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Elements and formatting, slash commands, find and replace, takes, revision colours, production reports, and export.
Numbered steps to an outcome.
Open the skill palette from the page, find a skill by typing its name, set the scope, and run it without reaching for the sidebar.
Read the answerSearch the script, step through matches, and replace one or all — including a character's name across every cue and line of dialogue.
Read the answerLook up the word under your cursor without leaving the page — meaning, synonyms, opposites, related words, and rhymes — and swap a synonym straight in.
Read the answerHide the toolbar and both sidebars so only the page is left, then bring the chrome back with the same shortcut or Escape.
Read the answerLeave yourself a note on any scene, color it, find it again from the Notes tab, and resolve it when the thought is used up.
Read the answerOpen an alternate version of one scene beside the original, compare the two side by side, and keep the one that works.
Read the answerLock the production draft, work through the colored revisions in the office's order, mark the changed lines with asterisks, and hand over a script that matches its conventions.
Read the answerOpen the script breakdown — every scene with its set, time of day, length, and cast — tag the props and vehicles, and export it as CSV or PDF.
Read the answerProduce an industry-formatted PDF, a Final Draft file for the office, or a plain Fountain file, from the draft line and save point you choose.
Read the answerWhat a thing is and why it exists.
What each screenplay element is, how Plot decides which one a line is, and every way to change a line's type without leaving the keyboard.
Read the answerEvery speaking character in the script, with how much they say and where — and a rename that changes every cue at once.
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