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Adding and Removing Notes in the Document

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Adding Notes in the Document

1.

Click on File > Open and open the “Sample Screenplay” file in the Sample Files folder.

2.

In the Outline panel, click on Scene 3 (INT. CAVERN -- NIGHT).

3.

In that scene, find the sentence:  “The dark figure doesn't move, staying in the shadows.  But his voice is strained.

4.

Click at the beginning of that sentence.

5.

Press SHIFT+CTRL+N to add a new note.

6.

Type in “Find a different way to describe the Dark Figure’s voice.

You can also add notes in the following ways:

Top Menus—NaviDoc > New Note.

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Notes Panel—Add Note Element button.

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Top Toolbar—Insert Element button.  (If you do not see that button on the top toolbar, see Customize Toolbar)

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Right Toolbar—Note button.  (If you do not see the Right Toolbar, click on View > Right Element Buttons.)

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7.

Click on the Add Note Element on the Notes panel.

8.

Choose the Default Note Category.

9.

Type in “This is another note.”.

Removing Notes from the Document

There are two ways to delete a note in the document:  Delete Note button on the Notes panel or deleting the entire contents of a note in the document.

1.

Follow the steps above to add a couple of notes to a document.

2.

Open the Notes panel (CTRL+3) if it is not already open.

3.

Select the first note in the Notes panel by clicking on it.

4.

Click the Delete Note button.

The note should be removed from the document.

5.

In the document side, highlight the second note entirely.

6.

Press DELETE on the keyboard.

The note should be removed from the document.