This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Adding Index Card Options
In addition to the three core index card elements, there are four optional elements. As shown in Figure 6.4, they are as follows:
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Figure 6.4 With additional options, a single index card can tell you a lot about the document at a glance.
Label indicator: Displays the color associated with the Label field in the Inspector. To add label indicators to your index cards, choose View, Corkboard Options, Show Pins from the menu or press Control-Cmd-P (F9 in Windows). If you add a label to the document, it can appear as either a colored chip or pushpin on the index card. To add or change a label on the index card, right-click on the card or cards, select Label from the context menu, and then choose from the submenu. You can also add or change the label in the Inspector, but only for one item at a time.
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On the Mac, the form of the label indicator—whether color chip or pushpin—depends on the shape of the index card. If the card is rounded, the indicator appears as a color chip on the upper-right side of the card. If the card is square, the indicator looks like a pushpin either on the top center or top right of the card. Change the shape of index cards and the position of the pushpin in the Corkboard tab of the preferences/Options window.
In Windows, the shape of the index card and form of the label indicator can each be set independently in the Corkboard tab of the Options window. Thus, you can have a rounded card with pushpins or a square card with chips, or vice versa. You cannot, however, change the location of the pushpins from the top center of the card.
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You can also apply the label color to the icon or the entire index card, or both. To do this, choose View, Use Label Color In, and select Icons or Index Cards from the submenu. As you can see in the menu, you can also apply the label color to the file in the Binder and the Outliner. If you apply the label color to the icon, the color is visible wherever the icon is used in Scrivener—the Binder, Corkboard, Outliner, and the Header bar in the Editor. If you apply the label color to the index card, adjust the tint in the Appearance tab of the Preferences window on the Mac or the Corkboard tab of the Options window in Windows.
Status stamp: Displays the Status of the document as a watermark across the index card. Choose View, Corkboard Options, Show Stamps or press Control-Cmd-S (F10 in Windows) to enable this feature. Adjust the opacity of the stamp in the Corkboard tab of the Preferences/Options window.
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Chapter 12, “Putting Keywords and Meta-Data to Work,” offers a neat trick to assign symbols as a status indicator.
Keyword indicators: Displays color swatches associated with keywords applied to the document. Keyword indicators are displayed by default on the Mac but need to be enabled in Windows. To disable or reenable keyword indicators, choose View, Corkboard Options, Show Keyword Colors or press Control-Cmd-K (Ctrl+F12 in Windows). Keyword indicators only appear if keywords have been assigned to the file. Assign keywords from the Inspector or directly on the Corkboard. To add a keyword, click the Keywords button on the toolbar to open the Keywords panel. Drag the desired keyword from the panel onto the index card. You can also select multiple index cards and then drag and drop one or more keywords onto the selection to assign them.
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On the Mac, index cards display up to five keyword indicators by default. In Windows, index cards display all keyword indicators by default. You can change this setting from the Corkboard Options menu accessible in the Footer bar, as explained in the next section of this chapter.
Card number (Mac only): Assigns numbers to each card based on their order in the container. If you move cards around in the Corkboard, they are renumbered to reflect the new order, and they are reordered in the Binder. To display card numbers, choose View, Corkboard Options, Show Card Numbers from the menu.
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When you view a stacked Corkboard, card numbers continue sequentially throughout the visible containers. If you want to start the numbering over in each container, choose View, Corkboard Options, Number Per Section from the menu.
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To learn more about using labels, status, and keywords, see Chapter 12.