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  • How do I use Tagging?
    Break down your scripts and export reports with Tagging!Featured
  • Creating Tagging Exports: Breakdown Summary, Element Report, & Category Report
    How do I export my tags to my team? PDF. To Excel or Google Sheets? CSV.Few readers
  • Can I customize and add my own categories for Tagging?
    Customize the order, remove or delete, change the color, and even add categories.Few readers
  • How do I Auto-Tag Cast?
    Tag all your characters in one simple step.Few readers
  • How do I use Special Tags? - Scene Description, Story Day, Scene Notes
    Use Scriptation's three Special Tag categories — Scene Description, Story Day, and Scene Notes — to highlight scene-specific information in your Breakdown Summary reports.Few readers
  • How to change category colors for Tagging
    Customize your tagging category colors with ease.Few readers
  • How do I change the scene assigned to a tag for intercut scenes?
    Manually reassign any tag to a different scene — useful for intercut scenes and non-linear scene structures where the auto-assigned scene isn't right.Few readers
  • Can I attach a note to my tags?
    Yes — add a note to any tag in Scriptation, viewable inline and exportable in your PDF and CSV Tagging Reports.Few readers
  • I have tags that are overlapping… Help!
    Need to tag an element in more than one category?Few readers
  • Tagging Sync? What does it mean to update your tag colors?
    Get the "Tagging Sync" alert? Learn how to solve it.Few readers
  • Can I share my tags with someone in my department?
    What is the best way to collaborate on breaking down scripts with Tagging?Few readers
  • How do I create a Tagging Report for one or more categories? - Layers!
    Use layers to export reports for exactly the categories you want to see.Few readers
  • Can I add a custom category for tagging?
    Have your own categories? Here is how to add them!Few readers
  • Can I tag text that is not in the script?
    Yes — Scriptation lets you tag the text inside Text Boxes, Sticky Notes, and Custom Stamps, so non-script content appears alongside everything else in your Tagging Reports.Few readers
  • How do I share Tagging Customizations with other devices?
    Tag across all your devices, or even with your team, seamlessly. Sync your categories and colors easily.Few readers
  • How to move the Tagging Toolbar
    Reposition Scriptation's Tagging Toolbar to the top, left, or right of the screen — handy for left- and right-handed users or to free up more page space.Few readers
  • How to tag a custom stamp
    Assign a Tagging category to any saved custom stamp in Scriptation, so every time you reuse the stamp it's automatically tagged in the right category.Few readers
  • Does Scriptation work with Cinapse?
    Send tagged breakdown data from Scriptation to Cinapse, a real-time scheduling and collaboration tool for film and TV production — using a Breakdown Summary CSV export.Few readers
  • How do I remove Tagging data from my Sides?
    When you create sides from a tagged script, the tagging annotations come along — even if the Tagging layer was hidden. Here's the workaround to clean them off.Few readers
  • Can I hide categories I don't use in Tagging?
    Hide any Tagging category — default or custom — to clean up your Category Picker without deleting it. Hiding is fully reversible.Few readers
  • How do I remove Auto-Tag Cast tags?
    Tagged all your cast and changed your mind? Here's how to remove Auto-Tag Cast tags — batch delete from the Annotations list, or use a fresh layer.Few readers

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