Scrivener to PDF with Page Size

Compile Template for Scrivener to PDF. The Mac version. Let's see if we can get this step by step. There are numerous blog posts about this, but I"d like to try and condense them into one place if for no other reason than my own reference. So let's start at step 1. I'll reference my sources at the end of this blog post. Sometimes the steps may seem to back-track on each other, but stick with it. It makes sense in the end.

1. Get the Page and Compile settings right. Go to File -> Compile in the Menu bar and pick Compile for: PDF

2. Select Page Settings from the left-hand side Compile Options. 2. Select the drop-down arrows in the box at the top, for Format As and select "Manage Compile Format Presets".

1. Don't immediately use the ALT key (mac) to save settings. It doesn't save some of them. Instead do this as well. Say you want to change Header and Footer and First Page and Facing Page options etc. And you will want to I'm sure. For example, especially with PRINT and PDF, which you want to use to print with.. you need to use the FACING pages option. That changes the gutter margins right? See the little tick in  the box. Now how do I get that little sucker to save?
   

Mac 1. Go to File–>Compile. 2. Set the options for Content, Text Options, and Formatting exactly the way you want to save them. The only options that won’t be saved are the document and folder selections, since these are project specific. 3. Click the Format As drop-down menu at the top of the window and choose Manage Compile Format Presets. 4. Click the <+> button at the bottom right of the window that appears. 5. Enter a name for the saved settings (e.g. Novel Export, or Notes Only), and click OK. Click OK again to return to Compile. 6. Your saved preset now appears in the Format As drop-down menu, under My Formats. I'm sure the Windows version of Scrivner will do the same things as this, but with different keystrokes. And probably reset/reboot six times while you are doing it. For Windows users.

Windows by Gwen Hernandez. 1. Go to File–>Compile. 2. Set the options for Content, Text Options, and Formatting exactly the way you want to save them. The only options that won’t be saved are the document and folder selections, since these are project specific. 3. Click the Save Preset button at the bottom left of the Compile window. 4. Enter a name for the saved settings (e.g. Novel Export, or Notes Only), and click OK. 5. Your saved preset now appears in the Format As drop-down menu, under My Formats. The End