If you highlighted characters and then transferred your annotations to a newer draft, the highlighting doesn't carry over. Character highlighting isn't a transferrable annotation and it's not transferred the way annotations are.

After transferring, you'll have to re-toggle your characters' highlights back on.

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Updated on: 08/01/2025