Scenes Outline: Work Area Navigation
October 26, 2024 vers. 1.0
Overview
All the Scenes Outline navigation and functionality is found right inside the Scenes Outline work area.
What this Tutorial Covers
Basics
A few things to get you rolling.
- You can add/create, edit, move, remove, order/reorder any items in the Scenes Outline work area in an outline format. Any changes will also automatically be reflected in your Scene Map.
- Chapters are displayed/added vertically in the Scenes Outline work area.
- Scenes-text-beats are displayed/added vertically under Chapters.
- Arrows in the Scenes Outline work area hide or display specific items/descriptions to help you focus on the Scenes Outline.
- Bullet points in the Scenes Outline work area allow you to move an item(drag and drop) and if you click on a bullet point they display a bullet menu to open, close, and complete the area/item(s).
- Ellipse buttons in the Scenes Outline work area display an item's ellipsis menu where you can edit the item and add items to that area(Chapter or Scene-Text-Beat).
- Clicking on an item's title/text in the Scenes Outline work area selects that item and allows you to edit that item.
Get Started
* Click or touch(touch) and hold a bullet point, drag and drop it to where you want it.
* Click and reclick an arrow to open and close an area or description/text.
* Click an item's bullet point to view the bullet point menu, open and close areas or complete that item or area(selecting complete draws visual line through items).
* Click an item's ellipsis button to view the item's outline menu. To edit that item, and to add items to that same area, Chapter or Scenes-Texts-Beats.
* Click on a chapter's or scene-text-beat's title/text to edit that item.
* Chapters can't be placed/dragged inside other chapters, only scenes-text-beats can be placed/dragged inside/under chapters. Chapters can only be placed/dragged above or below other chapters.
* Tip: To easily drag chapters, close all chapters using the bullet point menu, drag chapter where you want, and then reopen the chapters you want to work on.
* Scenes-text-beats can only be placed/dragged inside/under chapters or to be under other chapters.
* Any changes are automatically updated/reflected in the Scene Map/Story Map/Story Bible and vice versa.
Scenes Outline: Work Area Items
The navigation for each area found in the Scenes Outline Work Area will be explained below.
The Scenes Outline contains the following:
Scenes Outline: Chapters
Add/Create, edit, delete, manage, move and order Chapters.
Scenes Outline: Chapters
Scenes Outline: Scenes/Text/Beats/Sections
Add/Create, edit, delete, manage, move and order Scenes/Text/Beats/Sections.
Scenes Outline: Scenes/Text/Beats/Sections
Limits
Let us know of any limits within the Scenes Outline: Work Area Navigation, that you discover and we'll include them in the next update.
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