This one is so obvious you've probably spotted it. But perhaps not -- it didn't occur to me for quite a while.

We all have to describe things. Sometimes they're big, complex things that require notes and research and information from several different sources. As I've written earlier, I do all the heavy-lifting of research inside MacJournal these days. But what if you want to describe something that's quite simple? Something that can be encapsulated in a few words and a photo?

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<img style="float:right;padding-left:4px;" src="http://davidhewson.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/screen-shot-2010-01-26-at-08-54-18.png" alt="Screen shot 2010-01-26 at 08.54.18.png" width="246" height="455" />Dead easy. Take a look at the Document Notes field that sits at the bottom right of a Scrivener document when you open the Inspector. Got a picture and some words? Just drag or copy them in there like this.

You can see the thing you're trying to describe as you write. You can make notes in there, drag in new pictures (though not too many otherwise it will get a bit complicated I think. And, of course, this note is for that particular scene alone. You won't see it when you go on to the next one.

It's little things like this that add so much benefit to Scrivener. One more thoughtful touch that's dead easy to use once you've realised it's there.

Here's something else I didn't spot for a while too. You can also see these things while you're working in the calm, focused space of full screen mode. Just hit the Inspector button at the bottom and you get this -- and it's bigger too.

<img style="padding-left:4px;" src="http://davidhewson.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/screen-shot-2010-01-26-at-08-58-50.png" alt="Screen shot 2010-01-26 at 08.58.50.png" width="429" height="674" />