This will give you a basic overview of Scrivener’s interface.
Right at the top here we have the toolbar, which gives you access to Scrivener’s basic functions.
![Scrivener toolbar - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-toolbar.png)
What you can do here is show and hide several windows like for instance the binder window which I will explain in a second,
you can create and delete documents and folders,
and among other things you can switch between different view modes:
![Scrivener view modes - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-view-modes.png)
Of course this toolbar is customizable so you can adjust it’s to your workflow.
Here on the left we have the binder window I was talking about which holds all your documents and folders:
![Scrivener binder - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-binder.png)
Scrivener can work with several documents and folders in one project which is actually one of its core strengths.
At the top here we have the format bar:
![Scrivener format bar - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-format-bar.png)
This basically does the same thing as in other text editors like for example in Microsoft word.
This big window here is your editor:
![Scrivener editor - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-editor.png)
This is where you actually do all your writing.
And here on the right hand side you have Scrivener’s inspector:
![Scrivener inspector - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-inspector.png)
The inspector comes with several tabs which you can choose here at the bottom.
I will go through them very quickly.
The first tab shows you your document synopsis, some general information about your document and your document or project notes.
![Scrivener general inspector tab - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-general.png)
Scrivener stores a synopsis with every document which is shown at the top of the inspector.
This tab is for references:
![Scrivener reference inspector tab - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-reference.png)
You can have several documents reference each other within your project, which basically works just like links in any web browser.
This tab is the keywords tab:
![Scrivener keywords inspector tab - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-keywords.png)
You can create and assign keywords to every file or folder that you create in Scrivener.
This is your meta-data tab:
![Scrivener meta-data inspector tab - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-metadata.png)
It can be useful for you if the built-in labeling capabilities of Scrivener aren’t enough for you and you want to apply your own labels to specific documents.
Next up is snap shots:
![Scrivener snapshots inspector tab - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-snapshots.png)
This allows you to create snapshots of your documents if you want to have different versions of the same document. Having created a snapshot allows you to go back to the previous state anytime you wish. It’s a bit like Time Machine on a Mac.
And this last tab is for comments and footnotes:
![Scrivener comments and footnotes inspector tab - Scrivener Interface Overivew](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Scrivener-comments-and-footnotes.png)
Alright this is Scrivener’s interface. See other Scrivener posts for more information about Scrivener’s functionality.
Are you using Scrivener? What do you like about it and what not? Leave me a comment below…