Where are character names, locations, etc stored?

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Hi. I am an enthusiastic Scrivener 2 user and have a special problem.
I am taking a course in scriptwriting in Spanish and using Scrivener for a project.
I am now working on a small script using the incorporated scriptwriting program and would like to access where the pop-up transition, day/night, etc. choices are to add some in Spanish to save time. (Corta a: instead of Cut to: for example)
But I can’t find where they are and am not sure I can even do this.
I could use Screenwriter to do this but would like to keep it all in one program.
Is this possible and if so, how do I do it?

Thanks for any help on this.

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OK. Here I am again answering my own question.

I started digging around and discovered Project>Auto-complete list. It does exactly what I wanted.

Sorry. But maybe this helps someone with the same question.

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Just to add to this, there are also special lists for different script elements, which you can see if you go into Format>Scriptwriting>Script Settings… and click the Auto-Complete tab there. You can set the options there so that words are automatically added to your project list, or that they take words from your project list; you can also have them only offer words from that element-specific list, so that you don’t end up with suggestions that are irrelevant–e.g. you might want “Celso’s House” as a scene heading suggestion but not as a character suggestion.

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Thanks for that suggestion.

One question: is what you indicate project specific?

I would like to make a template to use only with scripts I write in Spanish. I ask this before I start deleting all the fade in, cut to, fade to black and change them to Spanish. I would then save it as a template.

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The project auto-complete list and the script settings are project-specific, yes. So you can set up everything in the project the way you want it, including the script settings, and then save that whole project as a template for future scripts. You can also save the script settings themselves for use in other projects via the “Manage…” drop-down menu within the Script Settings window; you can then access them regardless of the project template you use to start.