Write with reference panels in Writing Room Mode

Steps

1. Click View and more and choose Writing Room Mode.

   Standard Mode is ticked until you switch. In Writing Room Mode, panels open as tabs beside the page.

   Windows screen: View menu

2. Look at the tabs at the top right: Beat Board, Scene Notes, Characters, Comments and Draft information.

   The Beat Board tab opens first. It is headed Beat Board (reference only) and says No Beat Board card is linked to Scene 1 when the scene has no card. It says viewing a card here never edits the screenplay or locks anything.

   Windows screen: Writing room beat board

3. Click Show all Beat Board cards (6).

   Every card is listed with its heading and one line. The button now reads Hide all Beat Board cards (6).

   Windows screen: Writing room beat board all cards

4. Click a second tab, for example Scene Notes.

   Writing Room Mode shows up to two panels at once, one above the other. Standard Mode shows one. Click the x on a panel to close it.

   Windows screen: Writing room two panels

5. Close both panels.

   The tab row stays, with the text Choose a panel above. With no panel open, the page stays centred.

   Windows screen: Writing room no panel

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