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Dialogue is the element that indicates the spoken words of a character.

A Dialogue element can only be created immediately following a Character Name (or its Parenthetical) element.

1.

With the cursor in a Character Name or Parenthetical element, press ENTER.  The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element.

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2.

Type your character's dialogue.

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3.

Press ENTER.

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4.

The cursor moves to a new Action element.

 

Second Dialogue Paragraph

To split up a long paragraph of Dialogue into two or more shorter paragraphs of Dialogue, or to enter a second paragraph of Dialogue, choose Edit > Add Dialogue Paragraph.

To use the keyboard to enter a second paragraph of Dialogue, press ALT+ENTER twice to put in two hard returns.

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