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Auto-Highlighting
Automatically highlight character lines with the tap of a button.
🎨 Using Auto-Highlight
What is Auto-Highlighting?
Auto-Highlight automatically colors character names and dialogue throughout your script — great for tracking characters, learning lines, or color-coding.
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How do I choose what Auto-Highlight highlights?
Choose what Auto-Highlight colors — Name and Dialogue, Name Only, or Dialogue Only — plus Scene Headings and Action Lines with Industry Pro.
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How do I change the Auto-Highlight color presets?
Customize Auto-Highlight's color presets — set any color for each preset slot, reset to defaults, and recreate your palette across devices with HEX codes.
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How do I use custom colors with Auto-Highlight?
Assign any color you want to a character with Auto-Highlight's color picker — choose from a grid, color wheel, or RGB/HSB sliders.
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How do I save colors for characters with Auto-Highlight?
Save a character's Auto-Highlight color so it sticks with that character across every script you open — perfect for recurring TV characters.
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🛠️ Troubleshooting
Auto-Highlighting or Character Names not working correctly
Auto-Highlight relies on industry-standard script formatting. If character names aren't highlighting, here's how to spot formatting and flattened-PDF issues.
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Why didn't my character or scene highlighting transfer?
Auto-Highlights don't transfer to new script revisions like regular annotations — here's why, and how to regenerate them in your new draft.
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