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Index Card View
Most writers find this the most useful view when first creating a script. When your script is nothing more than
a basic idea and you are trying to figure out what scenes you will have, this mode shines. When each scene is
a scene title and a couple of notes, this gives you a very easy way to look at the scenes all at once, editing
and rearranging them.
Display by Scene
This view shows you your scenes as a number of index cards. You can have as many or few scenes displayed at a time
as you wish. You can also have the scenes ordered in columns or rows. This view, along with outline view, is also
the best way to rearrange your scenes.
Line Wrap
The text in this view is not arranged the same as in the printed script. All text is wrapped at the right of
each card and continues on the next line. So you never need to scroll sideways to view all of a paragraph.
Drag & Drop
You can drag scenes by moving the mouse over the bitmap (picture) in the upper left corner of the index card,
dragging it to the new location, and then releasing it. This will drag the entire scene, so you can use this
method to rearrange scenes.
Timing
In the upper left corner of each card, you will see text like [16-17:55]. This is the scene number and then the
time in the movie that this scene starts at. So scene 16 starts 17 minutes and 55 seconds into the movie. (This
is based on the page per minute rule.)
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