How to Use the Script Editor
Write, format, organize into tabs and pages, import, assign, comment on, and manage a Script from its editor and sidebar.
The Script editor is a focused writing space for turning an outline into a production-ready video document. The document stays in the center; fields, feedback, and history live together in the sidebar.
Write and structure the Script
Click into the document and write normally. Use headings for major beats, paragraphs for narration, lists for shots or examples, and comments for review notes.
Split the Script into tabs
Tabs work like tabs in Google Docs. They keep everything for one video in a single Script without making the read-through any longer. Use them for a B-roll list, a sponsor read, research notes, or an alternate cold open.
The tab bar sits under the document. Click a tab to switch to it, and click to add one.
To manage a tab, right-click it, or click the arrow on the open tab. From there you can rename it, duplicate it, move it left or right, or delete it. You can also double-click a tab to rename it, or drag it to a new spot.
Each tab has its own comments and history, so feedback stays with the text it's about. A tab with open comments shows how many on the tab itself.
Format text
The toolbar is laid out like Google Docs, left to right:
- Undo, redo, and zoom. Zoom only changes your view, and it's remembered on this device.
- Styles. Switch a block between Normal text and Heading 1–4. Headings feed the outline, so use them for the beats of your video.
- Font and size. Pick from a short list of fonts, including Courier Prime for screenplay-style scripts. Use and to step the size, or click the number for a preset.
- Bold, italic, underline, text color, and highlight. Color and highlight each have their own button, with a bar underneath showing the current color.
- Link, image, and comment.
- Alignment, line & paragraph spacing, and lists. Spacing applies to every paragraph you've selected. Set the line spacing (Single to Double), the space after each paragraph, or add space before one.
- More holds strikethrough, superscript and subscript, quotes, code blocks, horizontal lines, page breaks, and Clear formatting.
Select text to get a quick menu with the most common formatting, a comment button, and Ask AI. See Writing with AI in Scripts.
Find your way with the outline
Turn on the outline with the outline button at the right end of the toolbar, or View → Show Outline. It lists every heading in the tab you're on, indented by level. As you scroll, a highlight follows the section you're reading; click a heading to jump to it.
The outline replaces line numbers, which earlier versions of the editor had.
Pages or pageless
A Script starts pageless: one continuous document, best for writing on screen. Switch to pages with the page button at the right end of the toolbar, or View → Switch to Pages. The Script then lays out on Letter-size sheets, like a printed page. Text that doesn't fit moves to the next page, and a paragraph is never split across two. While you scroll, a page counter appears briefly beside the scrollbar.
To start a new page early, use More → Page break. Pages are a setting of the Script, so everyone on your team sees the same page numbers. When the window is too narrow for a full page, the page scales down to fit.
Import and export
Open File to import HTML, Markdown, text, or Word documents, or pull writing from Google Drive and Dropbox. Export when you need a copy outside Bluprint. Imports and exports use the tab you're on, while Make a Copy and templates copy every tab.
Use the Script sidebar
Open or close the sidebar from the button in the editor header. It has three tabs:
- Fields contains every field on the Script — the built-in ones, the linked Idea, and anything your Channel added.
- Comments contains inline review threads for the tab you're on.
- History contains snapshots of the tab you're on, which can be inspected or restored.
Assign teammates from Fields
Open the sidebar's Fields tab and use Assignees. Assign the writer, editor, producer, or reviewer who owns the next step. This replaces the former Assignees top-menu flow.
Built-in Script fields can be reordered or removed from the Channel, and you can add fields for workflow details such as review owner, sponsor approval, or target runtime.
Comments and history
Use Comments for questions and edit requests tied to exact text. Use History when you need to inspect or restore an earlier document state.