# Edit metadata

Script metadata lets you create special tags for your script to be able to identify comic elements in your script. This metadata enables SmartText recognition so that, once your script is written, you can simply drag elements from your script and add them to your comic pages without having to re-enter the text!

You can also define information about your comic such as the author, issue number and copyright.

You can configure keywords for all the primary elements in Comic Life: pages, panels, balloons, captions and lettering.

To configure keywords do any of the following on the Script tab of the Format sidebar:

- Configure page, panel, caption or lettering keywords: Choose the appropriate category from the Keywords pop-up menu.

  The configured keywords are listed below. To make changes to the keywords, do any of the following:

  - Add a keyword: Click the + button and enter a new keyword.
  - Change a keyword: Double click the keyword and enter a new keyword.
  - Remove a keyword: Select the keyword and click the - button.
- Configure balloon keywords: Balloons are handled a bit differently, because character names are used to identify the words spoken. So as long as the character identifier follows the convention of a word followed by a ":" it will be recognized. Instead the kind of balloon to be associated with different speech modifiers is configurable.

  To identify the type of speech simply put the corresponding keyword in parentheses after the character name:

  - Velma (whisper):
  - Fred (thought):
  - Shaggy (exclaim):

  Choose the Balloon option from the popup menu.

  To make changes to the keywords, do any of the following:

  - Add a keyword: Click the + button and enter a new keyword. Select the associated speech type from the menu.
  - Change a speech type: Click on the speech type and choose a different one from the menu.
  - Change a keyword: Double click the keyword and enter a new keyword.
  - Remove a keyword: Select the keyword and click the - button.

  When dragged in the specified speech type will be created instead of the regular balloon. See dragging script elements for more information.

## See also

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