To transfer your notes to a new draft, open the new draft, tap Transfer on the Top Toolbar, and choose the previous draft. Note Transfer moves your annotations from the previous draft into the new one, in the right places.

How to transfer your notes

In this example, the marked-up Studio Draft is the previous draft and the Network Draft is the new one.

1. Open the new draft in Scriptation;
2. While in the tab for the new draft, tap the Transfer button on the Top Toolbar:

3. Select the previous draft you want to transfer your notes from. For this example, we'll select "AotTB - Studio Draft":

4. The Transfer Annotations window shows the cover pages of both drafts, with an arrow pointing in the direction notes will be transferred. Industry Pro users can also toggle on three Pro Transfer options: Collate Pages for new page packets when a fully collated script isn't available, Compare Scripts for a scene-by-scene breakdown of script changes, and Transfer Bookmarks;

5. Tap the blue box (it says Next or Begin). If your notes are on a single layer, the transfer starts right away — skip to step 7;
6. If you have multiple layers, the Layer Selection window opens. Check the layer(s) you'd like to transfer, then tap Begin. (Multi-Layer Transfer is an Industry Pro feature.)

7. The transfer takes a couple of seconds. When it's complete, you'll see an overview of the results:

8. Tap OK to view a detailed summary of any Deleted Annotations caused by the rewrites.

That's it — your notes are now in the new draft. Auto-Highlight doesn't transfer, so turn it on again in the new draft.

What's Next

My note transfer didn't work. Help!
Auto-Highlight doesn't carry over to new drafts — here's why
I got a pop-up during Note Transfer. Do I tap Replace or Keep Both?
What are Deleted Annotations?

Updated on: 15/10/2026