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# How do I use Auto-Highlight in sides?

[Auto-Highlight](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-auto-highlighting-17llf2q/) only reads the text of Native script pages — so to use it on a Sides file, you need to **lock** the pages in [the Page Manager](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-the-page-manager-k7edhm/) so Scriptation treats them as Native.

|| 📝 NOTE: Sides is an [Industry Pro](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-scriptation-industry-pro-1jfjecg/) feature.

### Native vs. Inserted pages

To understand Sides, it helps to know how Scriptation interprets pages:

* **Native** — Official script pages, in their imported order;
* **Added** — User-created pages, such as [Sides](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-create-script-sides-1rfarbu/), [Facing Pages](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-are-facing-pages-and-how-do-i-add-them-1qh8gjs/), and [Copied/Pasted pages](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-copy-and-paste-pages-1m36bl1/).

After using the [Sides tool](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-create-script-sides-1rfarbu/), the PDF is by default comprised entirely of Added pages. This is designed to allow maximum flexibility with note-taking and reordering into shooting order — but it means Auto-Highlight won't see the text. **Lock mode** fixes that.

### Locking and unlocking Sides

To enable Auto-Highlight on Sides, lock the Sides file via the Page Manager. To rearrange a locked Sides file later, unlock it first.

For the step-by-step walkthrough of both, see [How do I lock or unlock a Sides file?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-lock-or-unlock-a-sides-file-1t2hkr5/).

| ✅ TIP: If you've already added Auto-Highlight to Locked Sides, we don't recommend unlocking the pages — unexpected behavior may occur.

### Creating sides for a specific character's scenes

To pull together all of a character's scenes into a single document (useful for actors working through a large script), you can combine Character Highlighting with the Sides tool:

1. Turn on [Character Highlighting](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-auto-highlighting-17llf2q/) to automatically highlight all of your character's dialogue throughout the script.
2. Open the **Page Manager** and tap the **Sides** icon.
3. Select all pages that include your character's highlighted scenes.
4. Tap **Make Sides** to export a new PDF containing only those selected pages.
5. Your new Sides file opens in a new tab, which you can also use in Read/Rehearse mode. When you enter Read Mode, you'll be prompted to Lock the Sides — choose **Yes** to lock them so features like Auto-Highlight and Lining continue to work correctly.

This process is manual, but it lets you collect all of a character's material into one PDF, leaving the rest of the script out.

# What's Next

[How do I lock or unlock a Sides file?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-lock-or-unlock-a-sides-file-1t2hkr5/)
[How do I create sides from multiple episodes' scripts?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-create-sides-from-multiple-episodes-scripts-q918z1/)
[How do I add or move pages?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-add-or-move-pages-mcsyk8/)