Revisions, re-imports and sides

The row buttons

Button	What it does
Load in Editor	Opens the script in the editor at the bottom of the screen.
New Revision	Copies the script as the next revision number. The old one stays as it was.
Redo Import	Reads the saved script text again and updates the project.
Undo Import	Deletes what this import created, and the script with it. It asks first.
Delete	Hides the script. Show Deleted lists it again with a Restore button.

Each row shows a colored Rev badge, the title, the author and the date. Once there is more than one revision, an All Revs menu next to the sort buttons shows one revision at a time. A-Z and Newest sort the list.

Edit and export a script

1. Open it

   Press Load in Editor on the row. Drag the bar above it to give yourself more room.

2. Write

   The buttons along the bottom set the line type: Scene Heading, Action, Character, Dialogue, Parenthetical and Transition. The editor works like CinemaWriter.

3. Save

   Press Save, or ⌘S.

4. Export

   Press Export and pick Print…, PDF, Fountain (.fountain) or Final Draft (.fdx). ⌘P prints.

The ✕ at the end of the bar closes the script. It warns you that unsaved changes will be lost.

Undo an import

1. Press Undo Import on the row

   A window explains what will go.

2. Confirm

   Press Undo Import. The scenes, characters, locations, props and wardrobes that the import made are deleted, and so is the script. Rows that were there before the import stay.

What Redo Import changes

Use Redo Import when the writer sends new pages and you’ve pasted them into the script. It keeps the work you’ve already done.

• Scenes are matched on INT/EXT, location and time of day. A match is updated in place. A heading with no match becomes a new scene.
• Characters and locations are matched by name. A character you deleted comes back if the script still has them.
• Your Ignore rules for props still apply.
• Only props that would arrive already ticked are added, since no review window opens.

Sides for an actor

An actor only needs the scenes they’re in. That short copy of the script is called sides.

1. Press Sides on the character

   The button only shows once the project has a script. The app builds the sides from your newest script and saves them as a new script named after the character.

2. Open or rebuild

   If that character already has sides, a window asks what to do. Load Existing opens them. Regenerate builds them again.

Sides show a pink Sides badge on the Scripts tab. Once any exist, a menu appears that shows All Types, Scripts Only or Sides Only.