typing i.e. on Scrivener

The only way I've found to do this (apart from disabling the lowercase to the capital I autocorrect) is to type i.e then go back and change the capital I for a lower case i. It's a pain, but I haven't found an easier way.

Maybe someone more knowledgeable will come along and enlighten us both.

If you are typing "i.e." so often that the autocorrect is driving you nuts, maybe you are overusing "i.e."

Have you tried adding "i.e." to the dictionary in Scrivener? Here's how they said to do it some years ago--you might want to check to see if things have changed since, but there should still be some way to do it.

I've never understood buying expensive software for writing anyway.

Matera the Mad said:

I've never understood buying expensive software for writing anyway.

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I don't think Scrivener is expensive. I think I paid twenty-five quid or something for the windows version when it first came out. One can obtain concessionary rates for entering NANO, and there is a 30 day trial for people to check out whether it will suit them.

In answer to the OP, I would suggest you use substitutions.

Go to Tools > Options > Corrections

Click on Edit Substitutions

Press + and type I.e. in top field and i.e. in lower field

OK, Apply, Save

This worked for me. Sometimes the substitutions thing doesn't operate as one would expect. For instance I have had fun and games with "Mary", which I had set up to automatically capitalise, which worked fine, until I typed primary into the editor and got priMary. I eventually resolved this by using #my as the text to be substituted. You might try something similar if you hit a similar problem.

The Literature and Latte support forum is very helpful.

neandermagnon said:

Is there a way around this?

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I don't use Scrivener, but I often find a useful kludge around similar problems in MS-Word, so try this:

Substitute for i.e. an easily-typed nonsense string which won't occur in normal writing (I commonly use "qqqq") for every usage of i.e. Then globally change that to "i.e." when you need to. If there's an option to "match case", as there is in Word, apply that.

caw

Try this:

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/sho...-or-Tricks&p=10137641&viewfull=1#post10137641

Video version here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3Q1z0M6ZU

talktidy said:

I don't think Scrivener is expensive. I think I paid twenty-five quid or something for the windows version when it first came out. One can obtain concessionary rates for entering NANO, and there is a 30 day trial for people to check out whether it will suit them.

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Obviously we have different definitions of "expensive." "Twenty-five quid" would buy a halvah lot of toilet paper, and that's a very high priority on my income of less than $500 a month.

You could reword your original post and submit your question to the Scrivener forum for Windows users. You'll get answers there, for sure.

http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=29&sid=2c0b511cccb7a25d87accb61ab4d922f

Matera the Mad said:

I've never understood buying expensive software for writing anyway.

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Scrivener isn't expensive.

Whenever auto correct overrides my intent, I just go back and change it after the autocorrect, and it stays corrected like muse is describing.