How do I tag an item in a script?

If you want to tag an item or multiple items in your script:

1. Go to Production > Tags Mode;
2. Highlight the word, phrase or paragraph to be tagged;
3. The tagging window will be displayed;
4. Choose a category from the dropdown menu;
5. The highlighted text will by default be shown as the name of the tag;
   1. To tag the item as it appears on the page, for this scene only, click Tag or press Shift + Return on the keyboard OR;
   2. To change the name of the tag (for example from “The Porsche” to “Bob’s Car,”) enter a desired tag name in the Tag As field OR;
   3.  To use an existing tag, choose it from the upper-right panel;
6. Choose Tag All to tag all instances of this item in the script;
7. Click OK to dismiss the tagging confirmation window.

In this example, “gold key” will be tagged as a Prop in the sample script that comes with Final Draft 12, Tangle & Mossy:

1. Go to Help > Sample Scripts and choose Script;
2. Untitled Tangle & Mossy Script will open;
3. Scroll to the beginning of the script;
4. Go to Production and choose Tags Mode;
5. At the top of the script highlight “GOLD KEY”;
6. From the Category dropdown, double-click Props or click Props and then click Tag All.  (Choose Tag All if “gold key” should be tagged as a prop in all scenes in the script -- and in this example, it should.)   Click Tag All and all instances of “gold key” will be tagged as a prop. 

“GOLD KEY” is now tagged as a prop in this scene.  Its tagged status and category is indicated by its brown text:

However, this prop is referred to in various places in the script as either "gold key" or "key."  Tagging all instances of "gold key" will not identify or tag "key" as the same prop, so "key" must be tagged as "gold key" as well.  To do so, find an instance of "key" in the script (p.9) and highlight it.  The tagging window will be displayed and the default tag will be "key"; choose "GOLD KEY" from the Reuse an Existing Tag field to replace "key" with "GOLD KEY" and click Tag All:

Now all instances of "gold key" and "key" will be tagged as the same item.

To learn more about tagging characters and the Tags Navigator read "How do I link a character with tagged items in a script?", "How do I use the Tags Navigator?" and "How do I tag in the Navigator?" 

For more information on tagging watch the following video: