<s>
Scrivener	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
word-processing	B-Protocol
program	I-Protocol
and	O
outliner	B-Application
designed	O
for	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrivener	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
management	O
system	O
for	O
documents	O
,	O
notes	O
and	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
organize	O
notes	O
,	O
concepts	O
,	O
research	O
,	O
and	O
whole	O
documents	O
for	O
easy	O
access	O
and	O
reference	O
(	O
documents	O
including	O
rich	O
text	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
audio	B-Application
,	O
video	O
,	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrivener	B-Application
offers	O
templates	O
for	O
screenplays	O
,	O
fiction	O
,	O
and	O
non-fiction	O
manuscripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
writing	O
a	O
text	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
may	O
export	O
it	O
for	O
final	O
formatting	O
to	O
a	O
standard	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
screenwriting	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
software	O
,	O
or	O
TeX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
include	O
a	O
corkboard	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
rearrange	O
files	O
by	O
dragging-and-dropping	O
virtual	O
index	O
cards	O
on	O
the	O
corkboard	O
,	O
an	O
outliner	B-Application
,	O
a	O
split	O
screen	O
mode	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
several	O
documents	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
a	O
full-screen	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
export	O
text	O
into	O
multiple	O
document	O
formats	O
(	O
including	O
popular	O
e-book	O
formats	O
like	O
EPUB	O
and	O
Mobipocket	O
for	O
Kindle	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
markup	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Fountain	B-Language
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
and	O
MultiMarkdown	B-Language
)	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
assign	O
multiple	O
keywords	O
(	O
and	O
other	O
metadata	O
)	O
to	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
text	O
and	O
to	O
sort	O
the	O
parts	O
by	O
keyword	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
characters	O
,	O
locations	O
,	O
themes	O
,	O
narrative	O
lines	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrivener	B-Application
allows	O
photos	O
,	O
URLs	O
,	O
and	O
multiple	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
dragged	O
into	O
its	O
interface	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
breadth	O
of	O
interfaces	O
and	O
features	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
positioned	O
itself	O
not	O
only	O
as	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
writers	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
many	O
user-interface	O
features	O
that	O
resemble	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
computer	O
programmer	O
has	O
called	O
Scrivener	B-Application
"	O
an	O
IDE	O
for	O
writing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
mostly	O
on	O
libraries	O
and	O
features	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
from	O
version	O
10.4	O
onward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
written	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Lee	O
Powell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrivener	B-Application
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
version	O
is	O
1.2.1	O
and	O
requires	O
iOS	B-Application
9+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
official	O
release	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
;	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
version	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
abandoned	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Scrivener	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
is	O
version	O
3.2.3	O
,	O
and	O
requires	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
or	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrivener	B-Application
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
from	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
but	O
since	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
application	O
is	O
only	O
usable	O
on	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.6.6	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
must	O
buy	O
it	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
website	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
makes	O
Scrivener	B-Application
2.5	O
available	O
for	O
earlier	O
version	O
of	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
claims	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
was	O
built	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
both	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
and	O
Intel	O
systems	O
running	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.4	O
through	O
10.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
direct	O
sale	O
page	O
in	O
the	O
sidebar	O
titled	O
"	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
10.4	O
–	O
8	O
and	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Scrivener	B-Application
version	O
2	O
releases	O
,	O
the	O
direct	O
download	O
page	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
obsolete	O
version	O
1.54	O
,	O
but	O
licenses	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1.54	O
release	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
versions	O
10.4	O
through	O
10.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
Scrivener	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
is	O
3.1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
bought	O
Scrivener	B-Application
1	O
on	O
or	O
later	O
than	O
20th	O
November	O
2017	O
qualify	O
for	O
a	O
free	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
bought	O
Scrivener	B-Application
1	O
before	O
that	O
date	O
qualify	O
for	O
a	O
49%	O
discount	O
.	O
</s>
