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Element styles

StoryLines provides a fixed set of element styles per report style. An element style allows you to switch a feature on or off, or to specify a particular kind of layout when generating reports, or to specify values for an element such as page margins.

These are the element styles supported.

Show Title Page Whether to show the title page, with title, copyright and address.
Show Project Description Whether to show the project description.
Show Project Notes Whether to show the project notes, as edited in the Project Notes tab.
Show Story Details Whether to show the story details, as edited in the Project Information dialog.
Show Character Profiles Whether to show the story details, as edited in the Project Information dialog.
Show Location Profiles Whether to show the location details, as edited in the Project Information dialog.
Show Storyline Descriptions Whether to show all storyline descriptions before start of content.
Show Storyline Description By Storyline Whether to show each storyline description when laying out by storyline.
Show Card Content Whether to show the optional card content (for example, dialogue).
Format Content as Script Whether to format the card content as script text containing action, cues and dialogue.
Show Storyline Name Whether to show the storyline name that can appear before card description and content.
Specify Card Layout Specifies layout by storyline or chronologically.
Enable Scene Auto Heading Fill in as many missing scene heading details as possible in order to satisfy import criteria for screenwriting packages, such as Sophocles and Final Draft.
Show Scene Heading Whether to show the scene heading that can contain other elements such as column number, column label, location, time.
Show Column Number Whether to show the column number.
Show Column Label Whether to show the optional column label.
Section Heading Style The style used for formatting section headings. This can be Section, Part, Chapter, Beat or a word you type.
Show Scene Time Whether to show the time (day or night). Not shown if Unknown.
Show Scene Location Whether to show the interior or exterior selection. Not shown if Unknown.
Show Scene Location Details Whether to show the custom location text.
Show Card Annotation Whether to show the text from the Annotation tab.
Show Card Description Whether to show the text from the Description tab.
Insert Blank Line After Cue Whether to insert a blank line after the Character Cue when formatting dialogue.
Use Header Whether to show the page header; allows the user to set the header text.
Use Footer Whether to show the page footer; allows the user to set the footer text.
Use Page Margins Whether to specify the page left, right, top and bottom margins; allows setting of these values.