Scene View displays the scene heading, the scene title, the first line of scene summary and the first line of the scene’s action.
If you want to use Scene View go to View > Scene View:
This switches the current panel to Scene View, which displays each scene in its own row.
Because the rows of Scene View are shorter than Index Cards, more scenes are visible.
When View > Scene View is chosen for the first time, Scene View displays the scene heading, the scene title, the first line of scene summary and the first line of the scene’s action.
A scene row may be dragged and dropped to another location within Scene View and the scene will be relocated in the script as well.
Show / Hide Action / Summary / Scene Title (Scene View)
These commands are available when a script is in Scene View.
A Scene View scene with all components visible:
To access the following Hide / Show options, right-click or Control + click on a Scene View card and a context menu will be displayed:
Show / Hide Action
Hides or shows the first line of the action that appears on the script page.
Show / Hide Scene Title
Hides or shows the scene title, if scene titles have been written.
Show / Hide Summary
Hides or shows the first line of the summary, if scene summaries have been written.
The Scene Heading cannot be hidden.
New Scene
This command is enabled when the active panel is in Scene View.
To insert a new scene choose Insert > New Scene from the main menu:
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choose Insert New Scene from the Scene View context menu:
The new scene is inserted after the currently selected scene. If no scene is selected, the new scene is inserted at the end of the script.
For information on the shared functions of Scene View and Index Card panels read "Do Index Card panels and Scene View share functions?"
For more information on using Scene View read the following article: