stamps; where you can adjust the opacity of their text.
Customizing the Cork Board Interface in Scrivener 2 version for Mac3:06
In this lecture I'm going to show you how to customize the appearance of your cork board beyond the size and shape of the actual cards which you can do from the menu in the right hand corner of its footer bar. We will cover:
Visual preferences like whether to have lines on your index cards or rounded or square corners
Whether you want images to show on your cards
What type of background you want behind your index cards
If you are using status stamps; where you can adjust the opacity of their text.
Then we will cover the same preferences for the freeform cork board
Customizing the Cork Board Interface in Scrivener 3 version for Mac6:31
In this lecture I'm going to show you how to customize the appearance of your cork board beyond the size and shape of the actual cards which you can do from the menu in the right hand corner of its footer bar.

Requirements

Students need to have Scrivener software installed, but I am going to show you how to install and open DropBox

Description

PLEASE NOTE That this is an excerpt from Scrivener | Everything You Need to Know from Idea to Launch. If you are enrolled in that course you have no need for this one.

Never lose your hard earned work again. Dropbox is a cloud storage system that allows you to access data over the internet instead of using your computer's hard drive. This means that you can back up your Scrivener projects inside your Dropbox account and access them from any of your other devices that have Scrivener installed even if your computer is lost or crashes.

In just 15 minutes I'm going to show you how to open a Dropbox account and get your Scrivener software to redirect your backup folders to it. Then I'm going to show you how to store your actual Scrivener projects on Dropbox so that you can switch between any of your computers that have scrivener installed whenever you want to work on your projects.

Then I am going to show you some of the useful ways you can adjust the colors of the Scrivener user interface for optimum readability as well as how to assign different label colors to your documents and have them show up in your binder, on your index cards and in your rows when you are in the list style outliner view

Who this course is for:

This course is ment for anyone who is using Scrivener writing software who would like to know how to back-up their projects to Dropbox

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Udemy User Interface Explained1 lecture • 12min

Backing up and Synchronizing with Dropbox2 lectures • 18min

Customizing Your Visual Preferences in Scrivener7 lectures • 26min

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