ScribeWright Help

How to do everything in ScribeWright, topic by topic. These are the pages the app shows when you press F1, for version 1.1.117.

Start Here

Make your first book and find your way around the window.

  • Getting StartedCreate a book, open one, or bring in a manuscript, and how your work is kept safe.
  • The WorkspaceThe ribbon, the chapter panel, the page, the side panes, Focus mode, and the status bar.
  • ChaptersAdd, rename, reorder, and delete chapters, and mark front matter, parts, and back matter.

Writing

Everything that happens on the page.

  • Writing & FormattingEmphasis, headings, lists, scene breaks, custom classes, and zoom.
  • Code PaneThe chapter's XHTML beside the page, and writing code-first.
  • ImagesThe image gallery, descriptions and captions, and pictures in a chapter.
  • SpellingChecking as you type, reviewing the whole book, and your two dictionaries.
  • Writing ToolsLayout Review, the Contraction Checker, and Auto-Fix.
  • Find & ReplaceFind and replace in a chapter or across the book.
  • Writing GoalsDaily and book word targets, and how the words are counted.

Books In and Out

Bring a manuscript in and send the book out.

  • ImportingWord documents and EPUBs: what comes across and what does not.
  • ExportingEPUB, Word, and PDF, and checking the EPUB with EPUBCheck.
  • PrintingA plain manuscript on paper, a chapter, or the whole book.

Setting Up

How the book looks, and how ScribeWright behaves on your PC.

  • Book Setup & StylesTitle, authors, cover, fonts, sources, and the typography of the whole book.
  • PreferencesTheme and colours, editor, spelling, goals, formatting rules, and printing.
  • Backups & RecoveryAutosave, backups, and crash recovery, and where each file lives.

Reference

The details, when you need them.