Scrivener tip – adding annotations in plain text files

If you use the sync with external folder feature to edit your Scriv project as plain text files in another editor – in my case iA Writer on the iPad – and want to add annotations, simply enclose the text you wish to annotate in double brackets, thus:

((annotation example here))

When next opening the project in Scrivener, this text magically appears in a red annotation bubble.

Bob’s yer uncle.


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