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How do I use Auto-Highlight in sides?

Auto-Highlight 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 so Scriptation treats them as Native.

📝 NOTE: Sides is an Industry Pro 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, Facing Pages, and Copied/Pasted pages.

After using the Sides tool, 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?.

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

What's Next

How do I lock or unlock a Sides file?

How do I create sides from multiple episodes' scripts?

How do I add or move pages?

Updated on: 17/06/2026

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