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Hi Daniel! Welcome aboard. I use Storyist for screenwriting but have had 4 way splits in Storyist. It's really flexible! You are aware of the split window function (between GOALS and INSPECTOR at the top right). Are you aware of the little "+" plus button at the top right of the editing area? It's like another TAB in your Browser. Click the "+" for another tab in Storyist; then, click FILE-NEW (Or open whatever has your project notes in it.) You can keep adding MORE TAB windows within Storyist. They are also draggable/rearrageable order. Play with it. There are little icons above each (file) window. You can toggle views on each one (narrative/outline/beats-cards/AND SPLIT "EDITOR" VERTICALLY! {The 'X' next to it CLOSES THE SPLIT.} You'll see your split windows with Up to two different views (or could be different documents as I recall). And still in Storyist, you'll have another (window) open in another TAB which can hold your 'project notes'. I personally use this function to edit versions on my document. You can also do VIEW - SPLIT-HORIZONTALLY. [HAVE YOUR CURSOR CLICKED ON THE WINDOW (to make IT the active window) which you'd like to split!] Have Fun! Brenda
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Hi Marguerite and ChrisW, I’d like them back too, if/when Steve can do it.
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Can section sheets be automatically generated?
MovieYarns replied to ChrisW's topic in Using Storyist
Have you looked at the Support pages? https://storyist.com/ios/docs/#adding-chapters-and-sections-or-scenes -
Hi ChrisW I am on version 4.2.5. You're right. I can change the colors but can NOT get a background image (that could be a grid image if you like) to come up. This is the closest I could come and still couldn't get an image or grid to come up. Version 4.2.5 Storyist>Preferences>Theme button (like a painters Palette)>Colors Tab>Page Background, then, Click COLOR icon at the bottom, double click the 3 dots in the Spectrum window, select NEW FROM FILE (AND HAVE YOUR GRID.JPG ready) to select as Page Background. There is a Color square in the lower left of the color picker (even if I added a picture there... I can only get a specific color, not the picture). I have to drag and drop in some cases the color square to the color box to get it to show on-screen. Close the window. Maybe STEVE will see this and can comment.
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Hi Steve, Me again. 🙂 IGNORE THE FOLLOWING REQUEST (I didn't know about 'Workspaces'! ) I have imported my third draft of my screenplay (approx 128 pages). I’m in hopefully my ‘final rewrite). On my Macbook Air (and yes I am also using an iPad Air… one of the reasons for using Storyist!) On my Mac, I have Storyist open in 5 subsections (windows) within the Storyist application. Outline on the left, Text in the middle/Split with (Title and Synopsis+ Word Count+Status as I recall. LOVE THIS!), Inspector on the right (Love the Inspector!), and a Horizontal Split in the Text, with my NOTEBOOK at the bottom middle. I’d like to pin both the notebook and the Title synopsis… so I don’t have them change on me if I pull a dummy and hit the wrong thing. I would like to be able to “PIN” a window so it doesn’t change unless I “UNPIN” it. WORKSPACES DOES IT. NEVERMIND. I cannot believe how incredibly powerful Storyist is! This is an incredible help! Thanks for all the work you’ve done getting it to this level!
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Nesting Folding up Scenes in Scripts Cheat
MovieYarns replied to MovieYarns's topic in Using Storyist
Steve - Hi. Further comments on Feature Request: I’m playing around with Storyist. I’ve been through nearly all the screenwriting software on the market. I absolutely LOVE Storyist! But, I’ve noticed that in Novel mode… (books) versus Screenplays, that the Novel side of the house has # for Sections, which then has in the outliner, sections that collapse and roll-up. I was wondering if you could ‘code’ a similar feature to the Screenwriting side of the house… so, I can break my full script down into sections (in my case 4 acts) … … I might possibly even put plot points in for Sections. It would be incredibly handy for us and Hopefully not a major coding nightmare to execute. [I realize that that may cause issues with ‘fountain’ files, but I think Storyist only does FDX.] -
how do you save index cards on an ipad?
MovieYarns replied to john's topic in Using Storyist for iPad
I'm just a Newbie user using Storyist for screenwriting, but this is how I have it working on my iPad (and how I understand it.) On the top right of the left-hand side side-bar/Outline Navigator you should see your document with an (i) next to it. Click the (i) and it switches from a list to cards. On the left-hand side side-bar (navigator), at the top right of this column are three dots. Click them to toggle the VIEW of the side-bar between "Outline" view and "CARDS". When in the Cards View, double tap a card to select it- it Pops up for editing. Tap away for it to go back into the line-up. Or hit EDIT in the 3 dots again. OR in the TEXT in the middle, add a Scene Header which will create a card. Then click it to make the card active and hit the 3 dots to select EDIT. When you click CLOSE at the TOP LEFT of the CENTER/TEXT section to exit out of your work, everything automatically saves with Storyist on the iPad. -
(For Screenwriters) add a "GOAL Option" to Select TIME Sprints (15, 30, 45 minutes or an Hour), please. I'd like to be able to have a butt-in-seat writing time (timer) when I start... a sprint to write for 'X' amount of time. BTW, I LOVE the Word Counts (especially in split/outline view!)... helps me identify the FAT scenes which need trimming.
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Nesting Folding up Scenes in Scripts [Cheat] It's my 'temporary work-around'... just sharing in case anyone can use it. On Mac Project: Screenplay (FILE) DUPLICATE the script. I did this three times for a 4 Act Structure. Renamed each one for the "ACT - X" it represented, Then deleted the scenes not in that Act. That left me with 4 fold-up-able Acts. The only thing missing is that the page count starts from 1 on each Act; I get to do addition... but it still works for me. I plan to Join them back together when finished.
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Please add a format-edit option "Strikeout" [font with a horizontal line through it]. I am on Storyist version 4.2.4 on Mac OS 12.0.1 on MacBook Air 2020. Thank you.
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Scene numbering and renumbering feature would be awesome! Agreed!
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Sadly... the link seems to be down. I'd love to see the templates!