Recipes: common jobs, step by step

Bring in an existing manuscript and keep writing it

New Project, Import draft, pick the file. It opens as your Draft. Into an existing project instead: My Drafts, plus, Import. Do not route a manuscript through the Library; that opens a reader, not the editor.

Restructure a draft

Open Navigation in the left rail and drag headings (or scenes) to move whole sections. For one paragraph, drag its :: handle, or use the block menu’s Move block up / down.

Keep versions safely

One draft per version in My Drafts, folders for Finished and Submissions, and Duplicate (in Draft Options) before any risky rewrite. Remember the asymmetry: projects go to Trash, drafts delete forever.

Compare two drafts

Split screen, open the second draft in the right pane. Works across projects too.

Turn research into material

Drop the PDF on the Plan (Upload, from computer). Open it full screen. With Companion: Pull the key points, or Turn this into Stickies on the Plan. Without: read in place, take your own Stickies alongside.

Fix a mis-formatted script

Click the wrong block, then the block indicator at top right, and pick the right type. Or select the messy region and use Fix my formatting (Companion, screenplay only), then accept or reject each correction.

Give Companion house rules for one project

Right-click the project card, More info, Companion instructions. Whatever you write there governs Companion in that project only.

Design the cover

Right-click the card, Edit Poster: Penguin, Monogram, or manuscript-paper style, seven colors, or your own image. Edit the title text directly on the poster.

Get a project back

Right rail, Trash. Every item shows Recover and how many of the 30 days remain. If its original home no longer exists, Skrib recovers it to the root of the Library and tells you.

Export for a submission

Draft Options, Export as: DOCX or PDF for a manuscript, FDX or PDF for a script. The page you see is the page they get.