The cover page, table of contents, etc all get broken out into their own sections. When I’m writing a brief, each element of an argument gets its own section, all within a master arguments folder. Break apart your briefīy far, my favorite feature of Scrivener is the ability to break apart a document into various chunks, easily move them around, and view entirely different sections at the same time. Scrivener allows you to easily create links tying the research in your binder to the various elements in your brief. Built-in support for PDFs allows you to store and view PDF files, and opening the original file to make highlights is just one click.įew things are more frustrating than revisiting a particular argument and having to spend time hunting down the exact spot in the source material. You can create notecards, assign labels, color code different items, and organize all types of research right from within Scrivener. Scrivener’s built-in research binder helps you keep the mountain of research behind every legal brief organized and accessible. Authors of all types rave about Scrivener, and it’s beginning to catch on in the legal community. On the other hand, Scrivener is purpose built for long-form writing.
It just isn’t designed for crafting longer documents with multiple sections, nor is it designed to allow you to easily bounce between multiple sections of a document at the same time Word works in a linear fashion: you view your entire document from start to finish, in the same manner you would view a printed paper. God help you if you need to re-arrange different sections of text.
While Microsoft Word is great for letters and short documents, if you try to jump around in a longer document, you’ll quickly get frustrated.
I know, I know: the first question you’re probably thinking is why not just use Microsoft Word?Īfter all, Word files are the de-facto standard, and your professor (or hopefully in the future, the judge) will expect you to turn in your brief as a Word document or a PDF file.
0 kommentar(er)
