A rundown is Scripto's version of a spreadsheet. The editing behavior might feel familiar if you've used MS Excel or Google Sheets. Here's the nitty gritty of how to edit a rundown in Scripto.
Parts of a rundown
Header is home to the rundown title and parent-folder locator button, last edited info, split editor controls and the close button.
Controls column is home to the controls for each row of the rundown— the drag handle and row-selection checkbox. On script rows or rows that were imported from a script, the purple icon is also a link back to that script or text block.
Toolbar is where rundown menus live: Edit, Insert, Numbering, Hide / Show columns, and Export.
Context menu provides quick access to key actions by right-clicking anywhere in the rundown grid.
Status bar is home to timing information on the right and user view preferences on the left.
Selecting & editing cells
Selecting a cell
Click once on a cell to select it. When a cell is selected, your keyboard arrow keys will move your selection from cell to cell. You can also use Tab to move your selection forward to the next cell in the row or Shift + Tab to move your selection back to the previous cell in the row.
⚡️ Power user keyboard shortcut: Command + arrow key will move your selection to the first or last cell in the row or column (depending which arrow key you tap.)
Editing a cell
When you have a cell selected, just start typing and the cell will switch into edit mode. Notice that when you're in edit mode, your arrow keys now move your cursor around the text inside that cell rather than moving your cell selection.
When you are done typing in a cell, hit Enter to move down to the next cell in a column or Tab to move forward to the next cell in the row. (Shift + Tab will move you back to the previous cell in the row.)
📌 There are some power user nuances to be aware of if you want to edit a cell that already has text in it!
If you select a cell with text in it and just start typing, you'll replace the existing text with whatever you type. Handy in some cases, but annoying in others!
If you want to add to the existing text in a cell, you can either double-click the cell to enter edit mode directly, or select the cell and press Enter to begin editing. When you press Enter, the cell’s contents will be highlighted—ready to be replaced or modified. To preserve the existing text and simply add to it, use the left or right arrow key to move your cursor to the beginning or end before typing.
Some columns in a rundown are specifically for timing information. The cells in these columns only accept durations. 0:23, 1:05 and 97 are all valid durations but Hello is not.
A tip for entering time values quickly is that you can simply type the number of seconds and Scripto will convert that into the standard "timing" syntax.
For instance, if you type "10" into a timing cell, Scripto will display that as
0:10
. If you type "92" into a timing cell, Scripto will display it as1:32
Row editing
Adding one new row
To add a new row to the rundown, select a cell, then click the Insert menu in the toolbar.
Select Insert row above to add a new standard row to the rundown. The row will be inserted above the row that your selected cell is in.
Depending on your rundown configuration, you may also see options for adding header rows such as an Act or Slug row.
Note that you can also access the Insert row actions from the context menu. To bring up the context menu, right click on any cell.
Bulk adding multiple rows
From the Insert menu or the Context menu, select Insert multiple rows...
A modal will open where you can input the number of rows you want to add. If you want to add the default 10 rows, just hit Enter. Otherwise, edit the number and enter Enter or click Insert.
Reordering rows
To move a row, click on its drag handle (six gray dots on the far left side of the row) then drag and drop it in the new position.
To move multiple rows at the same time, select all the rows you want to move, then click on the handle of any selected rows, drag them to the new location, then release.
Selecting rows
Select a row by checking the checkbox in the controls column.
To select multiple rows, you can click the checkbox for each row one at a time. But this approach is sloooooow so it's useful to know a few faster methods:
If you select one row, hold the Shift key, then select another row, every row between the two rows will automatically get selected.
If you hold the Option or Alt key and click on a header row, it will select all the rows until the next header of the same type. For instance, holding option and clicking an act row will select all the rows in that act, while holding option and clicking a slug row will select all the rows in that slug.
Unselecting rows
Click on the checkbox of a selected row to unselect it.
If you want to get rid of multi-row selections quickly, just click anywhere on the grid except for the controls column.
Deleting rows
To delete one row, select a cell (or the entire row) then open the Edit menu and select delete row. If you have just a cell selected, you'll delete the row that cell is on.
To delete multiple rows at the same time, select all the rows you want to delete and then select Delete rows from the Edit menu
You can also access the delete row action from the context menu.
Adding scripts to rundowns and importing rows
Adding scripts to a rundown and importing rows from a script into a rundown is such an important action that it gets its own page in our documentation. 📚 Learn more
Copy and pasting
Cells
Click on the cell you want to copy, then press Command (⌘) + C or choose Copy cell from the Edit menu or right-click Context menu.
Click on the cell you want to paste into and press Command (⌘) + V
📌 Note that you can only paste into a cell using the keyboard shortcut. For security reasons, browsers don't let websites access your operating system's clipboard. That means Scripto can't initiate the 'Paste into cell' action from a menu.
Rows
Select one or more rows you want to copy, then press Command (⌘) + C or choose Copy row(s) from the Edit menu or right-click Context menu.
Pasted rows will not overwrite existing rows in the rundown.
To paste the copied rows, select a row or cell and choose Paste [#] row(s) above from the Edit menu or Context menu. The copied rows will be inserted as new rows above the selected row.
🤔 Why no keyboard shortcut for pasting rows?
Scripto doesn’t use your system clipboard to copy rows—instead, we store them internally in memory. That’s why we can offer a menu action to paste rows, but can’t assign ⌘+V, since the browser reserves that shortcut for pasting from your operating system’s clipboard.
Moving around the grid without a mouse
When you have a cell selected, you can move up, down, left, or right using the arrow keys.
Hold Command (⌘) while pressing an arrow key to jump to the beginning or end of a row or column instead of moving one cell at a time.
You can also move right by pressing Tab, or move left with Shift + Tab
To edit the contents of a selected cell, either start typing or press Enter.
If you just start typing, the current contents will be replaced.
If you press Enter, you’ll enter edit mode, and the contents of the cell will be highlighted.
While editing a cell, the arrow keys move your cursor within the text.
Hold Command (⌘) and press an arrow key to jump the cursor to the start or end of the text.
When you’re done editing:
Press Enter to move to the next cell in the column, or
Press Tab to move to the next cell in the row
Use Shift + Tab to go to the previous cell in the row.
Rundown columns
Click on the Hide Columns menu, uncheck any columns you don’t want to see, and hit Done. This only changes your personal view—no one else’s view will be affected.