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Transferring Notes to a New Set of Pages: the Collated Pages Process

Collate Pages brings revised page packets (blue, pink, yellow, green, etc.) into your existing draft and transfers your annotations forward in a single step — perfect when a fully collated revised script isn't available.

📝 NOTE: This video shows a slightly older user interface, but the instructions are still accurate.

✅ TIP: Best practice is to transfer notes from a full draft to a full draft. If you can get a fully-collated revised draft, follow the Note Transfer instructions instead.

📝 NOTE: Collate Pages is an Industry Pro feature.

Here's the common scenario. You have a script with annotations on it — let's call it Shooting Draft. A new page packet arrives — Blue Pages — and you need to collate the new pages and bring your annotations forward.

Import or open the New Pages;
Touch or click the Transfer icon on the Top Toolbar:

Select the script you want to transfer notes from. In this case, Shooting Draft:

The Transfer Annotations window appears, showing the cover pages of both the "from" and "to" scripts. In the Pro Transfer section, toggle Collate Pages on:

The other Pro Transfer options are:

Compare Scripts — Generates a scene-by-scene breakdown of script changes;
Transfer Bookmarks — Carries your Bookmarks into the new draft.

When your settings are made, touch or click Next (or Begin):

A) Users with a single layer of annotations will be prompted to save the file;
B) Users with multiple layers will be taken to the Layer Selection window, with checkboxes for the layer(s) you want to transfer:

Creating the collated file

Name the new file and touch or click Save:

Select a location to save the new collated file and touch or click Select. If you don't specify a location, the file is saved to the On my iPad folder:

The transfer takes a couple of seconds, and an overview of any changes between drafts is displayed:

If there are Deleted Annotations caused by the rewrites, you'll be prompted to view a detailed summary; touch or click OK to see the summary or Not Now to dismiss.

📝 NOTE: Auto-Highlights are designed to not transfer. Toggle them on fresh in the new draft.

✅ TIP: Seeing yellow note markers? Those are Changed Annotation alerts — script text that had annotations in the old draft has been adjusted in the new one.

What's Next

My note transfer didn't work. Help!

I got a pop-up during Note Transfer. Do I tap Preserve or Delete?

How do I use Compare Scripts?

Updated on: 02/06/2026

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