Creating And Identifying Revisions
A new revision is a separate document copied from the one you are viewing. You can continue writing it while retaining the source draft.
Create A Revision
- Save the source document and wait for saving to finish.
- Select Document Options → Create New Revision.
- Check Revision Date and Revision Colour.
- Select Create Revision.
- The new document opens and becomes Active. Its name identifies the chosen revision colour.
The creation date starts at today and is required when creating a revision. The suggested colour follows White, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, Goldenrod, Buff, Salmon, Cherry, Tan and Ivory, then returns to Blue. A document without an assigned colour is treated as White for this suggestion.
Edit Revision Information
- Open the document concerned.
- Select Document Options → Edit Revision Information.
- Change the date or colour. You can leave the date empty to clear it when editing existing information.
- Select Save Changes.
Colours and dates identify the document in its sidebar, menu and focus bar. They do not themselves create locked pages or mark every changed screenplay line.
Choose What A Revision Means
Use a new revision when you want an editable draft that can be opened, changed and compared with another document. Use saved revision history to inspect or restore an earlier saved state of the same document; history entries are not separate drafts.
Revision colour and date are identification details. To see what changed between a revision and another draft, compare the two documents.
Troubleshooting
Creating a revision requires document creation permission. Editing its information requires writing access. Revision documents and saved-history snapshots are different: a revision is a draft you can open and edit, while history records previous saved writing for one document.