The Navigator 2.0 is a set of configurable tables that display a script’s scenes, ScriptNotes, characters and other information. Any number of tables can be created, customized and named for specific purposes.
- Navigator > Scenes
- Navigator > ScriptNotes
- Navigator > Characters
- Navigator > Tags
The Navigator 2.0 will open by default the first time Final Draft 13 s launched. To remove it from the screen:
Choose Tools > Hide Navigator
- or -
click on the Close border icon of the Scene Navigator window.
To display it again, from the Tools menu, choose Show Navigator or click its down-pointing arrow to select the desired Navigator panel.
There's also the Show/Hide Navigator button the customizable Toolbar (which pressing shows or hides the Navigator):
Navigator > Script
When the Navigator is launched, its panel will be displayed, opened to a Script tab:
This view contains a table of the scenes in the active script. Each row of the table corresponds to a scene in the script. The highlighted row in the Navigator corresponds to the currently-selected scene in the active script. If multiple scenes are selected in the active panel, the highlighted row corresponds to the last scene added to the selected scenes. If another script is made active, the Navigator displays the scenes in the new active script.
Navigator > Script Tasks
Tags -- adds to the table a new panel at the bottom which displays tagging functionality. See Tagging for more information.
Reports -- displays a list of available reports. See Reports for more information on creating reports.
Filter -- displays scenes based on search criteria entered. Type a search term such as “ext.” or “int.” (without quotes), a location, a time of day, a character name or a word in an action paragraph (the Filter field does not search for individual words in dialogue).
As more text is entered, scenes containing the search term will be displayed.
As more letters are entered into the search box, the search becomes more specific.
To view all scenes again, delete the search term from the Filter field.
For more information on the Navigator 2.0 and the Script tab watch the following video:
Navigator > ScriptNotes
This tab contains a table of all the ScriptNotes in the active script. If another script is made active, the Navigator displays the ScriptNotes in the new active script.
In this panel, a ScriptNote's properties can be edited.
Navigator > ScriptNotes Tasks
Insert ScriptNote -- inserts a new ScriptNote at the cursor location on the page. See Insert > ScriptNote for more information on creating a ScriptNote.
Delete ScriptNote -- removes the currently-selected Scriptnote. A ScriptNote can also be deleted by pressing Delete or Backspace on the keyboard. Note that there is no confirmation dialogue when deleting a ScriptNote.
Export -- create a CSV file of the currently-displayed columns in the tab (see Exporting below for information on importing this file into a spreadsheet program.
Reports -- creates a report with options to include some or all of the available ScriptNote properties (Color, Date Created, Writer, etc.). This report may be edited and exported as various file types, including FDX, RTF and PDF (File > Export > Document). See Reports for more information on creating a ScriptNote report.
Filter -- displays ScriptNotes based on search criteria entered into the Filter field (similar to filtering the Scene Navigator).
Type a search term such as a word written in a ScriptNote, a ScriptNote type, a ScriptNote name or a date on which one or more ScriptNotes was created or modified. As text is entered, ScriptNotes containing the search term will be displayed. To view all ScriptNotes again, delete the search term from the Filter field.
Navigator > Characters
This tab contains a table of the characters in the script and can display or hide information about each character. To show or hide characters' information, use the Column picker at the upper right of the table.
As in the other sections of the Navigator, the columns containing these statistics can be sorted in ascending or descending order to determine which characters have the most presence in the story and which have the least.
For more information on the Navigator 2.0 and the Charcater tab watch the following video:
Navigator > Tags
See "What is tagging?", "How do I use the Tags Navigator?" and "How do I tag in the Navigator?"
Manage Tabs and Columns
See "How do I manage tabs and columns in the Navigator?"
And learn how the Navigator 2.0 can help your scriptwriting read the following article: