# Ghost text

> The faint continuation that appears when you pause: what it reads, how to accept a word or all of it, and how to turn it off.

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- [Accepting it](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/ghost-text#section-accepting-it)
- [What it reads](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/ghost-text#section-what-it-reads)
- [Turning it off](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/ghost-text#section-turning-it-off)

Pause mid-line and a faint continuation may appear ahead of the cursor. That is ghost text: a suggestion for what the line could say next, written in the voice of the character speaking and the scene around it.

## Accepting it

- `Right` accepts the whole suggestion.
- `⌘→` / `Ctrl+→` accepts the next word only, so you can take a phrase and change the rest.
- Keep typing and it goes away.

`Tab` does not accept ghost text: in a screenplay editor Tab moves between elements, and that job comes first.

## What it reads

The scene you are in, up to the cursor, and the character who is speaking.

## Turning it off

Settings → Editor has a **Ghost text** switch. Turn it off and the editor is silent; turn it back on whenever you want. Each accepted suggestion counts one against the day's allowance — the figure for your plan is on [Plans and quotas](https://www.inkwell.software/help/account/plans-and-quotas).

> **Tip: Try it without an account**
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> The [interactive demo](https://www.inkwell.software/demo) is a live scene with ghost text on: type a line, pause, and accept.

## What next

- [Write your first scene](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/write-your-first-scene): Type a scene heading, move between screenplay elements with Tab, accept a ghost-text suggestion, and reach any command from the palette.
- [Rewrite a selection with inline edit](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/inline-edit-and-alternatives): Select text, describe the change, read the alternatives, and accept one in place — the quickest AI edit in Plot.
- [Change how Plot looks and behaves](https://www.inkwell.software/help/account/settings-overview): Open Settings from anywhere and set the theme and palette, the page's size and markers, motion and transparency, which emails you get, and your profile.

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Canonical page: <https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/ghost-text>
