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Ifyouprintyourdocumentwhiletheinvisiblecharactersarevisible,theyarenotprintedanddon’taffectthe
scriptlength.
Tohidetheinvisiblecharacters
ChooseView>Invisiblesagain.
TIP:Showinvisibleswhenthereappearstobeerroneouswhitespaceonapage(extrablanklinesorextra
blankspaces).Theinvisibleswillindicatewherecarriagereturns,spacesortabshavebeenmanuallyinserted;once
theyhavebeenrevealedbytheinvisibles,theycanbedeletedifnecessary.
IndexCardCommands
TheIndexCardpanelmimicsthetraditionalwayinwhichscriptshavebeendeveloped,fleshedoutandannotated.
Eachcardcontainsonescene.Cardsareorderedinaleft-to-rightandtop-to-bottomfashion.
TheIndexcardpanelhastwodisplaymodes.TheSummary
displaypresentsblankscenecardsinwhichcomments
canbetyped.TheScript
displaycontainsthetextofaparticularscene.
YoucanchangetheIndexCardpaneldisplaymodesbyusingthesetwoIndexCardsCommands.
MostfunctionsandcommandsthatareusedtowriteoreditthescriptarenotavailableineitherIndexCards
view.YoumustuseoneoftheScriptViewstoaccessthem.
YoucanaddscenesintheIndexCardpanel.SeeInsert
New
Scene
formoreinformation.
Thetoplineofeachcardcontainsthesceneheading,scenenumber(ifany)andpagenumber.
IndexCardsmaybeviewedalongsidethescriptpages(seeSplit
formoreinformation).Thenumberofcolumnsof
cardsviewedcanbechangedusingtheCards
Across
command.
Becausemanyscenesareviewedatonceitiseasytodrag-and-dropscenesintoanyorder.Changeswillbemade
tothescriptaswell.
IndexCardsmayuseanyfontandfontsizewithoutaffectingtheformattingofthescriptelements.
EithersideoftheIndexCardsmaybeprintedtoregularpaperoronspecialcardstockthatcanbeusedwithmost
printers.Thecardstockcanbepurchasedfrommostofficesupplystores.
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