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1. e 2 5 ee end a Sade gt Shoe je mM a se Control Keys Previous Element Next Element Previous Scene Next Scene Goto Top of Script Goto End of Script Goto Page Menu Next character Previous character Next Word Previous Word Beginning of current line End of current line A OEP Previous Line Next Line Previous Screen Next Screen The following keys are optional Quick Keys to use for text input Most of them also have a Menu or Speed Button equivalent e 5 Toggles Bold on off e s Copies highlighted text 71 COMMAND KEYS HOLLYWOOD J CxiJ C Displays a pop up list of all Existing Character Names plays a pop up 8 for your selection E Puts you into a Scene Heading element and inserts EXT L Pops up the Goto Page Menu L Puts you into a Scene Heading element and inserts INT L SpellChecks the word preceding the cursor L If you aren t in a Shot element it puts you into one If QuickType is on a pop up list of Initial Shot Text displays for your selection If you re already in a Shot then the list of Initial Shot Text displays regardless of the status of QuickType F Pops up the Print dialog box R Forces a Repagination of your script x some If you aren t in a Transition element then it puts you in
2. Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text use when line spacing in the source text is inconsistant though it can cause shots to be imported as Character Names Don t use Capitalization Information for Element identification use when Character Names may be lower case in the source text Ignore Margins for Element identification Action is in Parenthenticals x cance 7 Help To import a script file Import in Script Format should be checked To import an outline or some other non script text check Import Text as Action Only IMPORTING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD Text Only Non RTF checking this CheckBox if available imports the file slightly faster and may improve the accuracy of the import It also loses any bold italic or underline formatting Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text causes Hollywood Screenwriter to normalize inconsistent line spacing and margins In most cases this produces the most accurate import However it may cause Shots to be misinterpreted as Character Names Don t use Capitalization Information for Element identification some word processors lose Capitalization Information when exporting files Checking this box tells Hollywood Screenwriter to ignore Capitalization when identifying Elements Ignore Margins for Element identification some script files have their script elements defined by their margins others by codes or Hard Returns
3. 52 SCREENWRITER IMPORTING SCRIPTS NOTE The following instructions assume that your Hollywood Screenwriter script subdirectory is set to C Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts If not type in the correct subdirectory where appropriate Direct Import To open an MS Word WordPerfect WordStar for DOS ASCII or RTF file 1 Open the Hollywood Screenwriter program 2 Under the File Menu select Open 3 Select the File Type for the type of file you re opening If the file you want to import doesn t have the appropriate File Extension e g RTF for Rich Text Format etc selecting All Files as the file type shows files with any extension 4 Selectthe file you want to import to Hollywood Screenwriter If necessary change the subdirectory by double clicking on the Path Tree Click on OK The Text Interpretation dialog box appears How should Interpret This Text Import Text in Script Format Import Text as Action Only Iz Textonty Non RIP Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text use when line spacing in the source text is inconsistant though it can cause shots to be imported as Character Names Don tuse Capitalization Information for Element identification use when Character Names may be lower case in the source text Ignore Margins for Element identification Action is Parenthenticals X Cancel Help To import a script file Import in
4. Clipboard 64 Close 63 72 COLD OPENING 31 36 Competitions 1 Contents 66 Context sensitive help 10 Control key combination 33 Control key 26 Control Keys 70 Copy 64 Copy and Paste 39 Copying and Pasting with the Mouse 40 Count Words 66 Covers 7 Current Element window 25 32 56 Current Page 48 Currently displayed script 16 Cursor Movement Keys 69 Cut 64 Cut amp Paste importing 51 Cut and Paste 39 61 Cut and Paste Exporting 61 Cut and Paste Import 53 CUT TO 36 Cutting and Pasting with the Mouse 39 Cutting Copying Pasting with the Keyboard 40 D DAY 36 de select 38 De Selecting Text 39 Default User Lists 35 Delete 64 Delete a Block 41 Delete Block Button 41 Delete Current Word 41 Delete Left 41 Delete Right 41 Delete to End of Line 41 Delete Word 46 74 Deleting Text 41 DIALOG BOX 12 Dialogue 4 28 29 30 33 DICTEDIT EXE 73 Direct Import 52 Displaying Multiple Windows 15 DISSOLVE TO 36 Don t use Capitalization Information for Element identification 53 54 Double Click 38 Drag and Drop 39 40 Drag and Drop cursor 40 Dragging and Dropping 40 E Edit Menu 64 Edit Text 20 Edit User Dictionary 46 66 73 Edit Word 46 74 Editing Screen 14 Element 29 30 31 32 33 45 51 56 64 66 INDEX HOLLYWOOD Elements 25 53 54 Goto Bottom 65 Elements of Screenwriting Goto Menu 65 3 Goto Page 65 71 emergency backup 16 Goto Scene 65 End a line short 35 Goto Top 65
5. END OF 36 Grid 21 End of Act 32 33 End of Act Text 36 H End of Action 33 Hard Return 35 Enter 69 Help 71 Entire Script 48 Help Menu 10 66 Episodic Drama 23 Hollywood s Screenplay Episodic Dramas 24 Format 1 Existing Character Names HP DeskJet 49 70 Exit 64 72 Export 59 Icons 66 Export Format 59 Ignore 45 66 Export to Formatted ASCII 60 Export to Rich Text Format 60 EXT 36 71 ext 26 Extension 6 Extensions 36 F Fade in 26 27 31 33 FADE OUT 36 Fax 49 Fax Modem 49 File History List 64 File Menu 19 63 File Type 60 Final Draft 52 Forced Page Break 34 71 Format files 23 Forwards 48 Found Unknown Word 45 Function Keys 71 G Ignore Margins for Element identification 53 55 Import a script from another Windows program 53 Import File Type 52 Import in Script Format 52 54 Import Text as Action Only 52 54 Import Text Only Non RTF 52 54 Importing 63 Importing a non Windows Word Processor script 56 Importing a Screenwriter Export script 60 Importing a Windows Word Processor script 55 Importing a WordPerfect 5 0 for DOS 55 Importing rules 51 Importing TV format 57 SCREENWRITER INDEX Initial Shot Text 71 Insert 14 42 Insert an element 14 Insert mode 42 Insert Typeover Button 14 Insert Typeover Modes 42 INT 36 71 int 26 Italic 43 Italicizing Text 43 Italics 71 72 Italics Button 43 K Keyboard Selection 38 L Learn 45 Left
6. If a script file is being imported incorrectly due to its margins not being what Hollywood Screenwriter expects checking this feature may allow a more accurate import Action is in Parentheticals check this if your import file has the Action Element in parentheses such as certain TV or Stage Play scripts 6 Click on OK to paste the imported text 7 Under Hollywood Screenwriter s File Menu Save your imported file under a new name If your script doesn t import successfully try again with different options checked You may have to experiment with these options to get the best results Importing a WordPerfect 5 0 for DOS or earlier script To import a script written in WordPerfect 5 0 or earlier for DOS 1 Open WordPerfect and open the script you want to import to Hollywood Screenwriter 2 Save the file in Generic format Press c rs and choose Save As then Generic Type in a path and file name C Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts lt SCRIPT NAME gt DOS and press Enter 56 SCREENWRITER IMPORTING SCRIPTS 3 When the file is saved press 7 Press N when it asks you if you want to save then to exit Now follow the Direct Import instructions above Importing a Windows Word Processor script If the Cut and Paste method doesn t import satisfactorily try this method Also if the Windows Word Processor script you want to import is different computer than Hollywood Scr
7. spellchecks the Element that the cursor is currently in Page spellchecks the current Page Forwards spellchecks from the cursor position to the end of the script Entire Script spellchecks all text in the script Count Words counts the number of words in the script Clear Ignore List clears from memory all the words that you ve told SpellCheck to Ignore this writing session Edit User Dictionary takes you to Select Language then to a dialog box to choose a User Dictionary to edit Add delete or edit words to be used by SpellCheck or Auto Correct Window Menu Cascade cascades shrinks and overlays at an offset all open script windows Tile tiles shrinks and stacks horizontally all open script windows Arrange Icons neatly arranges the icons of any minimized script windows Minimize All minimizes shrinks to icons at the bottom of the window all open script windows Maximize Window maximizes the currently selected script window Click on a script icon to select it Redraw Screen forces the screen to be redrawn 67 MAIN MENU BAR HOLLYWOOD 1 9 lt FileName gt lists the Names of all open script windows with a checkmark by the currently displayed script Select one to make it the active open window Help Menu Contents displays the main contents window of the Online Help Quick Help displays a Sample Script Page Move the cursor over an item to get a Hint and click on any item t
8. 1 With the cursor in a Character Name or Parenthetical element press Enter The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element 2 Type your character s dialogue 3 Press Enter 4 The cursor moves to a new Action element Second Dialogue Paragraph To split up a long paragraph of Dialogue into smaller chunks you can enter it as two more shorter paragraphs of Dialogue To enter a second paragraph of Dialogue press 21 Ener twice to put in two hard returns Parenthetical With the cursor anywhere in a Dialogue element press LU left parenthesis A Parenthetical element is created at the cursor location If the cursor is at the beginning of a Dialogue element the Parenthetical is placed between the Character Name and the Dialogue If the cursor is in the middle of a Dialogue element the Dialogue is broken by the Parenthetical 30 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Type the Parenthetical text then press Enters The cursor moves to the Dialogue element following the Parenthetical Transition With the cursor at the beginning of any blank element type any Transition text ending in to Hollywood Screenwriter automatically formats and spaces it correctly at the right margin A new Scene Heading element is created and a Pop up List of Initial Scene Heading Text displays Or press Ene in a blank Action element and type t for Make this a Transition Shot Press Enrere in a blank Action e
9. As Menu You can change the script name its subdirectory or file format Exit closes all scripts and exits Hollywood Screenwriter Prompts you to save any open scripts with unsaved changes 17 BASIC INFORMATION HOLLYWOOD 18 SCREENWRITER LITLE PAGE Title Page A Title Page is placed before page 1 of the script In a spec script all it needs to contain is the script s title the author s name and an address and contact phone number Hollywood Screenwriter s Title Page Publisher allows you to create a title page with a WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get page layout Gridlines are displayed to help you position your text boxes and do not print The title page is automatically attached to the script and is saved with it yet it stays out of your way while writing Title Page Publisher x To add or edit text double click on existing text or on the place on the page where you o want it to go Display Size Hollywood Screenwriter Full Page C Zoomed X 2 78 Y 3 23 M Show Grid Inches C Centimeters Usea 4 inch binding margin when Horiz ontalty Centering on Page Align Vertically Unchanged Tops Bottoms Centers C Top to Bottom C Center on Page C Undo Alignment Horizontal vertical f 23 Print the Title Page C Load B Save 7 Help X Cancel f m Opening a Title Page Under the File Menu sele
10. In On the first line of a new script press Ente A Pop up list displays with Initial Scene Heading Text options Type f for Fade In and FADE IN is entered for you correctly formatted The cursor drops down to a new line and makes it a Scene Heading which is the element that usually follows Fade In Scene Heading A Pop up list displays with Initial Scene Heading Text options FADE IN lt No Initial Text gt lt Make this a Shot gt lt Make this a Transition gt Nevermind Esc Type in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection and it s entered for you For example type for EXT to enter EXT and the correct spacing following it Type for Nevermind to Cancel or press J Next enter a Location Location To enter a Location type it For example detective s office It will be automatically formatted as All Caps Next enter a Time of Day Time of Day Enter a Time of Day by pressing Eve after typing your Location A Pop up list displays with Time of Day options DAY NU MEM Nevermind Esc 27 WRITING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD Type in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection and it s entered for you For example type d for DAY to enter DAY and the correct spacing and dashes before it Your Time of Day is entered and the cursor moves to a new Action element Action Type your characters descriptions and activities i
11. Main Menu Bar For a list of Keyboard Shortcuts see the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys BASIC INFORMATION HOLLYWOOD Online Help When writing your script help with Hollywood Screenwriter is always available online under the Help Menu Contents brings up a Table of Contents for the help file Search for Help on displays the help file s searchable Index Quick Help displays a sample script page Get help information about any Element or item by clicking on it If you make a selection under the Main Menu Bar context sensitive help is available When the menu screen displays click on the Help button or the button Help Helpful information explaining what each selection on that menu does displays Menus Main Menu Bar Hollywood Screenwriter s Pull Down menus are accessed from the Main Menu Bar at the top of the screen Individual Menus may be selected with the mouse or by pressing Ls plus the underlined letter of the Menu such as E for Spell There are three types of menu PULL DOWN MENU Word Element Page Forwards Entire Script Count Words Clear lanore List Edit User Dictionary Pull down menus pull down from the Main Menu Bar Each option has an underlined QuickSelect letter as part of its name as in the Spell Menu in the 10 SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION example With the Menu displayed select an option using any of these methods e Scr
12. Script Format should be checked IMPORTING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD To import an outline or some other non script text check Import Text as Action Only Text Only Non RTF checking this CheckBox if available imports the file slightly faster and may improve the accuracy of the import It also loses any bold italic or underline formatting If you re importing a file with Embedded Style Sheets in Rich Text Format such as a Final Draft script a Use Style Sheets checkbox displays on the menu Check it for better interpretation of paragraph elements If Hollywood Screenwriter has difficulty interpreting any style sheet it prompts you to identify it Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text causes Hollywood Screenwriter to normalize inconsistent line spacing and margins In most cases this produces the most accurate import However it may cause Shots to be misinterpreted as Character Names and vice versa Don t use Capitalization Information for Element identification some word processors lose Capitalization Information when exporting files Checking this box tells Hollywood Screenwriter to ignore Capitalization when identifying Elements Ignore Margins for Element identification some script files have their script elements defined by their margins others by codes or Hard Returns If a script file is being imported incorrectly due to its margins not being what Hollywood Screenwriter expects checking this feat
13. blank script Open by default displays a list of existing Hollywood Screenwriter scripts to be opened Also allows you to open files in other formats for purposes of importing Close exits the currently displayed script prompting you to save it Save saves the currently displayed script without prompting you for a file name Automatically overwrites any previously saved version of a script with the same name Save As saves the currently displayed script to a different name location or format Backup to Floppy saves a copy of the currently displayed script to floppy drive A or B if available Title Page Publisher displays the Title Page Publisher for WYSIWYG Drag n Drop creation of Title Pages SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Print displays a dialog box where you can select what to print or fax Printer Setup displays a dialog box where you can select a printer and change printing options Setup Menu Fonts displays a dialog box where you can change the way text is displayed on Hollywood Screenwriter s menus and dialog boxes This is the same dialog box seen during installation Exit exits Hollywood Screenwriter prompting to you save any open scripts 1 3 lt FileName gt the File History List with names of recently saved scripts Select one to re open it Edit Menu Undo Takes a step back undoing the last text edit performed This option is grayed out unselectable if Hollywood Scre
14. down drag this block across the page to its new position With the arrow cursor at the place you want 40 SCREENWRITER EDITING the text inserted release the Left Mouse Button The text block moves to the new position Breaking Elements Hollywood Screenwriter handles Drag and Drop text placed in the middle of an Element in these ways e If the cursor is in the middle of an Element when you release the button Hollywood Screenwriter breaks that Element at the cursor position Dropped text is inserted Between the broken Elements e If you release the Left Mouse Button while the cursor is at the very beginning of the Element text is dropped Before the Element e If you release the Left Mouse Button while the cursor is at the very end of the Element text is dropped After the Element Deleting Text The following delete commands remove the selected text from your script without placing it on the Clipboard To un delete text you ve deleted select Undo before selecting any other editing command Delete Leftof the cursor by character Delete Right of the cursor by character Delete to End of Line cet e Delete Current e Delete a Block of selected text by clicking on the Delete Block Button on the Top SpeedBar the icon with a large dark red X Un Deleting Text To un delete text you ve deleted select Undo before se
15. either Cascade or Tile Tile shows all open scripts each at full page width stacked horizontally above each other Makes for easy cutting and pasting Cascade shows all open scripts with reduced windows overlapping each other The most recently opened script is at the front becoming the currently displayed file Switching between Windows If all the windows are visible on screen switch between them by clicking anywhere on a script s window If the windows are Maximized i e at full screen size then Select the script to display by clicking on its name at the bottom of the Window Menu Or press crf s or Lee to cycle between the open windows 15 BASIC INFORMATION HOLLYWOOD Opening a Previously Saved Version When you tell Hollywood Screenwriter to save a script it makes a backup copy of any previously saved version with the same name The suffix HWS is changed to BK for the previous version If you need to go back to that previous version load the BK file 1 Under the File Menu select Open 2 Change the File Type from Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts to Prev Saved Script 3 Select from the list of available BK files changing the subdirectory drive or file type if necessary 4 Click OK to open the file Now both versions of the file the old BK and the latest HWS are open Switch between them under the Window Menu To keep a copy of the BK version save
16. for Run Radio Buttons There are many Radio Buttons displayed as a small circle either blank or with a dot in it on the example Print dialog box The first two are Current Page and Entire Script Radio Buttons are similar to CheckBoxes except that only one Radio button in any given group may be checked at any one time Text or Numerical Input Fields Text or Numerical Input Fields such as Selected Pages or Number of Copies on the example Print dialog box allow you to enter text or numbers as appropriate Depending on the particular field spaces may be allowed and text may be automatically capitalized for you 13 BASIC INFORMATION HOLLYWOOD Editing Screen Hollywood Screenwriter C Hollywood Screenwriter S cripts NONAME 1 HW5 D x a File Edit LoadFormat Search Goto Spell Window Help 8 x x BU r w peo ea 3r 2 o EN EA WEL Zooms On Screen Text Insert Lm1 15 of The default editing screen has several bars on screen The top most bar is the Main Menu Bar which gives you access to all of the Pull Down Menus Beneath that is the Top SpeedBar with Speed Buttons for frequently used tasks To see what any Speed Button does move the mouse cursor arrow over it A hint explaining its function appears immediately underneath the button Another explanation often giving the Quick Key command may also appear on the status bar at the b
17. holding the button down it continues scrolling and selecting in that direction Double Click place the cursor on the word to be selected Double Click the Left mouse button to select the Word Keyboard Selection place the cursor on the word sentence element to be selected Press the rr key and hold it down Press other movement 38 SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING keys such as an arrow or page down key to highlight the text Release both keys when the desired text is selected Adjusting the Block Selection If you ve selected some text and then realized that you need to block less or more text you don t have to start over Instead 1 Pressthe 5n key and hold it down 2 Extend or reduce the selection by using the mouse or the keyboard s movement keys up down right and left arrow keys 3 Release the key De Selecting Text To de select a selected block of text Left Click the mouse anywhere on the page Or press a movement key alone up down right and left arrow keys without the key Moving Text Hollywood Screenwriter offers these methods of moving text around in your script Cut and Paste a two step method Text is removed from one location and placed on the Clipboard then Pasted into a new location Copy and Paste a two step method Text is left in its original location and placed on the Clipboard then Pasted into a new location Drag and Drop a one step method Direct
18. it under a different name for example if the filename is OSCAR BK save it as OSCAR1 HWS Leaving its name with the suffix BK allows it to be overwritten next time you save which is not what you want Opening a Timed Backup Hollywood Screenwriter makes an emergency backup of the currently displayed script at timed intervals This is in addition to the automatic BK backup file created when you save a script and is saved separately To open a Timed Backup file 1 Under the File Menu select Open 2 Change the File Type from Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts to Timed Backup 3 Select from the list of available TMB files 4 Click on OK to open the file To keep a copy of the TMB version save it under a different name for example if the filename is SAVE2 TMB save it as lt FILENAME gt HWS 16 SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION Saving a Script To save an open file display it onscreen If you have multiple scripts open select the file to display by clicking on its name at the bottom of the Window Menu A checkmark appears next to its name and it becomes the currently displayed file Under the File Menu select a save option Close exits the script without exiting Hollywood Screenwriter If you ve made changes without saving it prompts you to save the file Save saves your script under its current name or asks for a new name if you haven t already named the file Save As goes to the Save
19. movement of text without cutting or copying 39 TEXT EDITING HOLLYWOOD Cutting and Pasting with the Mouse Select the text to be moved Under the Edit Menu select Cut Move the cursor to the place you want the text you ve cut to appear and click there The cut text appears after the cursor position If you select any text in the new position the cut text replaces it Under the Edit Menu select Paste Copying and Pasting with the Mouse Select the text to be moved Under the Edit Menu select Copy Move the cursor to the place you want the text you ve copied to appear and click there The copied text appears after the cursor position If you select any text in the new position the copied text replaces it Under the Edit Menu select Paste Cutting Copying Pasting with the Keyboard Select the text to be edited Use e x to cut e s to copy and e v to paste This is the Hollywood Screenwriter default equivalent to the Command keys in Apple Macintosh software Dragging and Dropping 1 Move the cursor to the start of the text you want to move 2 Highlight the text to move using your preferred selection method 3 Using the Mouse move the cursor anywhere over the selected text and press the Left Mouse Button down Hold it down The cursor changes from the normal text I Bar to an Arrow with a page icon at its base the Drag and Drop cursor 4 While holding the Left Mouse Button
20. E SCRIPT Select a Paper Size US Letter is the standard 8 1 2 by 11 paper used for screenplays Select a Paper Source AutoSelect Tray looks for paper in all your printer s sources if the Cassette runs out Select Manual Feed if your printer doesn t have an automatic feed paper Cassette Select a Paper Orientation Portrait is the standard orientation for printing 8 1 2 by 11 screenplay pages Click on the Properties button to select default Paper Graphics and PostScript options Click on OK to save your default settings Cancel to exit and discard changes Print the Script Printing in Hollywood Screenwriter is accessed through the Print dialog box Under the File Menu select Print Or press aje You ll see the following dialog box Check one of the print selection radio buttons on the top half of the screen Hollywood Screenwriter s default is to select Current Page Printing to HP LaserJet 5MP on Moviemagic hp_laserjet_5m Setup Current Page C Current Page through to End of Script C Entire Script C Blocked Text Onty C Selected Pages Print Selection should Print Normal Order Forwards Number of Copies IL H Print the Title Page x conce 2 Help Current Page If checked prints the page that the cursor is currently on Current Page through to End of Script If checked prints from the current page through to the end of the script Entire Script If checked p
21. HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER User s Manual for Microsoft Windows Y Write Brothers Inc A 138 North Brand Boulevard Suite 203 O Glendale California 91203 e 818 843 6557 24 hour Web Technical Support www screenplay com E Mail Technical Support support screenplay com Fax Technical Support 818 843 8364 The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used only in accordance with the terms of such license Disclaimer Write Brothers Incorporated Ken Schafer and ScriptPerfection Enterprises make no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Hollywood Screenwriter for Windows is provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied Write Brothers Incorporated Ken Schafer and ScriptPerfection Enterprises shall have no liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused by Hollywood Screenwriter for Windows including but not limited to any loss of profits interruption of service loss of business or consequential damages resulting from the use of such programs Copyright Notice Manual written by Kevin Hindley Copyright Write Brothers Inc 1999 Portions Ken Schafer 1993 96 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be transmitted reproduced stored in any retrieval sys
22. Justified 20 Left Click 38 Length 3 Line 14 List files of type 21 Load Format Menu 65 Load Script Formats 65 Loading a Script Format 23 Loading a Title Page 21 Location 27 33 M Mailing 7 Main Menu Bar 10 14 Margins 3 Maximize Window 66 Maximized 15 Menu Selection 38 Menus 10 Minimize All 66 Miniseries 23 Mouse Selection 38 Moving a Text Element 20 Moving between Elements 33 Moving Text 39 Moving the Cursor 37 MOW 23 MS Word 52 MS Word 2 0 6 0 and 7 0 for Windows 51 MS Word 5 5 for DOS 51 N New 63 New Act 32 New Scene 32 NEWACT 32 36 NEWSCENE 32 36 NIGHT 36 Normal Button 44 Normal Order Forwards 49 Normal WP mode 24 64 Number of Copies 49 O S 29 36 Online Help 10 66 Online Help Index 67 Open 63 Opening a Previously Saved Version 16 Opening a Script 15 Opening a Timed Backup 16 Opening Multiple Scripts 15 Other Formats 24 Overview 1 P Page Number 65 Paper 7 Parenthetical 4 30 33 69 Paste 64 Position 14 Preparing a Script for Importing 51 Prev Saved Script 16 Print 63 71 INDEX HOLLYWOOD Print Selection should Saving a Script 17 Print in 49 Saving a Title Page 21 Print the Script 48 Scene Continued s 2 Print The Title Page 21 Scene Heading 4 27 33 Print Title Page 49 65 71 Printer 49 Scene Heading or blank Printer Setup 47 63 Action element 26 Printing a Title Page 21 Scene Heading Text 36 Printing the Script 47 Scene Info 33 PROLOGUE 31 36 S
23. RITER OVERVIEW Overview The Spec Screenplay Your ticket to being discovered as a screenwriter and starting your career in Hollywood is the spec screenplay Spec is short for speculative which means you write it without any up front guarantee of being paid for your work You can look at it as writing a sample script one that demonstrates your screenwriting and storytelling talent When this script is as professional as you can make it you can enter it in screenwriting competitions The better competitions are judged by people working in the film industry who will read your script You can also send a brief query letter telling something about yourself and more importantly the story in your script directly to agents producers directors actors and other industry players asking if they d like to read your script If they do read it here are the outcomes you re looking for e A player buys or options your screenplay Your career has begun e They like the writing but don t want to make a movie based on your script They may hire you to write another screenplay based on an idea of theirs or yours Again your career has begun e They like the writing but not the story They ask to see something else you ve written This is great too Keep writing spec screenplays keep improving your writing and keep submitting Hollywood s Screenplay Format An important part of making your script read like a professional sc
24. Screenwriter s built in SpellCheck system allows you to check the spelling of your script by e Word e Element e Page e Forwards from the cursor position e Entire Script SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING SpellCheck can also SpellCheck in Foreign Languages Create User Dictionaries for each script Start SpellCheck As SpellCheck begins checking relative to the cursor position it s not necessary to select the text to check 1 Position the cursor in the word or Element you d like to check or directly before the word to start spellchecking at Under the Spell Menu select the checking method to use Word spellchecks the Word that the cursor is currently in Element spellchecks the Element that the cursor is currently in Page spellchecks the current Page Forwards spellchecks from the cursor position to the end of the script Entire Script spellchecks all text in the script When SpellCheck finds no misspelled words it displays a dialog box telling you how many words it checked Click on OK to exit When SpellCheck finds a word it doesn t recognize it points to it onscreen with a large Red Arrow It also displays the Found Unknown Word dialog box This shows the unknown word in the Word window and offers a list of suggested alternatives in the Suggestion window Option Buttons down the right side are Replace if you find the correct spelling in the Suggestion window click on it and it app
25. ains what the character says It immediately follows a Character Name element or a Parenthetical element Note that you cannot create a Dialogue element or convert another element to Dialogue without creating a Character Name element first UNCLE BILLY calls out Be sure you spell the name right Parenthetical Indicates how the character speaks when that s not clear from the dialogue itself It immediately follows a Character Name element and is immediately followed by a Dialogue element It can also be placed in the middle of a Dialogue element Note that you cannot create a Parenthetical element or convert another element to Parenthetical without creating a Character Name element first UNCLE BILLY calls out Be sure you spell the name right Scene Heading At the beginning of a scene tells when and where the scene takes place Indicates that the story has moved to a new location or time Includes INT EXT Location and Time Of Day SCREENWRITER OVERVIEW EXT STREET DAY Uncle Billy is walking along the street humming happily to himself He sees some men decorating the Court House with banners and bunting there is a huge sign reading Welcome Home Harry Bailey Scene Information In a TV script ends one scene and starts another Usually with a page break END OF ACT ONE ACT SCENE ACT TWO SCENE A Shot Indicates a camera angle usually putting emphasis on one thing The door closes
26. aks or even number of pages as it does in Hollywood Screenwriter Neither will it have MOREs or CONTINUEDs However it will retain all of the text in your script and will be in general script format Export To export open Hollywood Screenwriter and open the script you want to export 1 Under the File Menu select Save As 2 At the Save File Menu select Save as type to choose an Export Format 60 SCREENWRITER EXPORTING SCRIPTS File Type Save As Save in Y Scripts y Filename HoScip 7 Save as type ae Cancel There are the export file types formats currently available Hollywood Screenwriter normally used for saving Hollywood Screenwriter scripts Formatted ASCII used to export to programs which cannot handle any of the other format A plain text format with all the text of the script indented correctly using spaces Rich Text Format used to export to RTF format Compatible with most other screenwriting and Word Processing programs 3 Enter a new File Name for the exported file Hollywood Screenwriter automatically adds the correct export file extension according to your chosen export format 4 Click on OK to save the export file Importing a Hollywood Screenwriter Export script To import a Hollywood Screenwriter export file into another program check that program s manual for Importing instructions If that doesn t help call that program s Tec
27. aracter is commenting on the onscreen action but is not part of it or is narrating over the scene e O S meaning Off Screen which tells the reader that the character is not visible on screen but is nearby somewhere in the scene To enter a Character Extension Press LU left parenthesis while the cursor is anywhere in a Character Name and a Character Extension Pop up List displays 0 5 0 No Extension Add as Text Nevermind Esc Type in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection and it s entered for you For example type v for V O and V O is entered Add as Text enters whatever you type as a Character Extension without adding it to the User List The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element If you pressed tner and the cursor s already gone to a blank Dialogue element press to return the cursor to the Character Name element Then press 1 left parenthesis WRITING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD Delete a Character Extension With the cursor at the end of a Character Name element press delete to delete the Character Extension Or with the cursor anywhere in a Character Name element press left parenthesis A Character Extension Pop up List displays Type e for No Extension The cursor moves to the Dialogue element following the Character Name Dialogue A Dialogue element can only be created immediately following a Character Name or its Parenthetical element
28. cene Information 5 Prologue Text 31 36 Scene Information TV and PushButtons 12 Stage Play Format 32 Scene Number 65 Q Scene Numbers 2 Query letter 1 Screenplay 23 Quick Help 10 67 Screenplay format 23 Quick Key 14 Screenwriter 60 Quick key 11 Script Analysis 67 QuickLetter 29 Script Formats 23 Search 65 R Search amp Replace 65 Radio Buttons 13 Search amp Replace Again 65 Recently saved files 15 Search Again 65 Redo 42 64 Search for Help On 67 Redraw Screen 66 Search for Text 72 Registration information Search Menu 65 67 Search Replace Text 72 Remove Forced Page 64 Second Dialogue Repagination 71 Paragraph 30 Replace 45 Select All 38 53 64 Reverse order Backwards Selected Pages 49 49 Rich Text Format RTF 56 Right Justified 20 Right SpeedBar 14 26 52 RTF Rich Text Format 51 S Same Act 32 SAMEACT 32 36 Save 63 72 Save As 72 Save As 63 Selecting Screenwriter Commands 9 Selecting Text 38 Selection by Word 38 Setup Menu Fonts 64 Setup Options 49 Shooting schedule 2 Shot 5 31 71 Show Grid 21 Sitcoms 24 Skip Once 45 Soaps 23 24 Special Keys 69 Speed Buttons 14 SCREENWRITER INDEX Spell 46 73 Spell Menu 66 SpellCheck 44 45 46 66 71 74 SpellCheck Element 45 66 SpellCheck Entire Script 45 66 SpellCheck Forwards 45 66 SpellCheck Page 45 66 SpellCheck Word 45 66 Stage Play 24 Stage Play format 23 Start SpellCheck 44 Strikeout 43 72 Striki
29. ct Title Page Publisher and you ll see a screen like the one in the example above You can enlarge or reduce the size of the title page displayed onscreen with the Full Page and Zoomed buttons at top right 19 LITLE PAGE HOLLYWOOD Creating Text Elements Double click anywhere on the title page to create a text element The Edit Text dialog box displays Edit Text Original Screenplay Hollywood screenwriter Font aja a OK X Cancel Type your text To change the text s style highlight the text then click on the appropriate style button The Left three buttons allow you to select Bold Underline and Italics respectively The next button lets you select the text s Font The next three buttons allow you to select Left Justified Centered or Right Justified text NOTE All the text in any given text element will have the same style i e bold underline etc font and justification If you want the script s Title to appear differently from the Author s name for example underlined use different text elements for each and align them as desired Click OK and the Edit Text window disappears placing your text in a text element on the Title Page Moving a Text Element Select the text element by single clicking on it with the mouse You can now move it using any of these methods e Dragging it to where you want it to go e Pressing the arrow key
30. e eee 39 Copying and Pasting with the Mouse sssssssssesese eee 40 Cutting Copying Pasting with the Keyboard sss 40 Dragging and Dropping 40 Deleting Text 5r IE e He Reed het eser ea etie bee t tae i oue ee cebat 41 WAG st ce ede noter ie ay ea sao eel a ee 41 Typeover Mode dba 42 Boldins muda eni db aeuo residet e 43 Underlining Text eee eet n eee m ee et ea petens 43 Italicizing ec one bt Po bote ise bortis Poire tte edt 43 Striking Out Text scri ee o tts e es e ted 43 Applying Multiple Text 44 SpellCheck Nos dee tate TS e erbe Be ee as dius 44 Start SpellCheck x esas o nee en stre Hei E en ese A VERE ren easet 44 User Dictionaries usais ER ERE UE E haa cater pes tee bas edd 45 PRINTING THE SCRIPT idad 47 Printer ibd ie meant adi met nti es 47 Print the SGCript s i ee or e e o ee ae ep dede ue 48 APPENDIX A IMPORTING SCRIPTS decai dirias 51 Preparing a Script for Importing n sei aE EEEE EEE EE PEE E E EEEE E SEEE RTE 51 ada taa pia da atacada 52 CONTENTS HOLLYWOOD Cutand Paste Import hee ti eee e HER RH Ir eather 53 Importing a WordPerfect 5 0 for DOS eee 55 Importing a Windows Word Processor script 55 Impo
31. e Button To print from outside Title Page Publisher under the File Menu select Print On the Print dialog box select which pages to print and check Print Title Page 21 LITLE PAGE HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER SCRIPT FORMATS Script Formats Hollywood Screenwriter has pre set format files for e Screenplay e TV Templates e Stage Play As a default Hollywood Screenwriter loads Screenplay format each time you open a blank script file However you can easily switch to one of the other formats Loading a Script Format Under the Load Format Menu click on the format you want If you already have a script open and displayed onscreen loading a different format applies the new settings to your existing script Screenplay the standard feature film format also used for most MOW s TV Movies including Miniseries Episodic Dramas including Soaps and Animation NOTE There is no one standard format for Television shows It s recommended that you get at least two scripts from the show you re writing for and match the format before submitting your spec Reading a show s scripts also gives you a better feel for the characters and the kinds of stories that get made Try to get scripts from the current season Templates for certain TV shows are supplied with Hollywood Screenwriter See Television Templates below 23 SCRIPT FORMATS HOLLYWOOD Stage Play based on the professional published format
32. e End of Act info is entered followed by a forced page break Scene Information TV and Stage Play Format New Scene To start a New Scene Type NEWSCENE this is all one word without a space at the beginning of any blank element Hollywood Screenwriter centers it and changes it to SCENE where is the new Scene Number A forced page break will not be entered Or press Enrere while in an Act Info Line and Hollywood Screenwriter puts in the appropriate New Scene Info for you Switch Elements To convert one element to another for example Action to Shot 1 Put the cursor anywhere in the Element to be changed Or select a portion of the element to change 2 Click on the Current Element Window on the Top SpeedBar to display the Pull Down List of elements 3 Select the element type to switch to by clicking on it 32 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Moving between Elements Pressing Tab or Enter in one element either moves you to a new default element or displays a List Menu of available options If you Type Hollywood Screenwriter will FADE IN display Scene Heading Initial Text menu or any Transition INT EXT etc If you Press Hollywood Screenwriter will while in blank Action display Scene Heading Initial Text menu Transition INT EXT etc blank Scene Heading Scene Info or End of Act Scene Heading display a List Menu of all unique Locations without Location a
33. e way you want it spelled Note if you enter an incorrect spelling here SpellCheck uses it In effect you re telling SpellCheck that this is the correct spelling Click on Add Word and the word you entered appears in the Dictionary window on the left To allow Hollywood Screenwriter to Auto Correcta word as you re typing in a script enter both incorrect and correct spellings here separated by a colon For example to Auto Correct Dramatica when it s spelled as Darmatica type in Darmatica Dramatica It s not necessary to type a space either before or after the colon The User Dictionary Editor does not distinguish between UPPERCASE and lowercase adding all words as lowercase Delete Word in the Dictionary window on the left highlight the word you want to Delete Click on the Delete Word button You are prompted to 75 UTILITY PROGRAMS HOLLYWOOD confirm the deletion Click on Yes to delete No to keep the word in the User Dictionary Edit Word in the Dictionary window on the left highlight the word you want to Edit Click on the Edit Word button Your word is moved from the Dictionary window to the Word Editing window Make the desired changes then click on either the Edit Word or Add Word button to save them back to the Dictionary window Exit quits and saves the changes you made to the User Dictionaries Returns you to either Hollywood Screenwriter or the Hollywood Screenwriter program window depending wher
34. e you launched it from 76 SCREENWRITER UTILITY PROGRAMS HOLLYWOOD deft parenthesis 29 30 16 HWS 16 SCW 16 16 TPG 21 1 3 lt FileName gt 64 1 9 lt FileName gt 66 A About 67 ACT 36 Act Info 32 Act Information 3 Act Information TV and Stage Play Format 31 Act Scene Info 36 65 Action 3 28 33 71 Action is in Parentheticals 53 55 Add as Text 29 Add Forced Page Break 34 64 Add Hard Return 35 64 Add Word 46 74 Adjusting the Block Selection 39 Animation 23 Appendix A Importing Scripts 51 Appendix B Exporting Scripts 59 Appendix C Main Menu Bar 63 Index Appendix D Command Keys 69 Appendix E Utility Programs 73 Applying Multiple Text Formats 44 Arrange Icons 66 ASCII 51 52 Auto Correct 45 46 66 74 B Backup to Floppy 63 Basic Information 9 Binding 6 Blocked Text 49 Bold 20 70 72 Bold Button 43 Bolding Text 43 Bottom Status Bar 14 Brads 7 Breaking Elements 40 Budget 2 C C Movie Magic Screenwriter Scripts 51 55 56 Canon BubbleJet 49 Capitalization Information 58 54 Cascade 15 66 Centered 20 SCREENWRITER INDEX Change Character Name 65 Character Extension 29 Character Name 4 28 33 34 Character Name in Dialog Action 34 Character Names 36 65 Cheat 3 Cheating 3 CheckBoxes 13 Choosing a Script Format 57 Cleaning up Imported Scripts 56 Clear Ignore List 66
35. ears in the Word window replacing the unknown spelling Click the Replace button to replace it in your script also Auto Correct adds the unknown word and its correct spelling to the User Dictionary as a Typo which should be Auto Corrected as you type Learn remember this spelling for future use by adding the word to the current User Dictionary USER US LXA unless you specify otherwise All scripts that use that User Dictionary will recognize the word Skip Once skip over this appearance of the word but stop at the next one TEXT EDITING HOLLYWOOD Ignore skip over this word and all future occurrences Ignores the word in all scripts you check until you Exit Hollywood Screenwriter or Clear the Ignore List Suggest if none of the suggested spellings for your unknown word are correct type a different spelling in the Word box and Click the Suggest button to have it checked User Dictionaries The User Dictionary Editor allows you to add remove or change words in any of your User Dictionaries It can be selected under Hollywood Screenwriter s Spell Menu as Edit User Dictionary or run as a stand alone program by clicking on it in the Hollywood Screenwriter program window The SpellCheck Language Selection screen appears asking you to select the language of the dictionary you re going to edit American English is selected as the default Select a language and click on OK Next you re asked to Select User Dictio
36. eenwriter you can t use the Cut and Paste method Instead 1 Open the Windows Word Processor and open the script file you want to import to Hollywood Screenwriter Under the File Menu choose Save As Save the script under a different name C Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts lt ScriptName gt Save to a floppy disk if importing from a different computer On the Save As Menu there should be an option to save the script in a different format Typically it says something like Format or File Type or Save Type Change it to Rich Text Format or RTF If that s not available choose DOS Text or ASCII Text If DOS or ASCII options like With Line Breaks or With Formatting are available select them Click on OK to save When the file s saved exit the Windows Word Processor If importing from a different computer eject the floppy disk you saved to and insert it into your Hollywood Screenwriter computer Now follow the Direct Import instructions above If importing from the floppy disk tell Hollywood Screenwriter the path and file name Importing a non Windows Word Processor script To import a script from a non Windows Word Processor check that program s manual for Exporting instructions If that doesn t help call the Word Processing program s Technical Support number and ask how to produce either 57 IMPORTING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD e a Rich Text Format RTF file preferred or e an ASCII file with
37. em installed with appropriate Windows Faxing software Otherwise the button is grayed out and unselectable Setup Options At the top left corner of the Print dialog box is the Setup pull down menu Click on the word Setup to access these options Printer displays the Windows Print Setup window where you can select a printer and change printing options same as Printer Setup under the File Menu Fax Modem displays a Fax Modem Setup window where you can select from among installed Fax software print drivers Checking the Fax Via Internal Spooler box ensures the most efficient faxing 50 SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT 51 IMPORTING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD Appendix A Importing Scripts Hollywood Screenwriter can Directly open script files saved in these formats ASCII Text RTF Rich Text Format MS Word 5 5 for DOS MS Word 2 0 6 0 and 7 0 for Windows WordPerfect 5 1 amp 6 x files for DOS and Windows WordStar for DOS Hollywood Screenwriter also supports Cut amp Paste importing directly from other Windows programs Preparing a Script for Importing No matter which format you import your script into Hollywood Screenwriter from there are two simple rules which must be followed In the original file each script element i e Character Name Dialogue Action etc must start on its own line The script must be in a general script format i e Character Names before Dialogue and so on
38. enslOTc urere erue se e Rye A doeet ere ehe YR da cede eee aye eee 29 Dialogue dud ees eb eid eite ato 30 Parenthe cal no ER eo ERI e Ced eae eerie E E ee ae PERI 30 Transit On itte eterne reet ete Pe RR e Lote Pete 31 DOE as S nec Se etos te et n Nd a 31 Titled entered reet sims eti Rate Rk Ae oe ck odontal Sit lets bee Seo 31 Act Information TV and Stage Play eee 31 Scene Information TV and Stage Play Format ccccccccconononononononenenoneneconeneneneneceso 32 Switch Elements s de a e t tada 32 Moving between Elementaire e a a E e eene 33 User Lists te see ete bee Rie trees E AE 35 Dpetault User Lists cer e qe Sats ce e n UNE 35 TEXT EDITING a a dia ia 37 Moving the GUISO e ated it bee A AA 37 SCREENWRITER CONTENTS Selecting tsi ee eger epe OH Re e ce te e e er e eee 38 Menu Selection sinc onl seeds een aeu e et eal peste 38 Select Als bv nt tate e tette metet etii 38 Tarn AA e OR een pne Hee 38 Mouse Selections a5 ade dieta debeat berti eee DA dois 38 Lett Click iie iere tue ied ee tete dotted 38 Double Click e ttl tre ten thet lates tok Dn tnde inta 38 Keyboard Selection eon oec d e ee der eiie re Ed RS 38 Moving Texte eet be ette E E 39 Cutting and Pasting with th
39. enwriter cannot Undo the changes Redo Restores what you just undid Only available immediately after you ve performed an Undo prior to making any more changes Cut removes selected text from the script placing it on the clipboard Copy copies selected text leaving it in the script but also placing it on the clipboard Delete deletes selected text removing it from the script but not putting it into the clipboard Paste places the contents of the clipboard into the script at the cursor position Select All selects the entire contents of the currently displayed script Turn Off Block un selects the currently selected text Add Forced Page Break starts a new page at the current cursor position Remove Forced Page removes a Forced Page Break immediately before or after the cursor position Add Hard Return goes to a new line but stays in the same element MAIN MENU BAR HOLLYWOOD Normal WP Mode toggles between the script format you re using and Word Processing mode where Tab and Enter function as in other Windows word processing programs Load Format Menu Screenplay loads this script format and applies it to the currently selected script if one is open This is Hollywood Screenwriter s default choice TV Formats loads a television script format and applies it to the currently selected script if one is open Choose from over 50 sitcoms episodic dramas and soaps Stage Play loads this
40. formatting and line feeds or Hard Returns at the end of each line If there s no option to save directly as Text Only or ASCII there s usually an option to Print to a File Then follow the Direct Import instructions above Cleaning up Imported Scripts Hollywood Screenwriter may require you to do some cleaning up after importing a script To correct a mis recognized Element place the cursor anywhere in the element Click on the Current Element Window in the center of the Top SpeedBar and select the desired Element If the imported script was in TV format you may have to reset the script s formats See Choosing a Script Format for more details You ll also need to put back in the forced Page Breaks between scenes and re enter the Act and Scene Information Unfortunately due to a lack of standardization in TV formats the import function is unable to recognize all possible permutations NOTE Although the Import function is highly accurate we recommend you check all imported scripts for errors before printing multiple copies 58 SCREENWRITER IMPORTING SCRIPTS 59 EXPORTING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD Appendix B Exporting Scripts Exporting to other scriptwriting or word processing programs is a matter of saving a script in a different format A script exported from Hollywood Screenwriter is designed to be an editable copy not an exact duplicate It will not have exactly the same margins page bre
41. g Multiple Scripts 15 Opening a Previously Saved 16 Openinga Timed Backup e bu SH DP occi 16 Saving ae ee PR e ette ne aee Heec bee eei TT 17 TITLE PAGE AAA eiae e Ru ES 19 Opening a Title Pages ir e He e Ee HH etie ee tis dee ee ene edo dat 19 Creating Text Elements dovere ird ed prec Oa ll 20 Moving a Text 20 Loading a nta c 21 Printing a Title Page eicit ite tero 21 CONTENTS HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT POR MATS 23 Loading a Script Format ost pete A eei eee hat bed 23 DELEON eh see s d Lr s 23 Stage Playias obscene He t etre te ee P eee 24 Other Formats rise ines IOS RU Rte tenet 24 Word Processor formatat eene a i aei a tee de pedi Eye eg EE 24 WRITING THE SORTP Tdi 25 Elis E 25 Creating Elements ceo di aei ROMERO P 25 ARS UE 26 tetti Pee e Precor dete Pod ie Port eres i ve dee oue te Bates 27 Scene Heading seti etes i ed etia 27 LEocatiot TT 27 Tim of Day toic e dii al eter o ied nece dee ede a e amd 27 ACUM ta a ll d Mops rd Wk dime ect e E ile ode estar ales 28 Character Name 2 rien ERR II IM Dt E 28 Character Ext
42. ge enter a Forced Page Break at the cursor position Under the Edit Menu select Add Forced Page Break Or press 2 Ene Remove a Forced Page Break Remove a Forced Page Break using one of these methods SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT e Put the cursor either before or after the forced page break Under the Edit Menu select Remove Forced Page Break Or put the cursor at the beginning of the element immediately following the Forced Page Break Press the Or put the cursor at the end of element immediately before the Forced Page Break Press the delete key Hard Return To end a line short and start a new line enter a Hard Return at the cursor position Under the Edit Menu select Add Hard Return Or press Enter User Lists While you write Hollywood Screenwriter can recognize certain text you ve typed as matching an item in one of its User Lists and format it as the appropriate element automatically For example typing ext on a blank line tells Hollywood Screenwriter that you re starting a new Scene Heading It automatically formats your entry as EXT Typing a Location in your script and pressing pops up the Time of Day User List Typing the first letter or underlined QuickLetter of a Time of Day enters it in your script and moves the cursor to a new Action element These pop up menus or User Lists contain text items that can be entered by typ
43. hnical Support number and ask how best to do it The script must have been exported from Hollywood Screenwriter in a format readable by the other program 61 EXPORTING SCRIPTS HOLLYWOOD Write Brothers is only able to provide technical support on the export side of this procedure Unfortunately we have no control over how another company s programs deal with importing Cut and Paste Exporting You can export from Hollywood Screenwriter to another Windows program on the same computer using Cut and Paste 1 Open the Windows program you want to export to Open a file to export to or open a new file 2 Open Hollywood Screenwriter and open the script you want to export from 3 Using the mouse select the text to export To select the entire script under the Edit menu Select All 4 Under the Edit menu select Copy 5 Go to the other Windows program 6 Under the Edit menu select Paste All of Hollywood Screenwriter s formatting may not transfer but you should at least be able to export all the text Be warned that not all Windows programs can handle Cut and Paste correctly 62 SCREENWRITER EXPORTING SCRIPTS MAIN MENU BAR HOLLYWOOD Appendix C Main Menu B ar Hollywood Screenwriter s Main Menu Bar gives you access to eight main pull down Menus Most of their features have been covered elsewhere in this manual and are included here for easy reference File Menu New opens a new
44. ick on the Edit Word button Your word is moved from the Dictionary window to the Word Editing window Make the desired changes then click on either the Edit Word or Add Word button to save them back to the Dictionary window Exit quits and saves the changes you made to the User Dictionaries Returns you to either Hollywood Screenwriter or the Hollywood Screenwriter program window depending where you launched it from 47 PRINTING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD Printing the Script Before printing a script you need to configure Hollywood Screenwriter to work with one specific printer With only one printer connected your Windows operating system automatically selects it as the default Printer Setup Hollywood Screenwriter uses Windows Print Setup screen to let you choose default settings for all your printing in Hollywood Screenwriter Under the File Menu select Printer Setup The Print Setup screen displays with the name of your currently selected printer in the Name window Print Setup 2 x Printer Name HP LaserJet Properties Status Default printer Ready Type HP LaserJet 5 Where Moviemagic hp laserjet 5m Comment Paper Orientation Size Letter 8 1 2 11 in E Portrait Source First Available Tray m C Landscape Cancel To select another printer scroll through the list of connected printers in the Name window and click on your choice SCREENWRITER PRINTING TH
45. ing the first letter or two instead of typing the whole text saving you time and effort NOTE Transitions are an exception Any text that ends with TO is recognized as a transition whether or not the text is in the Transition User List WRITING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD Default User Lists When you install Hollywood Screenwriter all User Lists except for Character Names and Locations have default items which are used for all new and imported scripts User List Default Items Character Names Empty Extensions 0 5 Scene Heading Text INT EXT Time of Day DAY NIGHT Transitions CUT TO DISSOLVE TO FADE OUT Act Scene Info NEWACT SAMEACT NEWSCENE Prologue Text TEASER PROLOGUE COLD OPENING Tag Text TAG End of Act Text END OF SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING Text Editing There is usually more than one way of performing any text selecting or editing command in Hollywood Screenwriter For ease of use the method using the Mouse and the Main Menu Bar is emphasized As you become more familiar with Hollywood Screenwriter you many want to use Keyboard Shortcuts and SpeedBar Icons To see what command a SpeedBar Icon represents use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it A box of explanatory Hint text displays directly beneath the icon a
46. intrigued and ask to see the script If they receive your script without having asked to see it they will probably send it back unopened This protects them from any accusations that they read the script and stole the ideas in it OVERVIEW HOLLYWOOD Alternatively they will do what most people do with unsolicited junk mail throw it in the trash unopened SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION Basic Information Windows Operating System Using Hollywood Screenwriter and this manual assumes a basic familiarity with Microsoft Windows 3 11 95 98 or NT Teaching or supporting this operating system is beyond the scope of this manual For help with Windows go to your Microsoft Windows manual Windows online Help or contact Microsoft Corporation Selecting Hollywood Screenwriter Commands There is usually more than one way of performing a function in Hollywood Screenwriter For ease of use this manual shows you how to select commands using the Mouse and the Main Menu Bar As you become more familiar with Hollywood Screenwriter you many want to use Keyboard Shortcuts and SpeedBar Icons To see what command a SpeedBar Icon represents use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it A box of explanatory Hint text displays directly beneath the icon and any Quick Key shortcut displays on the left of the Bottom Status Bar For a list of Main Menu Bar commands see the Appendix chapter entitled
47. lect the language of the dictionary you re going to edit American English is selected as the default Editing of other languages requires installation of optional Foreign Language Dictionaries Select a language and click on OK Next you re asked to Select User Dictionary Select User Dictionary to Edit 2 x File name Folders Cancel _ Aces 3 hollyw Network 2 scripts Read only List files of type Drives User Dictionary E c system y 74 SCREENWRITER UTILITY PROGRAMS User Dictionary files end with the extension lxa User us lxa is selected as the default Select a dictionary and click on OK The User Dictionary Editor screen displays User Dictionary Editor C HOLLYW 1 USER_US LXA File To Add Auto Correct Words put a colon between the INCORRECT spelling followed by the Correct Spelling ie SPELING SPELLING Main Word Auto Correct Spelling screnwriter screenwriter Add Word Delete Word Edit Word Dictionary Editor Version 1 1 Copyright 1997 Schafer All Rights Reserved Y Exit Spelling Technology 1992 1997 by LexSaurus Software Inc All rights Reserved 2 Word s in User Dictionary If opening a User Dictionary for the first time the file is empty and ready for you to add words Tab to the Word Editing window on the right of the screen Buttons below it show your options Add Word type in the word th
48. lecting any other editing command Under the Edit Menu select Undo 41 TEXT EDITING HOLLYWOOD Undo To Undo a text edit select Undo before selecting any other editing command Under the Edit Menu select Undo Or press e Hollywood Screenwriter has a multi level undo capable of undoing up to the last 10 text editing changes you made It can undo cutting amp pasting blocks search amp replace and more Hollywood Screenwriter recognizes three basic types of editing e Adding text including Pasting e Deleting text including cutting deleting blocks e Global processing such as search replace or reformatting If Hollywood Screenwriter can undo the changes Undo on the Edit Menu is selectable If Undo is grayed out Hollywood Screenwriter cannot undo your text editing NOTE For the purposes of Undo each mouse click that you make is considered a text edit The Undo function merely un clicks it which results in no change Redo To restore a text edit you ve just Undone Under the Edit Menu select Redo Redo can restore only one 1 text editing change Insert Typeover Modes Hollywood Screenwriter can deal with the typing of new text at the cursor position in two different ways The current mode is displayed on the Bottom Status Bar 42 SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING Insert mode inserts new text at the cursor position pushing existing text to the right This is Hollywood Screen
49. lement and type h for Make this a Shot Then type any text for your Shot Press Enrere and a new Action element is created Title Centered You can create a centered title that doesn t contain Act or Scene information As an example some writers prefer to start the first page of their script with the script s title underlined instead of Fade In First create a blank Action element Then click on the Current Element window on the Top SpeedBar and select Title Centered from the drop down Menu that displays Act Information TV and Stage Play Format Prologue Text Type any valid Prologue Text at the beginning of a blank element the only Prologue Text that Hollywood Screenwriter recognizes is TEASER PROLOGUE or COLD OPENING Hollywood Screenwriter automatically centers and capitalizes it 31 WRITING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD New Act To start a New Act Type NEWACT this is all one word without a space at the beginning of any blank element Hollywood Screenwriter centers it and changes it to ACT where is the new Act Number A forced page break will not be entered Same Act To continue the Same Act type SAMEACT this is all one word without a space at the beginning of any blank element Hollywood Screenwriter centers it and changes it to ACT where is the same Act Number End of Act To end an Act type END OF this is two words with a space in a blank Action element The appropriat
50. lready in the script Scene Heading display a List Menu of Time of Day DAY with Location NIGHT etc End of Action add another Action Element Character Name add a Dialogue Element If the next element is Dialogue or Parenthetical it moves to the beginning of that element End of Dialogue add an Action Element Middle of Dialogue break the Dialogue and insert an Action Element Parenthetical add a Dialogue Element if the next element is Dialogue it moves to the beginning of that element Pop up menus can be displayed manually by pressing the appropriate Control key combination WRITING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD If you While in Press any element Cif any element o sit Action or Dialogue element 8 any element Character Name element QuickType will add a Shot element add an Action element display a List Menu of existing Character Names add a Character Name element display a List Menu of Character Extensions V O O S etc Dialogue element add a Parenthetical element any element Character Name in Dialog Action add a Transition element To put an existing Character Name into Dialogue or Action without typing it in again press esr 2 A Pull Down menu displays with all the existing Character Names Select one and it is entered as text at the cursor position Forced Page Break To end a page short and start a new pa
51. n the Action element Press to go to a new paragraph of Action Press twice to go to a new Scene Heading element Press to go to a Character Name element Character Name To create a new Character Name type it in To enter a Character Name that s already been used in this script 1 Press Ene A Pop up list of available Character Names displays 2 Type the first letter of the character s name you want The name becomes highlighted 3 Press Enters The Character Name is entered and a Dialogue element is created To enter an existing Character Name by first letter 1 Type the first letter of the character s name e g h A Pop up list of Character Names starting with that letter displays HELMER HELMER AND HORA 28 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Type enough letters until the name you want is highlighted and press Enter The Character Name is entered and a Dialogue element is created To enter a Character Extension press left parenthesis instead of Enter The Character Name is entered and a Character Extension Pop up List displays Character Extension An Extension is a modification to the Character Name appearing directly after it in parentheses or on the next line if you prefer It is commonly used to indicate that the Character speaking cannot be seen speaking onscreen The two most common Extensions are e V O meaning Voice Over which tells the reader that the ch
52. nary User Dictionary files end with the extension xa User us lxa is selected as the default Select a dictionary and click on OK The User Dictionary Editor screen displays If opening a User Dictionary for the first time the file is empty and ready for you to add words Tab to the Word Editing window on the right of the screen Buttons below it show your options Add Word type in the word the way you want it spelled Note if you enter an incorrect spelling here SpellCheck uses it In effect you re telling SpellCheck that this is the correct spelling Click on Add Word and the word you entered appears in the Dictionary window on the left To allow Hollywood Screenwriter to Auto Correcta word as you re typing in a script enter both incorrect and correct spellings here separated by a colon For example to Auto Correct Dramatica when it s spelled as Darmatica type in Darmatica Dramatica It s not necessary to type a space either before or after the colon The User Dictionary Editor does not distinguish between UPPERCASE and lowercase adding all words as lowercase Delete Word in the Dictionary window on the left highlight the word you want to Delete Click on the Delete Word button You are prompted to 46 SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING confirm the deletion Click on Yes to delete No to keep the word in the User Dictionary Edit Word in the Dictionary window on the left highlight the word you want to Edit Cl
53. nd any Quick Key shortcut displays on the left of the Bottom Status Bar For a list of Main Menu Bar commands see the Appendix chapter entitled Main Menu Bar For a list of Keyboard Shortcuts see the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys Moving the Cursor Use the following keys to move the cursor around the script quickly Previous Element Next Element e e Goto Top of Script et es mE Goto End of Script e AA deep uses Goto Page Menu Next character Previous character 37 TEXT EDITING HOLLYWOOD Next Word Previous Word Beginning of current line End of current line Previous Line Next Line Previous Screen Next Screen Selecting Text Hollywood Screenwriter uses the standard Windows methods of text selection Menu Selection place the cursor in the text to be selected Under the Edit Menu choose from Select All selects the entire script Turn off Block de selects the currently selected block of text Mouse Selection Hollywood Screenwriter has these options for selecting text with the mouse Drag Select using the mouse Left Click directly in front of the text to be selected While holding the Left Button down drag the mouse cursor across the text Release the button when all the desired text is highlighted To continue selecting text that s offscreen move the mouse cursor onto the top or bottom menu bar while still
54. nd you ll have to delete from or add to the scenes Cheating tries to fool the reader and comes from the unwillingness or inability of the writer to master screenplay form You re better off doing the adding or deleting beforehand and developing the discipline of a tight lean writer now By the way the ideal length for a spec screenplay is between 90 and 120 pages Elements of Screenwriting A screenplay is formatted using different elements with different margins spacing capitalization etc for each part of the script A description of each element with example text is shown below Note that the examples are shown in boldface for emphasis only Do not use boldface text in your scripts Act Information In a TV script ends one act and starts another Usually with a page break inbetween END OF ACT ONE ACT SCENE BREAK ACT TWO SCENE A Action Shows what the characters are doing in the scene and briefly describes where they re doing it OVERVIEW HOLLYWOOD EXT STREET DAY Uncle Billy is walking along the street humming happily to himself He sees some men decorating the Court House with banners and bunting there is a huge sign reading Welcome Home Harry Bailey Character Name Indicates who s speaking It is immediately followed by a Dialogue element or a Parenthetical element UNCLE BILLY calls out Be sure you spell the name right Dialogue Cont
55. ng Out Text 43 Style Sheets in Rich Text Format 52 Suggest 45 Switch Elements 32 Switching between Windows 15 T Tab 69 Tab amp Enter 26 TAG 36 Tag Text 36 Tagged file 52 TEASER 31 36 Text Editing 37 Text element 20 21 Text Interpretation Menu 52 Text or Numerical Input Fields 13 The Spec Screenplay 1 Tile 15 66 Time of Day 27 36 Timed Backup 16 Title 19 Title Centered 5 31 Title Page 19 20 21 Title Page Publisher 19 49 63 Top SpeedBar 14 Transition 6 26 31 33 71 Transitions 35 36 Turn off Block 38 64 TV Templates 24 Typeover 14 42 Typeover mode 42 U n delete 41 n Deleting Text 41 nderline 20 43 72 nderline Button 43 nderlining 43 71 ndo 41 64 se most aggressive interpretation of the source text 53 se Style Sheets 52 ser Dictionaries 45 ser Dictionary Editor 73 ser Lists 35 E C CIC e C V V O 29 36 W Window Menu 66 Windows Operating System 9 Word Processor format 24 Word Processor mode 71 WordPerfect 52 WordPerfect 5 0 55 WordPerfect 5 1 amp 6 x files for DOS and Windows 51 WordStar for DOS 51 52 Write Brothers Incorporated ii Writing the Script 25 WYSIWYG 63 NOTES NOTES NOTES
56. o get a brief Help screen Search for Help On displays the searchable Index of the Online Help Script Analysis provides statistical information printable about your scenes and characters This report can also be printed or saved to a PrintScript file About displays Hollywood Screenwriter Version information and Registration information if you entered it at Installation 68 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR 69 COMMAND KEYS HOLLYWOOD Appendix D Command Keys Special Keys These are the only special keys you need to use to write with Hollywood Screenwriter tab Tab takes you to the Character Name element from any other element Enter takes you to any other element except Character Name for example pressing Ere while in Character Name takes you to Dialogue while in Transition it takes you to Scene Heading etc Left parenthesis takes you to Parenthetical if pressed while in Dialogue or Character Extension if pressed while in Character Name Formatting is done for you by Hollywood Screenwriter as you write e g type int at the beginning of any blank line and Hollywood Screenwriter automatically formats that as a Scene Heading Cursor Movement Keys Use the following keys to move the cursor around the script quickly 70 SCREENWRITER COMMAND KEYS J J 2 E ey ey eee els cu S s AA secus
57. olling through the options with the arrow keys and pressing Ene Use the mouse to click on an option e Pressing the appropriate QuickSelect Letter e g w to select Word NOTE If there is a Windows Quick key equivalent for a menu option it displays to the right of the Menu Item as in Ctrl L for Word in the example above LIST MENU List Menus are scrollable menus with text items selectable for input into your script without typing such as the Character List in the example To select an item you would e Type enough letters to match the item you want typing highlights Helmer while typing Helmer a highlights Helmer and Nora Then press e Click on the item you want using the mouse Scroll through the items with the arrow keys and press Ens to select the highlighted item More items can be viewed by clicking or dragging in the scroll bar on the right of the menu 11 BASIC INFORMATION HOLLYWOOD DIALOG BOX Printing to HP LaserJet 5MP on Moviemagic hp_laserjet_5m Setup C Current Page C Current Page through to End of Script C Entire Script C Blocked Text Only Selected Pages Print Selection should Print Normal Order Forwards h Number of Copies IL H Iv Print the Title Page Help Dialog boxes have different types of input options including Push Buttons CheckBoxes Radio Buttons and Text amp Nume
58. on t write the title or anything else on the covers or side edges of the script Paper Use regular 8 1 2 by 11 white 20 pound paper the kind sold for photocopying machines Make sure it s 3 hole punched unless you have a machine for doing it yourself and endless patience Covers Use 110 pound cardstock in a plain solid color These are usually not 3 hole punched so you ll need that 3 hole punch machine Place 1 blank cover on the front and 1 blank cover on the back before binding everything together with 2 brass brads Make sure your pages are in the correct order and that none are missing Resist the temptation to put fancy drawings photos or designs on the covers these tell the reader that you are an amateur Instead put all that creativity into your writing Brads Use solid brass Acco 5 1 1 4 or 6 1 1 2 brads They are sold in boxes of 100 Accept no substitutes The cheap brass plated steel ones do not stay flat they spring back protruding enough to scratch people s desks laps and car seats Put only 2 brads on your script leaving the middle hole empty On the back of the script flatten the prongs of each brad against the back cover by bending them at 90 degrees Brass washers are optional but they do keep the brads from coming loose Mailing It s polite and good business practice to send out a query letter before sending your script If you write a good enough query letter the reader will be
59. on Uncle Billy s fingers UNCLE BILLY S EYES He s trying not to cry but the tears flow anyway Title Centered Used to center text horizontally on the page Instead of using FADE IN some writers prefer to print the script title and their name at the very beginning of the script OVERVIEW HOLLYWOOD IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE by Robert Riskin EXT STREET NIGHT George in the uniform of an air raid warden is patrolling his beat Transition Emphasizes a change in time or location between two scenes Usually ends with TO Use sparingly Uncle Billy remains sobbing at the table his head in his arms CUT TO INT GEORGE S LIVING ROOM NIGHT Extension Part of the Character Name element Used when the character speaking is Offscreen or in voice over George is walking along the sidewalk reading a newspaper JOSEPH V O This morning day before Christmas about ten a m Bedford Falls time George comes to where Ernie the taxi driver is standing on the sidewalk Binding Your script should look like the scripts submitted by professional writers and their agents Just like screenplay format there is a standard way to bind SCREENWRITER OVERVIEW scripts Do not use spiral binding fancy report covers Velobind or any other method that s acceptable for documents that are not screenplays Use only 3 hole punched white paper with plain cardstock covers bound with 2 brass brads D
60. ottom of the screen At the right of the screen is the Right SpeedBar A Right SpeedBar icon button inserts an element at the cursor position Across the bottom of the screen is the Bottom Status Bar On its left side it displays a hint about the item the cursor is currently over To the right of that is the Insert Typeover Button which toggles between Insert and Typeover modes In Insert mode whatever you type is inserted before the cursor In Typeover mode whatever you type writes over the text after the cursor position replacing it Insert mode is in common use in most word processing and screenwriting programs Next to that is Line amp Position information telling you where the cursor is located onscreen 14 SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION Opening a Script Under the File Menu select Open Select from the list of available files changing the subdirectory drive or file type if necessary Click on OK to open the file To open a file you ve recently saved select one of the numbered files at the bottom of the File Menu Opening Multiple Scripts Hollywood Screenwriter allows you to have up to 9 files open at the same time To have more than one script open Open them one at a time under the File Menu Initially they each open in full screen To see several of them on screen at once you can resize them and open multiple windows Displaying Multiple Windows Under the Window Menu select
61. rent element 25 WRITING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD Character Name z ct Information ny Dialogue Parenthetical Scene Heading Scene Information Shot Title Centered Transition e Click on the element s icon on the Right SpeedBar if displayed inserts the element at the cursor position e Pressa Cu key shortcut for that element See the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys for details e Type an element s text and it is automatically formatted in certain elements type int or ext in a new Scene Heading or blank Action element type fade in or press Ene at the start of a new script type in Transition text ending it with to Tab Enter You can easily go from element to element in Hollywood Screenwriter by pressing just two keys and Ene Your fingers need never leave the keyboard unlike using a Control key shortcut or using the mouse enabling you to stay in the flow of writing your script Based on which Element the cursor s in Hollywood Screenwriter makes an informed guess as to what you d like to do next It places you in the logical next Element and pops up a menu of possible choices For example if the cursor s in a blank Character Name element and you press a list of all the Character Names in your script pops up for your selection The following element instructions use the Tab amp Enter method 26 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Fade
62. rical Input Fields Most options have an Underlined QuickSelect letter Select the option you want using any of these methods e Moving around in the menu by pressing or lt Clicking on it with the mouse Pressing the QuickSelect letter on the keyboard if you re already in a Text or Numerical Input Field such as Selected Pages and want to move to another such as Current Page press 4 to distinguish from text input PushButtons There are four PushButtons displayed as rectangular boxes on the Print dialog box in the example above Fax OK Cancel and Help Select a Push Button using any of these methods e Moving to it with the arrow or keys and pressing Erie e Clicking on it with the mouse Pressing its underlined QuickSelect letter if any from the keyboard Selecting OK always exits a dialog box accepting all of the current settings Selecting Cancel always cancels a dialog box without changing anything 12 SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION CheckBoxes An example of a CheckBox displayed as a small box either blank or with a Checkmark in it is shown on the example Print dialog box on the previous page titled Print the Title Page A CheckBox can be checked or unchecked using one of these methods e Moving to it with the arrow or keys and pressing the Space Bar e Clicking on it with the mouse e Pressing the Underlined QuickSelect Letter from the keyboard in this example
63. rints the entire script 49 PRINTING THE SCRIPT HOLLYWOOD Blocked Text Only If checked prints the text block you ve selected in your script If no text is selected this option is grayed out and unselectable Selected Pages If checked prints the Pages you select Enter the page numbers in the same order they appear in the script i e lower numbers first Enter individual page numbers separated by commas 1 3 32 Enter a section of consecutive pages using a dash between the first and last page 45 78 or 89 end Or combine the two methods 1 3 32 45 78 89 end Print Selection should Print in in this window pull down and click on one of these printing order options to select e Normal Order Forwards prints your selection in normal sequential order starting with lower numbered pages scenes This is the default option e Reverse order Backwards prints your selection in reverse order starting with the highest numbered pages scenes Use for printers that output the pages face up like the HP DeskJet and Canon BubbleJet Number of Copies Enter the number of copies of your print selection to print Acceptable values are between 1 and 99 Print Title Page If checked prints the title page at the head of the script Only available if you ve created a Title Page in the Title Page Publisher Fax Click this button to Fax your print selection instead of printing it Only available if you have a Fax Mod
64. ript is the format The special spacing capitalization margins and page breaks are designed with one thing in mind production It s all about money If you use the correct format the screenplay page will take up about one minute of screen OVERVIEW HOLLYWOOD time when filmed So the page count roughly equals the length of the movie in minutes This is for the benefit of the Production Manager who must break down the script and sort the scenes by location day or night and other criteria in order to create a shooting schedule The idea is to shoot the film in the shortest time possible thus saving money and reducing the budget When you submit your spec script the first and perhaps only person who will read it is the Story Analyst or Reader Their job is to read scripts and pick out the great ones These are recommended to their boss who is too busy to read everything that is submitted Readers have come to expect all scripts to look the same in the accepted professional screenplay format Their reasoning is that if the writer can t get the format right how can they be expected to do justice to the structure dialogue plot characters or any other part of screenplay storytelling If your script doesn t look like a professional script they won t treat it like one They may toss it in the trash without even reading it How To Format Spec Scripts Perfectly You ve got this part of the process mastered already thi
65. rting a non Windows Word Processor script 56 Cleaning up Imported Scripts ooooooccccccnconononnnonnnnnnonconononnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnononnononnnnnnnnos 56 APPENDIX B EXPORTING SCRIPTS vissscssasiesssstcsdsscussaastsvsdcesoesotiasdcosdsbeansactustorscsoivesvess 59 jq EEUU 59 Ple i iot edo s A atus dein 60 Importing a Screenwriter Export script sssssssses eee 60 C tand P ste Exportng nt st eet ete e dese e ee ce eei eee Ei dat 61 APPENDIX C MAIN MENU DAR IR ri 63 File Men bee ette et fter e eee te diese ie teet age ee net fee das 63 Edit ae a coa 64 Load Format Menu 65 Search Menus as epe HERI and metet 65 Goto Ment direxit deedes ae diede ortis 65 Spell cases iet dietus d s tide 66 Wind Owe Ment dete ementi mene t ta 66 Help Mente et t e e e er ir ee 66 APPENDIX D COMMAND KEYS ei 69 Special Keys cuiii etes at Pene ie Hee ete esee teet ate ee net fida 69 Cursor Movement Keys esir pe eee e b p re en tee e t 69 Conttol Keys eu 70 PUNCH ON Keys ciere aid irae o oti dba Hi d 71 APPENDIX E UTILITY PROGRAM S ita 73 User Dictionary Editor nonae drm tipi nebat 73 INDE 77 vi SCREENWRITER CONTENTS vii SCREENW
66. s is exactly what Hollywood Screenwriter does In fact it goes even further it won t let you format the spec script incorrectly You can concentrate your time energy and creativity on the story and the writing Scene Numbers Q Why doesn t Hollywood Screenwriter number the scenes like the scripts of produced movies that I ve read A Because those were shooting scripts used in the actual shooting of the film Spec scripts don t need scene numbers because your script will be rewritten many times before it is shot They can be added later usually by the studio s script typing department Putting scene numbers in a spec script achieves one thing it clutters up the script making it a more difficult read And you don t want to do anything to make your script harder to read for the creative person with limited time That applies to Scene Continued s too On shooting scripts the bottom of almost every page and the top of the next one has the word Continued This indicates that the scene is continued on the next page or continued from the previous one In a spec script this just takes up extra space and makes the script longer SCREENWRITER OVERVIEW Margins Q Why can t I cheat the margins and or spacing to make my script appear longer or shorter A The key words here are cheat and appear When the script is retyped in the correct format and if someone purchases it it will be the correct page length will be revealed A
67. s on the keyboard 20 SCREENWRITER LITLE PAGE Clicking on the Horizontal and Vertical text alignment buttons at the right of the title page X and Y axis displays at the upper right of the screen show how far from the left X and top Y margins of the page your text element starts These measurement change as you move the text element and are shown in your selection of Inches or Centimeters A Grid helps you position text elements on the page Check Show Grid to display it Saving a Title Page As the Title Page is saved as part of the script itself there s no need to save it separately To save it as a template for use with other scripts simply click on the Save button and give it a name A file extension of TPG is automatically added to a Title Page Template file you save Loading a Title Page You can load a title page that is part of another Hollywood Screenwriter script or was saved as a Title Page Template file Click on the Load Button On the Open Title Page dialog box load an existing Title Page Template file by selecting a file ending in TPG and clicking Open To load a title page that is part of another Screenwriter script click the Load Button then change the List files of type from Title Page to Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts Select a file ending in HWS or SCW and click Open Printing a Title Page From within Title Page Publisher print the Title Page by clicking the Print The Title Pag
68. s used by Samuel French Narrow Action margins with Parenthesis wide Dialogue margins and Act amp Scene Information TV Templates based on the actual production scripts used by the TV shows they have the correct margins formatting character lists act and scene breaks and even sample text for the top Sitcoms Soaps and Episodic Dramas Other Formats Word Processor can be used from within any other format Puts you ina mode where Tab and Enter function as in normal word processing programs Effectively switches off Hollywood Screenwriter s script formatting features though you can still insert script Elements To switch to WP mode Under the Edit Menu select Normal WP mode A checkmark appears next to Normal WP mode on the menu and the left of the Bottom Status Bar displays a message in Red to remind you that you re in WP mode To exit WP mode repeat this command sequence or press e v 24 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Writing the Script Elements Each part of a script is formatted uniquely with different margins capitalization and spacing Hollywood Screenwriter uses these elements e Act Information e Action e Character Name e Dialogue e Parenthetical e Scene Heading e Scene Information e Shot e Title Centered e Transition Creating Elements You can create Elements in a number of ways e Click on an element in the pull down Current Element window changes the cur
69. script format and applies it to the currently selected script if one is open Conforms to Samuel French s published play format Search Menu Search displays the Search amp Replace dialog box with the Replace parameters grayed out Enter the text to Search for and define the search parameters Search amp Replace displays the Search amp Replace dialog box Enter the text to Search for the text to Replace it with and define the Search amp Replace parameters Search Again or Search amp Replace Again repeats or continues the previous Search Replace command starting from the current cursor position Change Character Name displays a Search amp Replace dialog box modified for Character Names only The Search for box contains a list of available Character Names to choose from Choose one enter the new Name in the Replace with box and define the Search amp Replace parameters Goto Menu Top takes you to the Top of the script Bottom takes you to the End of the script Page takes you to a specific Page Number or Scene Number 66 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Scene displays a Scene Heading list allowing you to select the one to go to Act Scene Info in a Television or Stage Play format script displays an Act Scene list allowing you to select an Act to go to Takes you to that Act s first Scene Heading Spell Menu Word spellchecks the Word that the cursor is currently in Element
70. tem or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means mechanical electronic magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without prior written consent by Write Brothers Inc Trademarks Hollywood Screenwriter Hollywood Screenwriter for Windows and the Hollywood Screenwriter Logo are trademarks of Write Brothers Incorporated Dramatica is a registered trademark of Write Brothers Incorporated SmartCheck SmartTab ZapSave QuickType and PrintThing are trademarks of ScriptPerfection Enterprises WordPerfect is a registered trademark of the WordPerfect Corporation Microsoft Word is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation all others are registered trademarks of their respective holders SCREENWRITER CONTENTS Contents OVERVIEW nor 1 TheiSpec Screenplay aia ete tien exe 1 Hollywood s Screenplay Format serete erens na EE EEEE E EE EEA Ea 1 Elements of Screenwriting eee a e Sa E EVAAA E EN sii OEE aaie 3 Binding tet ne e e a e ag dee 6 BASIC INFORMATION tir A A A AAA 9 Windows Operating System sss eene I eren enne 9 Selecting Screenwriter Commands emen 9 Online Help Re Pee e ee eee etit ete a e 10 Menus Aei ss cee ee ertet t doti e c tod rem eee 10 Editing Screen ESO 14 Opening a tte eres rende 15 Openin
71. to one Toggles Underlining on off ons Pastes text from the clipboard 0 Toggles Word Processor mode on off es Cuts highlighted text Toggles Italics on off Ene Puts you into an Action element Inserts a Forced Page Break Function Keys Function Keys give you another way to access features also available through Pull Down Menus or other keystrokes 72 SCREENWRITER COMMAND KEYS Pops up the Help Menu Pops up the Search for Text box 0 Pops up the Search Replace Text box ang Exits Hollywood Screenwriter er ES Closes the currently active open script Toggles Bold on off zl Fs cs Switches between a number of open Scripts Saves the script without prompting for a file name Toggles Underline on off Toggles Italics on off Pops up the Save As dialog box Toggles Strikeout on off 73 UTILITY PROGRAMS HOLLYWOOD Appendix E Utility Progra ms User Dictionary Editor DICTEDIT EXE The User Dictionary Editor allows you to add remove or change words in any of your User Dictionaries It can be selected under Hollywood Screenwriter s Spell Menu as Edit User Dictionary or run as a stand alone program by clicking on it in the Hollywood Screenwriter program group window The SpellCheck Language Selection dialog box appears asking you to se
72. ure may allow a more accurate import Action is in Parentheticals check this if your import file has the Action Element in parentheses such as certain TV or Stage Play scripts 5 Clickon OK to import the file 6 Under Hollywood Screenwriter s File Menu Save your imported file under a new name If your script doesn t import successfully try again with different options checked You may have to experiment with these options to get the best results SCREENWRITER IMPORTING SCRIPTS Cut and Paste Import Use this method if none of the other methods imports your script successfully To import a Script from another Windows program on the same computer as Hollywood Screenwriter 1 Open the other Windows program and open the file you want to import to Hollywood Screenwriter 2 Under that program s Edit Menu Select All or select all the text in the file using another method 3 Under the Edit Menu select Copy Once the Copy command is complete the text will be on the Clipboard Don t cut or copy anything else 4 Open Hollywood Screenwriter 5 Under Hollywood Screenwriter s File Menu open a New file Under the Edit Menu select Paste Instead of pasting the import text in your new empty document Hollywood Screenwriter presents the following Text Interpretation dialog box How should Interpret This Text Import Text in Script Format Import Text as Action Only v Text Only Non RIH
73. writer s default mode Typeover mode new text replaces existing text typing over it To Switch between Insert and Typeover Press the 1 key on the keyboard Or click on the Insert Typeover button on the Bottom Status Bar Bolding Text To format existing text as Bold select the text Then Click on the Bold Button labeled with a B on the Top SpeedBar B Or press e 8 or on the keyboard Underlining Text To format existing text as Underline Select the text Then Click on the Underline Button labeled with a U on the Top SpeedBar Or press e QJ or on the keyboard Italicizing Text To format existing text as Italic Select the text Then Click on the Italics Button labeled with an I on the Top SpeedBar TEXT EDITING HOLLYWOOD Or press e or on the keyboard Striking Out Text To format existing text as Strikeout Select the text Then Press on the keyboard Removing Text Formatting Select the text to remove formatting from Click on the Normal Button labeled with an N on the Top SpeedBar ki Or press C J NJ on the keyboard Applying Multiple Text Formats You can apply multiple formats to existing text e g make text both Bold and Italicized without re selecting it multiple times Hold down the key while applying any of the text formats above The text remains highlighted ready for you to apply the next format SpellCheck Hollywood

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