# 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.

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- [Why it reads by scene, not by line](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/changes-and-markup#section-why-it-reads-by-scene-not-by-line)
- [Where you see markup](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/changes-and-markup#section-where-you-see-markup)
- [Reading it](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/changes-and-markup#section-reading-it)

When you compare two versions — two save points, a draft line against Main, or a skill's proposal against your draft — Plot shows the changes as markup on the page: removed text struck through, added text underlined, a moved scene shown as moved rather than as a deletion and an insertion.

![Two save points compared in History: the changes between them as markup on the page, the bar (1) that steps through them, and the Changes tab (2) with the list. A comparison is for reading — the accept and reject controls belong to a review.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/history-compare.light.webp)

_Two save points compared in History: the changes between them as markup on the page, the bar (1) that steps through them, and the Changes tab (2) with the list. A comparison is for reading — the accept and reject controls belong to a review\._

## Why it reads by scene, not by line

A screenplay is scenes, and a change is "the argument moved to the kitchen", not "line 214 changed". Because the document is structured, Plot compares scene against scene and element against element, so a reordered act shows as a reorder, and a rewritten speech shows as one change with the old and new text together.

## Where you see markup

- **Compare** in the History tab, between any two save points or draft lines.
- **A finished skill**, whose proposals are markup you accept or reject.
- **Incorporate**, whose preview is the markup of everything that would land.
- **A take**, compared side by side with its original.

## Reading it

`⌃⇧N` / `Ctrl+Shift+N` and `⌃⇧P` / `Ctrl+Shift+P` step through changes in order. The outline marks which scenes carry any. In a comparison you are only reading; in a review you are deciding — the buttons appear when there is something to accept.

> **Tip: Two views**
>
> The compare view offers **inline** (both versions on one page, marked) and **side by side** (the two versions in columns). Inline is faster to read; side by side is better for a scene that was rewritten wholesale.

## What next

- [Save points](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/save-points): What a save point is, how it differs from autosave, and what the History tab lets you do with one: read it, compare it, restore it.
- [Review a skill's changes](https://www.inkwell.software/help/ai/review-a-skills-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.
- [Incorporate changes from a draft line](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/incorporate): Preview what a draft line would change in the main draft, then bring the whole of it across in one action you can undo with a save point.

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