Everything you can do, step by step.

Create your library in the default location

Make a new OpenFrame library in the folder OpenFrame suggests.

Create your library in a folder you choose

Put a new library on another disk or in a folder of your own.

Reconnect a library you already have

Point OpenFrame at an existing library after a reinstall or after you moved the library or brought it from another drive.

Home

Enter your name on the Welcome sheet

Tell OpenFrame what to call you, and reach Application Home.

Create your first project

Make a project with a title and a type, and open it.

Create another project from Your projects

Add a new project when you already have projects on the page.

Open a project from disk or restore a backup

Open a project that is not on the list, or bring back a project from a backup or package file.

Find a project by name

Narrow the page to the projects that match what you type.

Use the project card menu

Open, duplicate, find on disk or change the cover of a project from its card.

Give a project a cover photo

Put a picture at the top of a project card so projects are easy to tell apart.

Rename a project

Change the title shown for a project.

Pin a project to the top

Keep the projects you use most in their own section at the top of the page.

Archive a project to tidy your list

Hide a project from the main list without deleting it.

Find and restore an archived project

Open the archive, bring a project back to your main list, or open it where it is.

Delete a project

Remove a project from this Mac after you confirm it by typing its name.

Add a project back with Found on this Mac

Return a project to your list when its folder is still in your projects folder.

Open the Global Idea Vault

Keep an idea that does not belong to any film yet, and find your way around the vault.

Menus

Open Settings or Project Settings from the OpenFrame Studio menu

Find About, Settings, Project Settings and Quit in the first menu.

Use the File menu

Create, open, close, import, export, back up and print from one menu.

Undo, redo and search from the Edit menu

Tell text undo from project undo, and open Search and Commands.

Hide and show the sidebar from the View menu

Give the page more room by hiding the sidebar, and bring it back.

Move between pages with the Go menu

Go back, go forward and jump to any project page from the keyboard.

Use the Window menu

Minimize, zoom, and switch to the OpenFrame window.

Open Help and the list of keyboard shortcuts

Find the help and the full list of keys.

Search

Open Search and Commands and run a command

Find a command by name or by looking at the list, and run it.

Search inside a project

Find a scene, idea, character, location or file by a word, and jump to it.

What to do when nothing is found

Read the No matches message and try a different search.

Project Home

Find your way around Project Home

Know what each part of the page and the window around it does.

Set the status of your project

Mark where the project is, from Idea to Shooting.

Create something from the New menu

Start a new idea, scene card, character, location or other item from anywhere in the project.

Use the Project menu

Reach settings, rename, duplicate, archive and the project pages from one menu.

Rename the open project

Change the title of the project you are working in.

Go back, go forward and return to all projects

Move between the pages you have visited, or leave the project.

Hide and show the sidebar

Give the page more room, and still reach every page.

Undo an import from the message at the bottom

Read the message after a screenplay import and take the import back if you want.

Read the free trial reminder

Know how the 7-day free trial ends.

Ideas and story

The Idea Vault, the Story page, the Beat Board and characters.

Idea Vault

Open the Idea Vault and find your way around

Know what every control on an empty vault does before you add anything.

Capture an idea fast with Quick Capture

Save a line of text as a note in one step, without opening the full note editor.

Add a note and write in the inspector

Create a note with an optional title and as much text as you like.

Save a web link with a note

Keep a link to a page, with your own words about why it matters.

Save a quote with its source

Keep a line you want to remember, with where it came from.

Add an image, a file, an audio file or a video

Put a picture, a document, a sound or a clip from your Mac into the vault.

Record a voice note

Speak an idea and keep the recording exactly as you made it.

Look at your ideas as a grid, cards, a list or folders

Change how the vault shows the same items.

Pin an idea to keep it at the top

Put the ideas you come back to most in their own group above the rest.

Use All items, Pinned, Recently added and Recently modified

Jump to the items you want without searching.

Mark research as checked or needing an expert

Record how far you trust a piece of research, in your own judgement.

Tag items so you can find them

Add words to items and then show only the items with one tag.

Act on a selected item from the selection bar

Know every action the selection bar gives you.

Create a folder and move an item into it

Group items by where they belong without copying or changing them.

Rename folders, add subfolders and browse them in Folder view

Keep your folders tidy and move through them level by level.

Gather related items in a collection

Group items that belong together, such as Look and feel, without moving them.

Search the vault

Find an item by a word from its title, text, caption, file name or tag.

Send an idea to the Beat Board

Turn an idea into a beat, scene card, sequence idea or character note without losing the original.

Delete an idea and bring it back

Remove an item, find it in Recently Deleted, and restore it or delete it for good.

Keep ideas in the Global Idea Vault

Collect ideas that belong to no film yet, and copy them into a project later.

Copy an idea between a project and the Global Idea Vault

Keep a copy of a project idea where every film can reach it.

Draw a sketch in the Idea Vault

Draw a quick sketch and keep it as a vault item.

Find out what happened to a file that moved

Read the notice on a linked file that is no longer where it was, and relink it.

Story

Write your story on the Story page

Write a free-form version of your story in a plain page that belongs only to you.

Format the Story page and change how it looks

Set the font size, bold, italic, underline and highlight, switch to a dark page and zoom the page.

Export the Story page as text, PDF or Word

Save a copy of the Story page as a file you can share or keep.

Open the Beat Board and read its toolbar

Find your way around an empty Beat Board before you add anything.

Add an act, a sequence and a scene card

Build the first branch of the story: an act, a sequence inside it and a scene card inside that.

Add a beat, or bring in an idea

Jot down a story moment that is not yet a scene, or pull an idea from your Idea Vault onto the board.

Read a filled Beat Board

Understand what the acts, sequences, cards, beats and Parking Lot on a working board mean.

Open a scene card and fill in its details

Add a scene heading, a short description, a long description and notes to a scene card.

Edit a beat: text, note, colour and attachments

Add a note, a colour and reference files to a beat.

Turn a beat into a scene card

Promote a beat to a scene card without losing the original thought.

Rename a sequence and review its scenes

Change a sequence's name, see its scenes in one place and add a note or attachments.

Rename an act and add a note to it

Change an act's title, write a note about it and move it along the board.

Move cards, one or many

Put cards, beats and sequences where they belong, with a menu or with the selection bar.

Park a card and bring it back

Set cards aside so they stay out of the story and out of Build Screenplay, without deleting them.

Delete a card, beat or act safely

Remove material with Undo, and decide what happens to the contents of an act you delete.

Collapse, zoom and change the layout of the board

Fit a big board on the screen by folding acts and sequences, zooming and switching between columns and rows.

Filter the board to cards that mention a word

Find the cards that mention a character, place or idea.

Choose what a minimized card shows

Change a card from a bare line to a card with heading, location, day or night and status markers.

Build a screenplay from the Beat Board

Turn your scene cards into screenplay scenes after checking the order and the headings.

Advanced · 2 steps

Apply a new board order to a written screenplay

Reorder an existing screenplay to match the order you worked out on the board.

Beginner · 7 steps

Use the Outline

Read and rearrange your story as a list, with the same cards as the board.

Add a character

Start the character directory with a name, and optionally a role, an image and a short description.

See which scenes a character appears in

Use the directory to check where each character appears in the screenplay.

Edit, give an image to, archive or delete a character

Change a character's details or remove the character from the list.

Add a relationship between two characters

Record how two characters are connected, with an optional note.

Read the relationship map

See how every character is connected, or only one character's direct relationships.

Link a scene card to a character

Attach a Beat Board scene card to a character for reference.

Group scenes by story day on the Timeline

Mark which scenes happen on which day, when time continuity matters.

Writing

The screenplay editor, drafts, review and import.

Screenplay

Find your way around the Screenplay page

Know what each part of the Screenplay page does before you write.

Write your first scene

Type a scene heading and an action line and see the scene appear in the scene list.

Choose the kind of line with the Element menu

Change a line to Scene Heading, Action, Character, Dialogue and the other elements.

Hide and show the scene list

Give the page the full width, then bring the scene list back.

Add columns to the scene list

Show the page, notes, revision and production number of every scene next to its heading.

Cut, copy, paste and fix spelling with the page menu

Use the right-click menu of the script page for editing, lookups and spelling.

Zoom the page in and out

Make the page smaller to see more of it, or larger to read comfortably.

Use Focus Mode, Writing Room Mode and the dark page

Cut the screen down to the page, or change the page to a dark background.

Find a word in the script

Search the script and step through every match.

Find and replace words

Change a word in one scene or in the whole script.

Add another screenplay to the project

Start a separate screenplay, for example a short version, next to the one you have.

Rename or delete a screenplay

Change a screenplay's name, or move a screenplay you no longer need to Recently Deleted.

Open the Scene Hub and edit scene details

See what exists around a scene and write its synopsis, story day, time note and scene note.

Keep private notes on a scene

Write notes that only you can read and that never leave the project.

Comment on words in the script

Leave a comment tied to the words you selected, so the thread stays beside the script.

Reply to a comment

Answer a comment so the whole conversation stays in one thread.

Comment on a whole scene or on the whole draft

Leave a comment that is not tied to a few words.

Mark a comment In Discussion, resolve it or delete it

Keep the comment list tidy as notes are dealt with.

Read the information about a draft

See the status, lineage and dates of the draft you are in.

Start a new draft

Copy the script into a new draft so you can rewrite without touching the old one.

Understand the Draft menu of a new screenplay

See what the Draft menu offers before you have a second draft.

Intermediate · 9 steps

Manage drafts: open, rename, copy, compare and delete

Use the Drafts list to look after the versions of your script.

Advanced · 2 steps

Go back to an earlier point with Recovery History

Create a new draft from an automatic recovery point.

Intermediate · 7 steps

Compare two drafts

See which scenes and lines changed between two drafts.

Lock a draft as the Shooting Draft

Freeze the draft you will shoot from, so the production baseline cannot change by accident.

Advanced · 7 steps

Start and read a revision of a locked draft

Make changes after the lock in a labelled, coloured revision and see exactly what changed.

See revision marks in Page View

Show or hide the marks that point at revised lines.

Set the paper, font, header and footer

Choose US Letter or A4, line spacing, a header and footer and what prints on the first page.

Fill in the title page

Enter the title, credit and contact lines shown on the printed title page.

Advanced · 7 steps

Create a custom element such as Telephone

Add a paragraph kind of your own, with a look, a shortcut and what Return creates next.

Look at the pages in Page View

Read the script as printed pages, with the title page and the page count.

Bring in an existing screenplay

Import a script from a file, pasted text or a sample, and check how it was read before it is added.

Intermediate · 9 steps

Export the screenplay

Save the screenplay as a PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, Word or plain text file.

Preview, print and save a PDF

Check the printed pages, then print them or save the PDF.

Set a scene number yourself

Change a scene number, and know what it changes in production.

Read the message when an import fails

Understand why a file could not be imported and what to do next.

Production planning

Breakdown, catalog, people, places, shots and the schedule.

Breakdown

Choose the screenplay draft for production

Set the draft that Breakdown, shot lists, storyboards and the schedule are based on.

Open Breakdown in a project with no screenplay

Understand what you see when there is no draft to choose, and what to do about it.

Move between scenes and hide the side columns

Open any scene and give the script more room when you want it.

Filter the scene list

Narrow the scenes to those still to do, those with suggestions, or those using one category.

Tag words in the script as an element

Turn words in a scene into a breakdown element, for example a prop.

Ask OpenFrame to suggest elements for a scene

Let OpenFrame read the scene text and list the elements it thinks the scene needs.

Accept, edit or reject suggestions

Turn the suggestions you agree with into elements and dismiss the rest.

Add an element by hand

Add something the script does not name, such as an effect or a vehicle, or reuse a catalog item by name.

Reuse an item from a nearby scene

Add an item that appears in neighbouring scenes to this scene with one click.

Use the Actions menu on an element

Find an element in the script, see its scenes, open it in the catalog, add a note or remove it.

Add a note to an element in a scene

Record a detail that applies to one element in one scene.

Remove an element from a scene and undo it

Take an element out of one scene and bring it back if it was a mistake.

See every scene that uses an item

List only the scenes where one catalog item appears.

Mark a scene complete

Show that you have finished the breakdown of a scene.

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Change the production source

Base production on a different screenplay draft, or check which draft is in use.

Export the breakdown as PDF, CSV or a spreadsheet

Save the breakdown by scene, with the catalog and the scenes that use each item, as a file.

Review a scene that changed in the script

Decide what happens to a breakdown after its scene changed.

Look at scenes removed from the script

See the breakdown of a scene that no longer exists in the source.

Export the catalog

Save the catalog as a PDF, a CSV file or an Excel workbook.

Production Plan

Open Production and read an empty Overview

Find Production, see what its Overview shows before a screenplay is chosen, and know what the empty cards mean.

Read the Overview and follow what needs attention

Use the Overview cards and the NEEDS ATTENTION list to decide what to plan next.

Beginner · 8 steps

Browse, filter and search the Catalog

Find a prop, wardrobe item, vehicle or other production item quickly.

Add an item to the Catalog

Create a reusable production item by hand, with a category, name and status.

Open a catalog item and change its details

Rename an item, change its status, and keep notes and a private contact.

Archive a catalog item and show archived items

Stop offering an item for new use without losing its history, and bring archived items back into view.

Delete a catalog item

Remove a catalog item, knowing it can be restored for 30 days.

Add a location to your scouting notebook

Record a place you are considering, with its address and nearest hospital.

Beginner · 8 steps

Set a location's status and filter the list

Move a place from Idea to Shortlisted, Confirmed or Rejected, and see only the places in one status.

Record photos, contacts, availability and practical notes

Keep what the crew needs to know about a place in one inspector.

Archive or delete a location

Tidy the notebook from a card's menu, and understand what Delete does.

Assign an actor to a character

Link a real person to a character from the script so the plan knows who plays whom.

Add a person from Add Person and create a character

Add an actor with Add Person, and create a character the script does not have yet.

Open a cast member and record contact and availability

Keep a photo, private contact details and the dates an actor can work.

Add a crew member with a role and department

Add the people working on the film, with a role and a department.

Archive or remove a crew member

Take someone off the crew list, and know what happens to call sheets already issued.

Beginner · 7 steps

Create a moodboard

Start a named board for the look and feel of the film, optionally tied to one scene.

Add an image to a moodboard

Put a picture from a file or from the Idea Vault onto the board.

Add notes and links to a moodboard

Pin a written idea or a web reference to the board, and mark a note as internal.

Arrange and edit moodboard items

Move tiles, change their stacking order, add captions and edit a note or a link.

Rename, reorder, write notes for and delete boards

Keep several boards in order and keep board-wide notes for the team.

Export a moodboard as a PDF

Make a PDF of a board to share, choosing what goes in it.

Create a storyboard for a scene or a standalone one

Start a storyboard, either tied to a screenplay scene or free-standing.

Add panels to a storyboard

Add panels by importing an image, drawing a sketch or adding an empty panel.

Describe a panel and set its framing

Fill in what we see in a panel, how it is framed, and how long it lasts.

Link a panel to a shot

Tie a panel to a shot in the shot list, or create the shot from the panel.

Rename, move to another scene or add a storyboard for the same scene

Use the Actions menu to manage the whole storyboard.

Export storyboards as a PDF

Make a clean storyboard sheet of one storyboard, all of them, or ones you select.

Add shots to a scene

Plan how to capture a scene by adding the shots you need, each with a short description.

Switch the shot list between List and Grid

See shots as rows to edit, or as cards that show reference images.

Open a shot and add camera details

Add shot size, movement, angle, lens, characters and a reference image, only when you need them.

Move a shot, or copy planning to another scene

Put a shot in a different scene, or reuse a scene's shots in another.

Attach a storyboard panel to a shot

Connect a shot to a storyboard panel, or start a storyboard from the shot.

Export a shot list

Save the shot list as a PDF, CSV or Excel file.

Schedule

Create the shooting schedule

Start a shooting schedule from your screenplay, with every scene waiting in the Unscheduled pool.

Add shooting days

Create the days you plan to shoot, with or without a date.

Add a day off

Mark a day on which nothing is shot, so the plan shows the gap.

Move scenes into shooting days

Place scenes in the days you will shoot them, by dragging or from a menu.

Set a scene's time and page count

Enter an estimated shooting time, a start time or a page count for one scheduled scene, or take it out of its day.

Use the day menu

Open, date, extend, reorder or delete a shooting day from its Actions menu.

Add a meal break on the Board

Put a meal break into a day, and edit, move or delete it later.

Filter the scenes

Narrow the Board, List or Calendar to the scenes that matter right now.

Open one shooting day

See everything about one day on a single page.

Set the crew call and wrap for a day

Enter the day's times and read the estimated timeline.

Add travel, a company move or a note to a day

Put other kinds of items into a day besides meal breaks.

Change the date of a day

Set, change or clear the date of a shooting day.

Fill a day that has no scenes yet

Add a scene to an empty day from its own page.

Look at the schedule as a list

Read every scene and where it is scheduled in one table.

Look at the schedule as a calendar

See which dates have shooting days and how many scenes each holds.

Read and answer the warnings

See what the Schedule thinks may go wrong, and decide what to do about each item.

Ask for grouping advice

See which scenes share a location, so you can reduce company moves.

Change the schedule settings

Rename the schedule, set the target day length and choose strict validation.

Export the schedule or one day

Save the whole schedule, one day or chosen days as a PDF, spreadsheet or CSV file.

Day Out of Days

Open the Day Out of Days report

Reach the report and understand what it needs before it shows anything.

Read the grid

Understand the codes, the totals and the first and last day for each actor.

Show one actor or a range of days

Narrow the grid to some cast members or to a stretch of the shoot.

Choose the code style

Switch between the full set of codes and a plain work and not-working view.

Export the report

Save the report as a PDF, a spreadsheet or a CSV file.

Shooting days

Call sheets, sides, Daily View, reports and the budget.

Daily View

Open the Daily View

Reach the Daily View and see what it needs before it shows anything.

Read one shooting day

Find the scenes, locations, cast, notes and items for a day, and spot what is missing.

Switch to another shooting day

Look at a different day without leaving the Daily View.

Start a call sheet from the Daily View

Make a call sheet for the day you are reading.

Export the Daily View

Save one day's Daily View as a PDF or a plain text file.

Sides

Open Sides for a shooting day

Reach the Sides page and see the scenes of a day.

Choose another shooting day

Make sides for a different day of the shoot.

Choose scenes and cast

Include only the scenes you want, and make sides for everyone or for chosen cast members.

Add the call-sheet cover page and the draft name

Put a cover page with the day's locations and cast in front of the sides, and show which draft the pages come from.

Save the sides as a snapshot

Keep a fixed copy of the sides that later script edits will not change.

Open or delete saved sides

Look at a saved snapshot again, go back to the live pages, or remove a snapshot.

Export the sides as a PDF

Make a PDF of the sides to send or print.

Call Sheets

Create a call sheet from a shooting day

Make a call sheet for one shooting day and open it for editing.

Read the call sheet and fill in the details

Find what came from the schedule, then type the call times, production details and location notes only you know.

Add optional sections to a call sheet

Add weather, extras, crew, contacts and other sections that suit your shooting day.

Add crew and extras entries

Fill the Crew and Extras sections you added with the people you need on the day.

Create a call sheet for another shooting day

Add a second sheet for the next shooting day and see both in the list.

Find a call sheet with search and filters

Narrow the list by name, by status, or to include older revisions.

Use the row actions in the list

Open, refresh, finalize, export or delete a call sheet without opening it first.

Refresh a call sheet after the schedule changes

Review what changed in the schedule and bring the call sheet up to date without losing what you typed.

Finalize a call sheet

Freeze the version you are about to send.

Start a new revision of a final call sheet

Change a call sheet you already finalized without altering the version you sent.

Export a call sheet as a PDF

Create a PDF of the call sheet to send to cast and crew.

Delete a call sheet

Remove a call sheet you no longer need.

Read the notice when the schedule changed after final

Know why a final call sheet did not change, and start a revision.

Open a call sheet whose shooting day was deleted

Know that the call sheet stays readable when its day is deleted.

Reports

Open Reports and read each report

Find the Reports page and know what each of the six reports shows.

Filter the rows of a report

Narrow a report to the scenes, locations or names that match what you type.

Save a snapshot of a report

Keep a copy of a report as it is now, so it does not change when your project does.

Open and delete saved snapshots

Look at a snapshot again, or remove one you no longer need.

Export a report as a PDF, CSV or spreadsheet

Make a file of a report to send or open in another program.

Budget

Start a budget in your currency

Turn the budget on for the project and pick the currency it uses.

Add your first budget line

Add one cost to the budget with a category, a planned amount and, if you have it, an actual amount.

Add more lines in other categories

Build the budget out, one line per cost, across the categories you need.

Read Planned, Actual and Difference

Understand the three totals and how over and under plan are worked out.

Edit or delete a budget line

Correct a line, enter an Actual amount once money is spent, or remove a line.

Set the overall plan, contingency and currency

Record your overall estimate, a contingency and notes, or change the currency.

Save and look at a budget snapshot

Keep a frozen copy of the budget to look back at later.

Export the budget as a PDF, CSV or Excel file

Make a file of the budget to share or open in a spreadsheet.

OpenFrame AI

Set up OpenFrame AI and use it safely.

OpenFrame AI

Open and close OpenFrame AI

Show OpenFrame AI panel beside your work and hide it again.

Read the message when AI is not available

Understand what the panel says when Offline AI is missing, and what to do about it.

Open Offline AI settings from OpenFrame AI

Jump from the panel to the Offline AI page of Settings.

Read AI health and export an AI report

See what OpenFrame AI keeps about its own performance and save it to a file you can share.

Check what OpenFrame AI remembers

Read the Assistant memory section and know how to make OpenFrame AI forget something.

Beginner · 10 steps

Keep OpenFrame AI open beside each workspace

See that the panel works the same way next to every workspace, and close it when you want more room.

Use OpenFrame AI in a small window

Make room for the panel by hiding the sidebar, and know what happens in a narrow window.

Why Search does not find OpenFrame AI

Know that Search looks inside your project, and use the toolbar button to reach OpenFrame AI.

Ask OpenFrame AI about your project

Ask a question in plain words and read an answer that says what it is based on.

Choose what OpenFrame AI looks at

Limit an answer to the screenplay, the Beat Board, the Production workspace or the whole project.

Review, apply or reject a change OpenFrame AI proposes

Let OpenFrame AI prepare a change, then decide yourself whether it happens.

Manage Offline AI in Settings

Download Offline AI, read its details, choose the graphics option, stop it or remove it.

See OpenFrame AI beside each workspace

Know that the panel works the same in every workspace.

Projects and data

Files, notes, backups, packages, templates and settings.

Files

Open Files and read the empty page

Find Project Files and understand what the page offers before anything is added.

Add a file by copying it into the project

Keep a copy of a document inside the project so it always travels with it.

Link to a file that stays where it is

Refer to a large or shared file without copying it into the project.

Switch between List and Grid

Read your files as a table or as cards.

Open a file's details and read its facts

See where a file is held, its size and dates, and open it.

Rename a file and write a note about it

Give a file a clearer name inside OpenFrame and record why it matters.

Create a folder and a folder inside it

Group related files, such as permits or references.

Move a file into a folder

File a document where it belongs.

Rename or delete a folder

Tidy your folders without losing files.

Search your files

Find a file by part of its name.

Relink a linked file that cannot be found

Repair a linked file whose original was moved, renamed or sits on a drive that is not connected.

Export a copy or show a file in Finder

Take a file out of the project, or find it on disk.

Delete a file and get it back

Remove a file from the project and know that you can restore it.

Notes and Tasks

Open Notes & Tasks and read the empty page

Find the page and understand its two halves before you add anything.

Write a note

Capture a small piece of information that is saved automatically.

Pin a note to the top

Keep the notes you need most at the top of the list.

Open and edit a note

Read a note again and change it.

Search your notes

Find a note by a word in its title or text.

Add a task with a due date and an owner

Record a small action, say who owns it and when it is due.

Mark a task done and reopen it

Tick off finished tasks and bring one back if you need to.

Filter tasks by status and by owner

Show only the tasks you want to see.

Edit a task

Change a task's title, due date, owner, link or notes.

Delete a note or task and restore it

Remove something you no longer need, knowing you can get it back for 30 days.

Activity

Read the project's activity

See the important actions that have happened in the project, in order.

Filter the activity by kind

Show only draft, story, production or exchange activity.

Undo a recent project change

Take back the last change from the message that appears, or from the Edit menu.

Recently Deleted

Open Recently Deleted and choose a list

Find deleted items for this project or for the Global Idea Vault.

Read the list of deleted items

Understand each column and how long an item has left.

Search deleted items

Find one deleted item among many.

Restore a deleted item

Put a deleted item back where it came from.

Delete an item permanently

Remove an item for good before its 30 days are up.

Project Settings

Open Project Settings and move between its tabs

Open the sheet for the open project and know what each tab is for.

Edit the title, type, status and other details

Change the identity fields of the project and save them.

Fix an empty title

Recover when the title is empty and the project cannot be saved without one.

Find the project folder and see its dates

Show where the project lives on this Mac and when it was made and last changed.

Turn spelling on and choose the languages

Set whether the project is spell checked and in which languages.

Add a word to the project dictionary

Stop a name or a made up word being marked as a mistake in this project.

Change the colour and icon of a breakdown category

Give each breakdown category the colour and icon that suit your production.

See Appearance, Keyboard shortcuts and Offline AI from a project

Reach the app wide settings without leaving the project.

Jump to the Settings window

Open the app Settings window from Project Settings.

Intermediate · 1 steps

Check where your library is kept from a project

Open the Storage tab to see the library, the folder for new projects and the Global Idea Vault.

Templates

Open Templates and see what comes with OpenFrame

Find the Templates page and read the eight built-in templates.

Preview a built-in template

Look inside a template before you use it.

Make a document from a template

Create a new document from a starting point, as an independent copy.

Copy a template to My Templates

Keep a template on this Mac so it is available in every project.

Create a template of your own

Save a starting point you can reuse, in this project or in every project.

Edit one of your templates

Change a template's name, type, description or sections for future use.

Delete one of your templates

Remove a template you no longer want.

Packages

Back up a project

Save a recoverable copy of your project to a place you choose.

Export a full project to move it to another Mac

Make a Full Project Package of your whole working project.

Intermediate · 8 steps

Send a screenplay for review

Export a Script Review Package that someone else can read and comment on.

Send the Beat Board for review

Export a Beat Board Package of the whole board or of one act.

Review a package you were sent and send back comments

Open a review package, add comments on scenes and export a response for the author.

Intermediate · 8 steps

Bring a response back into your project

Preview what an imported package changes, then apply only what you choose.

Work through the Review Queue

Find imported comments that could not be matched on their own and decide what to do with them.

Check the import and export history

See every package this project exported or imported, and what happened.

Restore a backup or open a project package

Bring a project back from a .ofbackup or .ofproject file, as a copy or by replacing the existing project.

Recovery

Reopen a project after OpenFrame closed unexpectedly

Open your project again after a forced quit or a crash, and keep your latest work.

Open a project that cannot be found

Deal with a project whose folder is not where OpenFrame expects it.

Settings

Open Settings and find the right tab

Open the Settings window and know which tab holds which setting.

Change your display name

Set the name that appears on your notes, comments and history.

Check the version and open About

Find the version of OpenFrame Studio and its core.

Choose Light, Dark or System, and a theme

Change how the whole app looks.

Import a theme from a file or by pasting its text

Add a theme made by someone else to My Themes.

Intermediate · 1 steps

Export the selected theme

Save the theme you are using as a file you can share or keep.

Find a command and see its keys

Search the shortcut list and read what each command does and where it is on screen.

Change, add or remove keys for a command

Give a command the keys you want.

Put a shortcut or all shortcuts back to the default

Undo your shortcut changes for one command or for all of them.

See where your library and projects are kept

Find the library folder, open it, and see what each Storage card does.

Look after the Global Idea Vault

Back up, export, restore, move or reconnect the Global Idea Vault.

Advanced · 3 steps

Move a project to another folder

Move the folder of one project and keep working in it from the new place.

Check the offline AI and its health figures

See whether the offline AI is ready, export its health figures and review what OpenFrame AI remembers.