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1. single spaced is 1 0 double is 2 0 Extension Parenthetical Scrpt Notes and so on E Only when Extensions Match Fame gt Y Style _ oo Allow words that are five n o R Continued Separator O 69529 or more letters long to 2 e 99 009 Page Breaks extend 1 or 2 letters beyond EOP the normal right hand Cont d Text CONT D Locked Scripts margin d 7 s More Contid IconT D A Save as Default More Text MORE for all New Scripts rn S Use Current Font for All Elements a Revert Cancel 104 SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Down the right side are buttons for displaying the unique characteristics of individual Elements e Character Names e Dialogue e Parentheticals e Scene Headings e Shots e Action e Transitions e Act Information e Scene Information e Script Notes e Centered Title and options for e Page Breaks e Locked Scripts Click on a button to display that element s options Options common to all script elements though with different values for each are Margins Left and Right adjustable in units of 1 10th of an inch Line Spacing Lines Before and Interline between lines within an element adjustable in units of 1 10th of a line AII Capitals Bold Italicized and Underlined text formatting checkboxes A button to select a Font s Typeface Style and Size Allow Words that are five or more letters long to ext
2. Times of Day Transitions Act Scene hfo Prologue Text E Tag Text End of Act Text FADE N Text Substitution Test EJ Save as Default for all New Scripts f Cancel ok gt Click on a button in the right column to select a User List to edit Available items for that User List with defaults display Select the text in a lettered Item for example FULL SHOT in Item D and edit it as desired If you delete an item the list is updated when you exit the menu Loading User Lists User Lists can be loaded from other Screenwriter scripts Open the script you want to load the User Lists into WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Under the Format Menu select Load User Lists from then one of the following formats Movie Magic Screenwriter Script Loads all User Lists from another Screenwriter script Original Defaults Reloads Screenwriter s originally installed default User Lists At the Load User List from Script screen that displays select the file whose User Lists you want to load Click on Open to load the User Lists Loading Locations Character Names or Transitions from Screenwriter Scripts Frequently a script s Locations Scene Body Text and Character Names are not actually in the User Lists but are accessed from within the script itself To make these items available to another script s User List
3. Blank Transition Display a List Menu of play s element Transitions CUT TO etc E Any element Add a Script Note If Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical is checked on the Editing page of Preferences under the Edit Menu Tab creates a Parenthetical element when pressed in a Dialogue element Character Name in Dialog Action To put an existing Character Name into Dialogue or Action without typing it in again press L amp A Pull Down menu displays with all the existing Character Names Select one and it is entered as text at the cursor position Or if you ve assigned that name an Alias type in the alias text and press the space bar It is expanded to the full Character Name at the cursor position See Aliases later in this chapter for details Forced Page Break To end a page short and start a new page enter a Forced Page Break at the cursor position Under the Edit Menu select Add Forced Page Break Or press at JH e Remove a Forced Page Break Remove a Forced Page Break using one of these methods 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 sees key Or put the cursor at the end of the element immediately before the Forced Page Break Press the LC key Soft Hyphen
4. 000 E pa pe BRA ensons B eoo T 34 QOO hitial Scene Text D eoo Scene Body Text ES eoo Shot Text F eoo Times of Day 8 eco Transitions H eoo Act Scene Info L eoo Prologue Text panan de sss Tag Text me co End of Act Text eco FADE N Tex eco Substitution Text MM ution Te H e00 0 1809 7 Save as Default A Auto E AsEntered C ALL CAPS Tor a IE NES BOCES Creating Alias End of Show Text 1 Under the Format Menu select Edit User Lists The Edit User Lists screen displays SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT 2 Click on the End of Act Text button 3 Enter Alias text for End of and or Show in the blank Alias box to the left of the Text box 4 Click on OK to save your changes to the script s User Lists Alias Text Alias Text allows you to type an abbreviation of text as few as two letters and have Screenwriter automatically expand it to the full text for you The expanded text is formatted with its correct element format For example you could enter T as the Alias for INT in the Initial Scene Text User List When you type I on a blank line followed by a space or appropriate punctuation Screenwriter expands it to INT for you and formats the element as Scene Heading Or add the name CAROL ANN to the Character Name User List assigning it an Alias of CA When you type ca followed by a space or appro
5. All Scenes except OMITTEDs Exports all scenes except those which have been deleted and designated OMITTED in the script There is no breakdown information apart from the scene number to be exported for OMITTED scenes If the script contains no OMITTED scenes this option is grayed out and unselectable Click OK to export to Movie Magic Scheduling Cancel to exit the menu without exporting If you click OK to start exporting Screenwriter begins gathering breakdown data from each scene in the script When it s finished you re prompted to enter a filename for the Movie Magic Export file The default is your script s filename with the extension SEX added instead of SCW Click on the Save button to create the export file A message box tells you that the export file was saved and under what filename Animation Production Animation Production scripts have certain unique needs that Screenwriter addresses with the following unique features 134 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Multiple Revision Marks With much animation being produced overseas production companies are having to fax revised script pages to their production studios As fax machines transmit in black and white the usual means of identifying sets of revisions by printing them on different colored pages doesn t work To solve this problem a multi revision mark standard has been introduced The first day s revisions have a single asterisk the s
6. Basic Information Apple Macintosh Using Movie Magic Screenwriter and this manual assumes a basic familiarity with the Apple Macintosh computer and its operating system Teaching or supporting this operating system is beyond the scope of this manual For help with Macintosh go to your Macintosh User s Manual online Help or contact Apple Corporation Selecting Screenwriter Commands There is usually more than one way of performing a function in 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 Screenwriter you may want to use Keyboard Shortcuts and Tool Bar Icons To see what command a Tool Bar Icon represents use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it A box of explanatory Hint text displays in a help balloon directly next to the icon 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 Menus Main Menu Bar Screenwriter s Pull Down menus are accessed from the Main Menu Bar at the top of the screen BASIC INFORMATION MOVIE MAGIC There are three types of menu New 36N Open 360 Compare Two Scripts Page Setup nn n Pull Down Menu Pull down menus pull down from the Main Menu Bar With the Menu displayed select an option using any of these methods
7. Avid Editor Format These are the export file types formats currently available Screenwriter Normally used for saving Screenwriter scripts RTF Rich Text Format Used to export to Macintosh RTF format Compatible with most Mac Word Processing programs NOTE This is the preferred Screenwriter export format as it retains all element styles As a comparison Copying and Pasting gives all elements a flush left margin 147 EXPORTING SCRIPTS MOVIE MAGIC Also used to export to Final Draft s Rich Text Format As Final Draft s import feature doesn t support Shots Script Notes or Centered Title elements they are imported as Shots Scene Headings Script Notes Action Centered Titles Action Plain Text Used to export to programs which cannot handle any of the other formats A plain text format with all the text of the script indented correctly using spaces ScriptThing for DOS Used to export to ScriptThing for DOS an older script formatting program for the IBM PC Scriptware Tagged Used to export to Scriptware a script formatting program HTML Publishing Used to export to HTML format for publishing your script file on a web site Enter a new File Name for the exported file Screenwriter automatically adds the correct export file extension according to your chosen export format Click on Save to save the export file Importing a Screenwriter Export Script To import a Screenwriter export
8. Letters A B C Words One Two Three WORDS ONE TWO THREE Roman Numerals I II III Put In Scene Information As Selects a format for Scene Information appearing in Header Text Click on the appropriate radio button to select Numbers 1 2 3 Letters A B C Words One Two Three WORDS ONE TWO THREE Roman Numerals I II IIT PRINTING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Print Headers On Determines on which pages you want the Header Text to print Click on the appropriate radio button to select Not Page One Header Text will be printed on every page except Page One This is the accepted standard for Screenplays Every Page Header Text will be printed on every page including Page One Every Page Except First Page of Scene Header Text will not be printed on the first page of a new Scene or Act Used in some TV shows as the Act Scene Information is already displayed Align Headers Items in Header Text can be aligned flush with the right margin flush with the left margin or a combination of the two Click on the appropriate radio button to select Flush Left at Margin Aligns Header Text flush with the Left margin using the default Left margin selected in Page Layout Enter a new Left margin for Header Text only if desired Accepts values in 1 10 increments between 0 3 and 8 Flush Right at Margin Aligns Header Text flush with the Right margin using the defa
9. MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC Replace amp Find Next After performing a Find command replaces the current selection with text entered in the Replace box of the Search window and finds the next occurrence of the selection in the script Replace All After performing a Find command replaces all occurrences of the Search text with the text entered in the Replace window Change Character Name Displays a Search amp Replace Menu 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 Mark One Character s Dialogue Displays a list of your script s Character Names for your selection A selected Character s dialogue appears in red in your script and in color printing and with a gray background in black and white printing Useful for printing out a script for an actor with his her dialogue highlighted Goto Menu Tools Production Window 4H Top 1 Bottom H Page t Scene Previous Scene Heading ANT Next Scene Heading A ri Li Next Forced Page Break Next Speech By Next Script Note Next Current Revision Mark Next Strikeout or Colored Text r3 Last Position Bookmark 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 156 SCRE
10. Use the mouse to click on an option Scroll through the options with the arrow keys and pressing s with the Lshitt J entra method only e Press the appropriate QuickSelect Letter with the J oJ method only NOTE If there is a Tea Le Ou for a menu option it displays to the right of the Menu Item as in Q for Quit on the File Menu SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION o Character Names JACK THOMAS 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 e Type enough letters to match the item you want typing H highlights Helmer while typing Helmer a highlights Helmer and Nora Then press sv e Click on the item you want using the mouse Scroll through the items with the arrow keys and press enr to select the highlighted item e Press the underlined QuickSelect letter if any such as M for Morning More items can be viewed by clicking or dragging in the scroll bar on the right of the menu BASIC INFORMATION MOVIE MAGIC Print Job Current Page O Forwards Entire Script Selected Text O Selected Pages O Selected Scenes Revision Production Breakdowns O Dialogue Character List Scene Heading List Script Notes v Run SmartCheck before this print Job Print in Reverse Order Print to Printer F P
11. A Soft Hyphen can be used to break a word at the end of a line to give the right margin a smoother look If the text is subsequently edited so that the word is no longer broken the soft hyphen is ignored Put the cursor in the word where you want the Soft Hyphen to be inserted Press Gti Command Dash SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Hard Dash A Hard Dash is similar to a regular dash except that it keeps the two words either side of it together For example inserting a hard dash between set and up in the word set up ensures that the word won t be broken by the end of a line word wrap feature Put the cursor in the word where you want the Hard Dash to be inserted Press J Command Shift Dash Hard Space A Hard Space is similar to a regular space except that it keeps the two words either side of it together For example inserting a Hard Space between Production and Studio in the phrase Production Studio ensures that the word won t be broken by the end of a line word wrap feature Put the cursor in the phrase where you want the Hard Space to be inserted Or select the regular space between the two words Press tonto feptior space 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 eer 2 s Dual Column Simultaneous Dialog
12. Checks the spelling of the current Page Spell Check Forwards Checks the spelling of from the cursor position to the end of the script Spell Check Entire Script Checks the spelling of all text in the script Correct Current Word If Screenwriter does not understand the spelling of a word it will provide alternate spellings in this window e Add to Dictionary This feature allows the user to add the selected unknown word to Screenwriter s dictionary Ignore for This Session Choosing this option instructs Screenwriter to avoid this word when Spell Checking the script This command only functions while the Screenwriter program is open Once Screenwriter is closed it will not remember to overlook this word the next time the user chooses to run the program Count Words Counts the number of words in the script Pause AutoCorrection Pauses the real time SpellChecking or AutoCorrection features if they re on When paused there ll be a check mark next to this menu item Clear Ignore List Clears from memory all the words that you ve told SpellCheck to Ignore this writing session Change Dictionary Displays a Menu where you can select a different user dictionary for the currently displayed script Select Language Shows options for changing your SpellChecking to a different language Use of this feature requires the installation of an optional Foreign Language Dictionary Edit User Dictionary Takes you to Selec
13. E LA j Once you and your partner are connected you both will see a Chat Window which generally looks like the following though of course the exact text will vary The Top window is the message area where you will see messages from your partner and you as well as occasional system messages The Bottom window is a text entry window where you can type messages to send to your partner 75 OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC The B UI N style Buttons between the two windows allow you to change the style of the text you send to BOLD Underline Italics and Normal respectively The small window below the text entry window is where you specify your name as it will appear in your partner s Chat windows You can change the name by simply typing a new name in this window All previous names are accessible by clicking on the down arrow to bring up the Pop Menu Send Script Allows you to send the current active script in your program to your partner Your partner will receive a request asking if he wants to accept the script if he does the computer will begin receiving the script During this time you or partner will not be able to Chat with each other until your partner receives the script Partner will then automatically launch the Show Partner feature from your partner s computer showing you the file that is now on his computer in slave mode see below The script now resides on your partner s computer allowing him to sa
14. Mouse E ial da E L Screenwriter can be preset to automatically do one of five things each time it starts up by clicking on one of the following radio buttons Leave You in a Blank Script Opens a new file with the default Screenplay format Display the Open File Menu Displays a standard Open File Menu set to your default scripts folder Retrieve Last Script you worked on Opens in the last script you saved in your previous Screenwriter session Restore Last Workspace Opens all scripts you had open at the time you Exited your previous Screenwriter session Default Scripts Folder Allows you to change the folder that Screenwriter uses as the default for opening saving scripts default folder is Scripts CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Click on the Set button to see the following window Choose a Folder From Documents m BE Desktop 4 2 Movie Magic Screenwriter is Library s Movies LE Music id Pictures s Public LJ Sites Ply lt gt New Folder Add to Favorites Go to Cancel CRD Change the default script directory to a different pre existing directory by navigating folders and drives Create a new folder by clicking on the New button and typing a new name Click on the Choose Folder button to select the currently selected folder as the default Click on the Cancel button to keep the existing default Timed Backup
15. Screenwriter has a data security function that makes a temporary Timed Backup of your script at regular intervals In an emergency situation such as a power outage you can retrieve the timed backup and use the data The timed backup is a separate process from regular file saving It automatically backs up the file you re working on when its timer activates Always save your scripts separately before you exit Screenwriter Manually make Backups of your scripts to another drive or medium such as a floppy disk tape drive network server etc Timed Backup Frequency Set this to between 1 and 30 minutes 5 is the default If you try to set it to 0 or greater than 30 minutes it changes to 0 minutes when you exit the menu Timed Backup Sound Screenwriter can play a sound to let you know that a timed backup is taking place in the background Choose a sound from the pop up menu To prevent your writing session from being interrupted choose None SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Password Protect Scripts Password Protection keeps unauthorized people from reading your scripts When saving a script you ll be asked to enter a password twice for confirmation To open the script you ll have to enter the correct password When checking this option you ll be prompted to type the word YES to confirm your decision to put passwords on all scripts When saving an Allow Viewing Printing without Password option lets you make
16. UNCLE BILLY Yeah yeah maybe maybe Click on the triangle icon to toggle the Script Note s display status between Hide and Show Script Notes Options Formatting options for Script Notes can be set on the Script Notes page of the Edit Script Formats menu 1 2 3 Under the Format Menu select Edit Script Formats Click on the Script Notes button on the right hand side Display Notes in Script If checked Script Notes are displayed onscreen according to their individual hide show status Unchecked all Script Notes are displayed as hidden Print Notes in Script If checked Script Notes are treated as part of the script when printing changing the Page Breaks accordingly Unchecked they do not print or increase the script length Select the Color for Script Notes Clicking this button displays a Color palette Choose a color to display Script Notes with or create a Custom color Click OK to accept your choice Cancel to exit without changing color Click OK to save your changes Cancel to discard them See Edit Script Formats in the Customizing Screenwriter chapter for more details Switch Elements To convert one element to another for example Character Name to Title Centered 1 Put the cursor anywhere in the Element to be changed Or select a portion of the element to change Click on the Current Element menu on the Top Tool Bar to display the Pull Down List of elements Character
17. e Red Removes red highlighting from revised text displaying it as normal e Blue Removes blue highlighting from revised text displaying it as normal Green Removes green highlighting from revised text displaying it as normal 162 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Breakdowns Allows you to create and or export scene breakdowns of your script Tagging Mode Enters a mode where you can tag items in your script for inclusion in Breakdown Sheets and or a Movie Magic Scheduling export file Edit Categories Allows you to edit Categories that will appear on Breakdown Sheets and in the Scheduling export file Tag Item Globally Searches for and tags an item everywhere it appears in your script Untag All Items Removes all tagging codes from your script Movie Magic Scheduling Export Creates a Screenwriter export file for import into Movie Magic Scheduling Layout Breakdown Sheets Allows you to customize Screenwriter s Breakdown Sheets Print Standard Breakdowns Movie Magic Screenwriter has its own powerful internal breakdown capabilities Select this item to go to a Breakdown Sheet menu where you can select what and how you want your breakdowns printed Please note that if Run SmartCheck before this print Job is checked in the Program Options window it will run the SmartCheck before the Print Productions Breakdown window appears TV Breakdowns Takes you to a sub menu with breakdown type items tha
18. Previous Scene Next Scene Previous Script Page Next Script Page Goto Top of Script Goto End of Script Goto Page Menu Next character Previous character End of current line Beginning of current line Previous Line Next Line TEXT EDITING MOVIE MAGIC DI TN LS Previous Screen NETA E Next Screen Selecting Text Screenwriter uses the standard Macintosh methods of text selection Menu Selection Place the cursor on the word to be selected Under the Edit Menu choose from Select All Selects the entire script Select Special Displays options for selecting by Word Selects the word the cursor s on Sentence Selects the entire sentence the cursor s in Element Selects the entire element the cursor s in Group Selects a group of adjacent elements including the one the cursor s in for example Character Name plus Parenthetical plus Dialogue Page Selects the entire page the cursor s on Scene Selects the entire scene the cursor s in Scene Range Displays a list of your script s Scene Headings Click on or drag the cursor over the ones you want to select and click on OK Extend Selection to Displays an Extend Block menu with options for extending your selection backwards or forwards in the script from the Current Cursor Position Mouse Selection Screenwriter has a variety of options for selecting text with the mouse Drag Using the mouse click directly in front of t
19. QuickType a 71 1 RV Enable QuickType Entry A use SmartTab 22 Auto Pop Up Locations v Runn hg Shot List Spelling Auto Pop Up Time of Day IV Running Transition List Misc a Y Auto Pop Up List of Character Names Aa When Parsing Locations only strp known Times Revisions Prt Pressing the ENTER Key A Tab in Dialogue goes to a Parenthetical E3 in Diabqgue takes you to a Character Name CRA ES in Script Note adds a Hard Retum A in Transition takes you to Action Mouse E in Action with hidden names goes to Dialogue 2223 nm Disbgue f Cancel gt ox gt Undo Levels Allows Screenwriter to undo up to the last 10 text editing changes If you are low on memory limit Undo levels to less than 10 Entering 0 disallows Undo altogether Keep Insertion Caret Above Window Bottom by Lines Determines how many lines of the script always display at the bottom of the script window before more text scrolls up For example this value is set to 6 lines and you scroll down with the Down Arrow key When the cursor caret is on the 6th line above the window bottom more of the text scrolls up into view QuickType The secret to the simplicity of pressing Tab and Enter to go from element to element in Screenwriter is its intelligent feature QuickType Based on which Element the cursor is in QuickType makes an informed guess as to what you d like to do next It places you in the logical next Element and
20. as the alias text for the Scene Heading Initial Text INT Typing I on a blank line would tell Screenwriter to expand that abbreviation to INT and format the line as a Scene Heading element just as if you d typed INT The number of items in a User List is determined by Element as follows 41 WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Element Maximu m Items Character Names 15 Extensions 10 Initial Scene Text 10 Scene Body Text 10 Locations Shot Text 6 Time of Day 12 Transitions 8 Act Scene Info 3 Prologue Text 5 Tag Text 1 End of Act Text 1 FADE IN Text 1 Substitution Text 15 User Lists for Character Names amp Scene Body Text Locations are only used to supplement what Screenwriter puts on its pop up menu and uses in Auto Text Recognition Before Screenwriter pops up User List text for Character Name or Scene Body Text it first scans the script to find existing text in those elements Then it adds text from the User List and displays You only need to add to either of these User Lists if you Act Scene Info The Alias for Item A is set to NEWACT When you type NEWACT it starts a new ACT changes the element to ACT INFORMATION replaces the text with ACT and increases the Act Number Write more than one script with the same Characters or Locations for example for multiple episodes of a TV series and want them to
21. right Print Sends the onscreen page to the printer formatted exactly as it looks but at 100 size First Goes to the 1st page in the script Previous Goes to the Previous page in the script Goto Page Goes to the script page of your choice Next Goes to the Next page in the script 173 UTILITY PROGRAMS MOVIE MAGIC Last Goes to the Last page in the script coom In coom Out Zoom In Displays the script page larger onscreen Cycles through 53 93 133 173 213 253 of actual page size Zoom Out Displays the script page smaller onscreen Cycles through 53 93 133 173 213 253 of actual page size 1 Up Displays One page at a time onscreen 2 Up Displays Two pages at a time onscreen Espiel EE Increase Top Margin Increases the page s Top margin by 1 line Decrease Top Margin Decreases the page s Top margin by 1 line Increase Left Margin Increases the page s Left margin by 1 character Decrease Left Margin Decreases the page s Left margin by 1 character Courier Substitution Font pop up menu Allows you to choose a font to print the script in other than the default of Courier To return to your script select Quit under the File menu NOTE The page numbers referred to by the PrintScript GoTo function are the physical pages in the PrintScript file and may not agree with the internal page numbering of the PrintScript file for example PrintScript count
22. 82 Changing Case 56 Changing the Level of Locking 122 Character Continueds as 106 Character Extension 28 Character List 70 Character Name 16 27 28 34 36 86 157 Character Name in Dialog Action 36 Character Name Options 81 Character Name Pop Up List 111 Character Name Position 101 136 Character Names 42 44 45 70 106 Character Names 156 Character Names without Dialogue 92 Characters 125 Chat Window 75 Cheat 17 103 155 168 Cheat 40 41 Cheat a Page 40 Cheat an Element 40 Cheat Element 168 Cheat Element Button 54 55 Cheat the Whole Script 40 Cheating 38 Cheating 62 Cheats the Right Margin 168 CheckBoxes 4 Choosing a Script Format 146 Cleaning up Imported Scripts 146 Clear 153 Clear All Associations 81 Clear File History List 104 Clear Ignore List 159 Clear Selection 70 clipboard 152 clipboard 153 Close 151 168 COLD OPENING 31 46 Colored text 157 Command key combination 35 86 Command key 24 Command Keys 167 Compare Two Scripts 151 Completely Blank Elements 92 Connect on port number 75 Cont d Text 106 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC Continued Separator 106 CONTINUOUS 45 Convert Case 153 Converting A Pages 123 Copy 153 Copy from Script 44 Copy To 9 Copy To 153 Correct Double Capitals 59 94 Count More Line in Page Breaking 111 Count Words 159 Courier 12 point 63 Current Element menu 24 Current Ele
23. Act Enter 166 Enter in Script Note adds Hard Return 88 Enter Partner s IP 74 Entire Scenes that ALL of the Selected Character s is are in 70 Entire Scenes that ANY of the Selected Character s is are in 70 Entire Script 68 72 Episodic Drama 21 EVENING 45 Every Page 66 Every Page Except First Page of Scene 66 Except immediately following Shots 59 94 Existing Character Names 167 Exit 169 Exit Index Card View 20 Export 147 export 129 134 Export Format 147 Export to HTML Publishing 148 Export to Movie Magic Scheduling 134 Export to Plain Text 148 Export to RTF Rich Text Format 147 Export to ScriptThing for DOS 148 Export to Scriptware Tagged 148 EXT 45 167 EXT 125 ext 24 Extension 106 Extensions 42 45 EXTERIOR 127 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC F fade in 24 25 31 34 85 FADE IN Text 42 46 FADE IN 46 FADE OUT 45 File Format File History List 151 File Menu 11 150 Filmed Sitcom format 21 Final Draft 142 143 Final Draft 142 Find 155 Find Next 155 Firewall Configuration 79 Fix Lock All Headers 162 Fix All A Pages 162 Fix Flex A Pages 123 Fix Flex A Pages 162 Fixed A Page 123 Fixed A Page Break 123 Fixing All A Pages 161 Flex All A Pages 162 Flex All Headers 162 flexible A Page 123 Floating At Fixed Distance from Text 98 Flush Left at Margin 66 Flush Right 64 Flush Right at Margin 66 Flush Right cod
24. Auto Correction when it corrects a word that you don t want corrected It queries you asking if you d like it to learn the word or ignore it this time AutoCapitalize Sentences If checked capitalizes the first letter in all Sentences in Dialogue Action and Script Notes Except immediately following Shots Shots also known as secondary Sluglines can be used to emphasize an object or person with the following Action giving more detail To have the combined Shot and Action read as one sentence with the Action sentence not capitalized check this box Character Names If checked capitalizes the first letter of all Character Names in Dialogue Action and Script Notes To be capitalized by Auto Correct a character name must either have been used previously in the script or exist in the Character Name User List When using names such as Mark or Art in your script Auto Correct also capitalizes the words mark and art To avoid this Pause AutoCorrection under the Spell Menu Type the word with your desired capitalization move past the word then resume Auto Correct by clicking on Pause AutoCorrection again All Caps Makes Character Names ALL CAPS wherever they appear Correct Double Capitals e g PRoblem If checked words that start with two capital letters are corrected by Auto Correct and display an error prompt in a manual SpellCheck Unchecked these errors are ignored as correct The S
25. Button labeled with an N on the Top Tool Bar x Changing Case You can change the case of existing text without re typing it using these options e Uppercase e Lowercase e Initial Capitals e Capitalize Word e Cap amp Bold Word e Lowercase Word When Screenwriter changes the case of existing text it retains correct capitalization for e Sentence beginnings e The personal pronoun T e Speaking Characters with Initial Capitals To change the case of selected text 1 Select the text 2 Under the Edit Menu select Convert Case then choose the desired capitalization To change the case of an entire Element 1 Put the cursor anywhere in the appropriate Element 2 Under the Edit Menu select Convert Case then choose the desired capitalization Quick Format of Previous Word If after typing a word you realize you want it in a different case or text format you can quickly change certain formats SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING Quick Uppercase of Previous Word Position the cursor immediately following the word to be uppercased Press f2J on the keyboard Quick Bold and Uppercase of Previous Word Position the cursor immediately following the word to be formatted Press 3 J J on the keyboard Quick Lowercase of Previous Word Position the cursor immediately following the word to be uppercased Press sh J J on the keyboard SpellCheck Screenwriter s built in SpellCheck system allow
26. Dialogue element Auto Pop Up Locations If checked QuickType automatically pops up the Unique Locations List after you enter Scene Heading Initial Text e g INT Unchecked you need to press etr to display the list Auto Pop Up Time of Day lIf checked QuickType automatically pops up the Time of Day List after you enter Location text e g LAURA S APARTMENT from a pop up Locations List Unchecked you need to press erm to display the list Auto Pop Up List of Character Names If checked pops up a List of all Character Names in the script when pressing i is the first activity in a Character Name element When Parsing Locations Only Strip Known Times If checked QuickType only uses a Time of Day from the Time of Day User List when displaying a Unique Locations List Unchecked it uses any Time of Day text following the correct number of dashes Use SmartTab If checked this allows the quick entry of recently used Character Names using the key Press followed by a letter and the last Character Name you used starting with that letter is highlighted in the pop up Character Name pop up list Press to enter the name in your script CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC For example you have characters named MICHELLE LARRY LISA and LAURA in your script and the current scene features LAURA and MICHELLE When you press then L the first time in this scene the pop up menu might have the name LARRY highlighted Typ
27. Marne Or press E A Pop Up List of elements displays Or under the Format Menu select Change Element Type A Pop Up List of elements displays Select the element type to switch to by clicking on it A bullet displays next to the currently selected element WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Act information Action Character Marne Dialkque irr TEN 1 Paren thet ical Scene Heading Scene Information Scorp t Mote Shot Title Centered Trans tion Moving between Elements With QuickType enabled 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 QuickType will FADE IN Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu or any Transition INT EXT etc If you Press while QuickType will 1n Blank Action Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu Transition INT EXT etc blank Scene Heading or End of Act Scene Heading Display a List Menu of all unique Locations without Location already in the script Scene Heading Dislay a List Menu of Time of Day DAY with Location only 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 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Middle of Dialogue Parenthetical Break
28. Numbers of the scenes you selected are entered in the Selected Scenes window To change your selections click on the List button to select again Click on the Cancel button to deselect all scenes and exit the List Revisions If checked allows you to select which set of Revisions to print from a pop up list Asterisked Pages Prints all pages which have Current Revision Marks on them and any A Pages immediately following them WHITE etc In a Locked script with Draft Revision Colors a list of Revision Colors with the current Revision Color showing displays for your selection Dialogue If checked displays a Dialogue Selection menu Check a radio button to select the kind of Dialogue to print and select one or more Character Names Dialogue Printing Print Dialogue with Reference Page Numbers and Statistics 5 Dialogue with Cues for Actors A Entire Scenes that ANY of the Selected Characters are in O Entire Scenes that ALL of the Selected Characters are in O Animation Recording Script Format Animation Recording Script Format Asterisked Speeches Only Select All gt ce Clear Selection qe m Cancel Dialogue With Reference Page Numbers and Statistics If checked prints a dialogue report with page number references and statistics about the number of speeches words sentences and sentence length for each character NOTE If you select all characters a screen displays asking if
29. Otherwise it is grayed out e Fix Lock All Headers Locks the Headers of all pages except Flexible A Pages Only available in a script with Locked Pages e Flex All Headers Unlocks the Headers of all pages converting them to the Current Header Only available in a script with Locked Pages Unlock Headers Unlocks the Headers of all pages and turns Header Locking off for this script Only available in a script with Locked Pages Auto RevisionMarks Toggles current Auto Revision Marks on or off for the currently displayed script A checkmark appears next to Auto Revision Marks when they are on Auto RevisionColors Shows options for Auto Revision Colors Any new text you add is automatically highlighted in the color you select Useful when you have different people working on the script and you want to show who s made what changes e Blue Highlights new text in blue e Red Highlights new text in red e Green Highlights new text in green e User Defined Color Highlights new text in a color of your choice Requires Screenwriter to convert certain characters which may be in your script to codes first e Turn Revision Color Off Turns your color selection off displaying any new text you add as normal Remove Current Rev Marks Removes all current revision marks from the script Remove Strikeout Rev Color Strikeout Removes all Strikeout Text or just the Strikeout Codes leaving the text intact
30. Page To Remove a Locked or Fixed A Page Break Put the cursor at the Beginning of the Element following that Page Break Press the key Or under the Edit Menu select Remove Forced Page Break The page becomes a Flexible A Page To Insert a Locked or Fixed A Page Break in a script with locked page breaks Put the cursor at the End of the Element that you want the page break to follow Press Litt J s Or under the Edit Menu select Add Forced Page Break 123 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC At the Page Break screen that displays select the type of page break Put in Which Type of Page Break I Forced Page Break Act Break Locked Page bre ak Normal Numbering A Fixed APage A Page Numbering MuttHLocked Page Break P a NOTE Adding or removing Locked Page Breaks changes the numbering of all following pages Adding a Fixed Page Break will only change the numbering of Fixed or Flexed pages Production Breakdowns Screenwriter can automatically generate and print or export a variety of Production Breakdown sheets To access these reports Under the File Menu select Print Click the Production Breakdowns radio button Click OK 124 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES The Production Breakdowns Print dialog displays Production Breakdowns Sort Breakdown Primarily by Secondary Sort by sorpt Order Sorpt Order hterior vs Exte
31. Page Break For example More more MORE etc Dialogue Put Dialogue on Same Line as Character Name Makes a character name appear on the same line as the first line of its dialogue If you use this option you should also go to the Character Names format options and clear out the Continued and More Continued text Cont d Dialogue shouldn t have Character Names Makes a character name appear on the same line as the first line of its dialogue If you use this option you should also go to the Character Names format options and clear out the Continued and More Continued text 106 SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Parentheticals Outdent Parentheticals If checked wraps parenthetical text so that the second line text lines up under the first line text and not the parenthesis Pushes wrapped text over by one character space Parentheticals are Separate Element If checked puts Parenthetical text on its own line above the Dialogue and below the Character Name Unchecked puts Parenthetical text on the same line as Dialogue Scene Headings Time of Day Dashes Lets you choose how many dashes should be placed between Location and Time of Day in Scene Headings when using QuickType pop up menus Enter a number between 1 and 9 The number entered in Spaces determines how many spaces are placed before and after the Time of Day Dash es Number of Spaces after INT EXT Determines how many character spaces are placed b
32. Select All Click on this button to select all Character Names in your script Clear Selection Click on this button to de select all Character Names you ve selected Click on OK to save your Dialogue selection and return to the Print Menu or Cancel to discard your selection Scene Heading List If checked prints an alphabetical list of all Scene Headings in the script Production Breakdowns If checked displays the Production Breakdown Print Menu when you click on the OK button See the Production Breakdown Print Menu section later in this chapter Character List If checked prints an alphabetical list of all Character Names in the script Script Notes If checked you will be able to print the script notes either sequentially or on facing pages of the script Then when you click the OK or Preview button the following dialog opens to ask how you want the notes to print 70 SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT Print Script Notes Your notes can be printed sequentially with reference page numbers or they can be printed on the BACKS of the pages which they are facing Forinstance notes for page 1 on the back of the title page notes for page 2 on the back of page 1 etc To do the latter you must have first printed out your script f Print Notes Sequentially with Reference Page Numbers Print Notes on Facing Pages of Printed Script Prompt You to Insert Each Page As Needed Print Without Prompting After Inserti
33. The range of cards you selected are sent to the printer To print one index card only select it as both the 1st and Last card to print Exit Index Card View Done Click this button to exit Index Card View and shuffle the corresponding Scenes in your script Exiting Index Card View takes you directly to the script scene whose Index Card is located at the top left of the screen in Index Card View Cancel Click this button to go back to your script without moving any Index Cards or scenes in your script NOTE If you make any editing changes to Index Cards in Outline Mode selecting Cancel will not cancel those changes Cancel only cancels Shuffle changes Goto Scene Double click on the Scene Number box at the top left of an Index Card to go to that scene in the script SCREENWRITER SCRIPT FORMATS Script Formats Screenwriter has pre set format files for e Screenplay e Filmed Sitcom e Taped Sitcom e Stage Play Asa default 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 Format Menu select Load Script Formats and 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 that script Screenplay The standard feature film format also used for most MOW s including Miniseries Episodic Dramas
34. Unchecked Current Revision Marks prints on the Header arid on each revised line Asterisk Headers of NEW A Pages that don t have any revisions on them If checked puts an asterisk on the Header of added A pages to indicate that they re new and are considered revisions Unchecked new A pages are identifiable by their page numbering scheme only Print Separate full PAGE OMITTED pages If checked a page in a locked script whose entire text has been omitted prints with the legend PAGE OMITTED at its center Unchecked the omitted page won t print Instead the previous page prints numbered as a run 119 120 for example Mark Element following Complete Deletion lf checked puts a Revision Mark on the following element when an element with Current Revision Marks is completely deleted Unchecked there is no indication of where that deleted revised element used to be Auto Update Locked Headers on Revision If checked the page up and page down keys move the text insertion point to keep it visible This option is available for Windows users Leave this option unchecked if you don t use Windows 97 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Printer Preferences Preferences m Prnter IF Pent Bottom Contiweds EL IO At Fixed Distance from Bottom of Paper Midi li Floating at Fixed Distance from Text SmatCheck Print Co bred Text Spelling e h Cobr but black on gray on a black and white p
35. amp Replace command Put Scene Info in Parentheses If checked puts Parentheses around the Scene Information text as is required in some TV Sitcom formats Center S Info If checked all Scene Information text is centered horizontally between the Scene Information margins Unchecked Scene Information text starts at the Scene Information left margin Put in SCENE If checked displays the word SCENE along with Scene Numbers Unchecked Scene Numbers display alone Number Scenes Continuously If checked Scenes are numbered continuously from first to last Unchecked Scene Numbering restarts at 1 from each Act Break Starting Number Allows you to enter a Scene Number to start numbering from between 0 and 9999 Default is 1 Numbering Scheme Lets you choose how Scenes are numbered from one of the following schemes SCENE A If checked uses letters to number the scenes SCENE 1 NUMBERS If checked uses numbers to number the scenes SCENE ONE If checked uses words to number the scenes SCENE I ROMAN If checked uses Roman numerals to number the scenes Script Notes Display Notes in Script If checked displays Script Notes onscreen Unchecked they are hidden Unchecking Display Notes in Script automatically unchecks Print Notes in Script Print Notes in Script If checked Script Notes are treated as part of the script when printing changing the Page Breaks accordingly Checking Print
36. and don t need to be saved separately However you can re define one of the pre defined formats Screenplay Sitcom I etc to accept the settings you prefer Or you can create a new User Defined format with your preferred settings naming it Screenplay II for example 1 Display the script with your preferred settings and format onscreen SCREENWRITER SCRIPT FORMATS 2 Under the Format Menu select Save Script Formats 3 Select User Defined to create a new format Or select Default for All New Scripts to save a default format for new scripts you create Or select an existing format to re define 4 Enter a new filename if necessary Click on Save to save the format Restoring an Overwritten Format To restore a previously defined format you ve overwritten e Uninstall and then re install Screenwriter This restores all the pre set template formats to their Screenwriter defaults WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Elements Writing the Script Each part of a script is formatted uniquely with different margins capitalization and spacing Screenwriter uses these elements Act Information Action Character Name Dialogue Parenthetical Scene Heading Scene Information Script Note Shot Title Centered Transition Creating Elements You can create Elements in a number of ways Click on the element s icon on the Right Element Buttons if displayed this inserts a new element
37. changed or revision marks in the header if most of the page has changed Added A and B and deleted Omitted scenes and pages are indicated also Each time a set of revised pages is distributed they re copied on a different color of paper to instantly distinguish them from other revisions Screenwriter can automatically generate all A Pages A Scenes and revision marks for you and gives you a lot of flexibility over how you d like your revisions to appear To begin generating revised pages you must first Lock the Page Breaks of the script Otherwise any addition or deletion to the script would change the page numbers of the pages following it and everyone would no longer have the same text on the same pages Subsequent pages are added as A Pages Deleted pages become Omitted pages Similarly Scene Headings and numbers can be locked so that everyone s referring to the same scene New scenes become A Scenes Deleted scenes become Omitted scenes The Production Cycle The Production Cycle involves the following steps e Issue the Shooting Script then e Lock the Script e Perform Revisions 113 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Issue Revised Pages Start Next Revision Lock the script again Perform Next Revisions Issue Next Revised Pages and so on Here s how Shooting Script Before issuing the shooting script for the first time turn on and or customize all the Production Features you d like to us
38. checked Continued is not added to the Character Name on the second speech Extension If checked Continued is placed in parentheses after the Character Name for example KATY CONT D on the second speech Parenthetical If checked Continued is placed in a Parenthetical element beneath the Character Name on the second speech Only when Extensions Match If checked adds a Continued to the Character Name on the second speech only if both speeches are of the same type e g V O Unchecked adds a Continued even if the first speech was normal Dialogue and the second is V O for example Continued Separator Allows you to enter a character to use to separate a Character Name Extension from a Character Name Continued Default is the semi colon The Style radio buttons let you determine how Character Name Extensions and Continueds are separated either by the Separator character or by parentheses Cont d Text Lets you enter your choice of Character Name Continued text when used with the Continued Separator above For example Cont d CONT D Continued CONTINUED etc More Cont d Lets you enter your choice of Character Name Continued text to use at the beginning of the next page s continued Dialogue when it s split by a Page Break For example Cont d CONT D Continued CONTINUED etc More Text Lets you enter your choice of Character Name Continued text to use at the end of a page s broken Dialogue when it s split by a
39. display automatically Want Alias Text for specific Character Names for example typing vk to have the program enter Von Karajan Already typed in lists of this text elsewhere such as in an outline or a separate story development program and want to re use this work User Lists for Act Scene Info and End of Act Text have Alias Text that is only used for auto text recognition The actual text is used for pop up menus and for replacing the Alias Text 42 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT The Alias for Item Bis set to SAMEACT When you type SAMEACT it changes the element to ACT INFORMATION replaces the text with ACT but keeps the same Act Number The Alias for Item C is set to NEWSCENE When you type NEWSCENE it changes the element to Scene Information replaces the text with SCENE if appropriate and increases the Scene Number or not depending on whether it follows a New Act and on your settings in the Script Formats Menu Editing User Lists If you d like Screenwriter to auto format a text item that you type add it to the User List of the Element it should be formatted as Existing User List text can be changed or deleted Under the Format Menu select Edit User Lists You ll see the following dialog box Edit User Lists Alias Text Character Names INT Extensions EXT hitial Scene Text POY Scene Body Text Shot Text
40. file into another program check that program s manual for Importing instructions If that doesn t help call the program s Technical Support number and ask how best to do it The script must have been exported from Screenwriter in a format readable by the other program Screenplay Systems 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 Screenwriter to another Macintosh program on the same computer using Cut and Paste 1 Open the Macintosh program you want to export to Open a file to export to or open a new file Open Screenwriter and open the script you want to export from Using the mouse select the text to export Under the Edit menu select Copy 148 SCREENWRITER EXPORTING SCRIPTS 5 Go to the other Macintosh program 6 Under the Edit menu select Paste All of Screenwriter s formatting may not transfer but you should at least be able to export all the text Be warned that not all Macintosh programs can handle Cut and Paste correctly 149 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC Appendix C Main Menu Bar 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 Page Setup Print Pr
41. fills out REQUESTED BY field when printing f checked asks for the name of the person requesting the printing of this copy of the script before printing is allowed Unchecked no Requested By field is printed Require that user fills out APPROVED BY field when printing If checked asks for the name of the person approving the printing of this copy of the script Unchecked no Approved By field is printed 141 IMPORTING SCRIPTS MOVIE MAGIC Appendix A Importing Scripts Screenwriter can Directly open script files saved in these formats e Screenwriter e Text e RTF Rich Text Format e Dramatica 3 0 export files e Scriptware Tagged e Final Draft use RTF format e Scriptor use Text format e ScriptThing use Screenwriter format Preparing a Script for Importing No matter which format you import your script into Screenwriter from there are two simple rules which must be followed e In the original file each script element i e Character Name Dialogue Action etc must start on its own line e The script must be in a general script format i e Character Names before Dialogue and so on NOTE The following instructions assume that your Screenwriter script folder is set to Scripts If not type in the correct folder name where appropriate Direct Import To open a Text RTF Dramatica 3 0 Export Scriptware Tagged Final Draft or Scriptor file 142 SCREENWRITER IMPORTING SCRIPT
42. following Parentheticals or second paragraphs of Dialogue may be broken after a single sentence even if this option is not checked Break two One line Sentences If checked elements consisting of only two one line sentences may be broken Unchecked the element is not broken Allow Transition as 1st Line on Page If checked a new page is allowed to start with a Transition element This is unconventional as Transitions are intended to bridge two other elements Unchecked part of the element preceding the Transition is broken to appear at the top of the new page The previous page may have extra blank white space as a result Allow Transition on CONTINUED line If checked forces a Transition element to fit on the bottom of a page if the next element is Scene Heading or Act Scene Information Only applies when Bottom Scene Continueds are turned on the Transition takes the place of the Bottom Scene Continued Allow Scene on TOP CONTINUED line If checked a Scene Heading or Act Scene Information that is the first item on a page is placed where the Top Scene Continued would appear Only applies when Top Scene Continueds are turned on Unchecked the first element text on a page appears in the same position on each page regardless of the Top Continueds Count More Line in Page Breaking If checked the line containing MORE is considered part of the Dialogue element for page breaking purposes Unchecked only the actual Dialogue text
43. for Costume the code CS displays around the item to give ICS overcoat Untagging Items Tagged items can be untagged by Placing the cursor directly after the ending Format Code square bracket and pressing as 130 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Placing the cursor directly before the beginning Format Code square bracket and pressing ies Undo ing the tagging if no other text editing has been performed since tagging the item Under the Edit Menu select Undo Tag Items Globally Tagging an item globally tells Screenwriter to tag every occurrence of an item in the script instead of manually tagging it each time you find it yourself This saves you time and the possibility of missing an occurrence of an item To tag an item globally Select the item by double clicking on it Or under the Production Menu select Breakdown Tagging then Tag Item Globally The Breakdown Tags dialog displays If you selected an item it displays in the Item To be Tagged window If you didn t select an item type the name of the item in the window here Check the Tag Item as radio button of the Category to assign the item to If you want to be prompted each time Screenwriter finds the item check the Prompt on each Tagging box Although you can tag an item more than once in a scene as Global Tagging does it s not necessary an item only shows up once per scene in Scheduling Click OK to tag the item globally Cance
44. if you select card 5 then card 12 then card 8 and insert them before card 3 the new shuffled order will be cards 1 2 5 12 8 and then 3 4 etc 18 SCREENWRITER INDEX CARDS Printing Index Cards To print your Index Cards click the Print button on the bottom Tool Bar You ll be taken to the following window Setup Index Card Printing 3 75 x 2 5 05 x 3 75 Landscape O5 x 3 Laser Sparco 1099 O Define Your Own Number of Portrait Cards Across Landscape Down Font Save As Open Print All Cards gt Select Range of Cards to Print EH 3 75 x 2 5 Options v Draw Boxes Y Bold HeadLines Top Btm Margins 0 50 inches Lft Rght Margins 0 50 inches Inter Card Margins 025 inches 1 Save as the default layout tm Cancel The three large page icons across the top of the screen are pre defined layouts designed to be used with pre cut card stock Index Cards Select one by clicking on its icon or radio button The layout at the top right of the screen 3 75 x 2 5 is the default layout and the one that prints the perforated index cards supplied with Screenwriter Create a new layout by clicking on the Define Your Own button Choose Portrait or Landscape and enter the number of cards Across and Down for your page Several other settings are available Draw Boxes Prints a box around each Index Card Recommended if you are not printi
45. in the Suggestion box Option Buttons are Replace If you find the correct spelling in the Suggestion box click on it and it appears in the Word box replacing the unknown spelling Click the Replace button to replace it in your script also 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 Skip Once Skip over this appearance of the word but stop at the next one Ignore All Skip over this word and all future occurrences Ignores the word in all scripts you check until you Exit Screenwriter or Clear the Ignore List 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 Cancel Exits the Found Unknown Word window and stops SpellChecking Add Word To Adds the unknown word and its correct spelling to the User Dictionary of your choice as a Typo which should be Auto Corrected as you type Auto Correct must be turned on to enable Typo correction Setup Options Displays the SpellCheck page of Preferences also available under the Edit menu Select Language Allows you to switch to a spelling dictionary in another language if any are installed Auto Correct Typos As you re writing SpellCheck can correct the most commonly made typos for you For ex
46. is considered when deciding where to break the page Starting Page Number Allows you to specify a different starting page number for the script Default is 1 Start 1st Forced Page on Line Allows text on the first page of the script and all pages following Forced Page Breaks to start further down the page than the first line Enter the line number to start text on Used in Sitcom formats to start each scene about a third of the way down the page Locked Scripts Options The options on this page are only used during production Locked Scripts are covered in the Production Features chapter Hide Names in Pop Up List Found in the Format menu this Menu allows you to hide certain Character Names so that they don t appear on the automatic pop up lists of Character Names You would generally use this function to get rid of Character Names that you aren t going to use again in the script Select a character i e highlight and use the gt button to move the character to the Names to Hide List Click OK and it will no longer put that character in the Character Name Pop Up List 111 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Hide Names in Pop up List Names to Display Names to Hide HELMER HELMER AND NORA l NORA E FA Y Don t Hide Names in Scenes Where They Speak To place the character back into the Character Name Pop Up List simply select the character in the Names to H
47. it informs you with a dialog box When it finishes an automatic scan before printing it starts printing without any further message Spelling Preferences Preferences _ Spell Check Options wv Spe ll Check as you Type amp Edit Required for the use of Character Name Aliases and Substitution Text Y Beep on Unknown words Beep Sound None RV High light Unknown Words A Auto Correct Typos as you type Seg F Prompt on Muttip ke Words during Auto Comection Mc 11 Maximum Length 10 A wto Correct Sound None re ZA Query when you Fix Auto Corrected Words MH Revisions Editing Startup Fikes SmartCheck Iz r wv Auto Capitalze Sentences ____ _ A Auto Capitalize Character Names PA FA Except immed iately following Shots __ All Caps Keyboard l Y duto Space Sentences to 2 fl Spaces Y Correct Double Capitals e g PRob lem Mouse Y Treat as a Sentence End n dialogue for the purposes of auto cap italzation amp spacng nm Disbgue E Correct Capitalization Sp acing when Run Manually mM Ignore Cap italization when Checking words 4 Cancel ox gt SpellCheck as you Type amp Edit If checked Auto Correct Character Name Aliases and Substitution Text Aliases are allowed Unchecked they are disallowed Auto Correct Typos as you Type If checked Auto Correct corrects comm
48. or something similar Click OK to accept your changes Cancel to discard them 133 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Export to Movie Magic Scheduling Screenwriter can export all your tagged breakdown items for every scene to a Screenwriter Export file with the file extension SEX This file can be imported directly into Movie Magic Scheduling where breakdown information is automatically transferred to Breakdown Sheets and Production Strips enabling you to easily organize a production schedule and print strips for the Production Board To export to Movie Magic Scheduling Under the Production Menu select Breakdowns then Movie Magic Scheduling Export The Export dialog displays with a list of all your script s scene headings Fields are provided for inputting your production company Name and production s Title and or Number which will be transferred to your schedule Choose which scenes to export using these options Selected Scenes Only Click on individual scenes to select them for export and this radio button is checked automatically Only the scenes you select will have breakdown information exported Shift drag across contiguous scenes to select them Command click on non contiguous scenes to select them individually All Scenes Exports breakdown information for all scenes in the script This is the default and it s radio button is automatically checked unless you select a scene heading by clicking on it
49. pops up a menu of possible choices For example if the cursor is in a blank Character Name element and you press return a list of Character Names in your script pops up for your selection Enable QuickType Entry If checked this allows the automatic display of pop up lists of Character Names Locations Times of Day etc If you Type QuickType will FADE IN Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu or any Transition INT EXT etc CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC If you Press while QuickType will 1n Blank Action Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu Transition INT EXT etc blank Scene Heading or End of Act Scene Heading Display a List Menu of all unique Locations without Location already in the script Scene Heading Display a List Menu of Time of Day DAY with Location only 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 If QuickType is not enabled these pop up menus can be displayed manually by pressing the appropriate Command key combination While in Any element Blank Scen
50. replace the default text with Left Margin of Bottom Cont d lets you choose how far in 1 10 of an inch increments to indent the Bottom Continued from the left edge of the page 107 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Shots Shots has no element specific options Action Put Action in Parentheses If checked puts Parentheses around the Action text as is required in some Stage Play and TV Sitcom formats Outdent Action If checked wraps Action text with Parentheses so that the second line text lines up under the first line text and not the parenthesis Pushes wrapped text over by one character space Transitions Transitions are FLUSH RIGHT If checked Transition text is aligned flush with the right margin Unchecked Transition text is aligned flush with the left margin Act Information Put Act Info in Parentheses If checked puts Parentheses around the Act Information text as is required in some TV Sitcom formats Center Act Info If checked all Act Information text is centered horizontally between the Act Information margins Unchecked Act Information text starts at the Act Information left margin Don t Use for New Scene Same Act If checked selecting Start New Scene Same Act from the initial scene pop up list will not add an Act Information element NOTE The Don t Use for New Scene Same Act setting does not update existing Act Scene Info this will stay the way you ente
51. script If you ve created a title page in the Title Page Publisher it is also printed Selected Text 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 Selected Scenes If checked prints the Scenes you select Enter the scene numbers in the same order they appear in the script i e lower numbers first Enter individual scene numbers separated by commas 1 3 32 Enter a section of consecutive scenes using a dash between the first and last scene 45 78 or 89 end Or combine the two methods 1 3 32 45 78 89 end List Click on this button to see a List Menu of all the scenes in your script with their Scene Headings Select a single scene by clicking on it De select it by clicking on another To select contiguous scenes next to each other in the list hold down the Cg key and drag across them SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT To select non contiguous scenes hold down the key and click on them one at a time Click on the OK button to return to the print selection menu
52. the Dialogue and insert an Action Element Add a Dialogue Element if the next element is Dialogue it moves to the beginning of that element If QuickType is not enabled these pop up menus can be displayed manually by pressing the appropriate Command key combination If you Press conve 5 coor 5 m m bend control return asin J J 1 E 1r While in Any element Blank Scene Heading Scene Heading with Initial Text only Scene Heading with Initial Text and Location only Any element Blank Shot element Any element Action or Dialogue element Any element Character Name element Dialogue element Any element QuickType will Add a Scene Heading element and display Scene Heading Initial Text menu INT EXT etc Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu INT EXT etc Display a List Menu of all unique Locations already in the script Display a List Menu of Time of Day DAY NIGHT etc Add a Shot element Display a List Menu of Shots ANGLE ON etc 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 Add a Parenthetical element Add a Transition element and display a List Menu of Transitions CUT TO etc WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC
53. the Mouse to highlight text by holding the shift key and clicking where you want the text selection to be extended Edit by typing in the script Scroll by using the Up and Down Arrows or Page up Page Down You can also cut copy and paste text as well by using whatever keys are set on that computer to cut copy paste with in the Keyboard section of the program options These commands are being executed on the Masters computer so the slave will not be able to paste text from another application on the slave computer Likewise If the slave invokes the paste text before copying or cutting text from the script the program will try and paste what ever is in the Masters clipboard from a previous application into the script with unpredictable results IMPORTANT While all of the keys listed below will work in slave mode some of them may cause pop up menu s to appear on the master s computer if the master has Quick Type text entry turned on In order for the slave to use the quick key s to change elements efficiently the master will want to turn off the following feature s in the Quick Type program options Quick Type text entry and all options in Auto Pop up and Running Lists OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Other Keys Tab Key Puts in Character Names regardless of the element you are starting from Enter Key Takes you from one element type to another i e pressing lt ENTER gt while in Character Name will take
54. the gray Watermark text prints from white 0 to black 255 Experiment for best results on your printer Angle Sets the angle the Watermark text prints at Can print anywhere from 90 degrees from the horizontal counter clockwise to 90 degrees from the horizontal clockwise in 1 degree increments Letter Spacing Expands the spacing between the letters words of the Watermark text up to 300 100 is the default Signature Page Header Text Allows the entering of text to print as the Header on the Signature Page When you exit this menu Screenwriter saves this text to a file with the extension HDR It can then be loaded as the header for other signature pages by clicking the Load button and specifying this file Print Name in Watermark If checked prints the recipient s name as the second line of the Watermark text Lower Right Corner If checked prints the recipient s name as a right justified page Footer instead of a background behind the script text Don t Print If checked the recipient s name is not printed Serial s only will identify the recipients of the script Default to having PRINT SIGNATURE PAGE checked If checked prints a Signature Page for Watermarked scripts The Signature Page contains the 140 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Distribution List with space for each person to sign that they received the script Unchecked no Signature Page is printed Require that user
55. the standard length of 120 pages Another use of cheating would be to stretch the text on a page to fill up the extra blank white space left by a long Dialogue element you don t want broken by a page break Element Select to open a dialog box for adjusting the settings for the selected element Page Select to open a dialog box for adjusting the settings for the selected page Script Select to open the Page Layout menu Use this menu to adjust page settings for the entire script Keep Element Together Select this item to tell the program not to break the current element over a page break Keep Group Together Select this item to tell the program not to break the current group e g a Character Name and any parentheticals and dialogue following it over a page break Keep With Following Select this item to tell the program not to put a page break between this element and the one that it is following Mark as Non Printing Select to gray out the selected element and draw a line through all the text in the element This text will not print with your script unless you remove this formatting Normal Word Processor Mode Select this item to change to a Normal Word Processor Mode where the program will temporarily function like a normal word processor without formatting your text for scripts WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Cheat an Element 1 Put the cursor anywhere in the element to be cheated 2 Under the
56. to step back undo ing one or more levels of Locking 1 Under the Format Menu select Edit Script Formats 2 Click on the Locked Scripts button 3 Select the level of locking lower than currently set 122 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES For example if you have Multi Locked Scene Numbers but only want Locked Scene Numbers with all the Multi Locked A Scenes 64A1 for example renumbered to be normal A Scenes uncheck Multi Locked Scene Numbers by checking Locked Scene Numbers NOTE If you unlock either a script s Page Breaks or Scene Headings all of the appropriate A Numbering is completely and permanently lost That s why it s important to make backup copies of your scripts at least daily Fix Flex A Pages When Screenwriter adds an A Page or B Page etc to a script it puts it in as a flexible A Page If you later add or delete text before the flexible A Page the A Page adjusts its numbering accordingly just like a normal un locked page After pages have been issued you may want existing A Page numbering to become fixed Under the Production Menu select Fix Flex A Pages All Flexible A Pages are converted into Fixed A Pages becoming locked When you add text later the new A Pages generated are Flexible A Pages These can also be locked when necessary Converting A Pages There may be times when you want to pull out a bunch of short A Pages to combine the text or convert an A Page to a Locked
57. top edge of the page and the first line of the Page Header Adjustable in increments of 1 10 of an inch from 0 3 to 5 inches 62 SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT Bottom Margin This is the minimum amount of space between the last line of Text on the page not including Bottom Scene Continueds and the bottom edge of the page Adjustable in increments of 1 10 of an inch from 0 3 to 5 inches Binding Adjustment Left and Right Margins are determined by the Elements of the Script Format you re currently using The Binding Adjustment allows you to add to or subtract from the leftmost Margin shifting all your page s text left or right without changing the width of its elements Adjustable in increments of 1 10 of an inch from 0 5 to 5 inches Text Line Spacing Sets the amount of white space between consecutive lines of text in the same paragraph Entering a value of less than 100 for example 95 can fit 2 or 3 extra lines of text on each page and make your script perhaps 5 or 6 pages shorter Adjustable in single percentage points from 85 to 115 Grayed out and unselectable if Windows Compatibility Mode is checked Blank Line Spacing Sets the size of the blank line spacing that Screenwriter places between elements This can be set slightly lower than Text Line Spacing and still look acceptable Below 90 it becomes noticeable to the reader Adjustable in single percentage points from 85 to 115 Grayed out and unselecta
58. you d like to print characters dialog in Script order rather than printing all of one character s dialogue at a time If you click on Yes your Dialogue report will rot contain any statistics If you click on No statistics will appear in your printed report 69 PRINTING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Dialogue With Cues for Actors If checked prints all the dialogue for selected characters along with either a Dialogue Cue preceding the speech if available or the preceding line of Action Entire Scenes that ANY of the Selected Character s is are in If checked scans the script and finds only those scenes where At Least One of your selected characters is present Those scenes are automatically placed in the Selected Scenes window ready to be printed Entire Scenes that ALL of the Selected Character s is are in If checked scans the script and finds only those scenes where All of your selected characters are present Those scenes are automatically placed in the Selected Scenes window ready to be printed Animation Recording Script Format If checked prints dialogue only with each speech numbered sequentially Animation Recording Script Format Asterisked Speeches Only If checked prints dialogue only with each speech numbered sequentially but only Revised dialogue speeches which have Asterisks in their right margin Select Names Click on one or more Character Names in this window to print their dialogue
59. you selected Copy To clicking on Cancel discards the new file and leaves your text intact in your original script If you selected Cut To clicking on Cancel discards the new file and leaves your text on the Clipboard but removed from your original script You still BASIC INFORMATION MOVIE MAGIC need to Save it to another file or Paste it back into your script otherwise you have deleted the text Merging Scripts There may be occasions when you want to combine two scripts into one file such as when two writing partners are writing different scenes of the same script To merge the scripts 1 Open the first script the one you want to merge into 2 Place the cursor at the position you want the second script to be added The new Paste From text will appear after the Element the cursor is in 3 Under the Edit Menu select Paste from 4 At the menu of scripts displayed select the script to merge from Click on the Open button to combine the two scripts To Cancel the merge close the merged file without saving it To keep a copy of the first file unchanged save your merged file under a different name using Save As under the File Menu 10 SCREENWRITER TITLE 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 In a production script what text appears on the
60. 1 a and 0 Revision Mark Text x f Locked Soripts Revision Mark Right Margin 95 A e D 7 Save as Default f Locked Letter Skp List for all New Scripts f Cancel ok gt Locked Scene Headings Unlocked Normal Adding or deleting Scene Headings causes scenes to renumber automatically Page numbers change also Locked Adding or deleting Scene Headings causes the existing scene numbers to stay the same and generate A Scenes Page numbers will not stay the same unless Pages are Locked also If you add scenes between Scenes 23 and 24 for example the first added scene becomes 234A the second 23B etc If you add a new scene before the first scene in the script the new first scene is numbered 0A Multi Locked Once you ve locked your script and added omitted scenes you may want to keep the A Scene Numbering and give any new scenes a new unique number Checking this option enables you to do so Any new scene added between existing A Scenes will have a number added after it For example a scene added between scenes 13A and 13B would be numbered 13A1 the next one 13A2 etc If you add a new scene between an existing A Scene and a Normal Scene it is entered as a normal A Scene For example a scene added between 25B and 26 would become 25C 119 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC If a new scene is added between a Normal Scene and an A Scene it is entered using the Multi Lock
61. 129 133 134 Movie Magic Scheduling 126 Movie Magic Scheduling Export 134 Moving a Text Element 12 Moving between Elements 34 MOW 21 Multi Lock 164 Multi lock 160 Multi Lock Character 120 Multi Locked 119 120 121 Multi Locking Dialogue Numbering 138 Multiple Revision Marks 135 multi revision mark 135 N Names to Hide List 111 Never Mind 29 New 150 New Act 31 New Scene 31 NEWACT 31 45 NEWACT 42 NEWSCENE 31 43 45 Next Current Revision Mark 135 next speech by 157 NIGHT 45 No Automatic Character Continueds 106 No Extension 29 SCREENWRITER INDEX No Real Time Pagination 96 Non Printing text 154 Normal 138 Normal Button 56 Normal Scene 119 Normal Word Processor Mode 39 Not Page One 66 number of lines 63 number of pages 63 Number of Spaces after INT EXT 107 Number Scenes Continuously 109 Numbered Dialogue 137 Numbering Scheme 108 109 Numbers 65 O O S 45 O S 28 OMITTED 121 Omitted 121 134 Omitted Scenes 121 Only when Extensions Match 106 Open 19 151 Open File 89 Opening a Previously Saved Version 8 Opening a Script 7 Opening a Script automatically at Startup 8 Opening a Timed Backup 8 Opening Multiple Scripts 7 Option Menu 4 Other Formats 22 Outdent Action 108 Outdent Parentheticals 107 Outline 16 20 Outline Mode 16 Outlining with Index Cards 14 Overriding Dialogue Numbe
62. 44 Import File Format 143 Import in Script Format 145 Import Text as Action Only 143 145 Import Text in Script Format 143 Import Text Only Non RTF 143 145 Import this text with LOCKED Page breaks 144 145 importing 151 Importing a Screenwriter Export script 148 Importing a Scriptware script 146 importing rules 142 Importing TV format 146 Increase Left Margin 67 174 Increase Top Margin 67 174 Index Card 18 19 20 Index Card Tool Bar 15 Index Card View 14 20 Index Card View 14 Index Cards 14 16 17 19 20 Initial Capitals 56 Initial Scene Text 42 Initial Shot Text 167 INT 45 167 INT 125 int 24 Inter Card between cards margins 19 INTERIOR 127 Interior vs Exterior 125 127 IP Address 74 iPartner 73 79 80 Issue Revised Pages 116 Italic 55 Italicized 105 Italicizing Text 55 Italics 167 169 Italics Button 55 Item To be Tagged 131 K Keep Element Together 39 Keep Group Together 39 Keep Group Together 39 Keep Insertion Caret Above Window Bottom by Lines 85 Keep With Following 39 L language 159 Last Two Character Names 28 LATER 45 Learn 58 Leave You in a Blank Script 8 89 Left Justified 12 Left Margin of Bottom Cont d 107 Left Right 19 lengthening your script 62 Let Partner do it 74 Letter Spacing 140 Letters 65 Line Spacing 105 List 68 List Characters in Each Scene 128 List Non Speaking Charact
63. 6 Television Templates 22 104 Text 142 Text Alias 155 Text Editing 49 text element 12 13 Text Interpretation Menu 143 Text Line Spacing 63 Text or Numerical Input Fields 5 The Production Cycle 113 Thesaurus 59 159 THRU 121 Tile 7 164 Timed Backup 8 90 Timed Backup 90 Timed Backups 8 Time of Day 27 42 45 125 127 Time of Day 168 Time of Day Dashes 107 Time of Day List 87 Time of Day Normalization 126 title 11 Title Centered 31 Title Page 11 12 13 72 Title Page Publisher 11 68 72 151 161 Tool Bar 1 Top Margin 62 Top of Pg 107 Top Tool Bar 5 Top Tool Bar 102 Top Bottom 19 Totals of All Rounded Eighths 128 Transition 24 30 34 41 42 45 86 108 168 Transitions are FLUSH RIGHT 108 Treat 59 94 True Total of All Lines 128 Turn Revision Color Off 162 TV Format Definitions folder 22 Type a Script Note 32 U n delete 52 53 n Deleting Text 53 Underline 54 55 nderline 12 169 U U U Underline Button 54 Underlined 105 Underlining 168 Underlining Text 54 Undo 53 152 Undo Level 53 Undo Levels 85 152 Unique Locations List 87 Unique Shots List 88 Unique Transitions List 88 Unlock Dialogue Numbering 164 Unlock Headers 162 Unlock One Rev Mark Level 163 Unlock The Script 160 Unlocking Dialogue Numbering 138 Untag All Items 131 U ntagging Items 130 ppercase 56 U Use an Asterisk on the Header in
64. 6 168 Sort Breakdown 125 Sorted Alphabetically 128 Spaces Speak Silently 81 Speak Text 73 80 Speaking 79 Speaking Characters First 128 Spec Scripts 64 Special Keys 166 Speech Numbering 101 136 Speed Buttons 5 Spell Menu 158 SpellCheck 57 159 167 SpellCheck 57 159 SpellCheck as you Type amp Edit 47 58 SpellCheck as you Type amp Edit 93 SpellCheck Element 57 158 159 SpellCheck Entire Script 57 159 SpellCheck Forwards 57 159 SpellCheck Page 57 159 SpellCheck Word 57 158 Spelling Preferences 93 Stage Play 21 Stage Play format 21 Standard 127 Start 1st Forced Page on Line Start New Scene 31 Start Next Revision 116 160 Start SpellCheck 57 Starting Number 108 Starting Number 109 Starting Page Number 111 Startup 89 Startup options 8 Striked Out 56 Strikeout 55 151 Strikeout 157 169 Strikeout Button 55 Striking Out Text 55 Style 106 Style Sheets in Rich Text Format 143 Substitution Font 67 174 Substitution Text 42 46 47 Suggest 58 Switch Element 168 Switch Elements 33 Switching between Windows 7 synchronize scripts 73 Synonyms 159 T Tab 166 Tab amp Enter 25 Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical 88 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC TAG 46 Tag Item as 131 Tag Item Globally 131 Tag Items Globally 131 Tag Text 42 46 Tagging Items 129 Tagging Mode 129 Taped Sitcom format 21 TEASER 31 4
65. All Margin Values are in units of inches 2 n I ieee Line Spacing values are in percentage e Ate no F irt tula gam re ES HONG md Ris wt dar e rt Emit ie v siv lee bra 44h siet virasto fal TR ond idiz wrgh af Fin cie aud g hum a 40 Top Margin 03 io be ix ma E che unm clo sa dro aca nde I i J for hix ur A I e I Hitch Li ating eae beet ta eo cnm Fix alli Lim jum ta He tara Suri chant Aeda Bottom Margin 08 1 O anter PPP causa LU IP de ras d fa Lo i THN Ww wralg cot fen of Binding Adjustment 00 qur ak aK1 Un Geh Blank Line Spacing 100 M s s dE Wt meselen wind Y Windows Compatbility Mode A 1d he aza do rejo learn ca aralio TPE WIT mug CRO K OTER MoI A Pj ard cafa mi rok rum sig 9 1 De lox eglar dti har n Approximate Lines on Page 57 hk Me li a gU as pra hr ce te the dreg tadirg lo behiti mi Current Total Page Count 3 i ore 3 Gams ca mont reg mir MURS El zig wii zit dan a o banks Morh em So cn ow xi e Fag or tw cher A Save as Defaults for New Scrpts Prices tm carter te 004 m rothery rider rd arm At the left of the screen is a Sample Page showing how a typical page will look with the current settings Adjustments made to the Top Margin Bottom Margin or Binding Adjustment change the Sample Page display Top Margin This is the fixed space between the
66. Character For example a scene added between scenes 103 and 103A would become A103 using the default Multi Lock Character Also see A Scene Numbering Scheme below NOTE An individual Locked Scene Heading can be moved in the script without changing the numbering by Dragging and Dropping it Be careful to drag and drop only the Scene Heading The text of the scene associated with the moved Scene Heading does not move with it Locked Page Breaks Unlocked Normal Adding or deleting enough text to cause a new Page Break causes pages to renumber automatically Locked Adding or deleting enough text to cause a new Page Break makes the existing page numbers stay the same and generates a new short A Page If you add text to page 38 for example the text flows over to a new page This new short page becomes 38A If the page 38 text flows over to two new pages the second becomes 38B NOTE Screenwriter displays different page breaks differently Normal and A Page Breaks display as a series of dashes e g Forced Page Breaks and Locked Page Breaks both display as a double dashed line e g Fixed Page Breaks display as a single unbroken line e g The descriptive text contained within the page break line refers to the page following it It only displays if Display Page Break Type on Screen is checked on the Misc page of Preferences under the Edit Menu Multi Locked Once you ve locked your script and added A Pages yo
67. Click on an element in the pull down Current Element menu this changes the current element to the one you select Press a Command key shortcut for that element See the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys for details 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 at the start of a new script type in Transition text ending it with to e g cut to 24 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Tab amp Enter You can easily go from element to element in Screenwriter by pressing just two keys 1b and ev Your fingers need never leave the keyboard unlike using a Command 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 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 evr a list of all the Character Names in your script pops up for your selection For Tab amp Enter to work QuickType must be enabled To turn QuickType on 1 Under the Edit Menu select Preferences 2 Atthe Preferences screen click on the Editing button 3 Checkthe Enable QuickType Entry box The following element instructions use the Tab amp Enter met
68. ENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Scene Displays a Scene Heading list allowing you to select the one to go to Previous Scene Heading Takes you to the previous Scene Heading in the script Next Scene Heading Takes you to the next Scene Heading in the script Next A Page Takes you to the next A Page Only available in locked scripts Otherwise it s grayed out Pressing er 7 repeats this GoTo command without returning to the menu Next Forced Page Break In a Television or Stage Play format script takes you to the next Act Break or Scene Break Next Speech By Displays a Character Name list taking you to the next speech by the character you select Pressing 2 repeats this GoTo command without returning to the menu Next Script Note Takes you to the next Script Note Pressing 2 repeats this GoTo command without returning to the menu Next Current Revision Mark Takes you to the next Current Revision Mark Pressing 5 7 repeats this GoTo command without returning to the menu Next Strikeout or Colored Text Takes you to the next Strikeout text or Colored text The keyboard command Shift F3 performs the same function Last Position Returns the cursor to the last position in the script where you where typing editing Bookmark Movie Magic Screenwriter has the ability to put in up to 20 Bookmarks in a script so that you can jump to any point in the script simply by selecting the appropriat
69. Element as Underline place the cursor in the Element Then 1 Click on the Cheat Element Button on the Top Tool Bar the button with a hand holding a card up a sleeve Or press 3 on the keyboard 2 On the Cheat Element Menu Check the Underline CheckBox 3 Select OK and the entire Element is Underlined Italicizing Text To format existing text as Italic Select the text Then Click on the Italics Button labeled with an I on the Top Tool Bar z To format an entire Element as Italic place the cursor in the Element Then 1 Click on the Cheat Element Button on the Top Tool Bar the button with a hand holding a card up a sleeve Or press 3 on the keyboard 2 On the Cheat Element Menu Check the Italics CheckBox 3 Select OK and the entire Element is Italicized Striking Out Text To format existing text as Strikeout Select the text Then Click on the Strikeout Button labeled with an Son the Top Tool Bar El Or press FJ on the keyboard To format an entire Element as Strikeout 1 Place the cursor in the Element Then 2 Click on the Cheat Element Button on the Top Tool Bar the button with a hand holding a card up a sleeve Or press 2 on the keyboard TEXT EDITING MOVIE MAGIC 3 On the Cheat Element Menu Check the StrikeOut CheckBox 4 Select OK and the entire Element is Striked Out Removing Text Formatting Select the text to remove formatting from Click on the Normal
70. Format Menu select Cheat then Element Or press Cheat Element Marg ns n inches Left 37 fA Right 10 f LJ A mm Cancel Line Spacing n lines Lines Before 10 f Interline 30 4 E f Reset w alcapiak Bo E Strike Qut taliczed E Underline Sample COURIER NEW 12PTS Font CourerNew E Tum off Character Continued 3 Make the desired changes to e Left and Right Margins e Lines Before the element e Interline Spacing spacing between lines of text in an element e Text Formatting bold italic underline etc e Font Type and Size Cheat a Page 1 Putthe cursor anywhere on the Page to be cheated 2 Under the Format Menu select Cheat then Page 3 Increase or Decrease the page length by the number of lines desired from 1 to 10 Cheat the Whole Script 1 Put the cursor anywhere in the Script to be cheated SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT 2 Under the Format Menu select Cheat then Script 3 You re prompted to remove all previous Line Spacing Cheating Click Yes to remove the existing cheating and start cheating afresh Click No to leave the existing cheating intact and add any new cheating to it 4 The Page Layout window displays Change the Page settings for this script as desired User Lists While you write Screenwriter can recognize certain text you ve typed as matching an item in one of its User Lists It formats this text as the appropriate elem
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72. MOVIE MAGIC Screenwriter 8 LILLILTI po A I LIA A A TE n User s Manual for Apple Macintosh Screenplay Systems Inc 150 East Olive Avenue Suite 203 Burbank California 91502 818 843 6557 24 hour Web Technical Support www screenplay com E Mail Technical Support support screenplay com Fax Technical Support 818 843 8364 Phone Technical Support 818 843 7819 8 30 am 5 00 pm PST The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used only in accordance with the terms of such license Disclaimer Screenplay Systems 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 Movie Magic Screenwriter for Macintosh is provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied Screenplay Systems 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 Movie Magic Screenwriter for Macintosh 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 Screenplay Systems Inc 1999 2000 Portions K
73. Notes in Script automatically checks Display Notes in Script Unchecked Script Notes do not print or increase the script length Select the Color for Script Notes Displays a Color palette Choose a color to display Script Notes with or create a Custom color Click OK to accept your choice Cancel to exit without changing color 109 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Centered Title Centered Title has no element specific options Page Break Options You can change the parameters Screenwriter uses to determine how to paginate your script Break Action Do Not Break Action lf checked an Action element is never split by a page break Unchecked Action may be broken over the two pages Sentence Ends Only lIf checked Action is broken at the end of a sentence only Sentence Ends Preferred lf checked Action is broken at the end of a sentence if one exists in the 3 lines before the end of where the page break falls If no sentence end is found in the last 3 lines Action may be broken in the middle of a sentence Maximum Lines on Page If checked Action may be broken in the middle of a sentence in order to fit the maximum number of lines on a page Minimum Action Lines on a Page Tells Screenwriter not to break an Action element unless there are at least this number of Action lines both before and after the page break The lower the number entered the less blank white space at the bottom of a page Accepts a nu
74. Paste A two step method Text is left in its original location and a copy is placed on the Clipboard then Pasted into a new location Drag and Drop A one step method Direct movement of text without cutting or copying Cutting and Pasting with the Mouse 1 Select the text to be moved Under the Edit Menu select Cut 2 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 3 Under the Edit Menu select Paste Copying and Pasting with the Mouse 1 Select the text to be moved Under the Edit Menu select Copy 51 TEXT EDITING MOVIE MAGIC 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 Use 23 to cut fea Pate to copy and J to paste Dragging and Dropping 1 2 Move the cursor to the start of the text you want to move Highlight the text to move using your preferred selection method Using the Mouse move the cursor anywhere over the selected text and press the mouse button down Hold it down While holding the mouse button down drag this block across the page to it
75. S A Open the Screenwriter program Under the File Menu select Open Select the File Format for the type of file you re opening If the file you want to import doesn t have the appropriate File Extension i e RTF for Rich Text Format TAG for Scriptware Tagged etc selecting All Files as the file type shows files with any extension Select the file you want to import to Screenwriter If necessary change the folder by double clicking on the Path Tree Click on Open The Text Interpretation Menu appears How Should Interpret This Text port Text in Script Format Import Text as Action Only ES Text Onty Non RTF Use Stylesheets Y 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 Cap italzation formation for Element dentification Use when Character Names may be lower case in the source text a knore Margins for Element dentifcation 7 Action is in Parenthetical E A Import this text with LOCKED Page breaks Use ONLY when the script is already in Production and the page breaks have to match f Cancel To import a script file Import Text in Script Format should be checked 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 slightl
76. Scene Pilot click the Scene Pilot Button The Scene Pilot will instantly appear with the current Scene under the cursor It looks like the following though of course the actual text of each Scene Button will reflect the text of your script rather than what s shown below 102 SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER eo Scene Pilot i 1 INT HELMER S STUDY NIGHT HELMER and NORA stand in the center of the study dafsdf 2 EXT HOUSE NIGHT Cold sleet slashes against the side of house and runs down the window i 3 INT HELMER S STUDY SAME TIME Nora pauses for a moment staring out the window Then as if she has collected her thoughts To instantly jump to any of the displayed scenes simply click on the desired one to scroll upwards simply move the cursor onto the big up arrow to scroll downwards move it onto the down arrow By placing the cursor over either up or down arrow it will automatically scroll in that direction clicking on either of them will instantly scroll it a full six scenes Ruler If checked displays the horizontal page Ruler showing Element margins Element margins can be cheated by moving the right and left margin pointers while the cursor is anywhere in an element Unchecked the Ruler does not display Automatic Help Balloons If checked any item in the program that you point the mouse at will have a Help Balloon that explains the item s function Restore All Program Hints W
77. Script Automatically at Startup If you don t want to go to a New file each time Screenwriter opens there are several other Startup options To choose one 1 Under the Edit Menu select Preferences 2 Click on the Startup Files button Select an option Leave You in a Blank Script Opens a New blank script file Display Open File Dialog Displays the standard Open File Menu Retrieve Last Script you worked on Opens the last script you saved at the same place in the script as when you saved it Restore Last Workspace Opens all files that were open when you last exited Screenwriter displayed in the same way Opening a Timed Backup 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 Format from Screenwriter Scripts to Timed Backups 3 Select from the list of available TMB files SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION 4 Click on the Open button to open the file To keep a copy of the TMB version save it under a different name for example if the filename is EMMY TMB save it as EMMY2 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 n
78. Title Page 13 Saving Lists as the Default Lists for all New Scripts 44 Saving Portions of a Script 9 SCENE 45 SCENE 1 109 SCENE A 109 Scene Body Text 44 Scene Body Text Locations 42 45 Scene Break 157 Scene Continued Text 107 Scene Continueds 98 Scene Heading 6 15 16 19 26 34 86 157 167 168 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC Scene Heading 157 Scene Heading Initial Text 87 168 Scene Heading List 70 Scene Heading or blank Action element 24 Scene Heading Text 45 Scene Headings 107 134 SCENE I ROMAN 109 Scene Info 64 Scene Information 65 109 Scene Information TV and Stage Play Format 31 Scene Number 15 156 Scene Numbers 107 Scene Omitted Text 121 SCENE ONE 109 Scenes 68 screen redraw 155 Screenplay 21 Screenplay format 21 Screenplay Systems Incorporated ii Screenwriter 147 Screenwriter Export file 134 Script Breakdown Sheets 126 Script Format Preferences 104 Script Formats 21 104 Script Name 65 Script Note 17 157 Script Note Commander 73 Script Notes 32 33 101 109 137 154 Script Notes 33 109 Script Notes Options 33 Script Order 125 126 127 128 Scriptor 142 Scripts 89 ScriptThing 142 Scriptware Tagged 142 Scroll Up and Down 15 Search amp Replace 156 Search Menu 155 Search Replace Text 168 Second Character Name when he she speaks twice in a row with nothing between the two speeches 92 Second Dialo
79. To continue the Same Act type SAMEACT at the beginning of any blank element Screenwriter centers it and changes it to ACT where is the same Act Number End of Act To end an Act press er in a blank Action element Type a to select End of Act Info at the Scene Heading Initial Text Pop up List A forced page break is entered followed by the appropriate End of Act info Scene Information TV and Stage Play Format New Scene To start a New Scene Type NEWSCENE at the beginning of any blank element Screenwriter centers it and changes it to SCENE where f is the new Scene Number A forced page break will not be entered Or at the Scene Heading Initial Text Pop up List select Start New Scene A forced page break is entered followed by the appropriate New Scene info Or press ev while in an Act Info line and Screenwriter puts in the appropriate New Scene Info for you To use this feature Use Scene Information in Script must be checked on the Scene Information page of the Edit Script Formats Menu 31 WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Script Notes A Script Note provides you with a place in the script to jot down an idea for a scene or a comment on the story or to put writing you ve cut but are not sure about discarding Script Notes are separate from the body text of your script and don t affect the page breaks or script length They can be displayed onscreen or hidden They can be printed separately w
80. View iit htt ete e DB DEW RR Eds 14 Resize the Index Cards ete tete reb bete ede ebrietas 15 Scroll Up and Down 14 teer eerte tire er pene eR getdaceddcaenkedertener 15 Horizontal Index Cards ice eee ete et etiatn 16 Vertical Index Cards oie rre et dat e od veru ertet de et 16 Addam Index Card eere ID OPPIDA Dear adaa 16 Write an Index Gard id ote ide Reti et iiu 16 Edit an Index Card eee o Hp e itio 17 Shuftle ari Index Card creat ee e bee RE ette eR E e eie eee RE etos 17 Shuffle Multiple Index Cards sssssssssssseeee eee 18 Printing Index Cards eet n HR o DES RE RERH DEI Mn cda din ten 19 Exit Index Card View need er tede n aia Cesta ed od Bees 20 Script Or in ede Rite eti eed eee eite et e Ete orti eri eet 21 Loading a Script Format erepto e e oe ade dera ie e ek gy edens 21 Other Formats reed e pede oiii 22 Televisi n Templates uie epa ib dH 22 Creating a User Defined Format occccmcononooocnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnos 22 Restoring an Overwritten Format ssssssssssssseee I eene 23 Writitig the Script core e ehe he tae Pede fees ag ead ees 24 Elements Xue Leste Mu s dee Me d tme us 24 Creating Elements rodillas 24 AAA a eee ce e hte e e ae le Ld 25 Fade lisina tibia 25 Scene Heading nee a I REGNI AEE E cans GM 26 LOCATIONS n p Dn Er bom tp e iet D testa yevene eiae 26 Lie ED Vinci TE 27 ZXCUOTI cos e er rr Sos ine ed Saas ota ce ida en eae ae ee
81. a greater likelihood of being able to reverse a text edit TEXT EDITING MOVIE MAGIC 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 the last one performed Formatting Text Screenwriter deals with text formatting Bold Underline Italics Strikeout by placing hidden format codes surrounding the formatted text One code starts the format another ends it In normal use you won t need to be aware of these codes Screenwriter s default is to Hide Format Codes To display the codes Under the Edit Menu select Display Options then Show Format Codes A checkmark appears next to it reminding you it s on Bolding Text To format existing text as Bold select the text Then Click on the Bold Button labeled with a B on the Top Tool Bar Bl Or press 5 5 or on the keyboard To format an entire Element as Bold place the cursor in the Element Then dl Click on the Cheat Element Button on the Top Tool Bar the button with a hand holding a card up a sleeve Or press 3 on the keyboard 2 On the Cheat Element Menu Check the Bold CheckBox 3 Select OK and the entire Element is made Bold Underlining Text To format existing text as Underline Select the text Then Click on the Underline Button labeled with a U on the Top Tool Bar ul SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING To format an entire
82. a help balloon At the right of the screen is the Right Tool Bar A Right Tool Bar icon button inserts an element at the cursor position BASIC INFORMATION MOVIE MAGIC Depending on how you customize Screenwriter the Right Tool Bar can display with Element Buttons above the Vertical scroll bar as in the example shown e Vertical scroll bar only To change the way the Right Tool Bar displays go to Display Options under the Edit menu Across the bottom of the screen is the Bottom Status Bar At its center is Line information telling you which line the cursor is located on Next to the right is a Page Number Button which displays Current Page Number information Click on it to pop up the Goto Page Menu Go To Page Go To Page Tale f Cancel y GoTo Scene LEtngs amp A box on the Goto Page Menu marked Goto Scene Listings appears This displays a list of Scene Headings to go to O GoToScene 2 EXT HOUSE NIGHT 3 INT HELMER S STUDY SAME TIME exe If you re writing a script with Act and Scene Information such as a Sitcom or Stage Play this button displays a list of specific Acts Scenes to go to SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION Opening a Script Under the File Menu select Open Select from the list of available files changing the drive folder or file type if necessary Click on the Open button to open the file To open a file you ve recently
83. ample teh is corrected to the wnat becomes want etc This saves you the time of going back and manually correcting typos and makes any SpellCheck you run go faster To turn Auto Correct on 1 Under the Edit Menu select Preferences 2 At the Preferences screen select the Spelling tab 3 Check the SpellCheck as you Type amp Edit box this must be checked for Auto Correct to work 4 Check the Auto Correct Typos box 5 Change these other Auto Correct settings if desired Max Length Sets the maximum word length of typos to auto correct If on a slower computer set this to a lower number Screenwriter uses a default word length of 10 letters Beep on Unknown Words Alerts you to any suspected typos that Auto Correct is unable to correct for you SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING Prompt on Multiple Words during Auto Correction Gives you a choice of words when the typo could have two or more correct spellings If unchecked Auto Correct makes the decision for you AutoCapitalize Character Names Capitalizes the first letter of all Character Names in Dialogue Action and Script Notes To be capitalized by Auto Correct a character name must either have been used previously in the script or exist in the Character Name User List When using names such as Mark or Art in your script Auto Correct also capitalizes the words mark and art To avoid this Pause AutoCorrecti
84. ards 15 Restore Last Workspace 8 89 Restoring an Overwritten Format 23 Retrieve Last Script you worked on 8 89 Return to Voice Assign 82 Rev Color 65 Revert 105 Revision Draft Color 65 161 After the last color is used it should 161 Change the Order of Colors 161 Delete Color 161 Edit Color 161 New Color 161 Save as Defaults for All New Scripts 161 Set as Defaults for All New Scripts 162 Revision Draft Color 161 Revision Draft Color order 115 Revision Locking Count 135 Revision Locking Level 135 revision mark 122 Revision Mark 118 Revision Mark Level 163 Revision Mark Right Margin 122 Revision Mark Text 122 Revision Marks 117 118 161 Revisions 69 Revisions Preferences 96 Right Element Buttons 24 102 Right Justified 12 Right Margin 168 right parenthesis in Dialogue 59 94 Right Tool Bar 5 102 Roman Numerals 65 RTF 142 RTF Rich Text Format 142 Ruler 103 Run SmartCheck 155 Run SmartCheck before this Print Job 71 91 Running Lists 153 Running Shot List 88 Running Transition List 88 S Same Act 31 SAMEACT 31 45 SAMEACT 43 Sample Page 62 Save 151 169 Save All Open Scripts 151 Save As 19 Save As 169 Save as Defaults for All New Scripts 63 105 Save as Defaults For all New Scripts 44 Save as the Default Layout 20 Save As 151 Save Script Formats 23 154 Save Voice Association File 81 Saving a Script 9 Saving a
85. around Numbering If checked displays and prints angle brackets around the dialogue numbers to differentiate between them and page numbers scene numbers etc 101 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Display Options To customize the way Screenwriter displays onscreen make changes to the Display Options Under the Edit Menu select Display Options then click on an option to select it A checkmark indicates that an option is in effect Y Top Tool Bar v Bottom Status Bar Element Type in Bottom Status Bar v Right Element Buttons v Scene Pilot Button Y Ruler v Page View v Automatic Help Balloons Restore All Program Hints Zoom Screen Text CI AW gt Clear File History List Top Tool Bar If checked displays the top Tool Bar with its icons for commonly used commands Unchecked the top Tool Bar does not display nov orn t Code Bottom Status Bar If checked displays the Bottom Status Bar with its page information Unchecked the top Bottom Status Bar does not display Element Type in Bottom Status Bar If checked displays the element e g Action that your cursor is currently in on the left portion of the Bottom Status Bar Right Element Buttons If checked displays the Right Element icon buttons on the Right Tool Bar Unchecked the Right Tool Bar displays a vertical scrolling window only Scene Pilot Button If checked displays the Scene Pilot icon button on the Right Speed Bar To activate
86. around the script quickly ere e 1 Previous Scene control option 1 as Next Scene O A Previous Script Page E AA Next Script Page A EE Goto Top of Script zu E Goto End of Script 166 SCREENWRITER COMMAND KEYS p Next character A odes do ete Previous character A uin eee ese ete Next Word ES Previous Word CR Beginning of current line ass End of current line Aia Previous Line onere E ET Next Line EA AA Previous Screen A TETERE T Next Screen Command Keys The following keys are optional Quick Keys to use for text input Most of them also have a Menu or Speed Button equivalent EJA EJ I 8 Toggles Bold on off Displays a pop up list of all Existing Character Names for your selection unless you ve assigned it to Copy Text Puts you into a Scene Heading element and inserts EXT Pops up the Goto Page Menu Puts you into a Scene Heading element and inserts INT Toggles Italics on off SpellChecks the word preceding the cursor Opens a New script 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 Pops up the Print M
87. ast Members Costumes Extras Greenery Livestock Makeup Hair Mechanical FX Hide Show Selected Category Set Up Breakdown Sheets f Set to Movie Magic Scheduling Defaults gt Cancel The categories displayed are the defaults for exporting to Movie Magic Scheduling Three User Definable categories are available for your new categories or you can edit an existing category Cast Members and Scene Description cannot be edited Grayed out categories are Hidden and do not display on the pop up Tagging menu To Hide or Show a category select it by clicking on it and click on the Hide Show Selected Category button Double click on a Category to select it for editing An Edit screen displays Double click on the Category in the Category Name window to select it and type in your new Category name Type an ampersand 132 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES amp before the letter you d like to appear underlined and selectable as the one key QuickLetter on menus Tab to the Display Code as window and type in an unique abbreviation up to 6 letters that displays as the category s Format Code in Tagging Mode Click on Replace to accept your new category Cancel to discard the changes If you make changes and later want to return to the original defaults click on the Set to Movie Magic Scheduling Defaults button Click on OK to accept your changes or Cancel to discard them Breakdown Sheets T
88. astes desee HOO posa tei des Sa cents 4 Option Men cia da GT IRR A den MR EP Tage E RR asis os 4 PushbButtonS atrocidad 4 CHECKBOXES EE 4 Radio Buttons stis isticee Eit prse e e ue e Sr ert bec der eerta ls 5 Text or Numerical Input Fields oooocccccccnononococonnnnononconononononnnnononnanononnnnnnnnoninnananoss 5 Editing Screen E A t d nani nS 5 Opening a SCTIpL ce ato et d ne o en pra AAA 7 Opening Multiple Scripts eee eee eren her e e n anes 7 Opening a Previously Saved Version ssssssssssese eee 8 Opening a Script Automatically at StartUP oooooooccoccncconoononononnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnoninnananoss 8 Opening Timed Backup eie eit dentes dh ere E Dese da nee Ee da ain 8 SAVING a SCHIDEs sis stc oet Pod ejt ie oda deo iiio aate Porte iis de bortis ines 9 Saving Portions of a Spissen epi earen eea ee eene I eene enne 9 Merging PS e et AA 10 Title Dai AAA AA xe Pre AAA AAA AAA 11 Opening Title Page eire dei ee eei t s Re e ae REPRE ad 11 Creating Text Elements oi doit ieste eee o IH Er e desde ii pe redii d veredas 12 Moving a Text Element 2 nre tie ee Hope Pe dea sense Pe e Ee gd eee eb de adeo 12 Saving A Title TPagez ausus een nm tb Lui nem 13 Eoading a Title Page A A ped etre 13 Printing a Title Pages iic n noted edi de e a ve i Rid es nent 13 Index Cards 55 2 4 rd dtu t t dette eed ot 14 Outlining with Index Cards i xoi nb PU HORUM IIa 14 CONTENTS MOVIE MAGIC Index Card
89. ault A Auto E AsEntered C ALL CAPS UA OA zomnrs9 8 gt oz zr ae Auto Capitalization matches the way you type the Alias Text e If you type coa it expands to council on aging e If you type in Coa it expands to Council On Aging e If you type in COA it expands to COUNCIL ON AGING As Entered Capitalization matches the Substitution Text exactly as it appears in the User List unless you re in an element defined as all caps in which case it is put in all caps ALL CAPS Capitalization is ALL CAPS SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING Text Editing There is usually more than one way of performing any text selecting or editing command in Screenwriter For ease of use the method using the Mouse and the Main Menu Bar is emphasized As you become more familiar with Screenwriter you many want to use Keyboard Shortcuts and Tool Bar Icons To see what command a Tool Bar Icon represents use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it A box of explanatory Hint text displays in a help balloon below the icon 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 EHE Ep EJ E
90. ave button and give it a name e g EMMY Title Page Loading a Title Page You can load a title page that is part of another Screenwriter script or was saved as a Title Page Template file From within Title Page Publisher Click on the Load Button The File Open dialog displays listing files of File Format Title Page Click on one of these files then click on the Open button To load a title page that is part of another Screenwriter script click the Load Button then change the File Format from Title Page to Script Select a file and click on the Open button Printing a Title Page From within Title Page Publisher print the Title Page by clicking the Print The Title Page Button To print from outside Title Page Publisher under the File Menu select Print On the Print Menu select page or scenes to print and check Print Title Page Selecting Entire Script automatically checks the Print Title Page box 13 INDEX CARDS MOVIE MAGIC Index Cards Outlining with Index Cards Many writers use index cards or 3 by 5 cards as an organizing tool before writing their scripts Using a separate card for each scene they jot down what happens in the scene where it takes place etc Numbering each card shows the flow of the story from scene to scene Adding a scene is as easy as inserting a new card between two others Moving scenes is equally simple though having to renumber the scenes each time is a chore When satisfied
91. bers as appropriate Depending on the particular field spaces may be allowed and text may be automatically capitalized for you Editing Screen Screenwriter File Edit Format Search Goto Tools Production Window Help Mon 3 14 PM ek SCREEN SCW B Scene Heading ea e ga an Y 2 SS Se cm CLOSE SHOT OF NORA evenly Yes I can It happened this evening when the miracle failed to happen It was then that I realized you weren t the man I thought you to be HELMER AND NORA Helmer turns back to Nora HELMER Explain more clearly I don t understand you RES 19 eX S NORA I ve waited so patiently for eight whole years well qood heavens I m not such a fool as to suppose that miracles occur every day Then this dreadful thinq happened to me and then I knew Now the miracle will take place When Kroastad s letter was lying out there it never occurred to me for a moment that you would let that man trample over you I knew that you would say to him Publish the facts to the world And when he had done this LY 21 Hu t 4 us 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 Tool Bar with Speed Buttons for frequently used tasks To see what any Speed Button does move the mouse cursor arrow overit A hint explaining its function displays in
92. ble if Windows Compatibility Mode is checked Windows Compatibility Mode If checked keeps the same page breaks in a Screenwriter for Macintosh script that is to be imported into Screenwriter for Windows Checking this option makes the Text Line Spacing and Blank Line Spacing options grayed out and unselectable Approximate of Lines on Page As you make changes to the Margins and Line Spacing items above this number recalculates the number of lines that can fit on your page It assumes you re using Courier 12 point font and will be inaccurate if you mix fonts or sizes Current Total Page Count As you make changes to the Margins and Line Spacing items above this number recalculates the number of pages in your script It assumes you re using Courier 12 point font and will be inaccurate if you mix fonts or sizes Save as Defaults for All New Scripts If checked all new scripts will have these Page Layout settings as the default Header Setup To print the same text across the top of each page such as Page Numbers Dates Act Scene Information use Header Text Under the File Menu select Header Setup The Header Setup screen displays PRINTING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Header Footer Setup Header 1 Header 2 Footer Codes Pg Acthfo Scene nfo Date Flush Right Underline Bol Rev Cobr SorptName Fut in Date As o Month Day Year 10 Month Day Year
93. breaks Check this if the import file has Page Breaks and you want to keep them exactly the same in the resulting Screenwriter script Click on OK to import the file Under 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 Cut and Paste Import Use this method if none of the other methods imports your script successfully To import a Script from another Macintosh program on the same computer as Screenwriter 1 Open the other Macintosh program and open the file you want to import to 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 Screenwriter 5 Under 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 Screenwriter presents the following Text Interpretation Menu 144 SCREENWRITER IMPORTING SCRIPTS How Should Interpret This Text Import Text n Script Format O Import Text as Action Only 21121112113 E Text Only Non RTF Use Stylesheets Y Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text Use when line spacing i
94. cel t Type your text The Left three buttons allow you to select Bold Underline and Italics respectively Next two pop up menus let you select the text s Font and Size 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 with the mouse e Pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard 12 SCREENWRITER 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 measurements 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 S
95. chunks you can enter it as two or more shorter paragraphs of Dialogue To enter a second paragraph of Dialogue press eto eu twice to put in two hard returns Parenthetical With the cursor anywhere in a Dialogue element press LU left parenthesis Or if Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical is checked on the Editing page of Preferences under the Edit Menu press e 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 Type the Parenthetical text and press ev A closing right parenthesis is added automatically The cursor moves to the Dialogue element following the Parenthetical Type a Left Parenthesis in Dialogue as Text nu To type in Dialogue as text instead of creating a Parenthetical element press EH Transition With the cursor at the beginning of any Action element type any Transition text ending in to Screenwriter automatically formats and spaces it correctly A new Scene Heading element is created and a Pop up List of Initial Scene Heading Text displays Or press ev in a blank Action element and type t for Make this a Transition Shot At the beginning of any Action element type any Shot Text until you customize the User Lists see U
96. ck this button to hide turn off the display of the selected Script Note s Print Notes This button takes the user to the Print Notes printing setup window that allows the user to choose how the Script Notes are printed Show in the Script Click this button to show turn on the display of the selected Script Note s Delete Click this button to delete the selected Script Note s from the script Default Color Once a script note is selected from the list you can use this feature to change its color CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Customizing Screenwriter Screenwriter comes with a set of program preferences As you become more familiar with Screenwriter s features you may want to customize these default settings to the way you work You can make changes to e Editing preferences e Startup preferences e SmartCheck preferences e Spelling preferences e Miscellaneous preferences e Revisions preferences e Printer preferences Mouse preferences e Animation Dialogue preferences e Display Options e Script Format Options Preferences Under the Edit Menu select Preferences At the Preferences screen go to one of the following option screens by clicking on its page tab SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Editing Preferences Preferences Text Entry Editing Editing Undo Levels 5 A Keep Insertion Caret Above window Bottom by 6 A Lines Startup Fiks
97. click on it again 163 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC e Lock Dialogue Numbering Locks the Dialogue Numbering so that any new speeches are added as A Numbers If Dialogue is already Locked it will Multi Lock the numbering so new speeches are added as AA Numbers e Unlock Dialogue Numbering Decreases Dialogue Locking from AA Numbering to A Numbering or from A Numbering to Unlocked Dialogue Numbering e Adjust Dialogue Numbering Adjusts overrides the numbering of the Dialogue speech that the cursor is currently in Window Menu Window Help Minimize 36M Zoom 36 Bring All to Front Cascade Tile Cycle F6 View As Index Cards v Untitled 3 361 Cascade Cascades shrinks and overlays at an offset all open script windows Tile Tiles shrinks and stacks horizontally all open script windows Zoom Window Maximizes the currently selected script window If it s already maximized it reverts to its regular size Cycle Opens the next script based on the order each script was opened as is indicated at the bottom of the Window menu The script that is displayed will have a check mark on the left of it in the Window menu You must have at least two scripts open to use this feature View as Index Cards Switches to View as Index Card Mode lt FileNames 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 wi
98. ctly due to its margins not being what 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 Import this text with LOCKED Page breaks Check this if the import file has Page Breaks and you want to keep them exactly the same in the resulting Screenwriter script 145 IMPORTING SCRIPTS MOVIE MAGIC 6 Click on OK to paste the imported text 7 Under 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 Scriptware script First export the Scriptware script as a Scriptware Tagged file 1 Open Scriptware and open the script you want to import to Screenwriter 2 Under the File Menu select Export then Scriptware Tagged 3 Inthe file name field Enter File Name gt TAG Click on the Export button to save the Export file 4 Exit Scriptware Now follow the Direct Import instructions above Cleaning up Imported Scripts 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 Tool Bar and select the desire
99. d 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 Running SmartCheck helps though even it can t catch all errors 146 SCREENWRITER EXPORTING SCRIPTS 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 Screenwriter is designed to be an editable copy not an exact duplicate It will not have exactly the same margins page breaks or even number of pages as it does in 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 Screenwriter and open the script you want to export 1 Under the File Menu select Save As 2 At the Save File As dialog box select Format to choose an Export Format v Screenwriter Script RTF Rich Text Format Plain Text ScriptThing for DOS Scriptware Tagged HTML Publishing
100. d Sad pa c 27 Character Name eoi ee eet tecti 27 Character Extension idilio 28 Delete a Character Extension cococococonononononononononononononononononononononononononenoneneneneneceso 29 Dialogue iiec OT 29 Second Dialogue Paragraph oooooooccncccccoonononononnnnnnnnconononnnnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnanonnnnnnanos 30 Parenthetical iis de nere eot eee eate ih 30 Type a Left Parenthesis in Dialogue as Text 30 Tr nsitlOri coepi i t OH v iati o epi ost 30 A dd ee dote iue datu dtd d dete d 30 SCREENWRITER CONTENTS Centered Title iiti t d E e be TR e taedas 31 Act Information TV and Stage Play Format cccccccccconononononononononononononocononononeneneso 31 Scene Information TV and Stage Play Format ccccccccconononononononononononononononenaneneneso 31 SCripEINOLes S SCISCO e I E o Psi neas 32 Switch Elements net eee Dee e ree eee ee Re ul e cere eere SEA 33 Moving between Elements istoire ioa ree aE E E OA O E aE EEES 34 Character Name in Dialog Acti0N ccononooococnnonicnnnanaannnononccncnanananoncnnonccnnnannononncanccnns 36 Forced Page Break acido EROR ias 36 Remove a Forced Page Brea Kiiresti heitini t noei a anan T AA aa ei AN Tera ERSE 36 S ft Hypheni A O 36 E AAA A ce clacettdne tia a e ms 37 Hard Space ii tft estes soa m EUM e oet cm 37 Hard Returth nine eerte E a tee dete ree eee ER dee vue 37 Dual Column Simultaneous Dialogue cccocococononononononononononononononononononon
101. d Text When printing production sides with selected text this will make the text before and after the selection be crossed out SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Keyboard Preferences Preferences Editing v File New Startup Fies Open e Close SmartCheck Save A Save As LZ y Backup To IL Misc Save All Open Scripts Compare Two Scripts aiu Header Footer Setup I meer Title Page Publisher Page Layout Keyboard Reset f Clear Y Export b import f Prnt Edit gt Mouse al NEM nnm A Page Up Down Moves Text Cursor Anm Diabgue f Cancel ox Reset Using this button you can discard all custom keyboard shortcuts and return to the factory standard keyboard shortcuts Clear This button discards all keyboard shortcuts Export By clicking this button you will be able to save your keyboard shortcuts to a separate file You could then move the file to another machine and import the keyboard settings into another copy of the application Import If you click this button you will be presented with a directory dialog in which you can select a previously exported keyboard shortcut set You will then be asked how you want to combine the imported shortcuts with the existing shortcuts Print Click this button to make a printout of all keyboard assignments If you have collap
102. e 66 Font 105 Font Button 19 FORCED PAGE 95 Forced Page Break 36 168 Foreign Language SpellCheck 59 format codes 54 130 133 171 format files 21 Format Menu 154 formatting errors 155 Formatting Text 54 Forwards 68 Found Unknown Word 58 From a Screenwriter Script 22 FULL SHOT 45 Function Keys 168 G Goto Bottom 156 Goto Last Position 157 Goto Menu 156 Goto Next A Page 157 Goto Next Current Revision Mark 157 Goto Next Forced Page Break 157 Goto Next Scene Heading 157 Goto Next Script Note 157 Goto Next Speech By 157 Goto Next Strikeout or Colored Text 157 Goto Page 6 156 167 Goto Previous Scene Heading 157 Goto Scene 157 Goto Scene Listings 6 Goto Top 156 Grid 13 H Hard Return 37 Hard Dash 37 168 Hard Space 37 59 94 168 Header Line 2 65 Header Setup 63 151 Header Text 63 64 65 66 Header Text 66 Help Menu 165 Hide Elements on Screen 154 Hide Format Codes 54 Hide Locations in Pop Up List 112 Hide Names in Pop Up List 111 Hide Show a Script Note 32 Horiz 16 SCREENWRITER INDEX Horizontal Index Cards 16 I Ignore 159 Ignore All 58 Ignore Blank Lines which have Revision Marks 92 Ignore Margins for Element identification 144 145 Ignore Selection for Breakdowns 131 Ignore the same Name speaking twice in a row when Extensions do NOT match 92 import a Script from another Macintosh program 1
103. e Each of these options is described in detail elsewhere in this manual and in the Online Help 1 Save the screenwriter s final draft using the Save As command Under the File Menu select Save As Give it a different name to reflect the date and its status as the White shooting draft you re about to create e g NameWHITE Now you can save your work at regular intervals using the Save command NOTE To customize the Production Features for the way you or your production company work continue with Steps 2 and 3 To accept Screenwriter s default settings skip directly to Step 4 2 Under the Format Menu select Edit Script Formats a d Click on the Scene Headings button and set the Scene Numbers and Scene Continued Text to your preference Click on the Locked Scripts button and set the Scene Omitted Text A Scene Numbering Scheme Revision Mark Text and Locked Letter Skip List to your preferences Do not Lock Scene Headings and Page Breaks here You ll do all Locking from the Production Menu Once you have the settings customized to the way your production company works click on Save as Defaults for all New Scripts Click on the OK button to accept your changes 3 Under the Edit Menu select Preferences a Click on the Revisions page and set the Revision Marks options to your preference Click on the Printer button and set the Print Bottom Continueds and Print MORE options to your preference Click on th
104. e A Letter After the scene page number Flipped Al Places the A Letter Before the scene page number Multi Lk 2C1 Adds a Multi Locked Number after the A Scene Letter Multi Lk 2CA Adds a Multi Locked Letter after the A Scene Letter Multilock After Normal Scene Determines how a Multi Lock Scene inserted between a Normal Scene and an A Scene is numbered 2 A Adds a Dash plus the A Letter after the scene number 2AA Adds the A Letter plus the Multi Lock Letter after the scene number A2 Flips the normal A Scene numbering order A Page Numbering Scheme Specifies how A Pages are numbered Multi Lk 2C1 Adds a Multi Locked Number after the A Page Letter Multi Lk 2CA Adds a Multi Locked Letter after the A Page Letter Multi Lock After Normal Scene Determines how a Multi Lock Page inserted between a Normal Page and an A Page is numbered 2 A Adds a Dash plus the A Letter after the page number 2AA Adds the A Letter plus the Multi Lock Letter after the page number 121 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC A2 Flips the normal A Page numbering order Revision Mark Text Allows you to enter a character used for printing and displaying all Revision Marks in this script Default Revision Mark Text is an Asterisk Revision Mark Right Margin Specifies the distance of the Revision Mark from the right hand side of the page in 1 10ths of aninch A value of 10 would print 1 from the right ha
105. e A then U to highlight LAURA then press to have SmartTab finish entering the name for you Without SmartTab enabled you ll have to do that each time you want LAURA With SmartTab enabled the next time you press then L the name LAURA is automatically highlighted for you NOTE Without SmartTab enabled pressing followed by a letter always highlights the first name starting with that letter If you ve added a name starting with that letter to the Character Name User List the User List name always appears highlighted See User Lists below Running Shot List If checked QuickType automatically pops up the Unique Shots List plus any initial shot text defined in the User List when you add a new Shot element Unchecked displays User List items only Running Transition List If checked QuickType automatically pops up the Unique Transitions List plus any Transition text defined in the User List when you add a new Transition Unchecked displays User List items only Enter in Script Note adds Hard Return If checked QuickType adds a Hard Return in a Script Note when you press ewe ending the line short and taking you to another line Unchecked pressing in a Script Note creates a new Action element following the note Pressing the ENTER Key This set of options controls what happens when you press the ENTER key In Dialogue takes you to a Character Name Enabling this option allows the user to press Enter after they have f
106. e Heading 5 Scene Heading with Initial Text only 5 Scene Heading with Initial Text and Location only 9 Any element QuickType will Add a Scene Heading element and display Scene Heading Initial Text menu INT EXT etc Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu INT EXT etc Display a List Menu of all unique Locations already in the script Display a List Menu of Time of Day DAY NIGHT etc Add a Shot element SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Ere control return O Shift J ANa 1 control 0 control 1 contral rn Blank Shot element Any element Action or Dialogue element Any element Character Name element Dialogue element Any element Blank Transition element Any element Display a List Menu of Shots ANGLE ON etc 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 Add a Parenthetical element Add a Transition element and display a List Menu of Transitions CUT TO etc Display a List Menu of Transitions CUT TO etc Add a Script Note f Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical is checked on the Editing page of Preferences under the Edit Menu Tab creates a Parenthetical element when in a
107. e OK button to accept your changes 4 Under the Production Menu select Lock the Script Click on the YES button to confirm your decision A Lock the Script window displays 114 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Lock the Script TURN ON the following LOCK the following v Scene Headings Y Page Breaks WF All Header Text RV Top Scene Continueds RV Left amp Right Scene Numbers v Bottom Scene Continueds Ww Auto Revision Marks Set Up Header Text MAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t vent a 4 Codes Pg Act nfo Scene hfo Date Rev Cobr Flush Right Underline Bok A set the Header to Print on Every Page ZA AfterLocking the Headers set the Revision Draft Co br to ELUE fA Remove All Current Revision Marks f Cancel ok N Screenwriter s defaults for Locked Scripts are already selected for you Generally you will want to accept these settings unless your Production Company dictates otherwise If desired you can TURN ON or off the options you prefer by clicking on their checkboxes Grayed out options have already been selected by your prior choices in Edit Script Formats e LOCK or Unlock items as you prefer by clicking their checkboxes e SETUP the Header Text by editing the default codes Click on a Code s button to enter it in the Header The default Header Text for the White shoot
108. e Save _ Don t put at end Start of broken Action gt CJ Acts Lke Save As Misc 1 mmm l Pagination RE I 1 Paginate when I m kle For 1 0 A seconds Paginatin Sound None re uL o No ReaHime Pag nation Prnter t After a Search Keyboard Ering Script to the Front 1 e Leave Collapsed Search window in Front nm Disbgue f Cancel ox gt Display Headers Footers On Screen WYSIWYG If checked the onscreen display represents the printed page Shows Headers Footers Page Numbers Top amp Bottom Continueds etc with less screen space for text Unchecked these items print but don t display onscreen Display Page Break Type on Screen If checked displays page break lines with descriptive text e g FORCED PAGE as part of the line itself Unchecked the lines display but carry no onscreen description Show Swear Words in Thesaurus If checked presents words commonly considered vulgar or swear words as synonyms Unchecked these words are not presented Chat Sound The sound selected here will play if iPartner receives a chat message and the chat window is not in front Don t put at end start of broken Action If checked and Action elements are parenthesized then an Action element broken by a page break will not have before the break or after the break Diskette button on speedbar Acts like Save If checked clicking on the disk
109. e all the previous settings Cancel Exits the Assign Voices dialog without saving any changes that have been made OK Exits the Assign Voices dialog and saves any changes that have been made 82 SCREENWRITER OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES Script Note Commander Movie Magic Screenwriter s unique Script Note Commander gives you instant access to all the Script Notes in the script from one easy window To activate the Script Note Commander simply go to the Tools Menu and click Script Note Commander Script Note Commander Select Which Color Notes to View Uncheck All Colors Done x Hide hn Sorpt Print Notes Show n Serpt Delete E Default Color Select Which Color Notes to View This checkbox represents one of the currently available Script Note Colors and you can turn on off the display of all Script Notes of this color in the Window below simply by clicking on this box NOTE When you check or uncheck this colored box you are not affecting the display of those Script Notes within the script itself To do that click the Hide in Script or Show in Script buttons Uncheck All Colors Click this button to turn off the display of all Script Notes Colors in the Window below so that you can easily select Script Notes of only one or two colors without having to manually uncheck all of them Done Click this button to save changes and exit Note Commander Hide in the Script Cli
110. e bookmark eo Bookmarks e Set While at the position in the E A script where you wish to set a Prologue bookmark go to the Bookmark Menu edit the name in the Reference Text field if desired and then press the SET button Goto Select the previously set bookmark from the Bookmark List and then either double click on it or click the GOTO button Delete 95elect the previously set bookmark from the Bookmark List and click the DELETE Button Set Delete 157 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC NOTE Due to editing it is possible that a previously saved and listed bookmark will no longer exists in the script if so it will give you a message telling you that this is the case and ask you if you would like to delete the bookmark Tools Menu Tools Production Window Spell Check Word 36K Spell Check Selection Spell Check Element Spell Check Page Spell Check Forwards Spell Check Entire Script Correct Current Word Count Words Pause Auto Correction Clear Ignore List Change Dictionary Select Language Edit User Dictionary Thesaurus F5 Name Bank iPartner Note Commander Spell Check Word Checks the spelling of the Word that the cursor is currently in Spell Check Selection Checks the spelling of the highlighted text 158 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Spell Check Element Checks the spelling of the Element that the cursor is currently in Spell Check Page
111. e bottom of the Window menu or cycle between them by pressing F6 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 e Select the script to display by clicking on its name at the bottom of the Window Menu e Or cycle to the next script window in the list by choosing the Cycle command from the Window Menu BASIC INFORMATION MOVIE MAGIC Opening a Previously Saved Version When you tell Screenwriter to save a script it makes a backup copy of any previously saved version with the same name The extension BK is added to the previous version the backup copy of a file named OSCAR becomes OSCAR BK If you need to go back to that previous version open the BK file 1 Under the File Menu select Open 2 Change the File Format from Screenwriter Scripts to Prev Saved Scripts 3 Select from the list of available BK files changing the drive folder or file type if necessary 4 Click on the Open button to open the file Now both versions of the file the old BK and the latest SCW are open Switch between them under the Window Menu To keep a copy of the BK version save it under a different name for example if the filename is OSCAR BK save it as OSCARI Leaving its name with the suffix BK allows it to be overwritten next time you save which is not what you want Opening a
112. e in a Character Name A Character Extension Pop up List displays o Extensions 2 Typeinthe underlined QuickLetter of your selection and it s entered for you For example type v for V O and V O is entered No Extension Deletes an existing Character Extension Never Mind Cancels out of the extension menu without adding a Character Extension 3 Thecursor moves to a new Dialogue element If you pressed t and the cursor s already gone to a blank Dialogue element press bacispaco to return the cursor to the Character Name element Then press left parenthesis Delete a Character Extension With the cursor at the end of a Character Name element press sees 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 Click on 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 1 With the cursor in a Character Name or Parenthetical element press ern The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element 2 Type your character s dialogue 3 Press return to move to anew Action element or rob J to move to another Character Name element WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Second Dialogue Paragraph To split up a long paragraph of Dialogue into smaller
113. e left of the dialogue speech Dialogue Spacing Use Spacing in Script Prints the dialogue using the same spacing as in the original script Use Double Spacing Prints with the dialogue double spaced Dialogue Capitalization Use Capitalization in Script Prints the dialogue using the same Capitalization as in the original script Always Capitalize Dialogue Prints Dialogue speeches in ALL CAPS Blank Lines before Printed Speeches Use the Normal Character Name Blank Lines Before Prints the dialogue using the same of Blank Lines Before the Character Name as in the original script Set Blank Lines Before to Allows you to set the number of Blank Lines Before the Character Name from 1 to 5 Substitute Font Lets you print the Animation Recording Script using a different font than in the original script Print Script Notes If checked prints Script Notes in the Animation Recording Script with the following options Only Notes before selected Dialogue Prints Script Notes only if they appear directly before a dialogue speech Print Notes directly above Speeches If checked prints Script Notes on the line immediately above the Character Name Unchecked prints according to the line spacing set in Blank Lines Before Printed Speeches Print Boxes around Notes If checked prints Script Notes as they appear in the original script with boxes around them Unchecked no boxes are printed Print lt gt
114. econd day s revisions have two asterisks and so on Screenwriter handles this with a Revision Locking Count which you increase by locking the Current Revision Marks Locking Current Revision Marks Screenwriter produces two types of Revision Marks Current Revision Marks and Locked Revision Marks Current Revision Marks are either entered automatically by the Auto Revision function or manually by pressing the Asterisk key are the only revision marks removed by selecting Remove Current Revision Marks under the Format Menu are the only revision marks found when you select Next Current Revision Mark from the GoTo menu are the only revision marks used to select pages to print when you select Asterisked Pages under the Print Menu To Lock Current Revision Marks Under the Production Menu select Animation Locking then Lock Current Rev Marks Once the Current Revision Marks are locked they become Locked Revision Marks Locked Revision Marks are former Current Revision Marks which have been Locked Animation Locking does the following converts all Current Revision Marks into a code appropriate for the Revision Locking Level e embeds this code in the text where the Current Revision Mark previously was e increases the Revision Locking Level To Display Locked Revision Marks Under the File Menu select Display Options then Show Format Codes Locked Revision Marks display a number indicatin
115. eenwriter Script Displays a Menu of all available Screenwriter scripts Allows you to load the format from an existing script for example if you re writing your second Frasier script you can load the format from the first one you wrote Other Formats Animation Use the Screenplay format For Screenwriter features specific to Animation Production see the Production Features chapter AudioVisual Use the Screenplay format Screenwriter currently supports limited AV script features with its Dual Column Simultaneous Dialogue capacity While Left and Right Columns display onscreen sequentially in a staggered manner they print correctly side by side See Dual Column Simultaneous Dialogue in the Writing the Script chapter for more details Television Templates These templates have the pre set formats and User Lists for certain Sitcoms and Episodic Dramas Loading a Television Template is as easy as opening one of your script files 1 Under the File Menu select Open 2 Open the TV Format Definitions folder If you didn t install the templates uninstall Screenwriter and re install it Answer Yes when asked if you want to install the TV Templates See the Installation chapter for more information On the File Format pop up menu select All Files 3 Select a TV Template ending with the extension DEF Click on the Open button to open it Creating a User Defined Format Formats are saved as part of the script file itself
116. en Schafer 1993 99 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be transmitted reproduced stored in any retrieval system 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 Screenplay Systems Inc Trademarks Movie Magic Screenwriter Movie Magic Screenwriter for Macintosh and the Movie Magic Screenwriter Logo are trademarks of Screenplay Systems Incorporated Movie Magic and Dramatica are registered trademarks of Screenplay Systems Incorporated SmartCheck SmartTab ZapSave QuickType and PrintScript are trademarks of ScriptPerfection Enterprises WordPerfect is a registered trademark of the WordPerfect Corporation Microsoft Word is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Movie Master is a registered trademark of Comprehensive Video Software Scriptware is a registered trademark of Cinovation Inc Collaborator is a registered trademark of Collaborator Systems all others are registered trademarks of their respective holders SCREENWRITER CONTENTS Contents Contents cisco se t ede eq ie es O iii Basic Information zi tetti ide e att betiei S ed o te ied diciones 1 Apple Macintosh ete ten oeste e eni pee bet En ees pe HR et ab rece EES 1 Selecting Screenwriter Command See eaae arean EAR aE EEAS SAATA EE EAE AEA AAEE 1 hou E E E T a TEE GABE OG LEGER a PERT BUM ES 1 List A c
117. end 1 or 2 letters beyond the normal right hand margin If checked allows a right margin slop for smoother looking right margins in all elements Unchecked maintains strict right margins Revert The Revert button works as an Undo button for the changes you ve made to an individual Element It restores the settings to the way they were before you made changes Use the Revert button before clicking OK to exit the menu and save changes to Script Formats or it will have no effect Save as Defaults for all New Scripts If checked applies any changes you ve made to a script s elements to all new scripts Use Current Font for All Elements Applies the font type and size but not formatting such as bold italic etc in the current element to all other elements OK Exits and applies Script Format changes you ve just made to the script Cancel Exits and discards Script Format changes you ve just made to the script 105 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Specific to individual elements are these options Character Names Center Character Names lIf checked all Character Names are centered horizontally across the page an unconventional choice Unchecked each Character Name starts at the same left margin position Character Continueds as Allows you to choose one of these options for adding a Continued to a Character Name when dialogue is split by an Action element No Automatic Character Continueds If
118. ended selection Add Forced Page Break Starts a new page at the current cursor position Remove Forced Page Break 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 Add Dialogue Paragraph If in the Dialogue element starts a new paragraph of dialogue Otherwise does nothing Convert Case Shows options for changing the case of selected text If no text is selected the entire element except when in Scene Heading Character Name or Transition that the cursor is in is changed Change Text Color Shows options for changing the color of selected text If no text is selected the text from the cursor position to the end of the element is changed Change Text Style Shows options for changing the style of selected text If no text is selected the text from the cursor position to the end of the element is changed Running Lists Determines how the text items in the pop up lists and User Lists associated with the script are updated For example when a Character Name is deleted from the script it will still show up in the Character Name pop up list until the Running Lists are recalculated e Recalculate Dynamically This is automatic mode recommended for most computers Running Lists are always up to date 153 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC e Recalculate Now Select this command to issue a manual command to update the Runnin
119. ent automatically To use User Lists the QuickType feature and the individual Pop Up lists must be enabled See QuickType in the Customizing Screenwriter chapter for more information For example typing ext on a blank line tells Screenwriter that you re starting a new Scene Heading It automatically formats your entry as EXT and pops up a Scene Body Text User List showing previous Locations in this script These pop up menus or User Lists contain text items that can be entered by typing the first letter or two instead of typing the whole text saving you time and effort Selecting a Location from the Scene Body Text User List enters it in your script and 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 NOTE Transitions are an exception Any text that ends with to the word to followed by a colon is recognized as a transition whether or not the text is in the Transition User List Screenwriter can also recognize abbreviations for text that you use often Typing the first letter or two of a word tells Screenwriter to enter the full text complete with any element formatting margins etc Entering an abbreviation or Alias Text in an element s User List lets Screenwriter know it should auto format that abbreviation using that element s settings As an example you could assign I
120. enu Forces a Repagination of your script 167 COMMAND KEYS MOVIE MAGIC 5 1f you aren t in a Scene Heading element then it puts you into one If QuickType is on a pop up list of Scene Heading Initial Text displays for your selection If you are in a completely blank Scene Heading it pops up the list of Scene Heading Initial Text regardless of the status of QuickType If you are in a Scene Heading with Scene Heading Initial Text but without a Location a pop up list of all existing Locations displays for your selection If you are in a Scene Heading with Scene Heading Initial Text and a Location a pop up list of Time of Day displays for your selection 1 If you aren t in a Transition element then it puts you into one If QuickType is on a pop up list of Transitions displays for your selection If you re already in a blank Transition a pop up list of Transitions displays for your selection regardless of the status of QuickType J J Toggles Underlining on off 8 w Closes the currently active open script 38 J erro Puts you into an Action element EJ e In an Unlocked script inserts a Forced Page Break In a Locked script displays a list of Page Break types contra Inserts a Soft Hyphen contra st J Inserts a Hard Dash control s J PS Inserts a into Dialogue without changing to a Parent
121. ept for Character Names Scene Body Text and Substitution Text have default items which are used for all new and imported scripts User List Default Items Character Names Empty Extensions OS VO Scene Heading Text INT EXT P O V FULL SHOT Scene Body Text Empty Locations Shot Text BACK TO SCENE ANGLE ON Time of Day MORNING DAY AFTERNOON EVENING NIGHT LATER CONTINUOUS MOMENTS LATER Transitions CUT TO DISSOLVE TO FADE OUT Act Scene Info NEWACT Alias for ACT SAMEACT Alias for ACT NEWSCENE Alias for SCENE WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Prologue Text TEASER PROLOGUE COLD OPENING Tag Text TAG End of Act Text END OF FADE IN Text FADE IN Substitution Text Empty Reloading Default User Lists If after changing any of the User Lists you want to go back to the originally installed Defaults Under the Format Menu select Load User Lists from then Original Defaults End of Show Text End Of Show text allows you to assign an alias to the default End of Show text Edit User Lists Alias AEC Text Character Names a
122. er via Streaming Audio Listening To enable listening to your partner click on the speaker and Partner will enable your speaker so that you can hear anything your partner says via Streaming Audio iPartner Trouble Shooting Known Issues Problem America Online 5 0 dial up connection Due to bugs in America Online 5 0 version 1 0 it does not correctly share the connection so that other programs can access it Solution Use America Online 4 0 until America Online rectifies this problem Problem Using iPartner on a Network System with a Firewall if you are having trouble making or receiving a connection using iPartner but you are able to access other sites on the Internet your system may be behind a network security system called a firewall If you are connected directly to an Internet Service Provider ISP like America Online or Mindspring you are probably NOT behind a firewall If you are connected to your company s internal network however there is a good chance you are behind a firewall Solution In order to use iPartner behind a firewall your network administrator will need to change your firewall configuration Here is the information your administrator will need Firewall Configuration Information iPartner can communicate over any of the following TCP port numbers OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC 2200 2136 2184 and 2245 At a minimum the firewall will need to allow outbound connection on at
123. ers 128 Listening 79 Load Script Formats 154 Load User List from Script 44 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC Load User Lists from 44 155 Load Voice Association File 81 Loading a Script Format 21 Loading a Television Template 22 Loading a Title Page 13 Loading Locations Character Names or Transitions from Screenwriter scripts 44 Loading User Lists 43 Location 26 34 35 41 42 44 86 87 125 127 168 Lock Current Rev Marks 135 163 Lock Dialogue Numbering 164 Lock The Script 160 Locked 121 Locked Letter Skip List 122 Locked Page Breaks 120 Locked Pages 160 161 162 Locked Revision Marks 135 163 Locked Scene Headings 119 120 161 Locked Scripts 105 118 119 122 157 Locked Scripts Options 111 118 Locking Current Revision Marks 135 Locking the Header Text 161 Loop to 161 162 Lowercase 56 169 Lowercase Word 56 M Macintosh 1 Main Menu Bar 1 Main Menu Bar 5 Manual Revision Marks 117 Margins 105 margins 155 Mark Element following Complete Deletion 97 Mark One Character s Dialogue 156 Max Length 58 93 Maximized 7 Maximum Lines on Page 110 Menus 1 Merging Scripts 10 Minimum Action Lines on a Page 110 Minimum Dialogue Lines on a Page 110 Miniseries 21 Miscellaneous Preferences 95 MOMENTS LATER 45 More Cont d 106 More Text 106 MORNING 45 Mouse Preferences 99 100 Movie Magic Budgeting 129 Movie Magic Scheduling
124. es With Scheduling you can drag and drop your strips loaded automatically from your Screenwriter breakdown export file to arrange the most efficient schedule possible Once you have your schedule it can be exported directly to Movie Magic Budgeting There you can assign costs and pay rates and easily produce a complete production Budget using the same breakdown information from your Screenwriter script Breakdown Tagging Mode To start tagging script items for breakdown you need to turn Tagging Mode on Under the Production Menu select Breakdowns then Tagging Mode A checkmark displays next to Tagging Mode indicating that it s on Selecting Tagging Mode also makes Tagging Codes visible The cursor also changes to a distinctive Tagging Cursor l To exit Tagging Mode click on it again The checkmark disappears and Tagging Codes are no longer visible The normal cursor displays Tagging Items With Tagging Mode on select a text item to be tagged an overcoat for example by double clicking on it with the mouse For an item consisting of more than one word drag over the words with the mouse to select them A Breakdown Tags dialog box displays 129 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC e Breakdown Tags Click on a category to assign the item to for the overcoat Costumes is the appropriate category A Format Code is placed around the item displaying an abbreviated code for the Breakdown category
125. es e Keeps existing Page and Scene numbers the same while adding new ones as A Pages and A Scenes Update the Title Page Under the File Menu select Title Page Publisher Manually change the Running List adding the current Date and Revision Draft Color Click on OK to save the changes Check the Header Text to make sure it accurately reflects the current Date and Revision Draft Color Save the script using the Save command Issue Revised Pages 1 Print the Revised Pages only a Under the File Menu select Print b Click on the Revision radio button Choose the appropriate Revision Color or click on the radio button for Asterisked Pages if you re not using Revision Colors Screenwriter prints only the pages with Revision Marks and any A Pages immediately following them Distribute the revised pages Start Next Revision 1 Save the script using the Save As command Give it a different name to reflect the Date and its status as the next Revision Color draft e g NamePINK 116 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES 2 Under the Production Menu select Start Next Revision From now on Screenwriter automatically takes you through the steps to get to the next revision When you select Start Next Revision Screenwriter e Removes all Revision Marks e Fixes all A Pages e Locks the Header Text e Advances to the next Revision Draft Color e Displays the Title Page Publisher so you can add the next Re
126. es an eighth of a page as the total allowable lines on a page divided by eight When rounded this equals 7 lines Display Eighth Totals by Specifies how Screenwriter should calculate the totals for each Sort grouping If the displayed totals for each scene are added their rounding accumulates too leading to an inaccurate total Totals of All Rounded Eighths If checked rounds the displayed totals for each scene into eighths before adding them For example a group has Scene 5 with 39 lines and Scene 7 with 50 lines in it You ve specified 6 lines per eighth For Scene 5 it calculates 39 divided by 6 6 5 8ths which rounded upwards becomes 7 8ths Scene 7 is calculated as 50 divided by 6 8 33 8ths or 1 and 0 33 8ths which rounded upwards becomes 1 1 8ths The total of Scenes 5 amp 7 calculates as 7 8ths 1 1 8ths 2 0 8ths True Total of All Lines If checked the actual numbers of lines in each scene are added then rounded into eighths to give a more accurate total In our previous example the total of the lines from Scenes 5 amp 7 is 89 And 89 divided by 6 is 14 83 8ths or 1 6 83 8ths which rounded upwards comes out to 1 7 8ths Miscellaneous Options List Characters in Each Scene If checked lists all the characters whether they have dialogue or not directly underneath each Scene Heading in the breakdown Listing options are Sorted Alphabetically If checked lists characters in each scene alphabe
127. ette icon saves your script with the same name The same as pressing 5 5 or selecting Save under the File menu Acts like Save As If checked clicking on the diskette icon prompts you to save your script under a different name The same as selecting Save As under the File menu Pagination Paginate When I m Idle For seconds Lets you specify how long Screenwriter should wait when there s a pause in your typing before automatically CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC repaginating your script If your writing is interrupted by the automatic repaginating increase the pagination delay Pagination Sound Screenwriter can play a sound to let you know that Pagination is taking place in the background Choose a sound from the pop up menu To prevent your writing session from being interrupted every 1 second the default choose None No Real Time Pagination lf checked Screenwriter won t automatically paginate your script as you write This speeds up Screenwriter on older slower computers Your script is automatically repaginated when you Print or use the Goto command You can manually tell Screenwriter to Repaginate Now under the Format Menu After a Search Bring Script to the Front If checked the Search window remains open at full size but is hidden behind your script after completing a search You must select Find under the Search menu to perform another search Leave Collapsed Search Window in F
128. etween INT or EXT and the Location when using QuickType pop up menus Enter a number between 1 and 9 NOTE The Time of Day Dashes and Number of Spaces after INT EXT settings do not update existing Scene Headings They only change the appearance of future Scene Headings you create after changing the settings To change existing Scene Headings use the Search amp Replace command Scene Numbers allows you to choose how and when Scene Numbers are displayed onscreen and printed if you have Scene Numbers set to print Left If checked displays left Scene Numbers Right If checked displays right Scene Numbers Starting Allows you to enter a Scene Number to start numbering from between 0 and 200 Default is 1 Always put Right Number on Line 1 If checked always puts the right Scene Number on the first line of Scene Heading even when the Scene Heading text wraps to a second line Unchecked the right Scene Number may appear on the second wrapped line Scene Continued Text Allows you to choose whether Scene Continued text is displayed and what text to use Top of Pg If checked puts the default text CONTINUED above a Scene that s continued from the previous page Enter your preferred text including any parentheses with which to replace the default text Btm of Pg If checked puts the default text CONTINUED below a Scene that continues to another page Enter your preferred text including any parentheses to
129. eview Print 2p New Opens a new script 150 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Open By default displays a list of existing 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 Saves a copy of the currently displayed script to a removable media drive such as a floppy drive or Zip drive If no disk is in the drive this command is grayed out and unselectable Save All Open Scripts Saves all open files without prompting you for file names except for unsaved untitled files Automatically overwrites any previously saved versions of files with the same name Compare Two Scripts Compares the differences between two versions of the same script Automatically generates a third script with everything that s been added in Red and everything that s been removed in Strikeout Header Setup Displays a Menu where you can define the header format and content for the currently displayed script Title Page Publisher Displays the Title Page Publisher for WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get Drag n Drop creation of Title Pa
130. ext to its name and it becomes the currently displayed file Under the File Menu select a save option Close Exits the script without exiting 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 As dialog window You can change the script name its folder or file format Backup to Saves a copy of the currently displayed script to a removable media drive such as a floppy drive or Zip drive If no disk is in the drive this command is grayed out and unselectable Save All Open Scripts Saves all files you have open if they have changes that need saving Prompts you for save options for each file if needed Quit Closes all scripts and exits Screenwriter Prompts you to save any open scripts with unsaved changes Saving Portions of a Script While you re rewriting you may want to cut a scene from your script without discarding it Screenwriter lets you save portions of your script to a new file 1 Select the text 2 Under the Edit Menu select either Copy To or Cut To Copy To Copies the selected text leaving it in your script and saving it ina new file Cut to Cuts the selected text removing it from your script and saving it ina new file 3 Give the new file a different name Click on the Save button to save it If
131. f you prefer are automatically fixed by SmartCheck Automatically Run SmartCheck Before Printing lf checked Screenwriter checks your script for errors each time you print On the Print Menu the Run SmartCheck before this Print Job box is also checked you can print without running SmartCheck 91 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC by unchecking the box turning it off temporarily Unchecked no script checking is performed unless you manually run SmartCheck Beep on Found Formatting Error If checked SmartCheck beeps each time it finds an error Delete WITHOUT prompting These four options specify which formatting errors SmartCheck should fix without prompting for your decision This applies whether SmartCheck is running in manual or automatic mode Single Starting Blank Space If checked deletes a single space at the beginning of a line Unchecked this error displays a prompt Completely Blank Elements If checked deletes a line with no text Unchecked this error displays a prompt Character Names without Dialogue If checked deletes orphaned Character Names Unchecked this error displays a prompt Second Character Name when he she speaks twice in a row with nothing between the two speeches If checked deletes the second Character Name element and joins the two Dialogue elements when it finds two speeches in a row by the same character without an intervening Action or other Element Unchecked this e
132. format we recommend PDF production sides When you select this option then each page of your selection will be printed reduced in size and duplicated twice on a page so that you can then assemble and cut the pages in half and get two small copies of the script PrintScript File When you select this option your selection is printed in our proprietary PrintThing format This format is included with Movie Magic Screenwriter and automatically installed to your Movie Magic Screenwriter program directory 71 PRINTING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC 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 Selecting an Entire Script to print automatically checks this box and prints the Title Page Preview Click this button to see a Print Preview of the current selection in WYSIWYG format For details see Preview under the Header Setup section above Cancel Click this button to stop this print job and return to the script OK Click this button to continue with the print job A standard Macintosh Print Dialog window displays Print Printer LaserletS O B Presets Standard Copies Pages m SS Copies E 3 Collated Pages O AII From 1 to 3 f SEES COLLA o Preview Cancel f Print Change the settings as desired Click on the Print button to send your pages t
133. futile te ordei etas 93 Miscellaneous Preferences nen noi greer Tia a e h EEE E EAE T a a e e giten 95 Revisi ns Preferences iii ioc etae b eei eed eem 96 Printer Preteremnces rto ste o It HH eer re ie certi Fete e ere eis 98 Keyboard Preferences o c seq eode ere pep tdt gre ii eiae egets 99 Mouse Preferences eite euet idea dies A ege Hearne de a ati 100 Animation Dialogue Preferentes iinei aisin E aE E E ene 100 Display Options hane sees ari te eee Debo LEE ae e dee PEE Rd 102 Script Format Preferences edet Hoe epp rede d eh aient 104 Page Break Options cie eene ten Eben de se pe EH ERR Eee de EARS 110 Locked Scripts Options ee ah HI n ure e qe 111 Hide Names in Pop Up List eet y e eem re regeret eene 111 Hide Locations in Pop Up LiSt oooooocccccccconcononocnnnnnonononoonononnnnnnnnononnonononnnnnnnnoninnanannss 112 Production Features iui dete iti ue eet iade e oU i dis 113 Production Rewrites 1 eet eere ve eni rer Leg Rate Ee MAE et RR t de ken A Resinas 113 The Production Cycles n A Dee DEI eo 113 REVISION Marks utili i nee oc ate n P ee ee ti eee Va tede Rb Ts ER E 117 Manual Revision Marks ette reme e eri eqni e tees sas eoe eei ege deeds 117 Auto Revision Marks ccccoconooooncnnnonononnononononnnnononnnnononnnnnnnnnnonnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonnononannnnnnos 118 Removing All Current Revision Marks ssssese ee 118 Locked Scripts Options eee eie qur iR athe ais lis 118 Changing the Level of Lockpin
134. g Lists The lists are not updated until this command is issued Useful for older slower Macs that may have performance slowdowns when using Dynamic mode Display Options Shows options which allow you to customize how Screenwriter looks onscreen Hide Elements on Screen Shows options which allow you to hide unhide script Elements Script Notes by color or type and Non Printing text Preferences Displays a Menu which allows you to customize how Screenwriter works Format Menu Format Search Goto Tools Pro Edit Script Formats Load Script Formats Save Script Formats p Edit User Lists Load User Lists From gt Hide Names in Pop Up List Hide Locations in Pop Up List Cheat gt Reset Cheated b Change Element Type gt Repaginate Now R Run Smartcheck Scene Character Lists b Edit Script Formats Displays a menu where you can change the way elements are formatted in the currently displayed script and set the default formats for New scripts Load Script Formats Shows a list of available script formats to load Save Script Formats Saves the format for the currently displayed script as the default format for one of these available script formats 154 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Edit User Lists Displays a menu where you can edit the User Lists and Text Aliases for the currently displayed script and set the defaults for New scripts Load User Lists From Allows you t
135. g the IP through via an internet message server such as AOL instant Messenger or ICQ E mailing the IP address however this can take as long as a day depending on your e mail provider Enter Partner s IP or Let Partner do it This allows you either you or your partner to enter the other s IP for iPartner to make a connection Click Enter Partner s IP if you wish to enter your Partner s IP address to connect or if Let Partner do it if you wish to have your partner enter your IP address Whichever one you choose your partner will need to choose the other one in order for a 74 SCREENWRITER OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES connection to be made Who ever initiates the connection does not affect how Partner performs both people will have the same privileges and capabilities Trouble Shooting This button will bring up a text screen with known issues helpful tips as well information on problems with connecting and using Partner Cancel This will close the iPartner window and return you to your script Connect on port number This is the TCP port that Partner uses to connect with By default it should be 2200 For more info see section on Trouble shooting iPartner Using the Chat Window Scriptwriting Chat Partner Can you see the script Partner 25 Vez E E 7 M am sending it to you naw _ f Handle Partner ia
136. g their Locking Level at the beginning of each revised line 1 2 3 and 4 depending on their locking level 135 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC To Decrease a Locking Level Under the Production Menu select Animation Locking then Unlock One Rev Mark Level Animation Recording Scripts Many animation production companies want Recording Scripts print outs of dialogue only with each speech numbered sequentially Printing Animation Recording Scripts Under the File Menu select Print A Print dialog box displays Check the Dialogue radio button A Dialogue Printing dialog box displays Check the Animation Recording Script Format radio button To print Revised speeches only check the Animation Recording Script Format Asterisked Speeches Only radio button In the Select Names window click on a character s name to print his her dialogue Shift drag across contiguous scenes to select them Command click on non contiguous scenes to select them individually Or Select All characters Changing the Recording Script Layout Under the Edit Menu select Preferences Click on the Anim Dialogue tab These options change the way the Recording Script prints without affecting the script itself Speech Numbering On Right Margin Prints dialogue numbers in the speech s right margin On Left Margin Prints dialogue numbers in the speech s left margin Character Name Position Above Dialogue Prints the C
137. ges Page Layout Displays a Menu where you can change the top bottom and binding page margins Also gives you the option to cheat the line spacing for the entire script Page Setup Displays a Menu where you can change printing options Print Preview Displays a WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get preview of how the current page of the script will print Print Displays a Menu where you can select what to print Quit Exits Screenwriter prompting to you save any open scripts lt FileNames gt The File History List with names of recently saved scripts Select one to re open it 151 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC Edit Menu Edit Format Search Goto Tools Undo 36 Z Redo Cul aE Copy JEC Faste EW Paste into Current Element CSV Clear E Paste From E O D y T O Cut To Select All SA select Special Add Forced Page Break Qe Remove Forced Page Break Add Hard Return Me Add Dialogue Paragraph Convert Case Change Text Color gt Change Text Style gt Undo Takes a step back undoing the last text edit performed This option is grayed out unselectable if Screenwriter 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 NOTE If Undo and Redo are not visible go to Preferences under the Edit Menu and set Undo Levels to a value greater than 0 Cut Removes selected tex
138. gue Paragraph 30 secondary Sluglines 59 94 Secondary Sort by 127 Select All 70 144 153 Select Language 58 159 Select Names 70 Select Range of Cards to Print 20 Select Special 153 Select the Color for Script Notes 33 109 Select Voice 81 Selected Pages 68 Selected Scenes 68 Selected Scenes Only 134 Selected Text 68 Selecting Screenwriter Commands 1 Send Script 76 Sentence Ends Only 110 Sentence Ends Preferred 110 Serial Serialization Numbering 139 Set 140 Set Column Margins 38 Set Revision Draft Color 161 Set this Speech s Numbering to 138 Set Up Breakdown Sheets 133 Setup Available Voices 81 Setup Breakdown Sheet 126 Setup Breakdown Sheets 133 Setup Options 58 Setup Voices 80 Shooting Script 114 short A Pages 120 short page 120 shortening 62 Shot 17 30 167 Shot Text 42 45 Shots 108 SCREENWRITER INDEX Shots 59 94 Show Balloons 165 Show Format Codes 54 104 135 171 Show Grid 13 Show partner 76 Show Swear Words in Thesaurus 95 Shuffle 17 20 Shuffle an Index Card 17 Shuffle Cursor 18 Shuffle Mode 17 18 Shuffle Multiple Index Cards 18 Signature Page 140 Single Starting Blank Space 92 sitcom format 21 Sitcom Version I 21 Sitcom Version II 21 Skip Once 58 Slave view 76 SmartCheck 91 146 155 SmartCheck 71 92 93 SmartCheck Preferences 91 SmartCheck Prompts 92 SmartTab 88 Soaps 21 Soft Hyphen 3
139. h letters until the name you want is highlighted and press w The Character Name is entered and a Dialogue element is created To enter a Character Extension press left parenthesis instead of er The Character Name is entered and a Character Extension Pop up List displays NOTE To alternate between the Last Two Character Names used preceding the cursor position press er J 5 For example Paul had a speech then ean Maya Pressing dialogue element for him After writing his speech pressing Lh J again would enter the character name Maya and create a dialogue element for her e enters the character name Paul again and creates a 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 Itis commonly used to indicate that the Character speaking cannot be seen speaking onscreen The two most common Extensions are e V O Stands for Voice Over which tells the reader that this character is commenting on the onscreen action but is not necessarily part of it or is narrating over the scene Onscreen characters can not hear this dialogue e 0O S Stands for Off Screen which tells the reader that the character speaking is not visible on screen Onscreen characters can hear this dialogue To enter a Character Extension SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT 1 Press LU left parenthesis while the cursor is anywher
140. h one blank line before and after it A colon directly follows the Character Name e g george 16 SCREENWRITER INDEX CARDS Dialogue Normal text on the same line as Character Name directly after the colon e g george Attaboy Clarence Parenthetical Normal text directly after the colon with text enclosed in parentheses e g george smiling Attaboy Clarence Shot Normal text enclosed in double square brackets with one blank line before and one blank line after it e g angle on george Script Note Normal text enclosed in double angle brackets with one blank line before and one blank line after it e g lt lt Need a wind machine here gt gt To move to another Index Card press e Edit an Index Card Scenes containing regular script elements such as Action Dialogue Script Notes etc can be edited in Index Card View To ensure that your changes translate correctly back to the script scenes follow the guidelines in the Write an Index Card table above NOTE If you have Cheated any elements in a scene editing that scene s Index Card causes all cheating of all elements in that scene to be lost Shuffle an Index Card Screenwriter allows you to move Index Cards around and change their order by Dragging and Dropping them This is done in Shuffle Mode entered by clicking on the Shuffle button on the bottom right of the Tool Bar 1 Select S
141. haracter Name above the dialogue speech normal position To Left of Dialogue Prints the Character Name at the left of the dialogue speech 136 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Dialogue Spacing Use Spacing in Script Prints the dialogue using the same spacing as in the original script Use Double Spacing Prints with the dialogue double spaced Dialogue Capitalization Use Capitalization in Script Prints the dialogue using the same Capitalization as in the original script Always Capitalize Dialogue Prints Dialogue speeches in ALL CAPS Blank Lines before Printed Speeches Use the Normal Character Name Blank Lines Before Prints the dialogue using the same of Blank Lines Before the Character Name as in the original script Set Blank Lines Before to Allows you to set the number of Blank Lines Before the Character Name from 1 to 5 Substitute Font Lets you print the Animation Recording Script using a different font than in the original script Print Script Notes If checked prints Script Notes in the Animation Recording Script with the following options Only Notes before selected Dialogue Prints Script Notes only if they appear directly before a dialogue speech Print Notes directly above Speeches If checked prints Script Notes on the line immediately above the Character Name Unchecked prints according to the line spacing set in Blank Lines Before Printed Speeches Prin
142. he Breakdown Sheet is the report showing all your tagged items in their respective categories with a separate page for each scene If you re doing production strips by hand you ll be transferring the information on each breakdown sheet to a separate strip If you re exporting to Movie Magic Scheduling it s preferable to do the breakdown sheets there as you ll also be adding more detailed Crew information Scheduling s breakdown reports are more comprehensive and can be customized to your needs and changes to breakdown sheets are immediately updated on the production strips Setup Breakdown Sheets To change the page layout of Screenwriter s Breakdown Sheet Under the Production Menu select Breakdowns then Edit Categories A Breakdown Sheets Edit screen displays Click on the Set Up Breakdown Sheets button A Breakdown Sheets Setup dialog displays showing how the sheet appears when printed Of course a category displayed here will be replaced by tagged items that belong to that category To change a Heading such as STUNTS double click on it and type the new Heading text Categories which appear beneath their respective Headings can be moved by dragging and dropping To move Stunts to the EXTRAS window for example double click on Stunts and drag it over the EXTRAS window Release the mouse button to drop it on the EXTRAS window Stunts appears below Extras You d now want to change the EXTRAS heading to EXTRAS STUNTS
143. he Open File Menu 89 Displaying Multiple Windows 7 DISSOLVE TO 45 Distrib List 139 Distribution List 139 141 Do Not Break Action 110 Do Not Break Dialogue 110 Do NOT Read 81 Don t Loop Colors 161 SCREENWRITER INDEX Don t print Revision Marks on each line 97 Don t use Capitalization Information for Element identification 144 145 Draft Date 161 Drag and Drop 14 52 Drag n Drop should break Elements in Middle 52 100 Dragging and Dropping 17 52 120 133 Dramatica 142 Draw Boxes 19 Dual Column Margins 38 Dual Column Simultaneous Dialogue 37 38 E Each Group on New Page 128 Edit a Pronunciation 82 Edit an Index Card 17 Edit Breakdown Categories 132 Edit Categories 132 133 Edit Menu 152 Edit Pronunciation 82 Edit Script Formats 104 Edit Script Formats 154 Edit Text 12 Edit Text 12 Edit User Dictionary 159 Edit User Lists 44 155 Edit Vocal Characteristics 82 Edit Voice Name 82 Editing Preferences 85 Editing Screen 5 Editing User Lists 43 Electronic Index Cards 14 element 29 31 42 146 153 155 element 25 33 34 57 123 142 153 155 159 Element margins 103 Elements 24 105 144 145 154 Elements 24 154 emergency backup 8 Enable QuickType Entry 25 85 end a line short 37 END OF 46 End of Act 31 34 86 108 End of Act Text 42 46 End of Action 34 86 END OF SHOW 108 End of Show Follows
144. he iPartner session by clicking the disconnect button If you are in Showing Partner mode when you disconnect iPartner will ask if you wish to synchronize your script with the script that has been edited by your partner If you select yes it overwrite the copy of the script you SCREENWRITER OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES currently have open in your program with the edited changes in your partners If you say no then the script in your program will not reflect any of the changes made since you sent the script to your partner Using the Voice Feature to Talk to Your Partner Partner allows you and your partner to actually speak to each other via the Internet using a microphone and speaker This feature functions best if both you and your partner are on the same LAN Local Area Network or if you both have T1 Cable or DSL level connections Slower modem connections may produce undesirable results when using the Voice feature In order to enable speaking and listening you must have the microphone and speaker buttons available as displayed below These buttons will only be available if both you and your partner are on Windows machines running Windows 98 or later with the GSM Audio Compression Codec Installed you may need to install Microsoft Netmeeting to get it qd A Disconnect Speaking To enable speaking to your partner click on the microphone and iPartner will enable your microphone and send anything you say to your partn
145. he text to be selected While holding the mouse 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 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 mouse button to select the Word Double Click again to select the entire Line Keyboard Selection Place the cursor on the word sentence or element to be selected Press the sh J key and hold it down Press other movement keys such SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING 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 Press the Cre key and hold it down 2 Extend or reduce the selection 3 Release the key De Selecting Text To de select a selected block of text Click the mouse anywhere on the page Or press a movement key alone without the Cre key Moving Text 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
146. hen certain options are used in Screenwriter a dialog box appears offering a suggestion hint on how to use the function When one of these dialog boxes opens you have the option to deactivate it so that it never appears again If you check Restore All Program Hint all previously deactivated hint dialog boxes are restored throughout the program 103 CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Zoom Screen Text Selects the Zoom Screen dialog box allowing you to alter the size of text displayed onscreen from 50 to 150 of normal Click the left and right arrows or move the sliding control button left to decrease right to increase text display size Default is 100 Show Format Codes If checked displays the hidden format codes embedded in the text of your script by Screenwriter to enable Bold Underline Italics Strikeout In normal use you won t need to be aware of these codes Unchecked the format codes are hidden and do not display onscreen Clear File History List Clears the file history list which shows your 6 most recently saved files under the File Menu Script Format Preferences The script formats supplied with Screenwriter for Screenplay Sitcom I Sitcom 2 Stage Play or Multimedia can be customized to your preference The changes affect the current script or can be saved as a default to affect all new scripts created using that format Formats for the Television Templates can also be changed to reflect
147. hetical element st J 88 J eee Inserts a Hard Space contol peen Cheats the Right Margin increasing it by one letter contol perion J Cheats the Right Margin decreasing it by one letter Function Keys Function Keys give you another way to access features also available through Pull Down Menus or other keystrokes ES Pops up the Search Replace Text box a Pops up the Cheat Element Menu Dita Pops up a Switch Element Menu 168 SCREENWRITER COMMAND KEYS Eee e control F12 Kun Exits Screenwriter Toggles Bold on off Centers current element changes to Title Saves the script without prompting for a file name Toggles Underline on off Toggles Italics on off Pops up the Save As Menu Toggles Strikeout on off Capitalizes the word preceding the cursor Capitalizes amp bolds the word preceding the cursor Lowercases the word preceding the cursor 169 COMMAND KEYS MOVIE MAGIC 170 SCREENWRITER FORMAT CODES Appendix E Format Codes The following Format Codes are embedded in the text of your script by Screenwriter To display them Under the Edit Menu select Display Options then Show Format Codes Paired Codes CODE E IS NI 171 UTILITY PROGRAMS MOVIE MAGIC Appendix F Utility Programs PrintScript PrintScript allows computers that don t have Screenwriter installed on them t
148. hod with QuickType enabled Fade In On the first line of a new script press return A pop up box displays asking you if you want it to start your script with FADE IN Attention Put In FADE IN Ko CD e Click on the Yes button to put it in or press fewrn e Click on the No button to start your script without it Next a Scene Heading element is automatically created WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Scene Heading A Pop up list displays with Initial Scene Heading Text options Scene Heading Type in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection and it s entered for you For example type e for EXT to enter EXT and the correct spacing following it Type v for Nevermind to Cancel or press J Next enter a Location Location To enter a Location that s already been used in this script press ew A Pop up list displays containing a list of locations unique to the current script HELMER S STUDY Type the first letter of the Location or if more than one have the same first letter type enough letters of the location until the location you want is highlighted and press ev The Location is entered for you complete with correct spacing To enter a new location ignore the pop up list and type the text for your new location Screenwriter adds it to the pop up list for future use SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Next e
149. huffle Mode if it s not already selected 2 Click on the card you want to move to select it 3 Goto the Index Card you want to move your card in front of using the Scroll Bar if necessary Click on that card and your selected Index Card is inserted in front of it All other cards shuffle accordingly 17 INDEX CARDS MOVIE MAGIC The Scenes in the script are not renumbered until you exit Index Card View by pressing the Done button To go back to your script without moving any Index Cards or scenes in your script click on the Cancel button Shuffle Multiple Index Cards 1 Select Shuffle Mode if it s not already selected 2 To shuffle more than one Index Card make sure the first card is displayed onscreen 3 Hold down the key Using the mouse click anywhere on the Index Card you want to move The card turns a darker gray and the cursor changes to the Shuffle Cursor a hand holding a card 4 Still holding down the t key click on the other cards you want to shuffle If you inadvertently select a card that you didn t want to click on it again while still holding down the 5n key and it becomes unselected 5 Goto the Index Card you want to move your cards in front of using the Scroll buttons if necessary Click on that card and your shuffled Index Cards is inserted in front of it All other cards shuffle accordingly The shuffled cards are inserted in the same order they were selected For example
150. ide List and click the lt button to place it in the Names to Display List Click OK Don t Hide Names in Scene Where They Speak Checking this option will mean that the names in the Hidden Names List will be displayed on the Character Name pop up list if that Character already speaks anywhere in the current scene This is really useful when you re going back and editing For example if BAKER is hidden but you go back to edit the one scene in which he appears you ll have access to his name on the pop up list Hide Locations in Pop Up List This feature works in the same way as the Hide Character Names in Pop up List except with locations The names of the columns are Locations to Display and Locations to Hide This feature does not have a function similar to Don t Hide Names in Scene Where They Speak The bottom left corner of the window is empty 112 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Production Features Production Rewrites After the final draft of a script is turned in by the screenwriter and the decision to go into production is made copies of what is now the shooting script are distributed to cast and crew Each time a change is made to the script after that everyone needs a copy of the changes Instead of sending out the entire script to everyone again only those pages with changed text are sent the revised pages Revised pages have revision marks next to those lines that have
151. iese ori aeea eak o ap Ie 122 Fix Flex A Papes z caste i niente A 123 Converting A Pagesa interieri e cen ht eee ee Pn HR ee ERR dan No E d Sesbedawe ded donans 123 Production Breakdowns iate p b te e re Erg ee en ir edes e rea nadien 124 Multiple Revision Markson sorene aiis enie Ie I rennen nnne 135 Locking Current Revision Markss r arrire irira rno aA EEOAE Ee EI 135 vii CONTENTS MOVIE MAGIC Animation Recording Scripts eesse renen rne rne eer EO EEr TEAS T EES Ka TEENS EEEIEE KOEKEN 136 Changing the Recording Script LayQUt ooooooococcccconoconononnnonnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnanononnnnnnos 136 Displaying Numbered Dialogue occccccononooocnnnnnnnononnononnnnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnanonnnnnnnnos 137 Locking Dialogue Numbering ooccccccccnonononononnnnnnnnnonnononnnnnnnnonnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnos 138 Multi Locking Dialogue Numbering sssssese eee 138 Unlocking Dialogue NumMbering cccccccononooocnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnanonnnnnnanos 138 Overriding Dialogue Numbering ssssssssseee eee 138 Watermark zin ebbe aia iati 139 Appendix A Importing Scripts I enne en eene nnne nennen nenne 142 Preparing a Script for Importing useissa creiss en nan aS ET SKEETER eere 142 Direct IM Ports a NO 142 Cutand Paste Im portent ai a a ee eni 144 Importing a Scriptware script iieii nier Ee Eir EEEE ER I A ETES E eren 146 Cleaning up Imported Scripts os i e a eee 146 Append
152. including Soaps and Animation Sitcom Version I A general sitcom format for use on filmed shows Action is capitalized Dialogue is double spaced and Parentheticals are indented Sitcom Version II A general sitcom format for use on taped shows Similar to Sitcom Version I except Action is in parenthesis Parentheticals are capitalized and outdented to the same left margin as Action 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 Screenwriter See Television Templates below Stage Play Based on the professional published formats used by Samuel French Narrow Action margins with Parentheses wide Dialogue margins and Act amp Scene Information 21 SCRIPT FORMATS MOVIE MAGIC Radio Play A script in Radio Play format has Character Names to the left of dialogue a format which is often seen as the published formats for plays but which is NOT used as the play format within the professional play writing world User Defined Displays a Menu of any script formats you ve previously defined Select one and the onscreen script is reformatted to those settings From a Scr
153. ing script reads something like White Revision 12 25 97 120 using the current date and page number Change the Revision Draft Color order if desired Screenwriter uses the following industry standard Revision Draft Color order White Blue Pink Yellow Green Goldenrod Salmon Cherry Buff Tan After you have locked this the White shooting script for the first time Blue will be set as the next revision color 115 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC 5 Click on OK to accept your changes or the defaults and Lock the Script Next update the Title Page Under the File Menu select Title Page Publisher Create a text box and start the Running List with the current Date and Revision Draft Color Click on OK to save the changes Save the script using the Save command Print the White draft Shooting Script Under the File Menu select Print Copy and distribute the script to all concerned parties Perform Revisions 1 Save the script using the Save As command Give it a different name to reflect the Date and its status as the next Revision Color draft e g NameBLUE Make changes to the script adding and deleting text as necessary that will appear in the next draft Save the file under the same name as needed As the script is locked Screenwriter does the following e Automatically puts Revision Marks on lines you make changes to e Puts appropriate OMITTED text in the place of omitted Scenes and Pag
154. inished typing dialogue to make the next element that Screenwriter creates the Character Name In Script Mode adds a Hard Return Enabling this option adds a hard return whenever you press Enter In Transition takes you to Action Usually a Transition is followed by a Scene Heading Enabling this option causes the Action element to follow the Transition element In Action with hidden names goes to Dialogue When Action is parenthesized and Character Names are hidden checking this option will cause the Dialogue element to be created after the Enter key is pressed while in the Action element Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical If checked QuickType creates a new Parenthetical element when you press in a Dialogue element To go toa Character Name element instead press again Unchecked pressing creates a new Character Name element SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Startup Preferences Preferences _ Startup and Files Editng At Application Startup it should Leave you n a Blank Sorpt Startup FES 0 Display Open File Dialog amp mattheck Retrieve Last Sorpt you worked on Restore Last Workspace ses ES pi TT Default Scripts Folder Asers kenhaber Documents Mo vie Magic Soreenwriter f Set 5 oo f J Revisions E IL I A Timed Backup Frequency 10 fy Minutes Timed Backup Sound None za er w sanis cee 2
155. ions grouped together alphabetically EXTERIOR 1 HOSPITAL DAY 1 2 1 1 8 5 HOSPITAL EVENING 4 5 6 8 4 PARK DAY 4 4 2 8 2 1 8 INTERIOR 3 EMERGENCY ROOM DAY 2 3 5 8 6 EMERGENCY ROOM EVENING 5 5 2 8 2 HOSPITAL DAY 222 3 8 1 12778 Script Order First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order then in the order they appear in the script without any sorting Interior VS Exterior First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order then sorts all Exterior scenes before Interiors within each group Location First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order then sorts all Locations alphabetically within each group Time of Day First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order then sorts alphabetically by Time of Day within each group Calculate Eighths by Specifies how Screenwriter should define an 1 8th of a page Historically an 1 8th of a page was one inch 6 lines Nowadays writers are allowing more than 48 lines on a page so Screenwriter gives you a choice between the standard 1 8th or a truer 1 8th Standard 6 lines 1 8th of a Page If checked defines an eighth of a page as 1 6lines If you have more than 8 of text on a page however it s possible for a page to calculate as longer than 8 8ths giving inaccurate page counts 127 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Adjusted 7 lines 1 8th of a Page If checked defin
156. ith page references or printed in the regular body of the script in which case they affect the page breaks and script length Add a Script Note To add a Script Note position the cursor within the element you want a script note to be associated with e Ifthe cursor s at the very beginning of the element the script note appears directly before that element e Ifthe cursor s inside the text of the element the element is split and the script note appears between the two split parts of the element e If the cursor s at the very end of the element the script note appears directly after that element Press eontrolf n Or click on the Right Element button with a musical Note icon EI A Script Note is added GEORGE And did you put the envelope in your pocket UNCLE BILLY Yeah yeah maybe maybe Type a Script Note Type and format text in a Script Note as you would in any other element To force a new line or put in a blank line press ej e Hide Show a Script Note Script Notes can be displayed onscreen or hidden on an individual basis In the left margin next to the Script Note is a triangle icon When a Script Note displays the triangle points downward as in the illustration above When a Script Note is hidden the triangle points to the right as in the illustration below 32 SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT GEORGE 4nd did you put the envelope in your pocket
157. ix B Exporting SCripls siesta bett c pi rer En durer i re deba P re etae 147 qM 147 Importing a Screenwriter Export Script oocooooococcccccnnconononnnnnnonnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnanononnnnnnos 148 C t a d Paste EX portin Ses i ce eere e een e n e ee e ee e Va Ress ME WI ERE ent 148 Appendix C Main Menu Baz ec teak obe et beh Ri e eee aedes 150 File Menu p te EE ot ett bab deste et End Los ee e Medea n vet 150 Edit Menus sit PRIORIS RENI niente 152 Form t Menu eund A ee RM 154 Search Men A eee ce ed es oe e evene em E 155 Goto Men ede E een 156 UKOO EAN uni 158 Production Mel a 160 Window Mentira it haee reet end 164 Help Menuiserie et Propter der de tio tei Renten deir Peri dede 165 Appendix D Command Key Sesen sanre taeae a aait I nennen nene n nne eect nenne 166 Special Keys rer ti toc ec s Eten ends iE d ede 166 Cursor Movement Keys eere n een eere aa s He e b donet 166 Commiand Keys sace epe uen ipeo imi T iii 167 lind C MM 168 Appendix E Format Codes euren gae a ereen A SE E I I e eene eene nnne nennen nenne 171 Appendix F Utility Programs oen centre beta eee 172 viii SCREENWRITER CONTENTS SN eas eiit etae oe ee He eter ena b see teret OE acea dest ed 172 TAG a QM X 175 INOS iis RETE 190 shore 16s RO 191 SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION
158. l to exit without tagging Ignore Selection for Breakdowns If your breakdown is recognizing an item in a scene as being tagged when you don t want it to you can mark the text so it is ignored by breakdowns While in Tagging Mode select the item by double clicking on it A Breakdown Tags dialog displays Click on Ignore Selection for Breakdowns Untag All Items To remove breakdown tagging codes from all items in your entire script select Untag All Items Under the Production Menu select Breakdowns then Untag All Items A warning screen prompts you to confirm your choice which can t be undone Press the Continue button to Untag all items the Cancel button to exit without making changes 131 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Edit Breakdown Categories If you use different Breakdown Categories than the ones Screenwriter supplies or would like to add ones of your own design use the Edit Categories feature NOTE When you tag items to export to Movie Magic Scheduling only default categories except Scene Description are exported Any custom Categories that the you create will not export to Movie Magic Scheduling Under the Production Menu select Breakdowns then Edit Categories An Edit Tagging Categories dialog displays Edit Tagging Categories Double click on any Category to edit its name or display code Grayed Categories will not display on the pop up list Additional Labor Animal Handler C
159. least one of these ports The user can select the port number to use so if you only open one port number let the users know which one has been opened Partner can also accept incoming connections on these same port numbers Although it is not absolutely necessary to allow incoming connections it will be more convenient for the users to allow incoming connections on these ports The optimal configuration for Partner would be Outgoing and Incoming connections allowed on ports 2200 2136 2184 and 2245 A more secure but still fully functional configuration would be Outgoing and Incoming connections allowed on port 2200 the default port for iPartner The minimal configuration is Outgoing connections only on port 2200 Speak Selection This function will read the text that is highlighted in the script using the voices assigned in the Assign Voices dialog To read the entire script go to the Edit menu and click Select All or use J to select the entire script Then go into the Tools menu and click Speak Selection Screenwriter will display a dialog box that says Now Speaking If you would like for Screenwriter to stop reading the script click Cancel QOO say SCREEN SCW g amp xd B U I S W dab eamm EH xA a Se SSS gt ELI x INT HELMER S STUDY NIGHT HELMER and NORA stand in the center of the study Now Speaking NORA Oh Tor
160. lete Block Button on the Top Tool Bar the icon with a large red X E Un Deleting Text To un delete text you ve deleted select Undo before selecting any other editing command Under the Edit Menu select Undo Undo To Undo a text edit select Undo before selecting any other editing command Under the Edit Menu select Undo 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 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 Screenwriter s default Undo Level is 10 To change the Undo Level 1 Under the Edit Menu select Preferences 2 Click on the Editing tab 3 Enter a number between 0 and 10 in the Undo Levels box The Undo Level must be set to a number between 1 and 10 to enable the Undo command Setting it to 0 will cause Undo and Redo to not appear on the Edit Menu 4 Click on OK If Screenwriter can undo the changes Undo on the Edit Menu is selectable If Undo is grayed out 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 Setting the Undo Level to a higher number gives you
161. mark Setup Animation Locking gt Unlock The Script Displays the Unlocking the Script menu allowing you to change all script Locking options in one place Uncheck Locked items individually to Unlock them Only available in a script with Locked Pages Lock The Script Displays the Lock the Script menu allowing you to change all script Locking options in one place Default setting is to Lock all options Uncheck the items you don t want locked Only available in a script without Locked Pages Multi lock Allows you to keep the existing A Page or A Scene numbering and give new pages or scenes a new unique numbering scheme Only available in a script with Locked Pages or Scenes Start Next Revision Prepares your script for the Next Revision by 160 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR e Removing All Revision Marks e Fixing All A Pages e Locking the Header Text Increasing the Revision Draft Color to the next level e Taking you to Title Page Publisher to update the Revision Draft Color and Draft Date in the text boxes you ve created for this purpose previously This option is only available in a script with Locked Pages and Locked Scene Headings If you haven t saved the current revision you re prompted to do so before starting the next revision Set Revision Draft Color Displays the Revision Draft Color menu showing the order in which revision colors will be used the default is the industry standard This
162. mats The Editing Script Formats screen displays 118 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Click on the Locked Scripts button You ll see the following dialog box Editing Script Formats f Use Current Font for All Elements gt Revert gt ee Page Breaks to the right are only intended for LES ee use with scripts that are IN S unbeked D Locked Muttilo cked Dialogue PRODUCTION and highly SANE recommend against using any Mitta TERTE arentheticals scene numbers or locked pages in OMT TED Spec mater ial Omitted Thru Text THRU Scene Headings Omitted And Text AND Shots Double Locking is only used when you want to add Scenes or Pages pU Pise Numbers Action Pages and sill mantai the a 3 lt XSoene Numberng Scheme T i T itions count Otherwise if you simply 9 Normal U o alius inia want to keep the position of the NE EJ Use the Foll wing Scene s Number Act hformation PAGES on the Production Menu Multibck After A Scene Scene hifomatbn 9 21 O za The Locked Letter Skip List is used Multibck After Normal Scene Scrpt Notes to define those letters which 2 2A A2 should not be used for A Pages o O Centered Title A Scenes such as the letters x and O which are too easily f Use Alternate Scene Numberng y Page Breaks 7 confused with the numbers
163. mber between 1 and 10 with 2 as the default Not used when Sentence Ends Only is selected Break Dialogue Do Not BreakDialogue If checked a Dialogue element is never split by a page break Unchecked Dialogue may be broken over the two pages Sentence Ends Only lIf checked Dialogue is broken at the end of a sentence or between Dialogue and Parenthetical only Sentence Ends Preferred If checked Dialogue is broken at the end of a sentence if one exists in the 3 lines before the end of where the page break falls If no sentence end is found in the last 3 lines Dialogue may be broken in the middle of a sentence Maximum Lines on Page If checked Dialogue may be broken in the middle of a sentence in order to fit the maximum number of lines on a page Minimum Dialogue Lines on a Page Tells Screenwriter not to break a Dialogue element unless there at least this number of Dialogue lines both before and after the page break The lower the number entered the less blank white space at the bottom of a page Accepts a number between 1 and 10 with 2 as the default Not used when Sentence Ends Only is selected Break After a Single Sentence If checked elements may be broken after a single sentence that only takes up one line doesn t word wrap For Dialogue elements this option only applies to a single sentence directly following the Character Name 110 SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER element Dialogue elements
164. ment menu 33 Current Element Window 146 Current Page 68 Current Revision Mark 135 157 Current Revision Marks 135 163 Current Revision Marks 69 135 Current Total Page Count 63 currently displayed script 8 Cursor Movement Keys 166 Customer Service 59 Customizing Screenwriter 84 Cut 152 Cut and Paste 148 149 Cut and Paste Exporting 148 Cut and Paste Import 144 Cut to 9 45 Cut To 153 Cutting Copying Pasting with the Keyboard 52 D Darkness 140 Date 63 64 Date 65 DAY 45 Decrease Left Margin 67 174 Decrease Top Margin 67 174 Default Scripts Folder 89 Default to having PRINT SIGNATURE PAGE checked 140 Default User Lists 45 default watermark text 139 Delete a Block 53 Delete Block Button 53 Delete Left 52 Delete Right 52 Delete Voice 82 Delete WITHOUT prompting 92 Deleting Text 52 Dialogue 17 29 69 106 Dialogue 28 35 70 86 Dialogue Capitalization 101 137 Dialogue Cue 70 Dialogue Locking 164 Dialogue Numbering 164 dialogue numbers 101 137 Dialogue Spacing 101 137 Dialogue With Cues for Actors 70 Dialogue With Reference Page Numbers and Statistics 69 Direct Import 142 Diskette button on speedbar 95 Display Eighth Totals by 128 Display Headers Footers On Screen 95 Display Notes in Script 33 109 Display Open File Dialog 8 Display Options 102 154 Display Options 171 Display Page Break Type on Screen 95 Display t
165. n Rewrites 113 production strips 133 134 PROLOGUE 31 46 Prologue Text 31 42 46 Prompt on each Tagging 131 Prompt on Multiple Words during Auto Correction 59 93 PushButtons 4 Put in 109 Put In Act Information As 65 Put in Date As 65 Put in ONLY on 1st Scene of Act 108 Put In Scene Information As 65 Put the Header Revision mark on the line under the header rather than to the right of it 97 Q Query when you fix Auto Corrected words 94 Quick Bold and Uppercase of Previous Word 57 Quick Format of Previous Word 56 Quick Help 165 Quick Lowercase of Previous Word 57 Quick Uppercase of Previous Word 57 QuickLetter 29 QuickType 85 87 QuickType 25 34 Quit 151 R Radio Buttons 5 Read Script 82 recently saved files 7 Recording Scripts 136 Redo 54 152 Reloading Default User Lists 46 Remove Blue 162 Green 162 Red 162 Strikeout 162 Remove an Auto Revision Mark 118 Remove Current Rev Marks 162 Remove Current Revision Marks 135 Remove Forced Page Break 153 Remove Strikeout Rev Color 162 Removing All Current Revision Marks 118 Repaginate Now 155 repagination 155 Repagination 167 Replace 58 155 Replace All 156 Replace amp Find Next 156 Requested By 141 Require that user fills out APPROVED BY field 141 SCREENWRITER INDEX Require that user fills out REQUESTED BY field 141 Reset Cheated 155 Resize the Index C
166. n the source text is inconsistant though it can cause shots to be imported as Character Names Don t use Cap italization formation for Element dentification Use when Character Names may be lower case in the source text A Ignore Marg ns for Element Hentification 7 Action is in Parenthetical E Import this text with LOCKED Page breaks Use ONLY when the script is already in Production and the page breaks have to match 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 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 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 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 incorre
167. nd side of the page a value of 5 would have them print 1 2 etc Locked Letter Skip List Certain letters are seldom used for Act Scene and Page numbering due to the potential for confusion Common pairs skipped due to their similarity are the letter I and the number 1 the letter O and the number 0 the letters E and F Clicking on the Locked Letter Skip List button displays a List of letters of the alphabet Check those letters you don t want to use NOTE Screenwriter also uses this skip list for use in its numbering of Act Info and Scene Info if they are set to use Letters Advanced Locking Features In the normal day to day process of the Production Cycle Screenwriter s automated Production Features will meet most people s needs The following features give you an extra level of manual control over Scene and Page Locking should an unusual situation arise Be careful when altering Locking features as some procedures are not reversible Always save a copy of the script before attempting any of the following procedures In a Locked script many Locking options can be changed by selecting Unlock the Script under the Production Menu and unchecking the appropriate checkboxes Changing the Level of Locking When the script has too many revision marks a production company may decide to send out the entire script with all the numbers reverted to normal numbering To do this with Screenwriter you need
168. ndow 164 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Help Menu Web Resources P Quick Help Online Reference About Balloon Help Explains how to use the MacOS Balloon Help system Show Balloons Displays the MacOS Help Balloons which show explanatory text about the item the cursor is over Web Resources Displays a list of resources available on the World Wide Web Quick Help Displays a sample script page Move the cursor over an item to display a Hint and click on any item to display brief Help text 165 COMMAND KEYS MOVIE MAGIC Appendix D Command Keys These are the default command key settings in Screenwriter Many of them can be changed using Preferences under the Edit Menu Special Keys These are the only special keys you need to use to write with Screenwriter tab Tab takes you to the Character Name element from any other element en Enter takes you to any other element except Character Name for example pressing z 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 Screenwriter as you write e g type int at the beginning of any blank line and Screenwriter automatically formats that as a Scene Heading Cursor Movement Keys Use the following keys to move the cursor
169. ng Entire Script Select Which Color Notes to Print vo Uncheck All Check All gt 2 Run SmartCheck before this Print Job If checked SmartCheck checks your script for common formatting errors before printing If you ve set SmartCheck to always run before printing in Preferences under the Edit Menu it is checked here Turn it off for this print job only by unchecking the box Print in Reverse Order This allows the user to print the script in reverse order Print to This feature combines some old and new elements and is defined below The definitions were taken from the new Help menu from the Windows version Printer This will send the print job directly to the printer PDF Adobe Acrobat File PDF which stands for Portable Document Format is the international standard for WYSIWYG cross platform document distribution Itis a format created by Adobe and to view it requires Adobe Acrobat which is both shipped on our CD and is also available freely on the world wide web from Adobe s web site at www adobe com This is a very powerful format which will allow the viewer to print and view the script exactly as it appears on your screen gives them instant access to any scene heading with built in bookmarks and can optionally include all your non printing script notes If you are giving the script to anyone who does not have Movie Magic Screenwriter and they don t need to edit the script this is the
170. ng To Partner When you run iPartner you ll see the following screen though of course the IP Address and Port Number may very will be different from what you ll see Partner Each computer connected to the Internet has an IP address which is used by other computers to know where to send messages Your computer s IP address is 192 158 3 128 For your computer to be able to communicate with your partner s either 1 he or she needs to enter in ETT Let Partner Dolt your IP address or 2 you need to enter his or ECIAM _ Enter Partner s IP gt her IP address z ay Which do you want to do Troubleshooting Port Number 2200 re f Cancel IP Address The numbers in purple are your IP address In order to connect with your partner one of you will need to know the other s IP Depending on the type of internet connection your either have a fixed IP if connected by network DSL or Cable Modem In this case once you give someone your IP address they will be able to use that address every time they want to connect with you If you are connecting via a Dial up connection meaning your computer calls your Internet Provider every time you wish to connect to the internet your IP will change each time you connect This means one of you will need to communicate the other s IP address to the other person every time You can do this by one of the following ways Calling the person on the telephone Sendin
171. ng onto pre cut card stock for example if printing onto plain copy paper Bold Headlines Prints the Scene Heading Line of each card in boldface PageMargin Settings Allows you to change the Top Bottom Left Right and Inter Card between cards margins Font Button Allows you to specify a different font for the Index Cards than for the script Times New Roman 10 pt is often a good choice as it gets more text on each card than the standard Courier New 12pt Save As Saves Index Card layouts as separate files automatically adding the extension CRD for you Open Loads a previously saved Index Card layout 19 INDEX CARDS MOVIE MAGIC Save as the Default Layout If checked Screenwriter loads the current settings every time you select Print Index Cards in the future To print all your Index Cards click on the Print All Cards button To print certain cards only 1 Click on the Select Range of Cards to Print button You are returned to Index Card View 2 The window s title bar gives you instructions on how to select index cards to print First it tells you to Select First Card to Print Click on the first card you want to print and it turns a darker gray 3 The title bar text changes to Select Last Card to Print Click on the last card you want to print and it also turns darker gray 4 Your printer s Print dialog box displays Make any necessary selections and click on the Print button
172. nnnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnononnnnnnnnos 73 Connecting To POP i enirn AS esie Winn Feed eae enc eure d eden 74 E dea tp teer eve Mo dee E e res 74 Using the Chat Window deceat tege edentved RARE Fa SE Sie MR aede tanen 75 Other evi cti iiti isis 78 Using the Voice Feature to Talk to Your PartMer ooooonocococoncccncnonononncnnnnnnnnnonnananonnnnnnos 79 Partner Trouble Shooting Known ISSUES ccccmccconoooonconccnnnonnononocnnnnnnnnnonnnonocnnnnnos 79 Firewall Configuration Information cccocoooooconcncnnnnnonononnnnnnonononnonononnnnnnnnnnonnononnnnnnnnos 79 The optimal configuration for iPartner would Der oooocooooccncccncoooononcnnonccnnnnonananonnnnnnos 80 Speak Text xi doti AAA de err A A AE A fe ret 80 Script Note Commander i e eere Hee eei i Irala 83 Vi SCREENWRITER CONTENTS Customizing Screenwriters iiie enda d te tei EEE nn eer e Seed get Penta EAEE 84 Preferences ss cieaiennszecs dabissadapnsiays A S 84 Editing Preferences cococonocicapontennocionde sh stu e Hee ge deed se DRE RR E ERAS HIR EAR de lanes 85 Startup Preferences iii po Eo ep tC met e eda 89 Default Scripts Folder ioc ieee eats sou e epe Ee age e aedes 89 Timed Backup soci sch de it e eiie iubes des 90 Password Protect Scripts se eelisena eene II n enne nne rre 91 SmartCheck Preferences inei ata t tan toad ta 91 SmartCheck Prompts se e e eret cei oe tie lind n Pere et Eee et aee Ee det dt 92 Spelling Preferences ocn into Pet ox dosi ed
173. nter a Time of Day Time of Day Enter a Time of Day by pressing J after typing your Location A Pop up list displays with Time of Day options Es Time of Day MORNING 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 To enter a new Time of Day ignore the pop up list and type the text for your new time Screenwriter adds it to the pop up list for future use Your Time of Day is entered and the cursor moves to a new Action element Action Type your characters descriptions and activities in 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 evm A Pop up list of available Character Names displays WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC e Character Names 2 Type the first letter of the character s name you want The name becomes highlighted 8 Press etm 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 A Pop up list of Character Names starting with that letter displays o Character Names NOR A Type enoug
174. o display or print your scripts To make that possible you re allowed to distribute a copy of PrintScript along with your script To be usable by PrintScript your script must first be saved to a PrintScript file To Create a PrintScript File Open the script in Screenwriter and select Print under the File Menu On the Print Menu select Entire Script or a range of pages or scenes to print Check the box Print to PrintScript File Click on Save Give the new PrintScript file a name By default PrintScript is added to the original filename to give a new name of Filename PrintScript Click on the OK button A dialog box displays asking if you d like to compress the PrintScript file and or add a password Make your choices and click on either the Compress or Don t Compress button To run PrintScript Double click on the PrintScript Icon to launch it 172 SCREENWRITER UTILITY PROGRAMS PrintScript initializes and displays the PrintScript Preview Top Tool Bar Under the File menu select Open Open From E Movie Magic Screenwriter Kind Document Size 8 KB Go to f Add to Favorites f Cancel Open gt All PrintScript files with PrintScript extensions are shown Change the drive or file path as needed by clicking the drive folder trees Click on the file you want and click on the Open button The file opens The PrintScript Top Tool Bar offers these option buttons from left to
175. o Day Month Year o Day HMonth Year Put n Act formation As o Numbers Oo Letters o Words IO WORDS o Roman Numeral Put in Scene Information As O Numbers O Letters o Words 10 WORDS o Roman Numeral Prnt Headers On m Not Page One o Every Page o Every Page Except Fist Page of Scene Align Headers Footers Header Foo ter Margins Inches Flush Left f Flush Right tert 15 A Right 1 0 A Set Font Blank Lines Following Header fa f Preview f Cancel Header Text You can have one or two lines of Header Text Type in any text in the appropriate Line window Headers for Spec Scripts normally contain the page number only flush right and followed by a period To insert codes at the cursor position for the following items click on their buttons Pg Inserts the code representing the Page number To have the page number appear with a period following it e g 119 type a period after this code Act Info Inserts the code representing the Act number for TV shows and Stage Plays To have the act number appear as Act 2 put Act Q in the Header Scene Info Inserts the code representing the Scene number for TV shows and Stage Plays To have the scene number appear as Scene 2 put Scene in the Header Date Inserts 75 the code representing the current date Flu
176. o retrieve User Lists from other Screenwriter scripts or Screenwriter s Original Defaults Hide Names in Pop Up List Opens a dialog box for selecting character names to hide in pop up lists Hide Locations in Pop Up List Opens a dialog box for selecting locations to hide in pop up lists Cheat Shows options for tweaking the margins of the selected element the current page the entire script etc Reset Cheated Shows options for Undoing any previous cheating you ve done Change Element Type Shows options for changing the current element from Action to Shot for example Repaginate Now Forces a complete repagination screen redraw Run SmartCheck The SmartCheck feature finds and corrects any common formatting errors you may have made Useful just before printing your script Scene Character Lists Opens a dialog box for setting options for generating a character list Search Menu Search Goto Tools Production Find EF Find Next deL Change Character Name Mark One Character s Dialogue Find Displays the Search amp Replace Menu Enter the text to Search for the text to Replace it with and define the Search amp Replace parameters Find Next Repeats or continues the previous Search Replace command starting from the current cursor position Replace After performing a Find command replaces the current selection with text entered in the Replace box of the Search window 155
177. o the printer Click on the Cancel button to stop this print job Watermark The Watermark feature allows you to print background text on each page for security purposes It is primarily used in production scripts See the Production Features chapter for more details SCREENWRITER OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES Other Screenwriter Features Screenwriter 4 0 has three completely new features for working with your script They are e Partner e Speak Text e Script Note Commander iPartner Whether you re across the building or across the world Movie Magic Screenwriter s iPartner feature lets you and a partner view write edit and kibitz over the same script as if you were in the same room together iPartner requires a standard internet connection through a non proxy server on both computers and we highly recommend at least a 56K or better modem or direct network connection See the section Trouble Shooting iPartner for more technical details iPartner major features include e The ability to allow you to view and edit a script on your partner s computer and vice versa e The ability to communicate with your partner through a typing in a chat window e The ability to speak and hear your partner requires compatible sound card and microphone e The ability to transfer scripts back and forth e The ability to synchronize scripts OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Connecti
178. of environment If the Slave needs to do major rewriting it would probably be better to use the send script feature so they can have full use of their program You may also experience slow screen refreshes and typing rates since you are actually editing the script on the master s computer A slave can request control of the script by simply placing the mouse pointer anywhere over the script and clicking The Master will then receive the following request 76 SCREENWRITER OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES Attention Your partner wishes to type into the open script This can cause problems if you both try to edit at once or if you move around in the script while your partner is trying to edit Allow your partner to type into this script Ces EH WARNING Once the Master allows the Slave permission to edit the script both people will have the capability of editing the script However this feature was not designed to allow simultaneous editing of the script It is strongly advised that if you use this feature you communicate with each other through chat or voice when one wants to regain control of the script Otherwise it may cause unwanted changes and loss of text to occur Once the Master clicks Yes the slave can now edit the script Slave view editing capabilities Once you have permission to edit the script you can perform the following functions Use the mouse to click in the script to edit Use
179. on letter inversion typos such as teh to the as soon as you type them The SpellCheck as you Type and Edit option must also be checked for this function to work Max Length Sets the maximum word length of typos to auto correct If on a slower computer set this to a lower number Screenwriter uses a default word length of 10 letters Beep on Unknown Words lf checked alerts you to any suspected typos that Auto Correct is unable to correct for you The SpellCheck as you Type and Edit Option must also be checked for this function to work Beep Sound Allows you to choose a beep sound from a list of available operating system sounds flash the menu bar instead or perform no action Highlight Unknown Words If checked the spelling checker will highlight words in the current element that it does not know This definition was taken from the Help Balloon in the Macintosh version of Screenwriter Prompt on Multiple Words during Auto Correction lf checked gives you a choice of words when the typo could have two or more correct spellings If unchecked Auto Correct makes the decision for you The SpellCheck as you Type and Edit option must also be checked for this function to work Auto Correct Sound When Screenwriter automatically corrects a word it will generate the Macintosh system sound selected here CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Query when you fix Auto Corrected words If checked allows you to override
180. on under the Spell Menu Type the word with your desired capitalization move past the word then resume Auto Correct by clicking on Pause AutoCorrection again All Caps makes Character Names ALL CAPS wherever they appear 6 Click on OK to return to your script The following options work both during Auto Correct and when you run a manual SpellCheck Correct Double Capitals Corrects words that start with two capital letters instead of one such as SCheduling AutoCapitalize Sentences Capitalizes the first letter in all Sentences in Dialogue Action and Script Notes Except immediately following Shots Shots also known as secondary Sluglines can be used to emphasize an object or person with the following Action giving more detail To have the combined Shot and Action read as one sentence with the Action sentence not capitalized check this box Auto Space Sentences to Spaces Ensures that every sentence has a consistent number of spaces after the period Set the value from 1 to 9 To prevent auto spacing a particular sentence enter Hard Spaces after the period instead of regular spaces Enter a Hard Space by pressing eno peter Leece Treat as a Sentence End in Dialogue for the purposes of Auto Capitalization amp spacing Treats a right parenthesis in Dialogue as a sentence end in order to format the next sentence correctly Foreign Language SpellCheck With the installation of an op
181. onononeness 37 Dual Column Margins 1 ape tte asgetit ue etae totae e RARO Ee Aged aiana donnes 38 Cheating 2275s copii 38 Cheat an Elem nt i2 tee n ope t oe ense eee daba 40 Cheat sa Pareles it atiis e tide patet de eti aid tedio deed Persea 40 Cheat the WholeScript eee entertain te ipee dab ands ER e ree hae iet tee 40 User Lists nec ndun LE ETE s 41 Loading Locations Character Names or Transitions from Screenwriter Scripts 44 Saving Lists as the Default Lists for all New Scripts sssssessseee 44 Default User Lister sieri reee etie etes 45 Reloading Default User Lists er ARRA OO IO ARR E 46 Find of Show Text etc ROG LI URDU LEE Dashed age bubs aa a TEES 46 Creating Alias End of Show Text ooccccmcocooooocnncnccnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnnnononnnnnnnnnnonnanonnnnnnnnos 46 Alias Lext tit NT 47 Creating Alias Text siii ide A be va Meebo 47 Capitalization of Alias Text sss I enne n enne 47 Text Edi ng O TN 49 i oa PAGIASUI COR 49 Selecting Texts tuac Dai aaa 50 Adjusting the Block SelectiON ooccoccoonooooccnnnnnnnonoonononnnnnnonononnonanonnnnnnnnnnonnanonnnnnnnnos 51 De sSelecting Text isa csset isi Pe apad o Loser ie lorte eee doit i Periit d des 51 Moving Text cece n 51 Cutting and Pasting with the Mouse ocooocooooocnncnccnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnonnononnnnnnnnos 51 CONTENTS MOVIE MAGIC Copying and Pasting with the
182. option is only available in a script with Locked Pages You can change these options Edit Color Edit a Revision Draft Color by clicking on its color bar and selecting from the Color Picker or Palette that displays Edit a color s Name by double clicking on the name to highlight it then typing in your preferred name New Color Click on this button to add a New color for Revisions for example when all the existing Revision colors have been used Type the new color s Name in the text window and assign a color from the Color Picker or Palette that displays or design a Custom color The New Color displays at the end of the Color list Delete Color This button allows you to remove a Color from the Color list First highlight the Revision Color then click on this button to delete it Change the Order of Colors Move the cursor laterally over a Revision Draft Color until the cursor changes to a hand Hold down the mouse button then drag the color to its new position slightly above the color you want it to appear in front of in the list Release the mouse button and the colors rearrange Save as Defaults for All New Scripts If checked allows you to apply the Revision Draft Color preferences you ve set here to all new scripts you create After the last color is used it should Allows you to choose which Color to use once all the existing Revision Colors have been used Choose from these options Don t Loop Colors Only allo
183. ox gt Options on this page allow you to change certain Production Features Revision Marks mentioned in the following section refer to Current Revision Marks not Locked Revision Marks See the Production Features chapter for more details SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER After Revision Marks on the Page put a Revision Mark on the Header Lets you specify how many Current Revision Marks on a page are acceptable before putting a Revision Mark on the Header also to indicate a revised page Use an Asterisk on the Header instead of the Normally Defined Revision Mark If checked puts the default asterisk as the Header Revision Mark even when you ve changed the Current Revision Mark to be some other symbol Unchecked the Header gets the same Revision Mark as the rest of your script Put the Header Revision mark on the line under the header rather than to the right of it If checked puts the Header Revision Mark on its own separate line below the Header Unchecked puts the Header Revision Mark on the Header line at the right Don t print Revision Marks on each line If checked and there are enough Revision Marks on the page to warrant Screenwriter putting a Revision Mark on the Header as determined by your setting in After Revision Marks above Current Revision Marks won t print on revised lines The Header Revision Mark prints instead indicating a revised page This avoids having a cluttered look to the page
184. p Sound 93 Binding Adjustment 62 63 Blank Line Spacing 63 Blank Lines before Printed Speeches 101 137 Blank Lines following Header 66 Bold 105 Bold 12 167 169 Bold Button 54 Bold Headlines 19 Bolding Text 54 Bottom Margin 62 63 Bottom Scene Continueds 63 Bottom Status Bar 6 102 Break After a Single Sentence 110 Break two One line Sentences 111 breakdown 126 breakdown 126 Breakdown categories 129 Breakdown category 130 breakdown reports 133 Breakdown Scene Selection 126 Breakdown Sheet 133 Breakdown Sheets 129 133 134 Breakdown Tagging 126 129 131 Breakdown Tagging Mode 129 Breakdowns 129 131 132 133 134 163 Edit Categories 163 SCREENWRITER INDEX Layout Breakdown Sheets 163 Movie Magic Scheduling Export 163 Tag Item Globally 163 Tagging Mode 163 Untag All Items 163 Breakdowns 124 125 Breaking Elements 52 Btm of Pg 107 C Cancel 58 81 82 Cap amp Bold Word 56 Capitalization Information 144 145 Capitalization of Alias Text 47 Capitalize 169 Capitalize Word 56 Cascade 164 Cascade 7 case 56 Center 169 Center Act Info 108 Center Character Names 106 Center S Info 109 Centered 12 Centered Title 31 110 Change a Voice 82 Change Character Name 156 Change Dictionary 159 Change Element Type 155 Change Element Type 38 Change Text Color 153 Change Text Style 153 Change the Pronunciation of this word
185. pellCheck as you Type and Edit option must also be checked for this function to work Highlight Unknown Words TIf this is checked the spelling checker will highlight words in the current element that it does not know This definition was taken from the Help Balloon in the Macintosh version of Screenwriter Auto Correct Sound When Screenwriter automatically corrects a word it will generate the Macintosh system sound the user has chosen here Auto Space Sentences to Spaces If checked ensures that every sentence has a consistent number of spaces after the period Set the value from 1 to 9 To prevent auto spacing a particular sentence enter Hard Spaces after the period instead of regular spaces Enter a Hard Space by pressing feraf orion pece Treat as a Sentence End in Dialogue for the purposes of auto capitalization amp spacing lIf checked treats a right parenthesis in Dialogue as a sentence end in order to format the next sentence correctly SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Miscellaneous Preferences Preferences m Miscellaneous Options Editing SS Y Display He aders Footers On Screen w YSN YG Chat Sound TweetTweet ETA wv Display Page Break Type on Screen This sound wilply if Partner ii 71 Show Swear Words in Thesaurus A S Mx rem Sge SO Sae E as window is not in front cis E Diskette Button on ToolBar EE ra Y Speling B m Acts Lk
186. priate punctuation it s expanded to Carol Ann for you Type CA and the same capitalization is used expanding it to CAROL ANN automatically NOTE To use Aliases for Character Names and Substitution Text you must have the option SpellCheck as you Type amp Edit checked on the Spelling Page of the Preferences Menu Creating Alias Text 1 Under the Format Menu select Edit User Lists The Edit User Lists screen displays 2 Click on the element button of the User List you want to add to A lettered list of items displays 3 Toadd a new text item type it into a blank Text box Enter its Alias text in the blank Alias box to the left of the Text box 4 Click on OK to save your changes to the script s User Lists Capitalization of Alias Text With the exception of Substitution Text expanded Alias Text takes its capitalization as defined by the Element it belongs in Substitution Text For capitalization purposes the Alias Auto Recognition Text Menu for Substitution Text has three additional options 47 WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Edit User Lists C eco Extensions 800 m eco p 1 hitial Scene Text eco Scene Body Text 10900 ff EC AC eco Tees j eoo j Transitions J eoo L 1 Act Scene hfo eoo Prologue Text eoo i Tag Text I E End of Act Text eco FADE N Text 00 Sub stitution Tex eoo a Save as Def
187. print Selected Scenes ONLY If checked only breakdowns for the scenes you select by clicking on them are printed All Scenes If checked breakdowns for all scenes in the script are printed All Scenes except OMITTEDs If checked breakdowns for all scenes except those deleted and marked with an OMITTED are printed Setup Breakdown Sheet Displays the Breakdown Sheet Layout screen Category headings on the windows can be renamed by highlighting the name CAST STUNTS etc and typing in your preferred name Categories of tagged items Cast Members Greenery Vehicles etc can be moved between Category windows by dragging and dropping Click on OK to exit and save your changes Cancel to discard changes and exit 126 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Secondary Sort by Secondary sort order allows you to specify how you want the scenes sorted within the Primary groupings of Interior VS Exterior Location Time of Day or Characters For example Interior VS Exterior as the Primary sort and Script Order as a Secondary sort would give this kind of breakdown EXTERIOR 1 HOSPITAL DAY 1 2 1 1 8 4 PARK DAY 4 4 2 8 5 HOSPITAL EVENING 4 5 6 8 2 1 8 INTERIOR 2 HOSPITAL DAY 2 2 3 8 3 EMERGENCY ROOM DAY 2 3 5 8 6 EMERGENCY ROOM EVENING 5 5 2 8 1 2 8 With Location as the Secondary sort the same script would breakdown with the locat
188. r Multi Locking Dialogue Numbering Dialogue Numbering can be Multi Locked numbering new speeches as AA Numbers e g lt 6AA gt To Multi Lock Dialogue Numbering repeat the method above for Locking the Numbering Unlocking Dialogue Numbering Dialogue Numbering can be Unlocked at any point going from AA Numbering to A Numbering or from A Numbering to non locked numbering Under the Production Menu select Animation Locking then Unlock Dialogue Numbering Overriding Dialogue Numbering Once Dialogue Numbering has been Locked or Multi Locked a single speech s numbering can be manually overridden Put the cursor anywhere in the Dialogue speech whose numbering you want to adjust Under the Production Menu select Animation Locking then Adjust Dialogue Numbering Or press e 5 The Locked Dialogue Numbering dialog box displays Choose an option Set this Speech s Numbering to Normal Changes the current A or AA numbered Dialogue to Normally numbered Dialogue 138 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES specifies which Normal number this speech should be given Accepts a number between 1 and 4096 Only available when the cursor s in a Normally numbered speech in a script that has Locked or Multi Locked Dialogue Numbering Otherwise it s grayed out and unselectable A Numbering Changes the current AA or Normally numbered Dialogue to A Numbering AA Numbering Changes the curren
189. r not Checking this radio button and pressing OK brings up a Production Breakdown Characters screen Click on a name to select it Hold down the Shift key and drag across multiple contiguous names to select them Hold down the Command key and click on multiple non contiguous names to select them Click on OK to return to the Production Breakdowns dialog with names selected Click on the Cancel button to unselect all names and return to the Production Breakdowns dialog 125 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC NOTE If you select any Primary sort other than Script Order Time of Day Normalization is performed any scene that ends with CONTINUOUS LATER or SAME TIME is automatically given the previous Scene Heading s Time of Day Movie MagicScheduling File Prints a breakdown to disk saving it as a Movie Magic Scheduling import file with a file extension of SEX It contains the Scene Number Scene Heading Starting Page Number and page count in Eighths of a page and all items Tagged with Breakdown Tagging Options under Secondary Sort and Miscellaneous are grayed out and unselectable Script Breakdown Sheets Prints breakdown sheets that include any items you ve tagged in Breakdown Tagging Checking this radio button and clicking on the OK button displays the Breakdown Scene Selection screen Enter the Production Company name and Production Title No to print on the breakdown sheets and select which scene breakdowns to
190. rds horizontally reading by row from left to right click the Horizontal button on the Tool Bar Vertical Index Cards To display your Index Cards vertically reading by column from top to bottom click the Vertical button on the Tool Bar Add an Index Card A new blank Index Card can be added by clicking on the Add button on the bottom Tool Bar In Shuffle Mode a New card is inserted before the index card displayed at the upper left corner of the screen In Outline Mode a New card is inserted before the currently selected index card or the card containing the cursor Write an Index Card To write and edit the Index Cards you need to be in Outline Mode Ifit s not already selected select it by clicking on the Outline button at the bottom right of the Tool Bar Using the mouse click on an Index Card Click on the top right box of the card to enter Scene Heading information Type INT or EXT the Location and the Time of Day You don t have to enter the full Scene Heading text You can enter any text you find useful in outlining your story such as The big showdown scene To enter text in the main body of the card press to go there To be recognized as elements in your script text needs to be entered in Index Card mode obeying the following guidelines Script Element Enter in Index Card as Action Normal paragraph with one blank line before and after it Character Name Normal paragraph wit
191. red it unless you manually change it It only changes the appearance of future Act Scene Info you create after changing the setting To change existing Act Scene Info use the Search amp Replace command Starting Number Allows you to enter an Act Number to start numbering from between 0 and 9999 Default is 1 End of Show Follows Act Lets you specify how many acts are in the current script Screenwriter enters END OF SHOW at the end of the Act you specify here instead of END OF ACT Numbering Scheme Lets you choose how Acts are numbered from one of the following schemes ACT A If checked uses letters to number the acts ACT 1 NUMBERS If checked uses numbers to number the acts ACT ONE If checked uses words to number the acts ACT I ROMAN If checked uses Roman numerals to number the acts 108 SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Scene Information Use Scene Information in Script If checked Scene Information is automatically put in the script directly after Act Information as in Sitcoms Unchecked Scene Information is not added as in MOWs or movies for television NOTE The Use Scene Information in Script setting does not update existing Act Scene Info this will stay the way you entered it unless you manually change it It only changes the appearance of future Act Scene Info you create after changing the setting To change existing Act Scene Info use the Search
192. review gt Print Title Page Cancel ok gt Option Menu Option menus have different types of input options including Push Buttons CheckBoxes Radio Buttons and Text amp Numerical Input Fields Move to the option you want using these methods e Click on it with the mouse e Onsome menus you can move around in the menu by pressing Le or 58 e PushButtons There are four PushButtons displayed as rectangular boxes on the Print menu in the example above List Preview Cancel and OK Select a Push Button by clicking on it with the mouse Selecting OK always exits a menu accepting all of the current settings Selecting Cancel always cancels a menu without changing anything 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 menu above titled Run SmartCheck before this Print Job A CheckBox can be checked by clicking on it with the mouse SCREENWRITER BASIC INFORMATION Radio Buttons There are many Radio Buttons displayed as a small circle either blank or with a dot in it on the example Print menu above The first two are Current Page and Forwards 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 on the example Print menu allow you to enter text or num
193. ring 138 P P O V 45 Page Break Options 110 Page Header 62 Page Layout 41 62 63 151 page layout 133 Page Margin Settings 19 Page Number 6 156 Page Numbers 63 Page Setup 61 151 Paginate When I m Idle For seconds 95 Pagination 95 Pagination Sound 96 Parenthetical 17 30 35 86 106 166 Parenthetical 88 Parentheticals 107 Parentheticals are Separate Element 107 Password Protect Scripts 91 Password Protection 91 Paste 153 Paste From 153 Pause AutoCorrection 59 94 159 Perform Revisions 116 Pg Play Sample 81 pop up lists 85 Preferences 25 71 84 152 154 Preferences 118 Preparing a Script for Importing 142 Prev Saved Scripts 8 Preview 66 72 Preview 173 Print 151 Print 167 Print lt gt around Numbering 101 137 Print All Cards 20 Print Colored Text 98 Print Dialogue Numbering in Script 137 163 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC Print Headers On 66 Print Name in 140 Print Notes in Script 33 109 Print Preview 66 72 151 Print Separate full 97 Print Tagged Items 128 Print the Script 67 Print The Title Page 13 Print Title Page 72 Print to PrintScript File 172 Printer Preferences 98 Printing a Title Page 13 Printing Bottom Continueds 98 Printing Index Cards 19 Printing the Script 61 PrintScript 172 PrintScript 173 174 Production Breakdowns 70 124 125 Production Features 113 Production Menu 160 Productio
194. rinter C nora Co br black text Mic umm zi Revisions v Ask User for FDF Options ER Production Sides I ERGE 1 WM Gray Background on Unselected Text I Keyboard A scout Unselected Text Mouse te meas e a A Print Using Fractional widths anim Diabgue Cancel ox gt Printing Bottom Continueds At Fixed Distance from Bottom of Paper If checked the Bottom Scene Continueds print at the same position on each page one line below the page s Bottom Margin Floating At Fixed Distance from Text If checked the Bottom Scene Continueds are printed two lines below the final line of text on each page This results in the Continueds appearing in different positions on each page Print Colored Text In Color If checked prints color highlighted text in color on color printers and with a grayed background on black amp white printers Ignoring Color lf checked ignores color highlighted text and prints normally Ask User for PDF Options Each time you print your script as a PDF Acrobat file you will be asked for certain options Normally you should not uncheck this here instead use the Remember These Settings checkbox in the PDF Options dialog Productions Sides e Gray Background on Unselected Text When printing production sides with selected text this will make the text before and after the selection have a gray background X Out Unselecte
195. rior hterior vs Exterior o Location Location O Time of Day Time of Day O Characters Al Some Movie Mag ic Scheduling File Oo Script Breakdown Sheets Miscellaneous Options v List Characters n Each Scene Sorted Aphabetically serpt Order Calculate Eighths by Standard 6 Ines 1 8th Adjusted 7 Ines 1 8th Spe aking Characters Fist User List Order Display Eighths Totals by F List Non Speaking Characters Total of All Rounded Eighths True Total of llLines L Each Group on New Page Y Print Tagged Items f Cancel ok gt Breakdowns can be sorted before printing using Primary and Secondary Sort criteria Sort Breakdown Primarily by Script Order Prints a breakdown of all scenes in the order they appear in the script without any sorting Interior vs Exterior Lists all the EXT scenes followed by all the INT scenes Location Lists by Location in alphabetical order grouping all scenes that take place in the same Location Time of Day Lists by Time of Day in alphabetical order grouping all scenes that have the same Time of Day Characters All Lists Every Character Name in the script in alphabetical order followed by the scenes they re in whether they have dialogue or not Some Lists Selected Character Names in alphabetical order followed by the scenes they re in whether they have dialogue o
196. ront If checked the Search window is minimized and remains in front of your script after completing a search Another search can be performed by clicking on the Find window s downward pointing triangle icon to maximize the window and entering new search criteria Chat This sound will play if iPartner receives a chat message and the chat window is not in front Don t put at end start of broken Action If Action elements are parenthesized and this option is checked then an Action element broken by a page break will not have before the break or after the break Revisions Preferences Preferences _ Revision Marks Editing v After 15 A Revision Marks on the Page print a Revision Mark on the Header H Startup F iks A Use an Asterisk on the Header nstead of the Norrnally Defined Revision Mark D tet EJ Put the Header Revision mark on the line under the header rather than to the right of it Sm artCheck A Don t print Revision marks on each line for pages which have reached or exceeded the threshhold number of Revision Marks as defined above Spelling l AA 3 Asterisk Headers of NEW AcPages that don t have any revisions on them FA Misc El Prnt Separate full PAGE OMITTED pages FA Mark Element fo lowing Complete Deltion Revisions Printer 11 1 cal AutoUpdate Locked Headers on Revision Keyboard Mouse zi rM t E f Cancel f
197. rror displays a prompt Combine OMITTED Scene Headings Separated Only by Page Breaks If checked and you re in a script with Locked Page Breaks and Locked Scene Headings SmartCheck identifies pages that ONLY have a SCENE OMITTED and are either preceded or followed by another Scene Omitted SmartCheck then asks if you want to combine them so that you won t have to issue a page with only an omitted Scene Heading on it Ignore Blank Lines which have Revision Marks If checked SmartCheck accepts blank lines with Revision Marks as correct Unchecked it treats such blank lines as Completely Blank Elements see above Ignore the same Name speaking twice in a row when Extensions do NOT match lIf checked treats the same Character Name speaking twice in a row as correct when their Extensions differ such as V O and O S Unchecked it flags this as an error SmartCheck Prompts If you select Yes to fix an error SmartCheck has prompted you about it fixes the error and continue to check your script If you select No it asks you whether YOU want to fix it If you reply Yes it pauses at the format error to allow you to fix it If you reply No it ignores the error and continues checking If you select Cancel it stops the SmartCheck scan If SmartCheck was run automatically before a print job printing begins Otherwise you ll be returned to your script SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER When SmartCheck completes a manual scan
198. s new position With the cursor at the place you want the text inserted release the mouse button The text block moves to the new position Breaking Elements Screenwriter can handle Drag and Drop text placed in the middle of an Element in two different ways Choose your preference under the Edit Menu by selecting Preferences then clicking on the Mouse tab Checking the option Drag n Drop should break Elements in Middle tells Screenwriter to let Drag and Drop text Break Elements If the cursor is in the middle of an Element when you release the button Screenwriter breaks that Element at the cursor position Dropped text is inserted between the broken Elements Unchecking the option Drag n Drop should break Elements in Middle tells Screenwriter not to let Drag and Drop text Break Elements If you release the mouse button while the cursor s in the First half of the Element text is dropped Before the Element If you release the mouse button while the cursor s in the Last half 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 Left of the cursor by character Delete Right of the cursor by character 52 SCREENWRITER TEXT EDITING Delete a Block of selected text by clicking on the De
199. s you must first copy them into a User List in their original script 1 Open the script containing the User List items you want to load 2 Under the Format Menu select Edit User Lists 3 Click on the button of the items to copy e Character Names Scene Body Text Transitions 4 At the bottom left of the screen a Copy from Script button displays Click on it and a menu of the unique text items for that element displays 5 Double click on an item to copy it to the User List Click in the Close box at upper left of the window when finished 6 Click OK to save the User List and exit editing or Cancel to discard changes 7 Save the changes to the script s User Lists by saving the script file Now you can load the items you ve added to this script s User List into another script See Loading User Lists above Saving Lists as the Default Lists for all New Scripts To save User Lists you ve made changes to as the default User Lists for new scripts 1 Under the Format Menu select Edit User Lists 2 Make changes to your User Lists as described in the sections above 3 Click the Save as Defaults For all New Scripts checkbox The new defaults do not affect any existing scripts To apply the new defaults to User Lists of existing scripts load them from a new script that contains them See Loading User Lists above SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Default User Lists When you install Screenwriter all User Lists exc
200. s a title page as page 1 your first page as page 2 etc 174 SCREENWRITER INDEX 168 left parenthesis 28 29 30 Put Act Info in Parentheses 108 Put Action in Parentheses 108 Put Scene Info in Parentheses 109 BK 8 HDR 140 SCW 8 SEX 134 TMB 8 lt FileNames gt 151 164 A AA Numbers 164 abbreviations 41 About Balloon Help 165 ACT 45 ACT 1 108 ACT A 108 Act Break 157 ACT I ROMAN 108 Act Info 31 64 Act Information 31 65 108 ACT ONE 108 Act Scene Info 42 45 Act Scene Information 63 Action 16 27 34 86 108 168 Action is in Parentheticals 144 145 Activate Auto Revision Marks 118 Acts like Save 95 Acts like Save As 95 Index Add a Script Note 32 Add an Index Card 16 Add Dialogue Paragraph 153 Add Forced Page Break 36 124 153 Add Hard Return 37 153 Add New Voice 82 Add Word To 58 Adjust Dialogue Numbering 164 Adjusted 128 Advanced Locking Features 122 After Revision Marks on the Page 97 After a Search 96 AFTERNOON 45 Alias 36 Alias 42 43 Alias Text 41 42 47 Align Headers 66 All Capitals 105 All Caps 59 94 All Scenes 134 All Scenes except OMITTEDs 134 Allow Scene on TOP CONTINUED line 111 Allow Transition as 1st Line on Page 111 Allow Transition on CONTINUED line 111 Allow Viewing Printing without Password 91 Allow Words that are five or more letters long to e
201. s been re defined as a different character Refer to Revision Mark Text on page 154 if you would like to change the Revision Mark to another character Auto Revision Marks Auto Revision Marks are revision marks which are automatically entered for you as you edit your Locked script When you change a line Screenwriter gives it a revision mark Even if you change it back the way it originally was that is still a change to Screenwriter as far as Auto Revision Marks go Activate Auto Revision Marks To activate Auto Revision marks Under the Production Menu select Auto Revision Marks A checkmark displays to indicate that Auto Revision Marks are activated Remove an Auto Revision Mark To remove an auto revision mark from a line put the cursor on the line and press the asterisk key Removing All Current Revision Marks After issuing any new revised pages you ll usually want to remove any existing revision marks That way the next set of revisions will only have new marks reflecting only the latest changes To remove Current Revision Marks Under the Production Menu select Remove Current Rev Marks NOTE There are additional Revision Mark settings on both the Locked Scripts page of the Edit Script Formats Menu and on the Revisions page of the Preferences Menu Locked Scripts Options You can customize Screenwriter s Locked Script Options to work the way you work Under the Format Menu select Edit Script For
202. s formatted as Character Name R 8 Press Ener to go to the next element In the example it is a Dialogue element already formatted as Dialogue R 9 Type the Dialogue 10 Press Entera to go to the next element It is a normal Action element To enter Right column action type the Action text Press c 2 Control 2 Press Enter to go to the next element It is a normal Action element 11 Repeat these Steps until all your Dual Column Dialogue is entered To change an element from a Dual Column element back to a normal element 1 Put the cursor anywhere in the element 2 Under the Format Menu select Change Element Type then Normal Full Width Or press amp 9 Dual Column Margins Dual Column margins can be customized to your preference Under the Format Menu select Change Element Type then Set Column Margins Change the settings as desired Cheating Cheating involves over riding the default settings as defined in Script Formats under the Format Menu Cheating only affects the single element page or script that you apply it to Cheating is used to change the look of a script One reason for doing this is to try to fool the professional script reader who expects a screenplay to time out to one minute of screen time per script page SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT As an example if your script is a long 130 pages you can cheat the line spacing margins etc to have it print out in
203. s you to check the spelling of your script by e Word e Element Page e Forwards from the cursor position e Entire Script SpellCheck can also e Auto Correct common Typos as you write e AutoCapitalize Sentences e AutoCapitalize the Names of Characters e Correct Double Capitals e SpellCheck in Foreign Languages e Create User Dictionaries for each script You can customize SpellCheck options to suit the way you work Under the Edit Menu select Preferences then the SpellCheck tab Read on for more details 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 in which to start spellchecking 2 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 that Click on OK to exit TEXT EDITING MOVIE MAGIC When SpellCheck finds a word it doesn t recognize it displays the Found Unknown Word window This shows the unknown word in the Word box and offers a list of suggested alternatives
204. saved select one of the files displayed at the bottom of the File Menu Opening Multiple Scripts 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 Each script will open up in its own window The size of the window depends on how many scripts are being opened Displaying Multiple Windows Under the Window Menu select either Cascade or Tile Tile Opens each script in its own window The size of the window depends on how many scripts are being opened Selecting Tile again on the same window is like performing an Undo 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 Selecting Cascade again on the same window is like performing an Undo Zoom Window Maximizes the selected script window and brings it to the front Selecting Zoom Window again on the same window is like performing an Undo Cycle Opens the next script based on the order each script was opened as is indicated at the bottom of the Window menu The script that is displayed will have a check mark on the left of it in the Window menu You must have at least two scripts open to use this feature Cycling amp Switching between Windows Quickly switch between open windows by pressing a script s temporary Quick Key e g ss 2 listed next to its name at th
205. scroll through the list of connected printers in the Format for window and click on your choice Select a Paper Size US Letter is the standard 8 1 2 by 11 paper used for screenplays Select a Paper Orientation Portrait is the standard orientation for printing 8 1 2 by 11 screenplay pages Change the Scale percentage if desired Default is 100 or normal size 61 PRINTING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Click on the Attributes menu at top left to select default Page Attributes or PostScript options if desired Click on OK to save your default settings for this print job Cancel to exit and discard changes Page Layout Page Layout gives you control over how your script text displays onscreen and prints on the page Changing margins and line spacing can increase or decrease the white space on your pages shortening or lengthening your script s page count This practice is commonly known as cheating Cheating your text by an amount that drastically changes the look of the page is not recommended It will be obvious to experienced script readers that your script doesn t conform to the standard format they expect which times out to 1 minute of screen time per page Choices you make here apply to the currently displayed script You can also set them as the default for new scripts Under the File Menu select Page Layout The Setup Page Layout screen displays Text Line Spacing 9 100 Page Layout Ee
206. sed any groups of commands using the disclosure triangles I will ask you whether to expand them all before printing Edit If you have selected a command in the list clicking this button will display another dialog in which you can change the keystrokes assigned to the command This is the same as double clicking a command in the list Page Up Down Moves Text Cursor lf this is checked the page up and page down keys will move the text insertion point to keep it visible This option is available for Windows users Leave this option unchecked if you don t use Windows CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER MOVIE MAGIC Mouse Preferences Preferences Editing Startup Files SmatCheck Spelling Misc Revisions Printer Ke ybo ard Mouse Anim Dialogue Mouse Options Text Entry Ed iting wv Drag and Drop shou k break Elements n Middle Drag n Drop should break Elements in Middle If checked dragged text is dropped at the cursor location If the dragged text is the same style as the element it is dropped in it is inserted as part of that element If the dragged text is of a different style it breaks the element it is dropped on into two elements before and after the dragged text Unchecked dragged text is dropped before the existing element if the drop cursor is in the first half of the existing element or dropped after the existing element if the drop cur
207. ser Lists later in this chapter the only Shot Text that Screenwriter initially recognizes is ANGLE ON or BACK TO SCENE It is automatically formatted as a Shot element Or press ev in a blank Action element and type h for Make this a Shot Then type the text for your Shot SCREENWRITER WRITING THE SCRIPT Centered Title 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 Tool Bar 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 until you customize the User Lists see User Lists later in this chapter the only Prologue Text that Screenwriter recognizes is TEASER PROLOGUE or COLD OPENING Screenwriter automatically centers and capitalizes it New Act To start a New Act Type NEWACT at the beginning of any blank element Screenwriter centers it and changes it to ACT where f is the new Act Number A forced page break is entered before the New Act info Or press evr at the beginning of a blank Action element Type c for Start New Act A forced page break is entered followed by the appropriate New Act info Same Act
208. sh Right Inserts the code telling Screenwriter to align the text following it flush with the Right Margin To have some items align flush left and others align flush right insert this code between them for example Act 9 Page would place Act 2 flush left and Page 3 flush right Underline Inserts to start underlining and to end underlining Bold Inserts to start underlining and gt to end underlining SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT 4 pn Rev Color Inserts the code representing the current Revision Draft Color n Script Name Inserts the code representing the name of the Script To enter the character that represents a code in the Header such as the sign to make it say Act 6 enter the code twice as in Act O Screenwriter s default is to keep blank spaces in Header Line 2 and print it as a blank line Text you enter in Line 2 replaces the spaces and print accordingly Put in Date As Selects a format for the Date appearing in Header Text Click on the appropriate radio button to select Month Day Year Standard American format 8 27 97 Month Day Year American with dashes 8 27 97 Day Month Year European Format 27 8 97 Day Month Year European with dashes 27 8 97 Put In Act Information As Selects a format for Act Information appearing in Header Text Click on the appropriate radio button to select Numbers 1 2 3
209. sor is in the second half of the existing element The existing element remains intact Animation Dialogue Preferences Preferences Editing Startup F iks SmatCheck Spelling he Revisions Printer Keyboard Mouse n im Diabque _ Animation Dialogue Printing Character Name Position Above Dialogue To Left of Dialogue Speech Numbering On Right Margin of Page On Left Margin of Page Diabque Spacing Use Spacing in Sorpt o Use Double Spacing Dialbgue Cap italzation Use Capitalization n Sorpt Always Capitalize Dialogue Blank Lines Before Printed Speeches ma Use the Normal Character Name Blank Lines Before set Blank Lines Before To e E Prnt lt gt Around Numbering a Substitute Font American Typewri 2 E Prnt Script Notes Only Notes Before Selected Diabgue Print Notes Directly Above Speeches Print Boxes Around Notes f Cancel ok gt These options change the way the Animation Recording Script prints without affecting the script itself 100 SCREENWRITER CUSTOMIZING SCREENWRITER Speech Numbering On Right Margin Prints dialogue numbers in the speech s right margin On Left Margin Prints dialogue numbers in the speech s left margin Character Name Position Above Dialogue Prints the Character Name above the dialogue speech normal position To Left of Dialogue Prints the Character Name at th
210. stead of the Normally Defined Revision Mark 97 se Current Font for All Elements 105 a G se most aggressive interpretation of the source text 143 E se Scene Information in Script 31 109 se SmartTab 87 se Style Sheets 143 E G SCREENWRITER INDEX User Defined 22 User Defined Format 22 104 user dictionary 159 User List 43 44 88 User List Order 128 User Lists 41 42 44 46 155 V V O 45 V O 28 Vertical 16 Vertical Index Cards 16 View as Index Cards 14 164 Voice 79 W Watermark 139 Watermark Setup 139 163 Watermark text 139 140 163 When Parsing Locations Only Strip Known Times 87 white space 62 63 Window Menu 164 Windows Compatibility Mode 63 Words 65 Write an Index Card 16 Writing the Script 24 WYSIWYG 95 151 Z Zoom In 67 174 Zoom Out 67 174 Zoom Screen Text 104 Zoom Window 164 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC Notes SCREENWRITER INDEX Notes
211. t A or Normally numbered Dialogue to AA Numbering Only available in scripts where the dialogue numbering has been Multi Locked Otherwise it s grayed out and unselectable NOTE If you change the Normal Dialogue Numbering order either by switching a Normally numbered speech to an A or AA speech or vice versa you ll be given the option to adjust all following speeches so that two speeches aren t assigned the same number Watermark Watermark Security Options allow production companies to keep track of their scripts by having a name and or serial number printed as a gray background or watermark on every page of the script When using the Watermark printing option be aware that every page of every copy of the script will be printed Be prepared to use much time and paper Under the Production menu select Watermark Setup A Watermark Setup dialog box displays allowing you to specify how the background Watermark text should print on your scripts Font Choose a font to print the Watermark text with from the pop up list Size Choose the size of the font to print the Watermark text with from the pop up list Style Choose the style of the font to print the Watermark text with by clicking on B for boldface and or I for italic if desired Print Gray Sample Prints sample pages of the range of gray text available showing each density number printed at its own density Text Text entered here such as prod
212. t Boxes around Notes If checked prints Script Notes as they appear in the original script with boxes around them Unchecked no boxes are printed Print lt gt around Numbering If checked displays and prints angle brackets around the dialogue numbers to differentiate between them and page numbers scene numbers etc Displaying Numbered Dialogue To Display and Print the dialogue speech numbering in the script as well as in the Animation Recording Script report Under the Production Menu select Animation Locking then Print Dialogue Numbering in Script A checkmark displays next to Print Numbering in Script To turn the display of Numbering off click on it again 137 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC Locking Dialogue Numbering Dialogue Numbering can be locked numbering new speeches as A Speeches while reordered speeches maintain their original numbers You might want to do this if you re using these numbers to relate to story boards or cells Under the Production Menu select Animation Locking then Lock Dialogue Numbering This causes a number for each speech to be displayed onscreen to the right of the Character Name in angle brackets e g lt 6 gt This number will not print unless you select Dialogue on the Print Menu and check Dialogue Numbered Laid Out for Animation Recording Scripts above It is displayed for reference to show what s going to print in case you want to override a Dialogue Numbe
213. t Language then to a Menu to choose a User Dictionary to edit Add delete or edit words to be used by SpellCheck or Auto Correct Thesaurus Displays Synonyms for the word that the cursor is currently in Name Bank Opens a menu that contains 3 900 Male Names 4 950 Female Names and 22 000 Family Names designed to help you find interesting and unique names for your characters Speak Selection Reads the text that is selected in the script To read the entire script go to the Edit menu and click Select All Then go to the Tools menu and click Speak Selection Screenwriter displays a dialog box that says Now Speaking The text that is being read is highlighted Assign Voices Allows the user to choose voices from the Macintosh System voices and associate them with elements within Screenwriter The script can then be read aloud by Screenwriter 159 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC iPartner Opens a menu for connecting to your writing partner through the internet Note Commander Opens a menu for viewing system information about script notes Production Menu Production Window Help Uniock the Script Lock the Script Multi lock Start Next Revision Set Revision Draft Color Dix Clamar A am gm um 7 FIX Fiex A Pages Auto Revision Marks Auto Revision Colors gt Remove Current Rev Marks Remove Strikeout Rev Color Remove Scene w o OMITTED Override gt Breakdowns gt TV Breakdowns Water
214. t a time onscreen 2 Up Displays Two pages at a time onscreen fi MEI Increase Top Margin Increases the page s Top margin by 1 line Decrease Top Margin Decreases the page s Top margin by 1 line Increase Left Margin Increases the page s Left margin by 1 character Decrease Left Margin Decreases the page s Left margin by 1 character Courier Substitution Font pop up menu Allows you to choose a font to print the script in other than the default of Courier To return to your script select Quit under the File menu Print the Script Printing in Screenwriter is accessed through the Print Menu Under the File Menu select Print You ll see the following Print Job window Check one of the print selection radio buttons on the top half of the screen PRINTING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC Print Job f Current Page Forwards Entire Script Selected Text O Selected Pages O Selected Scenes List Revision Asterisked Pages Production Breakdowns Dialogue Character List Scene Heading List Script Notes Y Run SmartCheck before this print Job Print in Reverse Order Print to Printer m 4 Preview Print Title Page d Cancel gt ox gt Current Page lIf checked prints the page that the cursor is currently on this is the default setting Forwards lIf checked prints from the current page through to the end of the script Entire Script If checked prints the entire
215. t are specifically used in television production They are Generate Rundown Sheet Takes you to a Rundown Sheet Generation menu where you can choose the layout and information to be printed on the rundown sheet and generate a new one See the online help within this menu for more details Print Set List Takes you to a Set List Generation menu where you can choose the layout and information to be printed on the set list sheet and generate a new one See the online help within this menu for more details Scene Character Lists Automatically generated lists of all the characters in each scene put directly under each scene heading This is a format that is frequently used in Sitcom Production There are two sub options under the Scene Character Lists menu item Watermark Setup Displays a Watermark setup dialog box allowing you to specify how the background Watermark text should print on your scripts Animation Locking Shows you options for Animation Production Features Lock Current Rev Marks Locks the Current Revision Marks and increases the Revision Mark Level Unlock One Rev Mark Level Removes the last Locked Revision Marks and decreases the Revision Mark Level Print Dialogue Numbering in Script If checked Displays and Prints the dialogue speech numbering in the script as well as in the Animation Recording Script report A checkmark displays next to Print Numbering in Script To turn the display of Numbering off
216. t from the script placing it on the clipboard 152 SCREENWRITER MAIN MENU BAR Copy Copies selected text leaving it in the script but also placing a copy of it on the clipboard Paste Places the contents of the clipboard into the script at the cursor position If pasting a cut or copied Screenwriter element the original styling is retained Paste into Current Element This menu item is ONLY available if you already have Cut or Copied text from a single Movie Magic Screenwriter element It allows you to paste that text into a different element type to make it a part of that element Clear Deletes selected text removing it from the script but not putting it into the clipboard Paste From Displays a Menu allowing you to select an existing file Its contents are placed into the currently displayed script at the cursor position Paste into Current Element This menu item is ONLY available if you already have Cut or Copied text from a single Movie Magic Screenwriter element and it allows you to paste that text into a different element type and have it become part of that element Copy To Copies selected text to a new file and prompts you to save it Cut To Cuts selected text to a new file and prompts you to save it Select All Selects the entire contents of the currently displayed script Select Special Shows options for selecting by word sentence element group page scene scene range or an ext
217. the different format of a new TV show for example Rather than change an existing format permanently overwriting it you may want to save it under a different name as a User Defined Format See the chapter named Script Formats for details Change options for specific script formats by using the Edit Script Formats screen Under the Format Menu select Edit Script Formats A screen similar to the following displays Editing Script Formats Character Names Marg ns in ches Lines r he ns 18 afasdfasdiasdfascffiktk ifhs jdhf Left 37 A Right 4 0 A psurusblkh AS lsivygs j sbnibers gt Dialogue gin jkssuyfbk jfoh ssifkuqussf gh j Left Margin Right Margin Line Spacing n Lines Parenthetica Is Lines Before 1 0 A Interline 1 0 A LEFT amp RIGHT MARGINS are the Scene Headings distances measured from the left and Vf an Capitale E Bol VS right edges of the page respectively t3 Ktalicized 71 Underlined E Shots Cin units of 1 10ths of an inch y FAA Font CourierNew A size 12 A Action LINES BEFORE are the number of lines before the element Cin units of aei A 1 10ths of a line Transitions B Center Character Names Act hformatin Character Contnueds as O No Automatic Character Contnueds INTERLINE SPACING is the spacing between lines WITHIN the element Cin units of 1 10ths of a line thus Scene hformation
218. the script viewable and printable to anyone without the password if checked They won t be able to edit or save the script SmartCheck Preferences Preferences _ SmartCheck Options Editng Rf Automatically Run SmartCheck be fore Printing f ap Y Beep on Found Formatting Error PCR Delte W MTHOUT prompting Il E 7 singk Starting Blank Space Spelling pu 1 Completely Blank Elements la A Misc 7 Character Names without Dia gue BREED E Second Character Names when he she speaks twice in a row with nothing between the two speeches Printer Rf combine OMITTED Scene Head ings Separated Only by Page Breaks it fA nore Blank Lines which have Revision Marks AA M Mouse i F3 Ignore the same Name speaking twice in a row when Extensions do NOT match e ls 22 n m Dialbque f Cancel ok gt You should always have your script proofread before sending it out to be read preferably by someone else At the very least run SmartCheck before printing your script SmartCheck scans your script for the following common formatting errors e An element that starts with a single blank space a common typing error e Completely blank elements e Character Names with no dialogue e ACharacter with two speeches in a row with no intervening text such as an Action element Any errors found are displayed onscreen for your attention or i
219. tically Script Order If checked lists characters in each scene in the order in which they appear Speaking Characters First If checked lists characters in each scene in the order in which they speak in that scene followed by character with no dialogue User List Order If checked lists characters in each scene with those from User Lists first then all others alphabetically List Non Speaking Characters If checked gathers the names of non speaking characters from the Action element and uses them in Breakdowns and Movie Magic Scheduling export files Each Group on New Page If checked starts a new page for each new group Print Tagged Items If checked prints or exports all tagged items along with the other breakdown information 128 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Breakdown Tagging Breakdown Tagging allows you to mark or tag items in your script cast members extras makeup props stunts vehicles etc and assign them to certain Breakdown categories Screenwriter can output them to either printed Breakdown Sheets or to an export file that can be read directly into Movie Magic Scheduling Breakdown Sheets give you breakdown information for each scene categorized for transfer to individual production strips Exporting your Breakdown items directly to Movie Magic Scheduling saves you time and the opportunity for error that copying your Breakdown Sheets to production strips by hand involv
220. tional Foreign Language dictionary SpellCheck can check the spelling of words in another language For more information call Customer Service at 818 843 6557 Thesaurus Screenwriter s Thesaurus finds synonyms and related words for any word you select 1 Select a word 2 Under the Spell Menu select Thesaurus TEXT EDITING MOVIE MAGIC The Thesaurus window opens with the selected word in the Head Word box In the 3 windows below it are scrollable lists of similar words Scroll to the right to see more windows if more than 3 are available Click on the word you prefer and it appears in the Head Word box To see synonyms of this alternative word click Synonyms again Click on Replace to put the word in the Head Word box in your script in place of your original word SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT Printing the Script Before printing a script you need to configure Screenwriter to work with one specific printer Page Setup Screenwriter uses the Macintosh Page Setup screen to let you choose default settings for all your printing in Screenwriter Under the File Menu select Page Setup The Page Setup screen displays with the name of your currently selected printer in the Format for window Page Setup Settings Page Attributes Pe Format for Any Printer Paper Size US Letter re 8 50 in x 11 00 in e E Orientation Scale To select another printer
221. title page is determined by the production company 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 To add or edit text double click on existing text or on the place on the page where you want it to go Display Sze El FullPage Zoomed X Y M show Grid ma hches O Centimeters f L F Use a FJ pl p a 0 0 inch binding margin when horizontally centering on page B Print the Title Page amp Load E Save f Cancel gt 9 Opening a Title Page Under the File Menu select Title Page Publisher 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 11 TITLE PAGE MOVIE MAGIC Creating Text Elements Double click anywhere on the title page to create a text element The Edit Text window pops up E A Edit Font G a Press return to break lines i B U ont eneva enter to click OK Size 12 re f Can
222. tor character to read that part aloud This allows a particular actor character to read interactively with the program to help them rehearse and memorize their lines unassigned If selected uses the voice specified by the Unassigned Character element Voice Below the choices listed above are the voices that come with the Macintosh Operating System Choose one of these voices to assign it to a specific element Age Gives the relative age of the voice that is chosen from the Voice Pop up menu Sex Displays the sex of the voice that is chosen from the Voice Pop up menu Play Sample Plays a brief sample of the voice that is chosen from the Voice Pop up menu Voice File Shows the names of the voice assignments file associated with the script Save Voice Assignment File Saves the voice assignments associated with the currently open script Often this will be the same as the name of the script Since clicking OK saves your voice settings the only purpose for using this feature would be to load these settings into another file using the Load Voice Assignment File command Load Voice Assignment File This dialog should only be used for loading a voice assignment file that has been saved using the Save Voice Assignment File command NOTE The Assign Voices dialog will automatically load any previous voice assignments for the currently opened script If you use the Load Voice Assignment command it will overwrit
223. ts at left and Scene Heading do not read then choose a voice from the Scene Information do not read pop up menu below Script Note do not read Shot do not read do not read m Title do not read Age Transition do not read Eu Unassigned Character do not read Characters HELMER unassigned Voice File HELMER AND NORA unassigned NORA unassigned eee Cancel f OK Element types Lists element types and the voices assigned to them To change the voice for an element type click the type and then choose a voice from the Voice Pop up menu to the right Characters Lists the characters in the script and the voices assigned to them To change the voice for a character click the character s name and then choose a voice using the Voice Pop up menu to the right Clear All Removes all voices assigned to your elements Voice Pop up Menu This pop up menu shows the name of the voice that is assigned to the selected character s name There are three general choices in this menu followed by the voices available with the Macintosh Operating System The three choices are do not read If selected no voice is assigned to a particular element and it will not be read speak silently If selected it mutes the voice of this character even though Screenwriter will still read it This will create an appropriate pause 81 OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC to allow a human ac
224. u may want to keep the new A Page Numbering and give any new pages a new unique number Checking this option enables you to do so Any new page added between existing A Pages has a number added after it For example a page added after page 94B would be numbered 94B1 the next one 94B2 etc If a new page is added between a normal page and an A Page it is entered using the Multi Lock Character For example a page added after page 67 would become A67 using the default Multi Lock Character 120 SCREENWRITER PRODUCTION FEATURES Scene Omitted Text If you completely delete a Scene the text of the Scene Heading and the Action Character Names Dialog etc in a Locked or Multi Locked script Screenwriter enters the text specified here into the blank Scene Heading Default text is OMITTED Omitted Thru Text If you delete a series of adjacent Scenes in a script with Locked or Multi Locked scenes Screenwriter produces a Run of Omitted Scenes Onscreen it looks something like 3 OMITTED 5 E THRU THRU 9 3 The 5 in Omitted 5 is provided for manual override control and does not print It allows you to change the ending number of the run if necessary Default Omitted Thru text is THRU Omitted And Text Used for a Run of only 2 Omitted Scenes Default Omitted And text is AND A Scene Numbering Scheme Specifies how A Scenes are numbered Normal 1A Places th
225. uction company name is the default watermark text for all scripts Can be left blank Distrib List Enter the name of the file in which your distribution list is to be stored This is simply a text file created by Screenwriter with each name on a separate line The Distribution List is a list of people authorized to receive your script When printing you select who gets a copy and Serialization Numbering is applied to your script copies automatically 139 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC To Create a New list Type in a name for the list The Set button changes to an Edit button Click on the Edit button The Watermark Distribution List dialog box displays Type ina new name followed by a Return Repeat until your list is complete To Edit an Existing list Type the list s name in the Distrib List field or browse to locate it with the Set button The Set button changes to an Edit button Click on the Edit button The Watermark Distribution List dialog box displays Use the normal editing commands to edit or delete a name Set Browse your folders to locate your distribution list file and set it so that its name appears in the Distrib List field When a filename is specified in the Distrib List field this button changes to Edit Serial Specify a starting serial number for the first copy of your script to be distributed if desired Can be a combination of letters and numbers Darkness Determines how dark
226. ue There may be occasions when you want two characters Dialogue to appear side by side in the script For example when two characters are speaking at the same time with their dialogue overlapping Another application is AudioVisual AV format where one column contains the Audio text and the other column contains the Video text While Screenwriter can print Dual Column Dialogue lined up correctly it displays it onscreen sequentially The left column paragraph displays then the right column paragraph and so on To enter Dual Column Dialogue or text 1 Type the Left column text as you would normally For example create a Character Name element then type the Character Name 2 With the cursor in that element press e n Control 1 The element is formatted as Character Name L as displayed in the Change Element window 3 Press Ener to go to the next element In the example it is a Dialogue element already formatted as Dialogue L WRITING THE SCRIPT MOVIE MAGIC 4 Type the Dialogue 5 Press Eve to go to the next element It is a normal Action element To enter Left column action type the Action text Press e n Control 1 Press Enter to go to the next element It is a normal Action element 6 Type the Right column text as you would normally For example create a Character Name element then type the Character Name 7 With the cursor in that element press e J Control 2 The element i
227. ult Right margin selected in Page Layout Enter a new Right margin for Header Text only if desired This is Screenwriter s default for Header Text alignment Accepts values in 1 10 increments between 0 3 and 8 To have some items align flush left and others align flush right insert a Flush Right code between them For example Act OM Page would place Act 2 flush left and Page 3 flush right on the same line Blank Lines following Header Select the number of blank lines to insert between the Header Text and the page s first line of script text or Top Scene Continued Default is 1 blank line Preview Click this button to see a Print Preview of the current page showing your Header Text The Preview Top Tool Bar offers these option buttons from left to right Print Sends the onscreen page to the printer formatted exactly as it looks but at 100 size First Goes to the 1st page in the script SCREENWRITER PRINTING THE SCRIPT Previous Goes to the Previous page in the script Goto Page Goes to the script page of your choice Next Goes to the Next page in the script Last Goes to the Last page in the script Zoom In Displays the script page larger onscreen Cycles through 53 93 133 173 213 253 of actual page size Zoom Out Displays the script page smaller onscreen Cycles through 53 93 133 173 213 253 of actual page size TA 1 Up Displays One page a
228. vald it hurts me terribly to have to say it because you ve always been so kind to me But I can t help it I don t love you any longer HELMER nd you feel quite sure about this too NORA Yes absolutely sure That s why I can t go on living here any longer Helmer turns from Nora barely able to control his emotions HELMER Can you explain why I have lost your love CLOSE SHOT OF NORA NORA evenly Yes I can It happened this evening when the miracle failed to happen It was then that I realized you weren t the man I thought you to be HELMER AND NORA Helmer turns back to Nora HELMER Explain more clearly I don t understand you Ln 9 Pg 1 of 3 80 SCREENWRITER OTHER SCREENWRITER FEATURES As Screenwriter reads each section of text it will appear highlighted on the screen Assign Voices This feature allows the user to choose voices from the Macintosh System voices and associate them with elements within Screenwriter Once voices are assigned the script can then be read aloud by Screenwriter using the Speak Selection command Assign Voices A l Clear All Element Types Clear All do not read Act Information do not read To assign a voice to a character Action 1 Character Name do not read or element type select an item Parenthetical do not read from one of the lis
229. ve and print the file Show partner This is different then the Send Script feature since it does not actually transfer the script to your partner s computer Instead it opens a window on your partner s computer allowing your partner to view the script even though it still resides in your computer Once you click on the Show Partner button it will it change to Showing Partner to indicate that your partner is viewing your Script At this point you are considered in Master view since the script is on your computer and you control the editing and the viewing of the script When your partner is showing you a script the Show Partner button will change to View Partner to indicate that you are viewing your partner s script Since at this point you can only view the script and cannot edit without the Master s permission you are considered in Slave view Editing in Slave view Normally in Slave view you are unable to have any control over what part of the script you are viewing or make changes in it However it is possible for the Master to grant you permission to edit the script While you can edit the script it is important to realize you are viewing a script on another s computer You will not be able to use any of your menu commands function key s or quick entry features such as pop up lists of Character Name s This feature is mainly for the purpose of editing or rewriting existing text in a collaboration type
230. ve you any longer HELMER And you feel quite sure about this too NORA Yes absolutely sure That s why can t go on living here any longer 3 INT HELMER S STUDY SAME TIME Nora pauses for a moment staring out the window Then as if she has collected her thoughts Cards Mode 040609012 f Add Phm Vertical Done f Cancel f Print Outline 9 Shuffle Each card represents one scene Across the top of each card are two boxes the leftmost box contains the Scene Number while the rightmost box contains the Scene Heading Beneath is the scene text comprised of Action and Character Names and Dialogue if you ve entered them in your script Across the bottom of the screen is the Index Card Tool Bar enabling you to perform the following functions Resize the Index Cards You can change the number and the size of the Index Cards displayed on Screen To select the resize level click on one of the buttons located on the left side of the Tool Bar You can display 4 6 9 or 12 Index Cards at a time This is for display purposes only and doesn t affect how the index cards print Scroll Up and Down To Scroll up or down the Index Cards use the Vertical Scroll Bar at right To Scroll up or down the text within an individual index card use the keyboard s direction arrow keys in Outline mode only 15 INDEX CARDS MOVIE MAGIC Horizontal Index Cards To display your Index Ca
231. vision Draft Color to the Running List and change the Date a Enter YES to have Screenwriter start the automated process b Click on OK at the prompt telling you that all A Pages have been fixed c Click on Yes to advance the Revision Draft Color d Click on OK to go to the Title Page Publisher Manually change the Running List adding the current Date and Revision Draft Color Click on OK to save the changes 3 Make changes to the script adding and deleting text as necessary Save the file under the same name as needed 4 Issue Revised Pages by printing and distributing them 5 Go back to Step 1 of Start Next Revision Repeat the process for each day s revisions That s the Production Cycle completed Revision Marks A Revision Mark is a special character usually an asterisk usually appearing in the right margin of a line It signifies that changes have been made to that line If you follow the Production Cycle sequence described above Screenwriter will automatically handle Revision Marks for you To work with Revision Marks manually use the following instructions Manual Revision Marks Pressing the Asterisk key Manually enters a Revision Mark on the line the cursor s in If the line already has a revision mark pressing the asterisk key manually removes it 117 PRODUCTION FEATURES MOVIE MAGIC NOTE The Asterisk key is still used to type Manual Revision Marks even if the Revision Mark ha
232. with the outline created with the index cards the writer can expand on that information to write the individual scenes that form the story Now Screenwriter brings you an easier way to work with index cards on your computer screen with Electronic Index Cards The information you write on each card transfers directly to a scene in your script The top line on the card becomes a Scene Heading and the description becomes Action Moving an index card is performed using the familiar Drag and Drop method and Screenwriter automatically moves the scenes in your script and renumbers them for you When you re satisfied with your index card outline switch from Index Card View to normal Script view All the work you did on the index cards is there an outline ready for you to expand into a script Index Card View To use the Electronic Index Cards you need to enter Index Card View Under the Window Menu select View as Index Cards 14 SCREENWRITER INDEX CARDS Your script now looks something like the following depending on the number of cards or scenes you ve created r Index Card View Horizontal Layout 1 INT HELMER S STUDY NIGHT 112 EXT HOUSE NIGHT HELMER and NORA stand in the center of the study Cold sleet slashes against the side of house and runs down the window NORA Oh Torvald it hurts me terribly to have to say it because you ve always been so kind to me But can t help it don t lo
233. ws the use of colors entered in the Colors list e Loop to DOUBLE BLUE Goes back to the 2nd color in the Colors list Blue is the default 2nd color and uses it again this time naming it DOUBLE BLUE Subsequent colors in the list are then used with the DOUBLE prefix If more colors are then needed the prefix becomes TRIPLE QUADRUPLE then QUINTUPLE e Loop to SECOND BLUE Goes back to the 2nd color in the Colors list Blue is the default 2nd color and uses it again this time naming it SECOND BLUE Subsequent colors in the list are then used with the SECOND prefix If more colors are then needed the prefix becomes THIRD FOURTH then FIFTH 161 MAIN MENU BAR MOVIE MAGIC e Loop to 2ND BLUE Goes back to the 2nd color in the Colors list Blue is the default 2nd color and uses it again this time naming it 2ND BLUE Subsequent colors in the list are then used with the 2ND prefix If more colors are then needed the prefix becomes 3RD 4TH then 5TH Set as Defaults for All New Scripts If checked uses the Revision Draft Colors you set here to be the default colors in all New scripts Fix Flex A Pages e Fix All A Pages Locks all A Pages Only available in a script with Locked Pages Otherwise it is grayed out e Flex All A Pages Unlocks all fixed A Pages Combines any short A Pages that were locked and may combine any Double Locked Pages in the script Only available in a script with Locked Pages
234. xtend 1 or 2 letters beyond the normal right hand margin 105 Angle 140 INDEX MOVIE MAGIC ANGLE ON 45 Animation 21 22 Animation Dialogue Preferences 100 Animation Locking 137 163 Animation Locking 135 Animation Production 134 Animation Production Features 163 Animation Recording Script Format 70 136 Animation Recording Script Format Asterisked Speeches Only 136 Animation Recording Script Format Asterisked Speeches Only 70 Animation Recording Scripts 136 A Numbering 138 139 164 A Page 157 A Page Numbering Scheme 121 A Pages 69 120 121 162 Apple Macintosh 1 Apply 81 Approved By 141 Approximate of Lines on Page A Scene 119 A Scene Numbering Scheme 121 Asterisk Headers 97 Asterisked Pages 135 At Fixed Distance from Bottom of Paper 98 AudioVisual 22 AudioVisual AV format 37 Auto Pop Up List of Character Names 87 Auto Pop Up Time of Day 87 AutoCapitalize 94 AutoCapitalize Character Names 59 AutoCapitalize Sentences 59 Auto Correct 93 159 Auto Correct Typos 58 AutoCorrection 159 Automatically Run SmartCheck Before Printing 91 Auto Revision Colors 162 Auto Revision Marks 118 162 Autorevision User Defined Color 162 Auto Space Sentences to Spaces 59 94 auto spacing 59 94 B BACK TO SCENE 45 Backup to 9 151 Backups 90 Basic Information 1 Beep on Found Formatting Error 92 Beep on Unknown Words 58 93 Bee
235. y 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 Screenwriter has difficulty interpreting any style sheet it prompts you to identify it Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text Causes Screenwriter to normalize inconsistent line spacing and margins In most cases this produces the 143 IMPORTING SCRIPTS MOVIE MAGIC 5 6 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 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 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 Import this text with LOCKED Page
236. you to dialogue while in Transition will take you to Scene Heading etc Left Parenthesis Key Puts you in a Parenthetical while in Dialogue or a Character Extension if pressed while in Character Name it will put you ina Parenthetical while in Dialogue or a Character Extension if pressed while in Character Name CTRL B Turns Bold on off CTRL E Puts you into a Scene Heading with EXT and a space already typed in for you CTRL I Puts you into a Scene Heading with INT and a space already typed in for you CTRL O If you aren t in a Shot then it puts you into one CTRL R Forces a refreshing of the screen CTRL S If you aren t in a Scene Heading then it puts you into one CTRL T If you aren t in a Transition then it puts you into one CTRL U Turns Underlining on off CTRL Y Turns Italics on off CTRL ENTER Puts you into Action Shift ENTER Puts in a Forced Page Break ALT ENTER Puts in a Hard Return CTRL Puts in a Soft Hyphen CTRL Shift Puts in a Hard Dash CTRL Shift Puts in a into Dialogue without making it a Parenthetical CTRL Alt Space Puts in a Hard Space Revoking Slaves editing privileges The master can revoke the slave s ability to edit the script only by turning off the show partner feature The Master can permit the Slave to still view the script by simply turning the Show Partner Feature back on Ending the session Either side can end t

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