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ScreenplayOpen, rename, mark current and delete drafts
Use the Drafts drawer to look after every version of the script.
Before you start
- A screenplay is open.
Steps
Click Drafts in the toolbar.
The drawer is headed SCREENPLAY, Drafts. A line shows the lineage, for example Example-Feature (imported) → Second Draft. Each draft has its status (Current, Draft), when it was made, its note and where it came from, an Open button and an actions button. Compare… and New Draft are at the bottom.
Click Actions for Second Draft on the current draft.
The menu has Open, Rename…, Restore as new draft, Lock as Shooting Draft… and Delete….
Click the actions button on a draft that is not current.
It adds Mark current, which makes this draft the current one, and Compare with current.
Choose Rename…, edit Draft name * and the optional Note, and click Save.
The dialog says renaming changes only the label, never the text. Cancel closes it.
Choose Delete… on a draft that is not current, read the dialog, and click Delete Draft.
The draft moves to Recently Deleted and can be restored. Your other drafts are not affected. The dialog notes that the current draft cannot be deleted until another is made current, and that a locked draft cannot be deleted while it is the only production baseline.
If you try to delete the current draft, read the message This is the current draft. Make another draft current before deleting it.
Click Cancel, use Mark current on another draft, then delete this one.
What you get
Your drafts are named, ordered and tidied the way you want.
Watch out for
- A deleted draft goes to Recently Deleted, not away for good.