🔄 Note Transfer Basics

• How do I transfer my notes?

  Move your annotations to a new draft with Scriptation's Note Transfer — open the new draft, tap Transfer, pick the previous draft, and your notes carry forward.Popular

• How long does it take for annotations to transfer?

  Most Scriptation Note Transfers finish in seconds — under a minute even for heavily annotated drafts with images, layers, and lots of notes.Few readers

• How do I transfer my Bookmarks to my new draft?

  Carry every Bookmark — and its custom name — into your new draft by toggling on Transfer Bookmarks in the Note Transfer window.Few readers

📑 Working with Revisions

• Transferring Notes to a New Set of Pages: the Collated Pages Process

  Use Collate Pages to bring revised page packets (blue, pink, yellow, green) into your script and transfer your annotations forward in a single step.Some readers

• How do I insert or import new pages?

  Bring revised script pages into your draft with Collate Pages, or add non-script pages (storyboards, schedules, references) with Add Pages.Some readers

• How do I replace pages?

  Replace out-of-date script pages with revised ones using Scriptation's Collate Pages — it swaps pages and transfers your annotations in a single step.Few readers

• How do I replace scenes?

  Replacing scenes? Use Collate Pages for locked-page packets, or follow our workaround for new-scene packets that aren't part of a full revised script.Few readers

• Will new revision pages automatically be reflected in page color?

  Yes — turn on Scriptation's Revision Colors info layer to auto-color your revised pages (blue, pink, yellow, green, etc.) based on the WGA revision color wheel.Some readers

• Can I transfer notes with a One Liner schedule?

  Yes — Scriptation can import a PDF one-liner and transfer your notes forward to each new schedule version, though accuracy depends on formatting.Few readers

• How do I transfer notes from sides into a master script?

  A workaround for compiling Sides notes back into a master script — reorder, Lock the Sides file, then run a standard Note Transfer.Few readers

📋 After the Transfer

• How does Scriptation handle A Pages and Deleted Pages?

  Note Transfer recognizes A and B pages and Deleted Pages, and brings your annotations forward intact. Here's how each case behaves.Few readers

• What are Deleted Annotations?

  After a Note Transfer, any annotations whose script text was cut appear in the Deleted Annotations summary — view them, copy any you want to keep, and paste into the new draft.Few readers

• Yellow sticky notes appear after a transfer? Changed Annotations.

  Yellow stickies on your script after a Note Transfer are Changed Annotations — flags showing where annotated text was adjusted in the new draft. Here's how to read them.Few readers

• I got a pop-up during Note Transfer. Do I tap Replace or Keep Both?

  During Note Transfer, Keep Both keeps the new draft's existing inserted pages or bookmarks and adds the old ones alongside; Replace will replace them with the old ones.Few readers

• My note transfer didn't work. Help!

  Nine common causes — out-of-date app, wrong direction, flattened PDF, watermarks, file name issues, mismarked pages — and how to fix each.Few readers

🤖 Comparing Drafts

• What is the Analyze tool?

  How to use the AI Analyze feature to compare different drafts of a script.Few readers

• How do I use Compare Scripts?

  Compare Scripts generates a scene-by-scene PDF report of every text change between two drafts of your script — perfect alongside a Note Transfer.Popular