# ScribeWare Directions ## ScribeWare Directions - [Welcome to the ScribeWare Training Site](https://docs.scribeware.com/readme.md): Need a little help getting started with ScribeWare? Want to take full advantage of all of ScribeWare’s features and flexibility? We’ve got you covered. - [Overview](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/overview.md): This video reviews a finished report so newer Scribers see what they want to achieve with their own reports and customizations. The second part shows how the report was made on the back end. - [ScribeWare and Desktop Basics](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics.md): This video is a good place to get started. We create a new report and go through many of the most basic report writing actions. - [Understanding Chapters and Sections](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/understanding-chapters-and-sections.md): ScribeWare reports can be organized into chapters and within each chapter you can create sections and within each section you can create data fields. This is all customizable and the critical logic of - [The Left Side Bar](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/the-left-side-bar.md): The left side bar inside of a report is where you can... - [Understanding Data Fields](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/understanding-data-fields.md): Data fields are where you can build fields to quickly describe materials or site conditions. Later videos will show you how to edit and cuist9mize these. The slides below show you how they work. - [Understanding Narratives](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/understanding-narratives.md): Managing a narrative library is a key workflow for writing great reports efficiently and effectively. ScribeWare has powerful tools for creating and managing your pre-made narrative comments. - [Adding Observations](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/adding-observations.md): Adding observations is how you write narratives into your report. This series of slides should help you understand the basics of adding an observation. - [Adding Hot Links to a Narrative](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/adding-hot-links-to-a-narrative.md): This shows how you add links to websites and other information into your narratives. - [The Difference Between Narratives and Templates](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/the-difference-between-narratives-and-templates.md): This is critical to understand prior to making any template or library customizations. - [Photos and Videos](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/photos-and-videos.md): This is a basic 101 level overview showing connecting photos and videos and other media to your inspection report - [Cutting and Pasting Media Into a Report](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/cutting-and-pasting-media-into-a-report.md): This shows using the snipping tool and shows examples of snipping from a product manual right into ScribeWare - [How Desktop and Mobile Work Together](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/scribeware-and-desktop-basics/how-desktop-and-mobile-work-together.md): ScribeWare runs great on both mobile and desktop! Learn how to the two work together. - [Ideas for Multi-Family](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/ideas-for-multi-family.md): This shows how you can use the multi-family chapter provided with the Narrative Template to do multi-family inspections. - [The Mobile Version](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version.md) - [Written Overview of the Mobile App](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/written-overview-of-the-mobile-app.md): We have laid out the functions of the mobile app into a sequence of visuals with words to help you understand the overall workflow on the mobile app - [Video Overview of the Mobile App](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/video-overview-of-the-mobile-app.md): This video shows much of the mobile app functionality and workflow - [Adding and Renaming Chapters and Sections](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/adding-and-renaming-chapters-and-sections.md): This is a powerful feature on the mobile app to customize your report to precisely fit the building or element you are inspecting. - [Adding Pictures from Your Mobile Device's Gallery into a ScribeWare Report](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/adding-pictures-from-your-mobile-devices-gallery-into-a-scribeware-report.md): This allows you to use your native camera and drop those photos into a report. Note: Each device may work slightly differently with this. - [Submit Feedback on Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/submit-feedback-on-mobile.md): This feature helps us help you. Having trouble with the app? Use this to send us feedback so we can quickly diagnose and correct any issues. - [How Syncing Works](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/how-syncing-works.md): LIVE SYNCING: The first video shows a split screen of using the mobile app and watching in almost real time the desktop fill in as it goes. This shows live syncing. - [Mobile Sync Settings](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/mobile-sync-settings.md) - [Photo Annotations on Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/photo-annotations-on-mobile.md): This shows the built in photo annotation feature on the ScribeWare mobile app. - [Voice-to-text Tips For Scribers](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/voice-to-text-tips-for-scribers.md): This shows why using Google's Gboard and working in airplane mode is so powerful - [Mobile Publishing](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/mobile-publishing.md): This shows you how to publish your report from your mobile device. - [Mobile App Preview](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/mobile-app-preview.md): This shows how to use Report Observations on the mobile app as a way to preview a report. This will help you review the report with the client on-site. - [Photo Tags on Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/photo-tags-on-mobile.md) - [Observation Tags on Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/observation-tags-on-mobile.md): This shows using observation tags to tag locations on the mopbile app. - [Copy Chapter and Copy Section](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/copy-chapter-and-copy-section.md): This lets you add water heaters, kitchens, bathrooms, laundry facilities and anything you need on the fly. - [Directions to Your Job](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/the-mobile-version/directions-to-your-job.md): Using the ScribeWare link to directions is a great way to ensure your template is loaded and you will all be working on the same job if you work in teams. - [Managing Photos, Videos and Illustrations](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations.md): This video shows using the media folders on the left side of the desktop - [Connecting Photos and Videos to Use in Your Report](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/connecting-photos-and-videos-to-use-in-your-report.md): This first video shows how you can use media from the gallery of your mobile device and share it with ScribeWare and how you can also take media from ScribeWare and back it up on your mobile device. - [Picture in Picture Photo Editing](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/picture-in-picture-photo-editing.md) - [Tagging Photos](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/tagging-photos.md): This video shows how to use and set up the photos tagging feature - [The Report Directory](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/the-report-directory.md): This is a great way to access the photos and media that you have used in your report. You will fin this on your home page. - [External Media and Illustration Folders](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/external-media-and-illustration-folders.md) - [Adding Illustrations to The Illustrations Folders](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/adding-illustrations-to-the-illustrations-folders.md): This shows how to add and manage your illustrations folders on the right - [CYA Photos](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/managing-photos-videos-and-illustrations/cya-photos.md): This video shows four ways to use and manage your CYA photos - [Submit Feedback for Desktop and Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/submit-feedback-for-desktop-and-mobile.md): On Desktop: Use the submit feedback button to contact us and get your questions answered and diagnose problems you may be having so we can keep you company up and running efficiently and effectively. - [Finish Report Overview with The Request List Builder](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/finish-report-overview-with-the-request-list-builder.md): Consider making a video of your branded and custom ScribeWare report and show the Real Estate Brokers you work with how much time you can save them with the Request List Builder. - [Gunnysacks and Handling Multiple Defects With The Same System](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/gunnysacks-and-handling-multiple-defects-with-the-same-system.md) - [Photo Captions to Bullets Feature](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/gunnysacks-and-handling-multiple-defects-with-the-same-system/photo-captions-to-bullets-feature.md): This first video shows using the photo captions to bullets feature. This allows Scribers to gather granular details with photos and captions and display those details within a parent comment. - [Using Gunnysacks to Reduce The Number of Comments You Need to Maintain](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/gunnysacks-and-handling-multiple-defects-with-the-same-system/using-gunnysacks-to-reduce-the-number-of-comments-you-need-to-maintain.md): This invaluable technique lets you replace 5 or ten comments with a single comment that can be molded to fit myriad different situations. - [Finding ScribeWare Templates](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/finding-scribeware-templates.md): This shows you how to reboot the onboaridng questionaire. This allows a Scriber to find some of the other default templates included with ScribeWare. - [Setting Up A Team](https://docs.scribeware.com/getting-started/setting-up-a-team.md): This will help if you want more than one person in your account - [ADVANCED WORKFLOWS](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows.md) - [Inspector Only Notes and Narrative Shortcuts](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/inspector-only-notes-and-narrative-shortcuts.md): This is a powerful feature that is super important to understand and is less intuitive. - [Gunnysacks](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/gunnysacks-and-magic-captions.md): These are some of the most powerful workflow innovations in ScribeWare. If you don't get your head around thee you are simply leaving money on the table. - [Photo Captions to Bullets](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/photo-captions-to-bullets.md): Magic Captions! - [Add To Observation on Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/add-to-observation-on-mobile.md): This is a great way to use the photo bucket approach to speed up your on-site report writing time. - [Location Tags on Mobile](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/location-tags-on-mobile.md): This is a fast way to add locations to findings on the mobile app - [Show Next to Connected Field Value](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/show-next-to-connected-field-value.md): This is a powerful feature that lets you work faster and / or create visual speration of your comments in your reports so your background information can be seperated from repair information. - [Buttons](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-workflows/buttons.md): Perfect for when you want to use the same narrative comment more than one time in a report. - [Setting a Summary Statement at the Top of Your Summary Page](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/setting-a-summary-statement-at-the-top-of-your-summary-page.md): Some states require a summary statement at the top of your summary page. This video will help show you how. If you need additional help, see The Power of Modifiers. - [Global Keyword Searching on Desktop](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/global-keyword-searching-on-desktop.md): This technique is away to write a report almost completely from your library. - [Inspector Only Notes](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/inspector-only-notes.md): What they do and how to build them. - [Editing Narrative Comments without Breaking Links](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/editing-narrative-comments-without-breaking-links.md): ... and quickly repairing links if you break them. - [Using Logic Trees](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/using-logic-trees.md): Logic trees take some time to build but they can be a great way to find comments. I use a logic tree in my bathrooms section a lot where I have a ton of specific comments. T - [Setting up Multiple Companies in ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/setting-up-multiple-companies-in-scribeware.md): ScribeWare supports multiple companies under the same roof so to speak. - [What's New](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/whats-new.md): This is not needed regularly, but once in a while, we push a more advanced update that can require you to update from the What's New tab near the bottom of Settings. - [Moving Chapters Between Templates](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/moving-chapters-between-templates.md): This is useful if you want to move chapters such as 4-point or wind mitigation chapters from one template to another. - [Setting Up a Data Tag Holder](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/setting-up-a-data-tag-holder.md): This shows how to build a data tag holder into your template - [Building Buttons](https://docs.scribeware.com/advanced-desktop/building-buttons.md): Buttons are super useful for making the same pre-made narrative comment over and over. - [Setting Up Your Business](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/setting-up-your-business.md) - [The Settings](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/setting-up-your-business/the-settings.md): This video provides an overview of all the features in the settings tab. There is a lot under the hood here, so it is useful to understand all that lives here. - [Enter Company and Logo Information](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/setting-up-your-business/enter-company-and-logo-information.md): This is where you go to enter company and user information and also to place your initials and/or signature if these are needed on your report. - [Build Your Team](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/setting-up-your-business/build-your-team.md): You can invite team members into your account and even control the Admin status of each member of your team. - [Build and Manage Your Agreements](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/setting-up-your-business/build-and-manage-your-agreements.md): This shows you how to set up and edit contracts in ScribeWare - [Template Customization](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization.md) - [Be Sure You Understand How Templates Work in ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/be-sure-you-understand-how-templates-work-in-scribeware.md): This goes over setting up a report to act as your template and why we do this. It also includes the logic of how templates work and function in ScribeWare - [Building and Editing Descriptive Fields](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/building-and-editing-descriptive-fields.md): This is how you edit descriptions and add to pulldown lists and checkboxes. It also shows how to set required fields and connect descriptive narratives to descriptive fields. - [Moving Fields Between Chapters and Sections](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/moving-fields-between-chapters-and-sections.md): This is an incredibly useful for tool for rearranging templates. Think - dragging your fields from a wind mitigation form into your home inspection template - [Inspector Only Notes for Blazing Fast Comments](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/inspector-only-notes-for-blazing-fast-comments.md): This shows you how to build inspector-only notes and connect a narrative to the hidden check box. - [Resequencing and Renaming Chapters and Sections](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/resequencing-and-renaming-chapters-and-sections.md): This is critical basic functionality to understand for being abele to customize each template to suit each job and for customizing your templates to suit your workflow. - [Resequencing Data Fields](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/resequencing-data-fields.md): This shows how to move a whole group of data fields and move them elsewhere in a template while preserving any narrative connections. This is useful when you want to redesign your template. - [Recovering Chapters or Sections That Have Been Hidden](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/recovering-chapters-or-sections-that-have-been-hidden.md): This video shows how you can recover chapters or sections that have been hidden - [Building Links for Instant-Comments](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/building-links-for-instant-comments.md): There are several ways to build Instant-Comments into ScribeWare. - [Tricks for building a super-flexible template that can apply to most jobs](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/tricks-for-building-a-super-flexible-template-that-can-apply-to-most-jobs.md): Maintaining one template is hard enough. Maintaining multiple templates is just a drag. This video show why you might be able to use just a single template for all your different jobs. - [Building a Camera or Video Icon Into Your Template for Quick Photo Placement](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/building-a-camera-or-video-icon-into-your-template-for-quick-photo-placement.md) - [Merging Library Categories](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/merging-library-categories.md): This should show how to use the edit library category function to do some housekeeping and organize your narrative library - [Deleting a Template](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/template-customization/deleting-a-template.md): Deleting a template is easy.... just be sure you really want to. - [Narrative Customization](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization.md) - [Understanding Narrative Comments](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/understanding-narrative-comments.md): This covers writing and saving comments, changing modifiers, and customizing comments with different fonts, colors, and text replacements. - [Editing Your Narrative Library of Pre-Made Comments](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/editing-your-narrative-library-of-pre-made-comments.md): This video is helpful if you are customizing the default narrative template. You can customize the language to suit your style and then "Update Library" to save your version of the comment. - [Adding Hidden Blue Titles to Your Narratives](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/adding-hidden-blue-titles-to-your-narratives.md): This helps Scribers quickly retrieve and distinguish their comments. - [Blending Your Imported Library From Another Software Into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/blending-your-imported-library-from-another-software-into-scribeware.md): Moving your existing narratives over from another system can be time-consuming and challenging. We have some powerful tools to try and help. - [Blending Library Comments from Another Template Into Your Template](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/blending-library-comments-from-another-template-into-your-template.md) - [Saving Illustrations with Narratives](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/saving-illustrations-with-narratives.md): You can save illustrations with your narratives, so you do not need to keep adding them each time. - [Creating and Editing Text Replacement](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/creating-and-editing-text-replacement.md): Text replacement can help reduce the number of narratives in your report, speed up your report writing, and make your reports more specific. - [Using Parent Comments](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/using-parent-comments.md): Parent comments are a great way to leverage the power of voice to text and write detailed comments quickly. See this video. - [Building Gunnysacks](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/narrative-customization/building-gunnysacks.md): The first video shows a simple gunnysack comment using old windows as an example - [Library Features and Organization](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/library-features-and-organization.md) - [Editing Library Categories](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/library-features-and-organization/editing-library-categories.md): Library categories are a super powerful way to organize your library of narrative comments and share them throughout various templates. - [Using Library Categories to Populate a Section of Your Report With narratives](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/library-features-and-organization/using-library-categories-to-populate-a-section-of-your-report-with-narratives.md) - [Moving a Narrative from One Section to Another Section of Your Template](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/library-features-and-organization/moving-a-narrative-from-one-section-to-another-section-of-your-template.md): This video shows a few basic gunnysack management features and saves a narrative to a different section of the report using Library Categories. - [Blending Your Library From Another Software Into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/library-features-and-organization/blending-your-library-from-another-software-into-scribeware.md) - [Editing and Cutting From Your Library](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/library-features-and-organization/editing-and-cutting-from-your-library.md): This shows some examples of culling and cutting unwanted narratives from a library - [Adding Illustrations to the Illustrations Folders](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/adding-illustrations-to-the-illustrations-folders.md) - [Using Descriptions to Power Background Information and CYA](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/using-descriptions-to-power-background-information-and-cya.md) - [Setting Default Descriptions](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/using-descriptions-to-power-background-information-and-cya/setting-default-descriptions.md): This is key functionality if you want to have pre-made information populating in every single report you generate - [Powerful and Effective CYA and Boilerplate](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/using-descriptions-to-power-background-information-and-cya/powerful-and-effective-cya-and-boilerplate.md): Connecting a description to a pulldown - [Inspector Only Notes Where The Comment Stays Hidden](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/using-descriptions-to-power-background-information-and-cya/inspector-only-notes-where-the-comment-stays-hidden.md): This helps Scribers hide critical information in their templates for their personal use. - [The Power of Boilerplate](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/the-power-of-boilerplate.md): Understanding how boilerplate works in ScribeWare can help you adapt your business and your report writing to any type of job that comes your way. - [Contracts and Agreements](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/contracts-and-agreements.md): This video shows editing and setting up a contract or agreement including how to add placeholders to handle things like client names and property addresses - [The Power of Modifiers](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/the-power-of-modifiers.md): Modifiers are a powerful tool to help sort and quantify the data yo are gathering for your clients. - [Overview: Observation Modifiers](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/the-power-of-modifiers/overview-observation-modifiers.md): This is a good overview of how observation modifiers work. - [Setting a Default Modifier For a Section](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/the-power-of-modifiers/setting-a-default-modifier-for-a-section.md): This will help you set the default modifier for a section, so when you start a new observation, it will default to the modifier of your choice. - [Showing No Major Concerns](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/the-power-of-modifiers/showing-no-major-concerns.md): When there are no major concerns, you often want this to be shown in the summary page. - [Adding Sub-Modifiers to the Bottom of Narratives](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/the-power-of-modifiers/adding-sub-modifiers-to-the-bottom-of-narratives.md): This shows how you can build and add lists of sub-modifiers - [Customizing Your Summary Page](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/customizing-your-summary-page.md): This shows shows how you can customize your summary page - [Photo Tags](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/photo-tags.md): This shows how to use tagging photos. - [Observation Tags](https://docs.scribeware.com/customizations/observation-tags.md): This shows the observation tags feature. This is a very powerful tool that lets you parse and organize your data in unique ways. - [The Narrative Template](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/the-narrative-template.md): ScribeWare's default Narrative Template produces a narrative style report that can be used for residential, light commercial, full condo, interior condo, and consultation inspections. - [Check Box Style With Short Narratives](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/check-box-style-with-short-narratives.md): This template uses a familiar check box system to help make sure you find everything you are looking for. The template includes a lot of defect narratives available with the click of a button. - [Condo Inspections](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/condo-inspections.md): You can use the Universal Narrative inspection template for interior only or full condos. - [Pest Inspections](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/pest-inspections.md): There are several options for including pest inspections in ScribeWare. - [Texas TREC Templates](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/texas-trec-templates.md): ScribeWare complies with the latest Texas TREC requirements - [Written Consultations and One-Item Inspections](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/written-consultations-and-one-item-inspections.md) - [Sewer Scope Inspection Reports](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/sewer-scope-inspection-reports.md) - [Reinspections. Everyone's Favorite!](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/re-inspections.-everyones-favorite.md): While it is true that you can never really charge enough for re-inspections, we have some great workflows in ScribeWare to help you nail these. - [Pools and Spas](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/pools-and-spas.md) - [RV Inspections](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/rv-inspections.md) - [California EEE Balcony Inspections](https://docs.scribeware.com/templates-specialty-templates-ancillary-services-and-odd-jobs/california-eee-inspections.md): This video shows you how the California Balcony EEE template works. This is a great starting place to do these inspections. - [Using PDF forms](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/using-pdf-forms.md) - [Attaching PDF's to Your Inspection Report](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/attaching-pdfs-to-your-inspection-report.md): This shows how to add a PDF to ScribeWare and attach it to a narrative comment. It also shows how to save that comment as an inspector only note or a default discription. - [Configuring PDF form fills in ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/configuring-pdf-form-fills-in-scribeware.md): ScribeWare can be used to fill in virtually any PDF form. This walk through will show you how to configure it for your own forms. - [Adding PDF form fields to your ScribeWare template](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/configuring-pdf-form-fills-in-scribeware/adding-pdf-form-fields-to-your-scribeware-template.md) - [Uncover your PDF's Database Field names](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/configuring-pdf-form-fills-in-scribeware/uncover-your-pdfs-database-field-names.md): In order to tell SW what information goes where, you need to know a given field's Database Field Name. Here's, we'll show you how. - [Filling your PDF form with commonly used information](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/configuring-pdf-form-fills-in-scribeware/filling-your-pdf-form-with-commonly-used-information.md) - [Filling your PDF form with field-specific information](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/configuring-pdf-form-fills-in-scribeware/filling-your-pdf-form-with-field-specific-information.md) - [Adding pages to your PDF with additional information](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/configuring-pdf-form-fills-in-scribeware/adding-pages-to-your-pdf-with-additional-information.md) - [Customizing the Look of the Report](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/customizing-the-look-of-the-report.md): Scribers can use Cascading Style Sheets or CSS coding to customize the look of their finished reports - [Integrations](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/integrations.md) - [ISN](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/integrations/isn.md) - [Keystone](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/integrations/keystone.md): Keystone is a business management and scheduling platform designed for home inspectors and made by the folks at iGo. - [Zapier](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/integrations/zapier.md) - [REST API (beta)](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/integrations/rest-api-beta.md): The REST API allows you to programmatically create inspection reports in ScribeWare and receive webhook notifications when reports are published. This is a standalone integration that does not require - [Your Data in ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/into-the-weeds/your-data-in-scribeware.md): Working in ScribeWare is like working on Google docs. The system auto-saves everything. We almost never lose data for this reason. - [How to import your Spectora templates into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/making-the-transition/how-to-import-your-spectora-templates-into-scribeware.md): Importing your Spectora templates into ScribeWare just takes a few steps, and will help give you a head start on your transition into a best solution for your business! - [How to import your Home Inspection Pro (HIP) template into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/making-the-transition/how-to-import-your-home-inspection-pro-hip-template-into-scribeware.md): We can import your HIP templates and libraries into ScribeWare, giving you a head start on making the transition! - [How to import your InspectIt templates into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/making-the-transition/how-to-import-your-inspectit-templates-into-scribeware.md) - [How to import your HomeGauge templates into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/making-the-transition/how-to-import-your-homegauge-templates-into-scribeware.md) - [Transitioning from other software into ScribeWare](https://docs.scribeware.com/making-the-transition/transitioning-from-other-software-into-scribeware.md) - [What is the difference between Default Descriptions and Default Field Values?](https://docs.scribeware.com/faq/what-is-the-difference-between-default-descriptions-and-default-field-values.md): Both techniques offer options for displaying default information with every new report, but they act differently. - [How can I move comments / narratives in my template?](https://docs.scribeware.com/faq/how-can-i-move-comments-narratives-in-my-template.md): There are two ways to move comments within your template. Do it in bulk using the library catagory feature. The other is the edit in library - move one at a time. - [Why Are Pictures From Another Job Showing Up In This Report?](https://docs.scribeware.com/faq/why-are-pictures-from-another-job-showing-up-in-this-report.md): This is likley because you are confusing the mobile media from the media folder tool. - [Preview not opening](https://docs.scribeware.com/troubleshooting/preview-not-opening.md) - [Troubleshooting Syncing](https://docs.scribeware.com/troubleshooting-syncing.md): The data syncing in ScribeWare is amazingly reliable, but hiccups can occur. Understanding how syncing works can help you diagnose and correct syncing issues quickly. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. 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