Examining the Scrivener Screen

The Scrivener screen has a few elements to it that might look different if you’re used to a traditional word processor’s screen. The major parts of the Scrivener interface (shown in this figure) include

• Menu bar: A collection of menus containing all of the commands available in Scrivener.

• Toolbar: The buttons on this bar are shortcuts for popular menu commands.

• Binder button: Click this button to view the Binder.

• Inspector button: Click this button to view the Inspector.

• Binder: Displays a hierarchical list of all the files in your project.

• Format bar: Contains shortcut buttons for common text and paragraph formatting commands.

• Header bar: Displays the title of the active document and provides shortcuts to several document commands.

• Inspector: Displays extra data about the active document.

• Editor: Where you view, write, and edit the active document.

• Footer bar: Provides additional information about the selected document, as well as shortcuts to several menu commands.