![]() ![]() Scapple now stores image heights as well as widths to allow the upcoming macOS version to create same-size placeholders as a fallback for any image types it does not support.The width can also be manually adjusted in any board by dragging the divider between the canvas and inspector. The default inspector width in new boards now accommodates Windows text scaling.Open Edit ▸ Spelling ▸ Dictionaries… to download and select your preferred dictionary and re-enable spell checking. If the currently-set dictionary is deleted, Scapple alerts the user on startup and internally disables the spell check, rather than attempting to default to English.The file browsing dialogues (Open, Save, and Save As…) now remember the last location through closing and relaunching Scapple, rather than only during the session.The settings for default note styles have also been moved to this new tab. A new Styles tab in Options allows customising the shortcut key modifier for styles.Scapple’s Qt framework has been updated to version 6.3.2.If you have attempted to update from a 32-bit system and find yourself with a copy that no longer runs, please visit our legacy download page to retrieve an older copy of the software. Please follow the directions for upgrading detailed here. If you are upgrading from 1.2.6 or an earlier version, this upgrade represents a switch from a 32-bit app installation to a 64-bit and requires a 64-bit version of Windows to run. exe file when Scapple is closed to update to the latest version. If you are upgrading from 1.4.0, simply download the 1.4.1 update installer and run the. ![]() Scapple is easy to use (learning curve of ~5–10 minutes) but rich in features (it comes with a 100–page manual).Scapple 1.4.1 requires a manual update. You can also drag images into your Scapple board. You can connect your notes using drag and drop and the inspector lets you define a default style for colours and borders. Unproductive nodes may need to be ditched.įleshing out a scene in Scapple often helps me realise that my storyline is too thin, that the point of view should reside with another character, that the scene should be split in two, or that its setting could be improved. Clusters of ideas start to build up around certain nodes. I can easily move my notes around and group them. I then answer those questions on the Scapple board in note form. I start by typing some questions about the scene: which characters appear? Who has the point of view? What happened when we last saw him or her? Where is the scene set? What needs to happen in this scene? What surprises could I throw in? You could save these recurrent questions as a template. Scapple is more effective than the corkboard view, I find, in breaking down and rearranging the major components of a scene. I love it how you can drag the index cards around until the sequence of the scenes makes perfect sense. I am a very visual person and I like using Scrivener’s corkboard view for planning the content of chapters. Among those, Scapple stands out because its ease of use, its light footprint, its reliability and its integration with Scrivener. The others are iA Writer, Evernote (the web version in full page view) and OneNote. It is one of a number of apps that I use when I want a brief visual holiday from Scrivener. Even so, sometimes my brain turns to porridge and I feel unable to crank out a remotely acceptable opening paragraph.Įnter Scapple. Scrivener already comes with great tools to develop a bare–bones scene, such as the notes panel, or the corkboard view. Scenes that need to be developed tend to have a bland descriptor of what is to come, such as “Kurt meets Caitlin.” Completed scenes have a name that conjures up the mood of the scene. The outline view gives me an overview of all the chapters and scenes. I use Scapple to develop scenes for my novel. It is more of a brainstorming, content development app. Not quite, since you can use Scapple without relying on any central idea, linkages or hierarchies. It allows you to type anywhere on the page, and notes can be connected by arrows. Scapple comes from good stock: it is produced by the folk at Literature and Latte, who brought us Scrivener, a writer’s best friend (after inspiration and momentum). ![]()
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