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Read the changes a skill proposes

Move through proposed changes one at a time, accept or reject each in place, and make a save point that records what you kept.

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When a skill finishes, its proposals sit in the page as markup: removed text struck through, added text underlined, each change with its own accept and reject. The draft underneath is untouched until you say so.

A skill's proposals on the page: each change marked in place (1) — removed text struck through, added text underlined — with the Accept and Reject that follow the change you are reading (2), the bar (3) that steps between changes and can decide the rest together, and the pass itself in the Skills tab (4) with what it proposed.
A skill's proposals on the page: each change marked in place (1) — removed text struck through, added text underlined — with the Accept and Reject that follow the change you are reading (2), the bar (3) that steps between changes and can decide the rest together, and the pass itself in the Skills tab (4) with what it proposed.
  1. Jump to the first change

    Press ⌃⇧N to move to the next proposed change, or ⌃⇧P to go back. The page scrolls to it and highlights it.

  2. Read the proposal in context

    The old line and the new line are both on the page, so you read the change the way a reader would meet it. Hover the change for the skill's one-line reason when it gave one.

  3. Accept or reject

    Choose Accept to take the new text or Reject to keep yours. Accepting is not final: it is ordinary text again, and you can edit it.

  4. Decide the rest in one go if you want

    The bar at the top of the review offers Accept all and Reject all for the remaining changes once you have seen enough to trust the pass — or to dismiss it.

  5. Make a save point

    Press ⌘⇧S and name it for the pass ("after dialogue pass, act one"). The History tab now shows exactly what the pass changed, and you can compare it with the version before.

Review

Accept and reject on each change, with Accept all and Reject all for the remainder.

What next

  • Review a skill's changes

    Work through a finished pass change by change, keep what earns its place, reopen a review you left, and see what a pass changed in History.

    How-to · 1 min read

  • Changes and markup

    How Plot shows the difference between two versions: by scene and by line, on the page, with the same accept-or-reject reading whether a person or a skill made the change.

    Concept · 1 min read

  • Make a save point

    Name the moment your draft is in so you can compare against it later or bring it back, in one shortcut from the page.

    How-to · 1 min read

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