Production Menu

The Production menu provides functionality for managing and revising the document during production and preproduction.

Page Numbering
Controls the numbering of pages and the formatting of page numbers. The visibility and appearance of page numbers themselves are controlled using placeholders in the page header or footer. (See Document Layout.)

Lock Page Numbers
Locks page numbers in the document, so that page numbering is retained despite additions or deletions of pages in between. Relocking page numbers will additionally lock the page numbers of any pages added since page numbers were previously locked. Unlocking will remove all page number locking and restore page numbers to a sequential series (1, 2, 3, etc.).

Unlock Current Page
Will remove any locking for the page at the current position, including locked page numbering, paragraph breaking over a page break, etc.

Edit Page Number
Edits the current locked page number.

Renumber Pages
Renumbers page numbers from the current page onward, starting from the specified page number. Page numbers must currently be locked to be able to renumber them.

Scene Numbering
Scenes are generally numbered in shooting scripts for reference during production. You can control the visibility and formatting of numbering, and you can choose from a variety of modes to affect numbering of inserted "A" scenes after scenes are locked (i.e., 1A, A1, etc.).

Lock Scene Numbers
Locks scene numbers in the document, so that scene numbering is retained despite additions or deletions of scenes in between. Relocking scene numbers will additionally lock the scene numbers of any scenes added since scene numbers were previously locked. Unlocking will remove all scene number locking and restore scene numbers to a sequential series (1, 2, 3, etc.).

Edit Scene Number
Edits the current locked scene number.

Renumber Scenes
Renumbers scene numbers from the current point onward, starting from the specified scene number. Scene numbers must currently be locked to be able to renumber them.

Additional Numbering
Allows numbering of elements other than Scene Headings, if required, using the same method as above. Note that elements in dual dialogue are only numbered on one side (the outside), regardless of setting. Note also that, currently, Parenthetical elements are not numbered.

(See Production Tools for more information about numbering.)

Revisions
Selects the current revision color and which revisions are shown.

Revision Mode
When revision mode is on, any edits, deletions, additions, etc. are automatically marked with the current revision color.

Mark Revision
Marks the current selection as revised under the current revision color.

Unmark Revision
Removes the revision indication for the current selection.

Modify Revisions
Changes one or more current revision colors to the specified new revision color.

(See Production Tools for more information about revisions.)

Omit Scene
Omits the current scene or restores (unomits) a previously omitted scene.

Scene Versions
Allows saving multiple versions of a scene, each with an optional descriptive label, to easily switch between/revert back to.

Alternates
Manages multiple versions of a single element, often Dialogue or Action.

Add Alt
Stores the current version of the element and creates a new one. By default, the current version of the element is duplicated, and the element highlighted.

Delete Alt
Deletes the current version of the element and switches to a stored alt.

Next/Previous Alt
Cycles between all alts for the current element.

Show All Alts for Element
Turns any stored/unshown alts into the inline form: "First alt // Second alt // Third alt". Useful for viewing or editing all of an element's alts at once, and for printing of production sides

Separate Alts
Turns any inline alts delimited by "//" into separate alts that can be cycled between.

Edit Alts
Allows you to see all alts for an element in one place where they can be edited, deleted, or added to. Note that adding or editing alts does not include formatting capability. To edit alts with formatting, do it within the document itself.

Tagging Window
the various components of a screenplay — cast, stunts, vehicles, props, camera, wardrobe, effects, and many more customizable categories — can be marked for easy reference and breakdown reports. (See Production Tools.)

Tag Categories
This is the list of available tag categories. The list can be modified and/or reordered using the Manage button. The Show button chooses which tag categories are shown in the document.

Tagged Items
Shows the items of the given category tagged in the screenplay. Use Tag All to tag further occurrences of an item in the screenplay (either once per scene, or each occurrence). Auto Tag can be used to automatically tag, for instance, each character as a Cast item.

Tag Selection As
This indicates the tag that a given item will be tagged as. Various different items — or a single item referred to in various different ways throughout the screenplay — may be tagged with the same tag,

Tag
Tag the currently selected text with the currently indicated tag.

Untag
Remove the tag currently current tag from the associated text.

Reports
A number of standard and specialized breakdown reports can be generated. (See Production Tools.)