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1. TET Pa m Beads a xXx 3B SF SF eto Mie x B z ap se us S N f A 8 2 p 1 2 3 4 5 Outline Scenes Notes Bookmarks M x D gt m a see OP HPS P Delete Add Outline Element bi l o T o Outline Item Selecte E Sh CH s J ej iii 9 BEL Be 2 IH Insert ini Posi5 Pgilofl New blank document with the NaviDoc panel open Windows version Screenwriter File Edit View Format Goto NaviDoc Tools Production Window Help eoe 6 Untitled 2 2 m Mu mix Cam fOuline Scenes Notes Bookmarks EE O E A leva Onn IEEE EI MIS ENIM z15 5 9 PIT Dee Add Outline Bement v Ne Outline kem Selected DE Be gsi CO ys Action une 1 Page 1 of 1 New document with the NaviDoc panel open Macintosh OS X version 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 Toolbar with Speed Buttons for frequently used tasks To see what any Speed Button does move the mouse cursor arrow over it A hint explaining its function appears immediately underneath the button Another 28 explanation often giving the Quick Key command may also appear on the status bar at the bottom of the screen NOTE You can edit the toolbars with
2. sse ALT V Open the Format menu ALT O Alt M Open the Goto menu ALT G Open the NaviDoc menu ALT S 124 Open the Tools menu ALT T Open Spell m riti 2 1 oes ALT P Open the Help menu ALT H Open the Windows menu ALT W Shortcut Keys for NaviDoc Windows Use the following keys to move the cursor around the document quickly Toggle NaviDoc Display Ctrl 0 Display Outline NaviDoc Panel Ctrl 1 Display Scenes NaviDoc Panel Ctrl 2 Display Notes NaviDoc Panel Ctrl 3 Display Book Marks NaviDoc Panel Ctrl 4 Decrease font size in NaviDoc ALT Increase font size in NaviDoc ALT Promote Outline Style Elements ALT RIGHT ARROW Demote Outline Style Elements ALT LEFT ARROW Move the NaviDoc to the top of the document ALT HOME Move the NaviDoc to the bottom of the documeht o rcs ALT END Move the NaviDoc up one Screen ALT PAGE UP Move the NaviDoc Down one Screen ALT PAGE DOWN Shortcut keys for Navigation Windows Move to the beginning of the line HOME Move to its previous posi
3. eee SHIFT F7 Save all open documents Ctrl F7 SAVO AS oponer aire N ETT i F10 Switch Between Open Documents Ctrl TAB Alt TAB Switch between Apps sesses ALT TAB 123 Shortcut Keys for Formatting Windows Toggle Bold retten netten Ctrl B Ctrl Shift Alternate Toggle Bold F6 Toggle Italics Ctrl I Alternate Toggle Italics F9 Toggle Underline Ctrl U Teggle Underlire 2 cece F8 Toggle Strikethrough ssse F11 Repaginate is ione Ctrl R Mark Text as Non Printing Ctrl ALT X Unmark Text as Non Printing CtrltALT Y INSEE SOM Dash cerro teer erri Ctrl Insert Hard Dash nnne SHIFT Ctrl Insert Upside Down suusssuss Ctrl Capitalize Word 2 ree F12 Cap amp Bold Word Ctrl F12 Lowercase Word sse SHIFT F12 Insert Forced Page Break after the Cursor SHIFT ENTER Insert Hard Return ALT ENTER Insert a blank space ssessssss SPACE Insert a Hard Space ALT SPACE Add Forced Page Break SHIFT NUM ENTER Adda Hard Return ALT NUM ENTER Shortcut Keys for Menus Windows Open the File menu Open the Edit menu Open the View menu
4. END Move the caret to the end of the document CMD END Move the caret Up one Screen PAGE UP 132 Move the caret Up one Page CMD PAGE UP Move the caret Down one Screen PAGE DOWN Move the caret Down one Page CMD PAGE DOWN Move the caret Up One Element UP ARROW Move the caret to the Previous Scene Heading CMD UP ARROW Move the caret down One Element DOWN ARROW Move the caret to the Next Scene Heading CMD DOWN ARROW Move the caret one word to the Right CMD RIGHT ARROW Move the caret one word to the Left CMD LEFT ARROW Open the Goto Page dialogue CMD G Shortcut Keys for Selection Macintosh Select All oett trt CMD A Select Sentence t e enint creeps SHIFT CMD A Select GIOUP cire prie CMD OPTION A Select Scene e ecce nance SHIFT CONTROL F12 Cut selected text cote SHIFT DELETE Select to the Beginning of the Line SHIFT HOME Select to the end of the Line SHIFT END Select a screen of text above the current carets position SHIFT PAGE UP Select text to the next Page break SHIFT CMD PAGE UP Select a screen of text above the current carets position SHIFT PAGE DOWN Select text to t
5. CMD OPTION FORWARD DELETE Modifier key for Preserve Reset Cheating on Paste Drag Two different hint alerts explain the behavior of holding down the SHIFT key during a drag or paste operation one for paste drop within the same document one for paste drop into a different document Shortcut Keys for Inserting and Manipulating Elements Macintosh Insert Action Element CONTROL A Insert Character Element TAB Shift Tab inserts the previously used Character Name 2 ens SHIFT TAB Insert Character Name into text CONTROL OPTION C Insert a Scene Heading starting with EXT CONTROL E Insert a Scene Heading starting with INT CONTROL I Insert a New Note uices CONTROL N Insert a new Shot sssessuss CONTROL O Insert SCONG s cede centes CONTROL S Insert a Transition esses CONTROL T Insert Parenthetical Element When in Dialogue SHIFT 9 Insert Character Extension When in Character Element SHIFT 9 Title Centers the current Element SHIFT F6 Drop down the Element menu F4 Set current element to Left Column CONTROL L Set Current Element to Right Column CONTROL R Set current element to Full Width CONTROL F Insert Left Parenthesis When in Dialogue SHIFT CONTROL
6. ag Fight Across the bottom of the screen is the Index Card Toolbar enabling you to Re size the Index Cards You can change the number and the size of the Index Cards displayed on Screen To select the re size level click on one of the buttons located on the left side of the Toolbar You can display Four Six Nine or Twelve Index Cards at atime This is for display purposes only and doesn t affect how the index cards print Scroll by Row To Scroll up or down by a row of Index Cards click on the Scroll UP ARROW or Scroll DOWN ARROW buttons If you select Vertical Index Cards the Scroll UP ARROW button scrolls left by a column of Index Cards The Scroll DOWN ARROW button scrolls right by a column of Index Cards Horizontal Index Cards To display your Index Cards horizontally reading by row from left to right click the Horizontal button on the Toolbar 98 Vertical Index Cards To display your Index Cards vertically reading by column from top to bottom click the Vertical button on the Toolbar Add an Index Card Anew blank Index Card can be added by clicking on the Add button on the bottom Toolbar 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 or Edit an Index Card To write and edit the I
7. 118 Untag All Items i Export to Movie Magic Scheduling ssssseee 119 Wate IEC PT 120 Appendix A Windows Keyboard Commands 121 Shortcut Keys for Editing eeeeeesessssssss vax 121 Shortcut Keys for Inserting and Manipulating Elements au 122 Shortcut Keys for File Operations ms 123 Shortcut Keys for Formatting 124 Shortcut Keys for Menus 124 Shortcut Keys for NaviDoc se 125 Shortcut keys for Navigation w 125 Shortcut Keys for Selection 126 Miscellaneous Shortcut Keys vax 126 FUNCOM KEYS e 127 Appendix B Macintosh Keyboard Commands 129 Special Keys m Shortcut Keys for EJN Oksensin eer d c 129 Shortcut Keys for Inserting and Manipulating Elements 130 Shortcut Keys for File Operations M Shortcut Keys for Formatting pisii anea Shortcut Keys for NaviDOG 1 ipto teet fee E a e Shortcut Keys for Navigation Shortcut Keys f r Selection 2 Leere redeo e Miscellaneous Shortcut Keys ode eere doce tete Function KEYS 3 de epe cO E Pt Dr CE Ye obe Appendix C QuickType eese 135 p em 137 Tutorials Sample Script Page s for Windows and Mac Tutorials FADE IN 1 INT RICK S ROOM DAY RICK 30s and laid back reads Variety while ins
8. urs Press TAB Type j and press RETURN Type Jack s dialogue Show me Press TAB Type r and press RETURN RICK is entered for you Type the left parenthesis character The cursor appears surrounded by two parentheses Type the word interrupting Press RETURN Type Rick s dialogue the Magic Watch this Press RETURN Press RETURN again Type h for Spot A pop up list of Shot text displays Ignore it and type on the computer screen Press RETURN Type the next paragraph of Action Electronic index cards one for each scene of a screenplay Rick drags card 3 over card 1 Card 3 becomes 1 card 1 becomes 2 and the other cards renumber to match Press TAB Type r and press RETURN RICK CONT D is entered for you as Rick has spoken twice in a row Type Rick s dialogue What do you think of it so far Press RETURN Type the next paragraph of Action No answer Press RETURN Type the next paragraph of Action Rick turns to see Jack checkbook in hand rushing out the door Rick smiles turns back to his screenwriting Press RETURN Press RETURN again Type ft for Transition A pop up list of Transition text displays Type f and press RETURN FADE OUT is entered for you right justified Press the Escape key to finish That s it This script s finished and you re ready to start on your own Here s a shortcut tip Press SHIFT TAB instead of TAB to alternate betw
9. Go to Page MAC ONLY Goes to the page you type in Click on OK to exit and save your Header Text Cancel to discard the changes 74 Printing the Document Printing in Screenwriter is accessed through the Print menu Under the File menu select Print You ll see the following window Check one of the print selection radio buttons on the top half of the screen Screenwriter s default is to select Current Page Printing to WAPOLLO HP LaserJet 5000 Series PCL6 CurrentPage Forwards Entire Script Bio C Selected Pages C Selected 8 st C Dialogue Characte fi ue Characte oerip C ShotList C Scene Heading List C Unigue Locations C Production Breakdowns Script Notes Asterisked Pages Print Selection should Print in Normal Order Forwards Y Print Normally to Printer F Pri je iv Run SmartCheck before this Print Job Number of Copies 1 c Fa wv OK x Cancel 7 Help Current Page lf checked prints the page that the cursor is currently on Forwards lf checked prints from the current page through to the end of the script Entire Script lf checked prints the entire script If you ve created a title page in the Title Page Publisher it is also printed Blocked Text lf 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 lf checked prints the Pages you select Enter the page
10. Pressing its underlined QuickSelect letter if any from the keyboard Selecting OK always exits a menu accepting all of the current settings Selecting Cancel always cancels a menu without changing anything Check Boxes An example of a Check Box displayed as a small box either blank or with a Check mark in it is shown on the example Print menu on the previous page titted Run SmartCheck before this Print Job A Check Box can be checked or unchecked using one of these methods e Moving to it with the arrow or TAB keys and pressing the Space Bar Windows Only Clicking on it with the mouse e Pressing the Underlined QuickSelect Letter from the keyboard in this example R for Run Radio Buttons There are many Radio Buttons displayed as a small circle either blank or with a dot in it on the example Print menu above The first two are Current Page and Forwards Radio Buttons are similar to Check Boxes except that only one Radio button in any given group may be checked at any one time Text or Numerical Input Fields Text or Numerical Input Fields such as Selected Pages or Number of Copies on the example Print menu allow you to enter text or numbers as appropriate Depending on the particular field spaces may be allowed and text may be automatically capitalized for you 2T File Edit View Format Goto NaviDoc Tools Production Window Help 8x
11. Type i INT is entered for you and a list of existing Locations pops up Type the letter r and press ENTER RICK S ROOM is entered for you A time of day list pops up Type the letter c CONTINUOUS is entered for you Type the next Action paragraph Jack storms into the room a look of disbelief on his face urs Press TAB Type j and press ENTER Type Jack s dialogue Show me Press TAB Type r and press ENTER RICK is entered for you Type the left parenthesis character The cursor appears surrounded by two parentheses Type the word interrupting Press ENTER Type Rick s dialogue the Magic Watch this Press ENTER Press ENTER again Type h for Spot A pop up list of Shot text displays Ignore it and type on the computer screen 11 29 Press ENTER Type the next paragraph of Action Electronic index cards one for each scene of a screenplay Rick drags card 3 over card 1 Card 3 becomes 1 card 1 becomes 2 and the other cards renumber to match 30 Press TAB Type r and press ENTER RICK CONT D is entered for you as Rick has spoken twice in a row Type Rick s dialogue What do you think of it so far 31 Press ENTER Type the next paragraph of Action No answer 32 Press ENTER Type the next paragraph of Action Rick turns to see Jack checkbook in hand rushing out the door Rick smiles turns back to his scre
12. Lock the Script dialog in the Windows version 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 check boxes Grayed out options have already been selected by your prior choices in Element Styles LOCK or Unlock items as you prefer by clicking their check boxes 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 shooting script reads something like White Revision 12 25 97 120 using the current date and page number Click OK Change the Revision Draft Color order if desired but do so prior to locking the script Production gt Set Revision Draft Color 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 Click on OK to accept your changes or the defaults and Lock the Script A prompt displays telling you that you re ready to print the White draft and then start making Revisions that will appear in the Blue draft Click on OK to continue 115 Next update the Title Page Under the View menu select Titl
13. Number of lines 70 Number of pages 70 140 O O S 48 OMITTED 119 Online help 24 134 Open 103 123 131 Opening a document 30 Opening a document automatically at startup 30 Opening multiple documents 30 Open email document dialog 123 Open find window 134 Open search window 121 Open thesaurus 127 134 Options 105 Outdent parentheticals 111 Outline 15 99 104 106 108 132 Outline elements 45 67 Outline mode 99 Outline panel 15 62 66 67 80 Outline panel controls 83 Outline panel sync Frame 81 Outline styles 85 Outline tools 81 Outlining 80 Outlining features 66 Outlining with index cards 97 P Page 128 Page break 70 126 Page break options 112 Page header 70 Page layout 69 71 74 Page margin settings 103 Page numbers 29 71 Page setup 131 Parenthetical 49 100 111 130 135 Parentheticals are separate element 111 Paste 122 129 Paste into current element 121 129 Paste text 121 Perform revisions 116 Plain text 77 Port 2200 95 Port information 95 Position 29 Preferences 83 105 Preparing a script for importing 40 Preview 74 76 Previous position 125 Previous scene heading 125 133 Print 123 127 131 Printer 106 108 Printer setup 68 Printing 75 106 Printing a title page 38 Printing index cards 102 Print all cards 103 Print a note 90 Print breakdown sheets 21 Print headers on 73 Print notes in document 92 Print notes on facing page
14. Parenthetical Options Do not read OhRead in Character Voice OhRead in Action Voice Load Voice Association File Save Voice Association File Save as Default Voices Clear All Associations Apply J Cancel The Assign Voices window Please reference the Screenwriter Help for complete feature details 96 Index Cards Outlining with Index Cards As an alternative to traditional outlining see the Outlining feature described earlier some 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 with the outline created with the index cards the writer can expand on that information to write the individual scenes that form the story Screenwriter brings you an easier way to work with index cards on your computer screen with Electronic Index Cards NOTE You cannot edit index cards if your document contains outline elements 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 in
15. QuickType will FADE IN Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu or any Transition INT EXT etc If you Press ENTER QuickType will RETURN while in Blank Action Display Scene Heading Initial Text menu Transition INT EXT etc blank Scene Heading Scene Info or End of Act Scene Heading Display a List Menu of all unique Locations without Location already in the script Scene Heading Display a List Menu of Time of Day DAY with Location NIGHT etc End of Action Add another Action Element Character Name Add a Dialogue Element If the next element is Dialogue or Parenthetical it moves to the beginning of that element End of Dialogue Add an Action Element Middle of Dialogue Break the Dialogue and insert an Action Element Parenthetical Add a Dialogue Element if the next element is Dialogue it moves to the beginning of that element If Enter in Dialog takes you to Character is checked on the Editing tab of the Tools Options window Screenwriter Preferences a Character Name element will be inserted instead If QuickType is not enabled these pop up menus can be displayed manually by pressing the appropriate Control key combination When different 135 Mac commands are shown in brackets after the Windows command e g CTRL B CMD B you Press RL CTRL S CTRL S CTRL S CTRL O CTRL O CTRL ENTER CMD RETURN SHIFT CTRL C SHIFT CMD C
16. The only special keys you need to write your script in Movie Magic Screenwriter are TAB ENTER and if you use parentheticals Use the BACKSPACE key to correct mistakes 1 Before typing anything press ENTER To start your script with FADE IN click on the Yes button or press ENTER 2 Screenwriter knows you need a Scene Heading next and pops up a list of available scene heading text Type the letter i INT is entered for you correctly formatted 3 Type the new location text rick s room Press ENTER Scene Headings normally end with the time of day so Screenwriter pops up a list of available Time of Day text Type the letter d Two dashes and the word DAY are entered for you With the Scene Heading complete the cursor drops down to a new blank line 5 Type the first paragraph of Action RICK 30s and laid back reads Variety while installing his new Screenwriter program 6 Press TAB Screenwriter moves the cursor to a Character Name element Type in the character s name jack 7 Type the left parenthesis character A pop up list of character Extension text displays Type the letter o JACK O S is entered for you and Screenwriter moves the cursor down to a Dialogue element 8 Type Jack s dialogue How can I get this word processor to break my script pages correctly 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tf 18 19 20 21 22 23
17. ti Act Break Scene Label D Previous Scene Heading Ctri Alt Up E CLOSE SHOj ING DUMPED ONTO P PILE Next Scene Heading Ctri Alt Down A BET SEREN Next Forced Page Break m Next Speech by Sc 24 Pull down menus pull down from the Main Menu Bar Each option has an underlined QuickSelect letter as part of its name as in the Goto menu in the example With the Menu displayed select an option using any of these methods Use the mouse to click on an option Press the associated CTRL or CMD key Scroll through the options with the arrow keys and pressing ENTER RETURN Press the appropriate QuickSelect Letter e g p to select Print NOTE If there is a Windows Quick key equivalent for a menu option it displays to the right of the Menu Item as in F1 for Contents in the example above List Menu List Menus are scrollable menus with text items selectable for input into your document 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 ENTER RETURN Click on the item you want using the mouse Scroll through the items with the arrow keys and press ENTER RETURN to select the highlighted item More items can be viewed by clicking or dragging in the scroll bar on the right of the menu 25 Option Men
18. 24 25 26 2f 28 Press TAB Type in the character s name rick Press ENTER Screenwriter moves the cursor down to a Dialogue element Type Rick s dialogue You can t Press ENTER The cursor moves to a new blank Action element Press ENTER again Type the letter i INT is entered for you and a list of existing Locations pops up It contains one entry RICK S ROOM Ignore it and type a new location jack s room Press ENTER A Time of Day list pops up Type the letter c Two dashes and the word CONTINUOUS are entered for you The cursor drops down to a new blank line Type the next paragraph of Action JACK 20s and anxious scans a book Style Sheets for Dummies Press TAB Type the letter j and press ENTER The Character Name JACK is entered for you Type Jack s dialogue Shoot My contest deadline is next week Press TAB Type the letter r then type the left parenthesis character Type the letter o RICK O S is entered for you Type Rick s dialogue My program does scene numbering dialogue mores and continueds It even has index cards Press ENTER Type the next Action paragraph Jack leaps from his chair rushes towards the door Press ENTER Press ENTER again Type t A pop up list of Transition text displays Type c Press ENTER CUT TO is entered for you right justified and Screenwriter moves the cursor down to a new Scene Heading
19. Click on Replace to put the word in the Head Word window in your script in place of your original word 61 The NaviDoc The single biggest new feature in Movie Magic Screenwriter is the NaviDoc The name comes from its function NAVI gating the DOC ument Like its name implies the NaviDoc lets you move quickly around your document HER AOE PO Eee ee ee ee EN ERU NM REM ere 7 Sa Res i patrolling his beat 000000 0 u D Ras f 3 e os 022 BY naif P JOSEPH S VOICE P Air raid Warden Delete Add Outline Element A EXT HOUSE NIGHT T Scene Heading CLOSE SHOT MAN BESIDE LIGHTED WINDOW PULLS DOWN Se 1 EXT STREET NIGHT AS GEORGE BLOWS HIS WHISTLE M BE ext House NIGHT TORREA BEXOS a paper drives VOICE OVER o 3 EXT DUMP DAY VOICE OVER SEGMENT Weed to comment on heavenly 4 INT CHURCH DAY m S EXT STREET DAY EXT DUMP DAY 76 EXT CHURCH ANOTHER 27 EXT BEDFORD FALLS MED SHOT people praying in church George comes to where JOSEPH S VOICE Gower comes running Like everybody else on V E Day he 8 EXT STREET DAY epe and prayed a 59 INT OUTER OFFICE CLOSE SHOT WHEELBARROW FULL OF JUNK BEING DUMPEG TT my vs gt a Hi SY BHm Insert Ln 11 Posii5 Pg 1 of 67 Sen 2 of 74 The NaviDoc opened to the Outline Panel The NaviDoc has four primary panels Outline Pane
20. Deleting an Outline style 1 Selectthe style you wish to delete 2 Click on the Delete Outline Style button 3 If prompted click Yes to confirm The style will be removed and any existing elements using that style will be converted to Notes Editing an Outline style 1 Select the Outline style in the list 86 Next to the name of the Outline style set how the Outline style displays in the NaviDoc and in the document Print enabled or disabled controls whether the element will print when the document is printed e Frame type of line drawn around that outline element in the document None Dotted Gray Thin Solid Thick Solid Groove Text color e Background color At the top of the window you can change the following formatting parameters for the selected Outline style Left and Right margins in inches Justified text Line Spacing of lines before and within the Outline element Style of text ALL CAPS Bold Italicized Underline Font Setting up an Outline structure The Outline style levels can be configured by dragging and dropping them into the appropriate place in the hierarchy or using the Up Down Left and Right buttons to move or promote demote them If Scene Headings are included in the outline the lowest level at which an element can be set is a child of a Scene Heading All outline styles that are children of Scene Headings are at the same level siblings
21. The script contains Locked Page Breaks The script contains Locked Scene Headings The script contains Act Scene Information TV or Stage Play formats The script contains outline elements 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 Toolbar 1 Select Shuffle Mode if it s not already selected 2 Click on the card you want to move 3 Goto the Index Card you want to move your card in front of using the Scroll buttons if necessary Click on that card and your shuffled Index Card is inserted in front of it All other cards shuffle accordingly The Scenes in the script are not renumbered until you exit Index Card View by pressing the Exit button To go back to your script without moving any Index Cards or scenes in your script click on the Cancel button 101 Shuffle Multiple Index Cards 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 SHIFT 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 Shuff
22. To convert one element to another for example Action to Note 1 Putthe cursor anywhere in the Element to be changed Or select a portion of the element to change 2 Click on the Current Element Window on the Top Toolbar to display the Pull Down List of elements Or press F4 Or select Format Change Element Type then Pop Down List 3 Select the element type to switch to by clicking on it Character Name in Dialog Action To put an existing Character Name into Dialogue or Action without typing it in again press SHIFT CTRL C SHIFT CMD C 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 CTRL ENTER CONTROL RETURN 52 Remove a Forced Page Break Remove a Forced Page Break using one of these methods Put the cursor either before or after the forced page break Under the Edit menu select Remove Forced Page Break e Or put the cursor at the beginning of the element immediately following the Forced Page Break Press BACKSPACE DELETE Or put the curs
23. WINGO ALT BACKSPACE Redon nene y p EE te t SHIFT Ctrl Z ico CtrltALT BACKSPACE Delete the character to the right of the caret DELETE Delete the word to the right of the caret Ctrl DELETE Delete the text to the end of the line Ctrl END Toggle Insert Typeover Mode INSERT Paste I6Xl icone senec SHIFT INSERT Toggle Word Processing Mode Ctrl W Shortcut Keys for Inserting and Manipulating Elements Windows Insert Action Element ssssse SHIFT Ctrl A Insert Character Element TAB Insert Character Element SHIFT Ctrl C Ctrl C Shift Tab inserts the previously used Character Name SHIFT TAB Insert Character Name into text Ctrlt ALT C Add a New Dialogue Paragraph CtrltALT D Insert a Scene Heading starting with EXT SHIFT Ctrl E Ctr E Insert a Scene Heading starting with INT SHIFT Ctrl 1 Ctrl I Insert a New Note SHIFT Ctrl N Ctr N Alternate Insert Note ssss Ctrl F 1 Insert a new Shot ssssesssss SHIFT Ctrl O Ctr O Alternate Insert a Shot Ctrl H Insert S66l18 ecrire eret SHIFT Ctrl S Ctri S Insent a Transition ears SHIFT Ctrl T Ctrl T Insert Pa
24. 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 75 Selected Scenes lf 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 scene by clicking on it De select a scene by clicking on it again Double Click Here When Done Double click on this button to return to the print selection menu 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 Print to Option Window This drop down menu allows you to select where Movie Magic Screenwriter will send the specific print job It has the following options e Print Normally to Printer Prints the selected job using your normal printer and print settings e Create PDF Adobe Acrobat File Instead of Printing PDF which stands for Portable D
25. 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 File 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 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 Removes all Revision Marks Fixes all A Pages Locks the Header Text Advances to the next Revision Draft Color Displays the Title Page Publisher so you can add the next Revision Draft Color to the Running List and change the Date a Click YES Windows or OK Mac to have Screenwriter start the automated process On Windows choose Yes or No to set the date and save the file b Click on OK at the prompt telling you that all A Pages have been fixed c Click on Yes Windows or OK Mac 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 Issu
26. Add and Delete Bookmarks s bO Scenes Panel Sorting Scenes sssssssesseeeeeneen 18 Tagging for Script Breakdown and Export to Movie Magic Scheduling 20 Print Breakdown Sheets from Screenwriter sesessesssse 21 Export to Movie Magic Scheduling c cceesceeceeteeeeeeeeeseneeeeteneeeeees 21 Amazing Import for Dramatica Users sssssssseeee 22 Basic Information erret neni nnne 23 Windows amp Macintosh Selecting Screenwriter Commands Screenwriter Help 24 Menus usss 24 Pull Down Menu 24 List Menu 4 25 Option Menu Push Buttons Check Boxes 27 Radio Buttons will Text or Numerical Input Fields il Opening a Document susss dO Reopening Recently Opened Documents 90 Opening a Document automatically at Startup ssssssse 30 Document Formats usceseseseeeeeee eene nennen enn nn nn nn nnn 31 Create a New File from a Template ssssssssseeeeeene 31 Loading A Template 2 o ote el aia eina ah Television Templates ES Creating Your Own Template ssssssssssssseeeeeeneene enne 32 Restoring an Overwritten Template sesssssssseeeeeenneenee 33 Title P g6 eere ete cacke connec snceedcnusuete tenes ss
27. B C Words One Two Three WORDS ONE TWO THREE Roman Numerals I Il Ill Put In Scene Label As Selects a format for Scene Label 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 Il Ill 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 Break Scene Label 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 default Right margin selected in Page Layout Enter a new Right margin for Heade
28. BESTES D Extension Only when Extensions Match Centered Title Parenthetical o Page Breaks m p Locked Scripts Continued Separator Os x 9099099 eee ose as Default for all new documents Cont d Text CONT D More Cont d CONT D ok More Text MORE Cancel Allow Words that are five or more letters long to extend Reset 1 or 2 letters beyond the normal right hand margin 5 Click on a tab button to display that element s options Options common to all script elements though with different values for each are e Margins Left and Right adjustable in units of 1 10th of an inch e Line Spacing Lines Before and Interline between lines within an element adjustable in units of 1 10th of a line 109 All Capitals Bold Italicized and Underlined text formatting check boxes A button to select a Font s Typeface Style and Size e Justified Justified is a feature that appears in the text formatting section of the following menus Dialogue Parenthetical Action and Script Notes When this option is enabled all words along the right side of the script will be aligned and even Animation scripts are the only scripts that actually use this format In addition the justified text will not display on screen but will print and display in Print Preview NOTE The Darken Courier New function will not work when justified is selected It will normally print Courier New in
29. Display Outline NaviDoc Panel CONTROL 1 Display Scenes NaviDoc Panel CONTROL 2 Display Notes NaviDoc Panel CONTROL 3 Display Bookmarks NaviDoc Panel CONTROL 4 New Bookmatk n CONTROL B Nh fore T CONTROL N Decrease font size in NaviDoc CONTROL 4 Increase font size in NaviDoc CONTROL Promote Outline Style Elements CONTROL LEFT ARROW Demote Outline Style Elements CONTROL RIGHT ARROW Move the NaviDoc to the top of the document CONTROL HOME Move the NaviDoc to the bottom of the document CONTROL END Move the NaviDoc up one Screen CONTROL PAGE UP Move the NaviDoc Down one Screen CONTROL PAGE DOWN Modifier key for allowing drag reordering in NaviDoc Outline to work WITHOUT including children of selected items The CONTROL key modifier can be pressed dynamically during the drag reordering A hint alert is displayed when you do this operation in case you do it by accident or are playing around to find out what modifiers might do Shortcut Keys for Navigation Macintosh Use the following keys to move the cursor around the document quickly Move the caret to the beginning of the line HOME Move the caret to the beginning of the document CMD HOME Move the caret to the beginning of the line
30. Filmed sitcom format 31 Final Draft 41 78 Final Draft RTF 40 41 Find 129 134 Find next 129 Firewall 95 Flush left at margin 73 Flush right 72 Flush right at margin 73 Flush right code 73 Font 110 Font button 103 Forced page break 52 53 100 131 Formatting 131 Formatting Text 58 Format gt Element Styles 109 Format gt Options 106 Format codes 58 118 134 Format files 31 Format menu 124 Forwards 75 FrameForge 3D Studio 78 Full width 123 130 Function keys 127 134 G Gateway 95 Gorilla Scheduling 77 Goto menu 124 Goto next strikethrough 134 Goto page 29 Goto scene listings 29 Goto page dialogue 126 133 Goto scene 104 Grid 38 H Hard dash 124 131 Hard return 124 131 Hard space 124 131 Header line 2 72 Header setup 71 Header text 71 72 73 74 Help 127 Help menu 24 124 Hide or show a note 89 Horiz 98 Horizontal index Cards 98 HTML publishing 77 I Ignore margins for element identification 42 Ignore selection for breakdowns 118 Importing a Screenwriter export script 78 Importing rules 40 Importing TV format 44 Import file type 41 42 Import in script format 41 Import text as action only 41 Import text with locked page breaks 42 Include exclude outline styles 85 Increase font size in NaviDoc 125 132 Increase right margin 123 Index cards 80 97 98 99 101 102 103 Index card Tool bar 98 Index card view 97 103 Initial capitals 60 Insert typeover butto
31. NOTE See the NaviDoc tutorials in this manual and in the Screenwriter Help for additional guidance 87 Notes A Note or script note provides you with a place in the document to jot down an idea for a scene or a comment on the story or to put writing you have cut but are not sure about discarding See the section of the NaviDoc Note Panel for additional information on organizing your notes Notes are separate from the body text of your document and don t affect the page breaks or document length They can be displayed onscreen or hidden They can be printed separately with page references or printed in the regular body of the document in which case they would affect the page breaks and document length E is patrolling his beat JOSEPH S VOICE Air raid Warden Add Note Element EXT DUMP DAY CLOSE SHOT Wheelbarrow full of junk being dumped onto pile JOSEPH S VOICE scrap drives EXT HOUSE NIGHT VOICE OVER SEGMENT Need to comment on heavenly sound of CLOSE SHOT man beside lighted window pulls down the shade voices as George blows his whistle JOSEPH S VOICE paper drives EXT STREET DAY MED CLOSE SHOT children wheeling old tires Adding Notes To add a Note position the cursor in the element you want a script note to follow Press CTRL Shift N CTRL N on the keyboard Or click on the Right Toolbar button with a sticky musical Note i
32. Save as the default layout 103 Save the document 123 Saving a title page 38 Scenes 51 76 125 128 130 132 Scenes panel 18 62 65 Scene heading 29 47 56 67 98 99 103 111 119 130 135 Scene label 45 67 71 72 73 112 135 Scene list 66 Scene number 98 Screenplay format 31 Screenplay Systems Incorporated 2 Screenwriter gt Preferences 106 Screenwriter 4 x and 2000 77 Screenwriter export file 119 Screenwriter options 105 Scriptware 41 Scriptware tagged 40 78 Script font size 71 Script formats 31 Scroll by row 98 SCW 31 Search 121 Search and replace 121 127 Search dialogue 127 Selected pages 75 Selected scenes 76 Selected scenes only 119 Selecting turns off block 59 Selecting text 56 Selecting screenwriter commands 23 Selection 126 133 Selection by element 56 57 Selection by group 56 Selection by page 56 Selection by scene 56 Selection by scene range 56 Selection by sentence 56 57 Selection by word 56 57 Select all 42 56 126 133 Select a screen of text 126 Select a screen of text above 133 Select elements 126 128 Select group 126 128 133 Select page 126 128 Select range of cards to print 103 Select scene 126 128 133 Select sentence 126 127 133 Select special 56 Select text to the next page break 126 133 Select document note color 92 Select to the beginning of the line 126 Select to the end of the line 126 Select which color notes to print 91 Select
33. commands found in the View menu see the Screenwriter Help for details At the right of the screen is the Right Toolbar A Right Toolbar icon button inserts an element at the cursor position Depending on how you customize Screenwriter the Right Toolbar can display using any of these methods Element Buttons above the Vertical scroll bar as in the example shown e Vertical scroll bar only Not at all To turn on or off the Right Toolbar display go to the View gt Display Options gt Toolbars gt Show Right Toolbar menu on Windows or the View gt Right Element Buttons menu on the Mac Across the bottom of the screen is the Bottom Status Bar On its left side it displays a hint about the item the cursor is currently over WINDOWS ONLY To the right of that is the Insert Typeover Button which toggles between Insert and Typeover modes In Insert mode whatever you type is inserted before the cursor In Typeover mode whatever you type writes over the text after the cursor position replacing it Insert mode is in common use in most word processing and screenwriting programs WINDOWS NOTE To enable the Insert Typeover Button Allow Typeover must be checked in the Text Entry Editing in Tools Options Windows or Screenwriter Preferences Mac Next to that is Line amp Position information telling you where the cursor is located onscreen To the right of that is the Page Number Button which displays Current Page N
34. 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 119 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 WINDOWS ONLY A message box tells you that the export file was saved and under what filename Watermarks Watermarks are visible labels printed on the printed document pages They are used to limit inappropriate distribution of the document They do this by personalizing every page of every copy with the name of the person s to whom it is distributed The watermark can be large or small light or dark centered on the page or off to the edge Screenwriter gives you a tremendous amount of control over watermarking your document There are two things are required to use watermarks a Distribution List and a Serial Number The distribution list is the list of people to whom the watermarked document is to be distributed Each person on the li
35. for your Shot Titles You can create a centered title that doesn t contain Act Break or Scene Label information First create a blank Action element Then click on the Current Element window on the Top Toolbar and select Title from the drop down list 50 Act Break Elements An Act Break indicates where one act end and another begins typically used in Stage Play Television and MOW Movie of the Week formats Prologue text e Type any valid Prologue Text at the beginning of a blank element and Screenwriter automatically formats it NOTE until you customize the User Lists the only Prologue Text that Screenwriter initially recognizes is TEASER PROLOGUE or COLD OPENING New Act To start a New Act Type newact at the beginning of any blank element Screenwriter inserts it as ACT where is the next consecutive Act Number and formats it automatically A forced page break does not get entered Alternatively press ENTER RETURN at the beginning of a blank Action element then type c for Start New Act A forced page break is entered followed by the appropriate new Act Break element Same Act To continue the Same Act type sameact at the beginning of any blank element Screenwriter inserts it as ACT where is the same Act Number and formats it automatically A forced page break does not get entered End of Act To end an Act type end of at the beginning of any blank element Altern
36. keyboard commands 129 Main menu bar 24 28 Manipulating elements 130 Margins 109 Mark text as non printing 124 Menus 24 Menu selection 56 Miscellaneous 106 107 Mouse 106 108 Mouse blocking 57 Mouse selection 56 Mouse selects text by whole words 57 Move down one element 125 Move down one page 125 Move down one screen 125 Move one word to the left 126 Move one word to the right 126 Move the NaviDoc 125 132 Move to its previous position 125 Move to the beginning of the document 125 Move to the beginning of the line 125 Move to the end of the document 125 Move to the next scene heading 126 Move to the previous scene heading 125 Move up one element 125 Move up one page 125 Move up one screen 125 Movie Magic Scheduling 119 Movie Magic Scheduling Export 77 119 Movie Master 40 41 Moving a text element 37 Moving between elements 135 MS Word 41 Multimedia 106 108 Multimedia Interactive format 31 N NaviDoc 15 62 80 87 88 106 108 125 131 NaviDoc keyboard commands 63 NaviDoc menu 63 124 NaviDoc options 63 NaviDoc panel 125 Navigation 125 132 New act 51 New bookmark 132 New document 131 New document choose template 123 131 New document using Default def 123 131 New note 122 130 132 New scene 51 Next scene heading 126 133 Non printing 124 Normal button 59 Notes 45 88 100 112 122 125 132 Notes panel 17 62 64 94 Note options 91 Not page one 73 Numbers 72 73
37. the Dialogue is broken by the Parenthetical Type the Parenthetical text and press ENTER RETURN The cursor moves to the Dialogue element following the Parenthetical Type a Left Parenthesis in Dialogue as Text To type in Dialogue as text instead of creating a Parenthetical element press CTRL Shift 9 Transition Elements A Transition Indicates the shift from one scene to another in a Spec Script usually isn t necessary since a cut to a new scene is implied by the next Scene Heading e With the cursor at the beginning of any blank element type any word followed by to and Screenwriter automatically formats and spaces it correctly ALL CAPS and flush right Anew Scene Heading element is created and a Pop up List of Initial Scene Heading Text displays You can also press ENTER RETURN in a blank Action element and type t for Make this a Transition Shot Elements A Shot is used to convey a shot of a particular angle or of a particular object or person typically only used in Production non spec and television scripts At the beginning of any blank element type any Shot Text It is automatically formatted as a Shot element NOTE until you customize the User Lists the only Shot Text that Screenwriter initially recognizes is ANGLE ON or BACK TO SCENE a Or press ENTER RETURN in a blank Action element and type h for Make this a Shot Select a Shot type from the popup list or type the text
38. 0 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 Cheat an Element 1 Putthe cursor anywhere in the element to be cheated 2 Under the Format menu select Cheat then Element Or press F3 3 Make the desired changes to e Left and Right Margins 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 Character Continueds Cheat Right Margins Use the Format Cheat Element menu command and change the margin settings For Windows users you may put the cursor anywhere in the element to be cheated e Press CTRL ALT to Increase the right margin by one letter e Press CTRL ALT to Decrease the right margin by one letter Repeat as necessary 55 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 Toolbar Icons To see what command a Toolbar Icon represents use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it A box of explanatory Hint text displays directly beneath the icon and any Quick Key shortcut displays on the l
39. 2 point font and will be inaccurate if you mix fonts or sizes Stretch Short Pages to Fill WINDOWS ONLY Screenwriter s rules for page breaking as set on the Page Break screen of Editing Script Formats under the Format menu can result in pages with more white space at the bottom known as short pages Check this box to have Screenwriter stretch the text on short pages to make them ook more like regular pages 70 Short by a min of lines WINDOWS ONLY Enter the minimum number of lines a page must be short before it will be stretched Accepts values between 1 and 10 with a default of 3 Stretch by a max of lines WINDOWS ONLY Enter the maximum number of lines to stretch a page by Accepts values between 1 and 10 with a default of 3 Save as Defaults for All New Scripts lf checked all new scripts will have these Page Layout settings as the default Script Font Size WINDOWS ONLY You can adjust the size of the printed text from 85 to 115 The initial size of text is chosen in the Format menu in Element Styles Changing the size will effect how many lines fit on the page Header Footer Setup To print the same text across the top of each page such as Page Numbers Dates Act Break Scene Label use Header Text Under the Format menu select Header Footer Header and Footer Headerl Header 2 Footer Codes Pg Act Break Scene Scene Labe
40. 3 Up one page 125 132 Up one screen 125 132 User lists 134 Use current font for all elements 110 Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text 42 Use scene information in script 112 Use style sheets 41 V V O 48 Vertical 99 Vertical index cards 99 View menu 124 W Watermarks 120 White space 69 70 Windows 23 Windows menu 125 Word 127 WordPerfect 41 Words 73 Word web 127 Write an index card 99 Writing the script 45 Z Zoomin 74 Zoom out 74 144
41. 9 130 Cheat Element 2 ets F3 Insert New Element after the cursor element chosen contextually ENTER Shortcut Keys for File Operations Macintosh New Document using Default def CMD N New Document choose Template SHIFT CMD N 9o M CMD O SAVE Uis aedes HI ver Ur depo Ons CMD S I CMD W Page SEUD ae AE ENE SHIFT CMD P Print Pr VIGW nresnani eras CMD OPTION P Pica sacs sacusosa etuer ements CMD P Quit Sereenwtlter ccrte CMD Q Switch Between Open Documents CONTROL F6 Shortcut Keys for Formatting Macintosh T099 BOG E CMD B Toggle ltaliCs eci ense CMD I Toggle Underline CMD U Toggle Strikethrough CMD K Insert Soft Hyphen sssssssssss CONTROL Insert Hard Dash ees SHIFT CONTROL Capitalize Word 2 itn CONTROL W Lowercase Word retentis SHIFT CONTROL U Uppercase Word ssessses CONTROL U Add Forced Page Break CONTROL RETURN Add Hard Return sess SHIFT RETURN Insert a blank space ssss SPACE Insert a Hard Space ssssssss CONTROL SPACE 131 Shortcut Keys for NaviDoc Macintosh Toggle NaviDoc Display CONTROL 0
42. Button while the cursor s in the Last half of the Element text is dropped After the Element 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 99 text editing changes you made It can undo cutting amp pasting blocks search amp replace and more Screenwriter recognizes three basic types of editing Adding text including Pasting Deleting text including cutting deleting blocks Global processing such as search replace or reformatting Redo To restore a text edit you ve just Undone Under the Edit menu select Redo Formatting Text Screenwriter deals with text formatting Bold Underline I talics Strikethreugh by placing hidden format codes surrounding the formatted text One code starts the format another ends it 58 Bolding Text To format existing text as Bold Select the text Then Click on the Bold Button labeled with a B on the Top Toolbar Or Or press CTRL B CMD B or F6 Windows only on the keyboard Underlining Text To format existing text as Underline Select the text Then e Click on the Underline Button labeled with a U on the Top Toolbar e Or press CTRL U CMD U or F8 Windows only on the keyboard Italicizing Text To format existing text as Italic Select the text Then Click on the Italics Button labeled with an on the To
43. CF A Act Scene information 71 Action 47 100 112 130 135 Action Indention 112 Action is in parentheticals 42 Act break 45 51 67 72 112 Adding an outline style 86 Adding notes 88 Add an index card 99 Add a hard return 124 Add a new dialogue paragraph 122 Add bookmark 93 Add forced page break 52 124 131 Add hard return 131 Add outline element 81 Adobe Acrobat PDF 77 Alias 52 Align headers 73 Align horizontally 37 Align vertically 37 Allow typeover 29 Allow words to extend 110 All capitals 110 Allscenes 119 All scenes except OMITTEDs 119 ALT Left Arrow 82 ALT Right Arrow 82 Amazing Import for Dramatica 22 Animation Dialog 106 108 Appendix C Exporting Scripts 77 Appendix E Command Keys 121 129 Applying multiple text formats 59 ASCII 40 41 Assign voices window 96 AudioVisual AV format 53 Avid Editor format 78 B Basic information 23 Beginning of the document 125 132 Beginning of the line 126 132 133 Binding adjustment 70 Blank lines following header 73 Blank line spacing 70 Blank space 131 Blank templates 31 Blocked text 75 Bold 36 110 123 127 131 134 Bolding text 59 Bold button 59 Bold headlines 103 Bookmarks 18 93 125 132 Bookmarks panel 18 62 65 Bottoms 37 Bottom margin 70 Bottom scene continueds 70 Bottom Status Bar 29 Breakdown category 118 Breakdown Sheets 119 Breakdown Tagging 117 118 119 Breakdown Tagging Mode 117 Breaking Element
44. Doc Scenes panel replaces the Scene Pilot feature in earlier versions It is used to move through your document quickly The Scenes panel is reached by selecting the Scenes Tab in the NaviDoc panel The keyboard command for showing the Scenes Panel in the NaviDoc is CTRL 2 When you select a scene in the NaviDoc the script is scrolled to the beginning of the scene in the document view The Sync Frame a frame drawn around the 65 scene in the NaviDoc displays always when the selection is anywhere within a scene in the document Conte ECEZECCIEIDEENEEENNEBNBIDEELRIENENESEEEEEEEUOEEENRUE E CE calls out DE BN Ei 1 6 Be sure you spell the name right 1 EXT STREET NIGHT 2 EXT DUMP DAY i INT OUTER OFFICE BUILDING AND LOAN DAY FULL SHOT The offices are unchanged still small time and 3 EXT HOUSE NIGHT old fashioned The same office force albeit a few years older Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace Seated on a chair 4 EXT STREET DAY is a middle aged man with a brief case The outer door opens 5 INT CHURCH DAY and George enters 6 EXT CHURCH ANOTHER ANGLE DA 7 EXT BEDFORD FALLS STREET WINTE 8 EXT STREET DAY COUSIN EUSTACE 9 INT OUTER OFFICE BUILDING AND LO George George It s Harry now on ROTTS DAY long distance from Washington GEORGE Extra Extra Read all about it Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace are talkin
45. END CTRL END Page Up cesses ALT PAGE UP CTRL PAGE UP Page Down ALT PAGE DOWN CTRL PAGE DOWN Previous Row ALT UP ARROW CTRL UP ARROW Next ROW e ALT DOWN ARROW CTRL DOWN ARROW The NaviDoc Menu The NaviDoc menu contains the menu commands for working with the NaviDoc Panel Keyboard commands for each command are listed in the menu as well Note that most of the commands require using the CTRL or ALT key such as CTRL 1 to show and hide the Outline Panel in the NaviDoc For more information on the specific menu commands go to the NaviDoc menu description in the Appendices The NaviDoc Options In the Tools gt Options menu Screenwriter gt Preferences Choose the NaviDoc tab to bring up the options The NaviDoc Options are divided into four areas NaviDoc Options These options control the general appearance of the NaviDoc See the General NaviDoc Options section in the Screenwriter Help for details 63 e Scenes Panel Options These options control the general appearance of the Scenes Panel in the NaviDoc See the Scenes Panel Options section for details Notes Panel Options These options control the general appearance of the Notes Panel in the NaviDoc See the Notes Panel Options section for details e Bookmarks Panel Options These options control the general appearance of the Bookmarks Panel in the NaviDoc See the Bookmarks Options section for details The Notes Panel The Nav
46. FORCE ALBEIT A FEU TEARS OLDER COUSIN TILLY AND COUSIN EUSTACE SEATED ON A CHAIR IS A MIDDLE AGED NAN WITH A BRIEF Harry Bailey CASE THE CUTER DOOR OPENS AND GEORGE INTERSI JOSEPH S VOICE This morning day before UNCLE SILLY calls out Be sure you Christmas about ten a m Bearord Falls spell cne name right GEORGE Extra Extra Read all about it THINGS LOOKING BETTER Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace are talking on the phone 31 INT POTTER S OFFICE DAY ig INT BANK DAY CLOSE SHOT Potter is now behind his desk CLOSE SHOT deposit slip desk Uncle BLLly locks around f Te is UNCLE BILLY writing Decenker twenty fourth POTTER Batley He takes a thick envelope from his inside He sees the envelope looks inside at the paper basket on the floor He finally rushes and thumbs through the bilis 1t money Then co his goon indicating che through the door and out onto che street Te is evidently a large sum of UNCLE BILLY CONT D thousand s Carde O4 C6 99 O12 Scroll Seron Add Horiz Vertical Done l Cancel Print Mode Outine Shuttle L Pottery Een Sheo Wndons reet Eier 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
47. For example create a Character Name element then type the Character Name With the cursor in that element press SHIFT CTRL R CONTROL R The element is formatted as Character Name R Press ENTER RETURN to go to the next element In the example it is a Dialogue element already formatted as Dialogue R Type the Dialogue Press ENTER RETURN to go to the next element It is a normal Action element To enter Right column action type the Action text Press SHIFT CTRL R CONTROL R Press ENTER RETURN to go to the next element It is a normal Action element 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 il 2 Put the cursor anywhere in the element Under the Format menu select Change Element Type then Normal Full Width Or press SHIFT CTRL F CONTROL F 54 Cheating Cheating involves over riding the default settings as defined in Element Styles 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 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 the standard length of 12
48. G SCENE Cousin Eustace ENTRANCE NEEDS DIALOG WORK The sync frame disappears if you move the text cursor out of the paragraph in the document pointed to by the bookmark The Bookmarks list shows a list of bookmarks you have added to your document Clicking on a bookmark moves you to that point in your document Double click on a bookmark in the list to edit its description Bookmark Options There are several controls in the NaviDoc Bookmarks Panel Add Bookmark Adds a new bookmark to the list in the Bookmarks Panel When created the bookmark grabs the first twenty five characters of the element where the cursor is located in the document and allows the bookmark description to be edited If desired change the bookmark description by typing the new text over the old Otherwise hit ENTER RETURN or click somewhere else to confirm the bookmark The keyboard command for adding a new bookmark is CTRL ALT B CTRL B Edit Highlights the description text of the selected bookmark to allow it to be modified or completely changed Double clicking a bookmark also allows it to be edited Remove Permanently deletes the selected bookmark This command does not affect the document text e Sync Control On Off When enabled clicking in the document will scroll the NaviDoc to that location and display the sync frame around that row With the sync button disabled clicking in the document will not scroll the NaviDoc NOTE clicking on
49. MOVIE MAGIC Screenwriter Software for Writing Screenplays Teleplays Stage Plays Novels Comic Scripts Animation Scripts Multimedia Scripts amp more User s Manual for Windows amp Macintosh Write Brothers Inc E TA 348 East Olive Avenue Suite H Burbank CA USA 91502 1 818 843 6557 24 hour Web Technical Support support screenplay com E mail Technical Support support screenplay com Fax Technical Support 1 818 843 8364 Phone Technical Support 1 818 843 7819 9 00 am 5 00 p m 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 Write Brothers Incorporated Ken Schafer and ScriptPerfection Enterprises make no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Movie Magic Screenwriter for Windows and Macintosh is provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied Write Brothers Incorporated Ken Schafer and ScriptPerfection Enterprises shall have no liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused by Movie Magic Screenwriter for Windows and 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 pr
50. Notes except they are defined in a hierarchical order The Outline feature allows you to incorporate the existing hierarchical document Elements Act or Book Info Scene or Chapter Info Scene or Outline Headings and Shots in the Outline The keyboard command to show the Outline Panel in the NaviDoc is CTRL 1 few scenes Notes Bookmarks Brite J Mni a pening sequence We have an action sequence where a id steals a relic from an archeological dig and barely HENRI Sorry kid Them s the breaks Page lof 1 Outline Panel Sync Frame When you select an item in the NaviDoc the script is scrolled to that item in the document view The Sync Frame a frame drawn around the item in the NaviDoc behaves differently depending on the type of item you select E OPENING y ABEMINGT Rises aces eee E TREET NIGHT 0 RE 2g EXT STREET NIGHT VOICE OVER SEGMENT Need to comment on 2EXT DUMP DAY 3 EXT HOUSE NIGHT 4 EXT STREET DAY Windows Macintosh e For standard Document elements Act break scene label scene heading The Sync Frame appears around the item corresponding to the element in the document in which the cursor appears Example If the cursor is in the middle of a scene the Sync Frame still appears around that Scene Heading in the Outline Panel For Outline Elements Sequences scene label beats notes shots and user defined outline styles The
51. Notes on facing pages of script already printed script Prints each Note opposite the page it refers to on the back of the previous page Have it Prompt you to Insert Each Page as needed Only asks you to insert the page preceding a Note so it can print the note for the following page Requires you to insert pages one at a time Print without Prompting requires you to insert entire script Requires you to insert the entire script including a Title Page Screenwriter only prints on those pages that have a Note on the following page Select Which Color Notes to Print If you have more than one color of Note in your script check the colored boxes for the notes you want to print To print Notes as part of the document this will affect the page breaks and document length 1 2 3 4 Click on Format Element Styles Click the Notes button on the right side Check the box labeled Print Notes in Document NOTE Display Notes in Document must be enabled to select this option Click OK Print the document as you would normally under File Print and any Notes will print where they are located in the document Note Options Formatting options for Notes can be set on the Notes page of the Element Styles command K Under the Format menu select Element Styles 2 Click on the Notes Script Notes button on the right hand side 91 Display Notes in Document If checked displays Notes onscree
52. Paper Source AutoSelect Tray looks for paper in all your printer s sources if the Cassette runs out Select Manual Feed if your printer doesn t have an automatic feed paper Cassette Select a Paper Orientation Portrait is the standard orientation for printing 8 1 2 by 11 screenplay pages 68 Click on the Properties button to select default Paper Graphics and PostScript options Click on OK to save your default settings Cancel to exit and discard changes Document Layout Format gt Document 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 Document Layout Margin Values are in inches Spacing Values are in percentage points mE Dr seo srar n Top Margin PET cies i ci Bottom Margin to wis ce sum df cie bene mare sree Manius Binding Adjustment Text Line Spacing soda mr vw talia cut than ott ue Blank Line Spacing Document Font Size janr m er ak Mh Lan Geh Approx Lines on Page ria Wit ote Us E Current Total Page mm MEAN Sth be LEES HEN C Stretch Short Pages to Fill acia Short by a min of 3 lines Stretch by a max of lines RES Nit ax fca cn aro ma Save as Defaults for New Documents Macintosh Compatibility Mode OK Cancel Document Layout in W
53. R RETURN twice to go to a new Scene Heading element 4T Character Name Elements Press TAB to go to a Character Name element The Character Name element ALL CAPS denotes which character is speaking To enter a Character Name that s already been used in this script 1 Press ENTER RETURN A Pop up list of available Character Names displays 2 Type the first letter of the character s name you want The name becomes highlighted 3 Press ENTER RETURN 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 2 Type enough letters until the name you want is highlighted and press ENTER RETURN The Character Name is entered and a Dialogue element is created 3 To enter a Character Extension such as O S off screen or V O voice over press Shift 9 left parenthesis instead of ENTER RETURN The Character Name is entered and a Character Extension Pop up List displays NOTE To alternate between the Last Two Character Names used press SHIFT TAB For example Paul had a speech then Maya Pressing SHIFT TAB enters the character name Paul again and creates a dialogue element for him After writing his speech pressing SHIFT TAB again would enter the character name Maya and create a dialogue element for her Character Extensi
54. TAB CTRL T CMD T CTRL T CMD T CTRL F1 WIN While in Any element Blank Scene Heading Scene Heading with Initial Text Scene Heading with Initial Text and Location Any element Blank Shot element Any element Action or Dialogue element Any element Character Name element Dialogue element Any element Blank Transition element Any element QuickType will Add a Scene Heading element 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 Display a List Menu of Transitions CUT TO etc Add a Script Note fTab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical is checked on the Text Entry Editing tab of Tools gt Options Windows or Screenwriter gt Preferences Mac Tab creates a Parenthetical element when in a Dialogue element 136 Index Symbols 129 Cont d Dialogue shouldn t have character 111 Put action in parentheses 112 HTML 77 MMSW 31 PDF 77 RIF 77 SCW 30 77 SEX 77 119 TPG 38 AXT
55. TRL RIGHT ARROW twice Type in This scene establishes the tone of the first Act Press ENTER RETURN three times 17 18 On the Scene Heading pop up press i for INT Type in SUBURBAN HOME KITCHEN Press ENTER RETURN 20 21 22 On the Times of Day pop up press d for DAY Press ENTER RETURN Type in An empty kitchen Somewhere in another part of the house a MAN and WOMAN are screaming at each other Small sobs are coming from somewhere nearby Press ENTER RETURN Type in Various scribbled drawings are on the refrigerator mostly in black A half eaten breakfast is on the table A cabinet door under the sink jostles slightly Press ENTER RETURN twice On the Scene Heading pop up press i for INT Type in KITCHEN CABINET 28 Press ENTER RETURN 16 29 30 31 32 33 34 Press d for DAY Type in TOMMY 8 sits under the sink knees to chest Tears stream down his face dripping off a scar on his left cheek He winces at every burst of anger Now let s label the first two scenes as a Sequence Click at the end of the first Act outline element Press ENTER RETURN Change this new Act into a Sequence by demoting it Press ALT RIGHT ARROW CTRL RIGHT ARROW Type in Tommy s childhood trauma You now have the basic skills to start creating your outline in Screenwriter Notes Pa
56. Text as Action Only Text Only Non RTF Checking this Check Box if available imports the file slightly faster and may improve the accuracy of the import It also loses any bold italic or underline formatting If you re importing a file with Embedded Style Sheets in Rich Text Format such as a Final Draft script a Use Style Sheets check box displays on 41 5 6 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 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 s
57. You may have to experiment with these options to get the best results Importing a Windows Word Processor Document If the Cut and Paste method doesn t import satisfactorily try this method Also if the Windows Word Processor document you want to import is on a different computer than Screenwriter you can t use the Cut and Paste method Instead 1 Open the Windows Word Processor and open the document file you want to import to Screenwriter 2 Under the File menu choose Save As Save the document under a different name lt DocumentName gt Save to a floppy disk or other external media if importing from a different computer 3 Onthe Save As window there should be an option to save the document in a different format Typically it says something like Format or File Type or Save Type Change it to Rich Text Format or RTF If that s not available choose ASCII Text If ASCII options like With Line Breaks or With Formatting are available select them 4 Click on OK to save When the file s saved exit the Windows Word Processor If importing from a different computer eject the floppy disk or other external media you saved to and insert it into your Screenwriter computer Now follow the Direct Import instructions above If importing from the floppy disk or other external media tell Screenwriter the path and file name Importing a non Windows Word Processor Document To import a document from a non Windows Word Processor che
58. a blank line of Action will convert it to in a new Scene Heading fade in on a blank line of Action will automatically capitalize it to FADE IN any single word followed by to on a blank line of Action will convert itto a Transition and make it uppercase and flush right e newact will insert a Act Break element with the next consecutive numbering sameact will insert a Act Break element with the current numbering e newscene will insert a Scene Label with the next consecutive numbering Select the File gt Insert Element command or clicking on the Insert element button on the Top Toolbar e Click the Add Outline Element drop down list pop up menu on the Outline panel in the NaviDoc Click the Add Note Element drop down list pop up menu on the Notes panel in the NaviDoc FADE IN Elements If you are writing a document that requires a FADE IN on the first line of a new Script press ENTER RETURN A pop up box displays asking you if you want it to start your script with FADE IN Click on the Yes button to put it in e Click on the No button to start your script without it Next a Scene Heading element is automatically created 46 Scene Heading Elements Scene Heading also called a Slugline designates the beginning of a scene It tells the reader if the scene is interior INT or exterior EXT and where and when the scene takes place A Pop up list displays
59. a list of Main Menu Bar commands see the Appendix chapter in the Screenwriter software Help 23 The Appendix is found in the Help menu by clicking Screenwriter Help Appendices are at the end of the help documentation For a list of Keyboard Shortcuts see the Appendix A Windows Shortcut Keys or Appendix B Macintosh Shortcut Keys at the end of this manual Screenwriter Help When writing your script help with Screenwriter is always available under the Help menu Quick Help Windows version Displays a sample script page Get help information about any Element or item by clicking on it r Forwards Mouse z J Print tite Page Multimedia ber of Copies fi Cance Help X cance x If you make a selection under the Main Menu Bar context sensitive help is available When the menu screen displays click on the Help button It displays helpful information explaining what each selection on that menu does Menus Main Menu Bar Screenwriter s Pull Down menus are accessed from the Main Menu Bar at the top of the screen Individual Menus may be selected with the mouse or by pressing ALT plus the underlined letter of the menu such as ALT F for File There are three types of menus Pull Down Menu File Edit View Format Goto NaviDoc Tools Production Window Help x 3 D E amp Top Ctrl Home A Bottom Ctrl End Scene Heading Page Ctr S g apg 1o T 2 N 2908 7 9 8 B
60. a row in the NaviDoc will always scroll the document regardless if the sync button is enabled or disabled 93 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 Start iPartner by selecting the iPartner command from the Tools menu iPartner major features The ability to allow you to view and edit a script on your partner s computer and vice versa The ability to communicate with your partner through a typing in a chat window e The ability to speak and hear your partner This requires a compatible sound card and microphone and that you are both on the same type of operating system Windows or Macintosh The ability to transfer scripts back and forth The ability to synchronize scripts Please reference the Screenwriter help or PDF manual for complete feature details Starting iPartner To start an iPartner session select Tools gt iPartner One partner must enter the other partner s IP address e f your computer is connected directly to the Internet without an intervening gateway or firewall then your partner can enter your computer s l
61. ace ALT F2 Cheat Element oorr terrre F3 Remove Strikethrough and Revision colored Text SHIFT F3 Reveal Codos entres ALT F3 Drop down the Element menu F4 Close the Current Script Ctrl F4 Exit Screenwrilter i ALT F4 Open Thiesaurus eoi o nec F5 Open Word Web 5 ee eee Ctrl F5 CIO CUIVV ON acres c se ALT F5 Toggle Bold 2 nicer than F6 Title Centers the current Element SHIFT F6 Switch Between Open Documents Ctrl F6 Save the document ssusss F7 127 Print the document SHIFT F7 Save all open documents Ctrl F7 Select Sent nCB serra ceoceseescorsrecasvcaseepeseasas ALT F7 Toggle Underline ee F8 Select Elements tto rixa nets ALT F8 Toggle Itali6s crees F9 SaV8 AS coorta hae seed ci EET F10 Select GFOUp niti cen rete ALT F10 Toggle Strikthrough F11 Select Page uide ene ALT F11 Capitalize Wl reostas F12 Lowercase WOrd m een SHIFT F12 Cap amp Bold Word iiis Ctrl F12 Select SCONE psoriaasin ALT F12 128 Appendix B Macintosh Keyboard Commands These are the default command key settings in Screenwriter Many of them can be changed using Screenwriter gt Preferences under the Keyboard tab Special Keys These are the only special keys you need t
62. am Write Brothers is only able to provide technical support on the export side of this procedure Unfortunately we have no control over how another company s programs deal with importing Cut and Paste Exporting You can export from Screenwriter to another Windows program on the same computer using Cut and Paste 1 Open the Windows program you want to export to Open a file to export to or open a new file 78 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 ae o M Go to the other 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 Windows programs can handle Cut and Paste correctly NOTE For this method to work the option Share Clipboard with Other Windows Programs must be checked To check uncheck it go to the Misc tab of Format Options WINDOWS ONLY 79 Other Screenwriter Features Screenwriter has several other features worth mentioning They are Outlining Notes Bookmarks iPartner Speak Text e Index Cards Outlining Screenwriter s new Outline feature helps you to develop organize and structure the different elements of your story You can create a hierarchical outline using the Outline Elements along with other document elements Outline Elements are similar to
63. artup Files Files SmartCheck SmartCheck Spelling Spelling e Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Revisions s Revisions Printing Printer e Keyboard Keyboard e Mouse Multimedia Animation Dialog NaviDoc NaviDoc e Outline Outline Preferences Editing Files SmartCheck Spelling Misc Revisions Printer Keyboard Anim Dialog NaviDoc Outline Keep Insertion Caret Above Window Bottom 6 UR 7 Lines _QuickType M Enable QuickType Enty V Auto Pop Up Locations V Auto Pop Up Time of Day V use smarttab V Running Shot List V Running Transition List IV Auto Pop Up List of Character Names M When parsing Locations only strip known Times pressing UE ENTER Kaf _ in Dialogue takes you to a Character Name 1 Tab in Dialogue goes to a Parenthetical in Note adds a Hard Return V Drag and Drop should break Elements in Middle J in Transition takes you to Action J in Action with hidden names goes to Dialogue EB Screenwriter Preferences window Macintosh 106 Text Entry Editing These preferences control what happens when you press the TAB and ENTER RETURN keys as well as other text entry options QuickType The secret to the simplicity of pressing TAB and ENTER RETURN to go from element to element in Screenwriter is its intelligent feature QuickType Based on which Element the cursor is i
64. atively press ENTER RETURN in a blank Action element Type a or select End of Act Info on the pop up list A forced page break is entered followed by the appropriate End of Act info The appropriate End of Act info is inserted then a forced page break is entered followed by the next consecutive Act Break element If you would like to change End of Act Text to say something different you can change this line by modifying the User Lists NOTE Screenwriter inserts End of Show in your document only if you have specified the last act You set the last act by selecting Format gt Element Styles to open the Element Styles window then click on the Act Breaks button At the center of this window towards the bottom is a field called End of Show Follows Act Enter the number of the last Act in this field New Scene To start a New Scene 51 Type newscene at the beginning of any blank element Screenwriter inserts it as SCENE where is the new Scene Number and formats it automatically A forced page does not get entered Alternatively press ENTER RETURN in a blank Action element Type r or select Start New Scene Same Act Or press ENTER RETURN while in an Act Break and Screenwriter puts in the appropriate new Scene Label for you To use this feature Automatically put in Scene Label after Act Break must be checked under Format gt Elements Styles in the Scene Labels section Switch Elements
65. 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 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 Macintosh Compatibility Mode Windows Compatibility Mode Used for moving a script back and forth between Movie Magic Screenwriter for Windows and Movie Magic Screenwriter for Macintosh This feature ensures that you cannot use cheating functions that are not compatible across the two platforms 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 1
66. ck that program s manual for Exporting instructions If that doesn t help call the Word Processing program s Technical Support number and ask how to produce either ARich Text Format RTF file preferred or 43 An ASCII file with formatting and line feeds or Hard Returns at the end of each line If there s no option to save directly as Text Only or ASCII there s usually an option to Print to a File Then follow the Direct Import instructions above Cleaning up Imported Scripts 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 Toolbar and select the desired Element If the imported script was in TV format you may have to reset the script s formats See Choosing a Script Format for more details You ll also need to put back in the forced Page Breaks between scenes and re enter the Act and Scene Information Unfortunately due to a lack of standardization in TV formats the import function is unable to recognize all possible permutations NOTE Although the Import function is highly accurate we recommend you check all imported scripts for errors before printing multiple copies Running SmartCheck helps even though it can t catch all errors 44 Writing A Script Elements Each part of a script is formatted uniquely with different mar
67. con A Note is added where the cursor is located Type a Note Type and format text in a Note as you would in any other element EXAMPLE In the following example a note is added with the following text VOICE OVER SEGMENT Need to comment on heavenly sound of voices 88 JOSEPH S VOICE Air raid Warden EXT DUMP DAY CLOSE SHOT Wheelbarrow full of junk being dumped onto pile To force a new line or put in a blank line press SHIFT ENTER SHIFT RETURN Hide or Show a Note FOR WINDOWS USERS Notes can be individually displayed onscreen or hidden In the left margin next to the Note is a square colored box a e When a Note displays the box shows a minus sign m EXT BEDFORD FALLS STREET WINTER DAY George is walking along the sidewalk reading It is a raw gusty day and his overcoat and m the breeze Draped around one arm is a large wreath Under his other arm are several more cc paper e When a Note is hidden the box shows a plus sign ah EXT BEDFORD FALLS STREET WINTER DAY George is walking along the sidewalk reading s It is a raw gusty day and his overcoat and m the breeze Draped around one arm is a large wreath Under his other arm are several more cc paper 89 Single click on the plus minus box to change the Note s display status Single clicking on i Hides the note Single clicking on Shows the note See also Sho
68. ct or Book Info Scene or Chapter Info Scene or Outline Headings and Shots in the Outline 66 The keyboard command for showing the Outline Panel in the NaviDoc is CTRL 1 Lamm Ea See Sinn es es ee Le ee calls out fa fa a sy Bs fi T Be sure you spell the name right Delete Add Outline Element Scene Heading i INT OUTER OFFICE BUILDING AND LOAN DAY FULL SHOT The offices are unchanged still small time and old fashioned The same office force albeit a few years older Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace Seated on a chair is a middle aged man with a brief case The outer door opens and George enters GEORGE Extra Extra Read all about it Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace are talking on the phone COUSIN EUSTACE George George It s Harry now on long distance from Washington GEORGE Harry What do you know about that COUSIN EUSTACE Scene Heading Page 3 of 68 The NaviDoc opened to the Outline Panel When you select an item in the NaviDoc the script is scrolled to that item in the document view The Sync Frame a frame drawn around the item in the NaviDoc behaves differently depending on the type of item you select For standard Document elements Act break scene label scene heading The Sync Frame appears around the item corresponding to the element in the document in whic
69. cted text boxes with respect to the width of the page taking into account the binding margin if checked If more than one text box is selected then they will be centered as a group that is to say that their total width furthest left to furthest right is the value which will be used to center them rather than each one being centered individually Undo Alignment Cancels the last alignment option selected unless the text elements in question have been otherwise dragged Align Vertically Tops Aligns the top of all selected text boxes to the top of the first text box that was selected Bottoms Aligns the bottom of all selected text boxes to the bottom of the first text box that was selected 3T e Centers Vertically centers all selected text boxes with respect to the vertical center of the first text box that was selected e Top to Bottom Aligns the lower of the two boxes directly against the bottom of the upper of the two boxes This option is ONLY available when you have exactly two text boxes selected Center on page Centers all selected text boxes with respect to the height of the page If more than one text box is selected then they will be centered as a group that is to say that their total height is the value which will be used to center them rather than each one being centered individually Undo Alignment Cancels the last alignment option selected unless the text elements in question have been otherwise dra
70. ctory or folder where appropriate 40 Direct Import To open an WordPerfect WordStar ASCII RTF Final Draft RTF or Movie Master file 1 2 3 Open the Screenwriter program Select File gt Open Select the File Type for the type of file you re opening If the file you want to import doesn t have the appropriate File Extension i e RTF for Rich Text Format 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 subdirectory by double clicking on the Path Tree Click on OK The Text Interpretation window appears How should Interpret This Text Import Text in Script Format O Import Text as Action Only Text Only Non RTF v Use most aggressive interpretation ofthe source text use when line spacing in the source text is inconsistant though it can cause shots to be imported as Character Names C Dont use Capitalization Information for Element identification use when Character Names may be lower case in the source text ignore Margins for Element identification Action is in Parenthenticals C Import this text with LOCKED Page breaks use ONLY when the script is already in Production and the page breaks have to match Cancel Help To import a script file Import in Script Format should be checked To import an outline or some other non script text check Import
71. d Removing Outline Elements in the Document Reassigning Outline Elements in the Document Promoting and Demoting Outline Elements ssssssse Outline Panel Controls iiie M M poma T TE Show Hide Scene Heading fields 22 Show Spacing between Elements sse Set Number of Scene Lines c oce etr tr crei rr reper ra ted Set Font Size Include Exclude Outline Styles oer rrr meer Collapse All Expand All ssssseeeeeeen Setting Up Outline Hierarchies amp Styles a Adding an Outline style cccceeecceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseneeeseteteeees Adding Notes Type a Note aod tiis tela tue aes darte tudo Hideor Show a INOLe eit edens t t i ree Let 89 Print a Note e Note OplOTIS eciam etaient pese tute itemm nein te 91 GOK IMAUKS eiie at cated ton saat hs as edicti reed ni Aana hb aves antares 93 iPartner aid iPartner major features cccccsceceeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneess 94 Starting IPartner M sesane ann eiTe mee ren dere 94 Speak Text dc Indek CAPS e 97 Outlining with Index Cards isesi tnnc 97 Index Card View zs Horizontal Index Cards iieri sette rete tege 98 Vertical Index Cards iiio it te ee e th ete 99 Add an Index Card Write or Edit an I
72. dex 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 View menu select Index Cards Your script now looks something like the following depending on the number of cards or scenes you ve created 97 Index Card View Horizontal Layout a mm omme pay 5 EXT STREET DAY G EXT CHURCH ANOTHER ANOIE DAY ja TED SHOT people praying in church rae TED CLOSE SHOT people entering church JOSEPHS VOICE Like everybody else on V JOSEPH S VOICE On V J Tay he vept and Day he wept and prayed CLOSE SHOT WHEELBARROW FULL OF JUNK VOICE Joseph now show him BEING DUMPED ONTO PILE vhet happened today JOSEPH S VOICE Yes sir END OF MONTAGE 7 EXT BEDFORD FALLS STREET WINTER DA o EXT STREET DAY 9 TWP OUTER OFFICE BUILDING AND LOAN Di George is walking along the sidewalk MED LONG SHOT Uncle Bally is valking FULL SHOT THE OFFICES ARE UNCHANGED reacing a newspaper It 1s a raw gusty along che street maming happily tc STILL SMALL TIME AND OLD FASHIONED THE SAME OFFICE
73. e 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 5 Save the script using the File 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 modified lines Puts appropriate OMITTED text in the place of omitted Scenes and Pages Keeps existing Page and Scene numbers the same while adding new ones as A Pages and A Scenes Update the Title Page Under the View 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 File Save command Issue Revised Pages 1 2 Print the Revised Pages only a Under the File menu select Print b Click on the radio button for the displayed Revision Color
74. e 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 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 check mark displays next to Tagging Mode indicating that it s on Selecting Tagging Mode also makes Tagging Codes visible To exit Tagging Mode click on it again The check mark disappears and Tagging Codes are no longer visible Tagging Items With Tagging Mode on select a text item to be tagged an overcoat for example by double clicking on it or highlighting it with the mouse A Breakdown Category screen displays 117 Click on a category to assign the item to for the overcoat Costume is the appropriate category A Format Code is placed around the item displaying an abbreviated code for the Breakdown category for Costume the code CS displays around the item to give CS overcoat Untagging Items Tagged items can be untagged by Placing the cursor directly after the ending Format Code square bracket and pressing BACKSPACE BACKWARD DELETE Placing the cursor directly before the beginning Format Code square bracket and pressing DELETE FORWARD DELETE Undoing the tagging if no other text editing has been performed since tagging the item Unde
75. e note should be removed from the document 5 Inthe document side highlight the second note entirely 6 Press BACKSPACE DELETE on the keyboard The note should be removed from the document Bookmark Panel Add and Delete Bookmarks Bookmarks in Screenwriter serve much the same purpose a physical bookmark would to help you get back to a particular place in the story Click on File gt Open to open the Screenplay Sample file which is located in the Samples Files folder Adding a Bookmark 1 Switch to the Bookmarks panel CTRL 4 2 Scroll down to page two 3 Click on the dialogue that says Chameleon you there 4 Press CTRL ALT B CTRL B to make a new bookmark Alternatively you can click on NaviDoc New Bookmark or the Add Bookmark button on the Bookmarks panel The name of the bookmark is automatically set to the line of text where the cursor is blinking in the document Deleting a Bookmark 1 Make sure the Chameleon you there bookmark is selected 2 Click the Remove button Click to confirm delete if prompted Scenes Panel Sorting Scenes In the Scenes panel you can choose the order in which the scenes are displayed in the Scenes panel Sorting scenes does not affect the document 18 1 Click on File gt Open and open Screenplay Sample in the Sample Files folder 2 Click on the Scenes panel in the NaviDoc CTRL 2 3 Click on the Sort Scenes button on the Scenes panel There are f
76. eceansaseeess 35 Opening a Title Page do Creating Text Elements Moving a Text Element z Exporting a Title Page 98 Importing a Title Page 5998 Printng a Title Page eroe tret naen AEA EE ESEP 38 Importing Scripts renes en nr REA RRRRu RRXe ARR Rn rUTR M ARRKKREER ARR ARAS MEA 40 Preparing a Script for Importing A Direc impon esie C tand Paste IMPON ssa srera a R NEE EER Importing a Windows Word Processor Document Importing a non Windows Word Processor Document 43 Cleaning up Imported Scripts seesssseeseseneeeennn 44 Writing A Script Elements m Irisentirig EIGmlells oec err rec re re ce ce FADE IN Elements iiec thin cte eara reote vet re aa ep nva Scene Heading Elements He location Elements rci tcer tee tese bes dive creates vtec ca rana Y Timesof Day EIGmlatits i cocco cere cci cepere erect cerent Action Elements Character Name Elements Character Extensions ec 2 nonien ci meo ich erae e enero Pero d avo cia Yd ete Dialogue Elements e Parenthetical Elements cuin er tar ite ica uere v Transition Elements coire o re ree re traces Shot Elements HI CCHOEE Act Break Elem nts oie rnt mr met recap e neas New Scene m Switch Elemehlts trennt rero rhe prr eir rere nik npa Character Name in Dialog Action esses 52 Forced Pa
77. ect import 41 Display bookmarks NaviDoc panel 125 132 Display notes in document 92 Display notes NaviDoc panel 125 132 Display open file menu 30 Display outline NaviDoc panel 125 132 Display scenes NaviDoc panel 125 132 Display screen sized retrieve list 30 Distribution list 120 Document formats 31 Document layout 69 Don t use capitalization information for ele ment identification 42 Double click 57 Down 133 Down arrow 126 133 Down one element 125 133 Down one page 125 132 Down one screen 125 132 Drag and drop should break elements in middle 58 Drag and drop 57 58 97 101 Drag and drop cursor 57 Draw boxes 103 Drop down the element menu 123 Dual column simultaneous dialogue 53 54 E Edit 93 Editing 106 107 129 Editing an outline style 86 Edit an index card 101 Edit menu 124 Edit text 36 37 Electronic index cards 97 Element 40 44 52 61 135 Elements 42 45 Element buttons 29 Element menu 127 130 Element styles 105 109 End of act 51 135 End of action 135 End of the document 125 132 End of the line 133 Entire script 75 Every page 73 Every page except first page of scene 73 Exit index card view 103 Exit Screenwriter 123 127 Expand all 85 138 Expand all hideable elements 134 Export 77 119 Export to Movie Magic Scheduling 21 119 Extend block 56 Extend selection 56 F FADE IN 29 46 135 Files 106 107 File menu 35 124 File operations 123 131
78. een the last two speaking character names This is the end of the Ten Minute Tutorial for Macintosh 14 Tutorials for Using the NaviDoc The NaviDoc is a terrific way to navigate your document It consists of four panels Outline Notes Bookmarks and Scenes These tutorials introduce you to the key tools found in this powerful feature Key commands are Windows Mac Opening and Closing the NaviDoc There are several ways to open and close the NaviDoc and its panels Use the top menu to open and close the NaviDoc by selecting View gt NaviDoc Click on the NavDoc icon in the status bar in the bottom left hand corner of the window You can open and close the NaviDoc by pressing CTRL 0 on the keyboard To open a specific panel use one of the key commands below Outline Panel CTRL 1 Scenes Panel CTRL 2 Notes Panel CTRL 3 Bookmarks Panel CTRL 4 There is a splitter between the NaviDoc and the document that controls its width When the mouse cursor is placed over the splitter it will indicate that with a double arrow If the NaviDoc is closed the splitter will be against the left side of the window Dragging the splitter to the left past the minimum width will close the NaviDoc Dragging the splitter to the right will open the NaviDoc or expand its width if it is already open The Outline Panel Creating an Outline 1 Create a new document by clicking File New using Default Template The d
79. efault template already has common outline styles set up for you Act Sequence Scene and Beat 2 Ifitis not open already open the Outline panel by clicking NaviDoc gt Outline CTRL 1 You can access the NaviDoc panels via the NaviDoc menu 3 Press ENTER RETURN First let s outline the Acts Click Yes or press ENTER RETURN to put in a FADE IN The Scene Heading pop up will come up 15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 23 24 25 26 27 Choose Make this an Outline Element by pressing the o key Also You can use the arrows keys to select an item and press ENTER RETURN or just click on the item with the mouse Choose Act to insert a blank Act outline element Type in In the first act introduce the main character and establish their objective Press ENTER RETURN to insert another Act element Type in In the second act present the main character s conflict Press ENTER RETURN to insert another Act element Type in Resolve the main character s conflict Now we will type a couple of scenes Click at the very end of the first Act outline element Press ENTER RETURN Promoting and Demoting outline elements ALT LEFT RIGHT ARROWS CTRL LEFT RIGHT ARROWS allows you to change an outline element into a different outline style thus placing it in a different level in the hierarchy Let s make this Act into a Scene by demoting it Press ALT RIGHT ARROW C
80. eft of the Bottom Status Bar For a list of Keyboard Shortcuts see the Appendix chapter entitled Keyboard Commands Selecting Text Screenwriter uses the standard Windows methods of text selection Menu Selection Places 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 e Word Selects the word the cursor s on e Sentence Selects the entire sentence the cursor s in e Element Selects the entire element the cursor s in e Group Selects a group of adjacent elements including the one the cursor s in for example Character Name plus Parenthetical plus Dialogue e Page Selects the entire page the cursor s on e Scene Selects the entire scene the cursor s in e 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 Displays an Extend Block menu with options for extending your selection backwards or forwards in the script from the Current Cursor Position 56 Mouse Selection Screenwriter has a variety of options for selecting text with the mouse Left Click Using the mouse Left Click directly in front of the text to be selected While holding the Left Button down drag the mouse cursor across the text Release the button when all the desired text is highlighted To continue selecti
81. elect a screen of text above the current carets position Select text to the next Page break Select text that is transversed by the Up Arrow Key ssssss Select text that is transversed by the Down Arrow Key Combinations Select text that is transversed by the Right Arrow Key Combinations Select text that is transversed by the Left Arrow Key Combinations Ctrl A ALT F5 ALT F7 ALT F8 ALT F10 ALT F11 ALT F12 SHIFT DELETE SHIFT HOME SHIFT END SHIFT PAGE UP SHIFT Ctrl PAGE UP SHIFT PAGE DOWN SHIFT Ctrl PAGE DOWN SHIFT UP ARROW SHIFT DOWN ARROW SHIFT RIGHT ARROW SHIFT LEFT ARROW 126 Miscellaneous Shortcut Keys Windows Spell check the current word Ctrl L Start Name Bank Ctrl ALT N Open Thesaurus a5 Oper Word Web ies vices criteri oases Ctrl F5 Bring Up Help iit F1 Turn on Context Sensitive Help SHIFT F1 Open Search Dialogue F2 Bring up Quick Help isisisi ALT F1 Function Keys Windows Bring Up Help iid tte F1 Turn on Context Sensitive Help SHIFT F1 Alternate Insert Note sss Ctrl F 1 Bring up Quick Help ssssss ALT F1 Open Search Dialogue F2 Continue Last Search or Search Replace neos SHIFT F2 Open Search and Repl
82. elected click on the OK button Your breakdown sheets are printed in script order starting with Scene 1 To print your breakdown sheets in another order e g by Location Time of Day consult your User s Manual or the Screenwriter Help for details Export to Movie Magic Scheduling If you use Movie Magic Scheduling production breakdowns are even easier Screenwriter generates a Movie Magic Scheduling Export file containing all the scene information from your script When opened in Scheduling this file automatically generates breakdown sheets and corresponding production board strips Export from Screenwriter 1 Under the Production menu select Breakdown then Movie Magic Scheduling Export A Scene Selection window displays 2 With All Scenes selected click on the OK button An Export File window displays 3 Save the export file under the name EXPORT SEX by clicking on the Save button Import into scheduling 1 Launch Movie Magic Scheduling and create a New file 2 Under the File menu select Import File window displays 3 Selectthe file EXPORT SEX and import it It s like magic Movie Magic Scheduling instantly and automatically creates a breakdown sheet and corresponding production strip for each of your Screenwriter script s scenes complete with all your tagged items 21 Amazing Import for Dramatica Users Dramatica the ultimate creative writing partner helps you develop your concept into a characte
83. element that indicates the spoken words of a character 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 ENTER RETURN The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element 2 Type your character s dialogue 3 Press ENTER RETURN 4 The cursor moves to a new Action element Second Dialogue Paragraph To split up a long paragraph of Dialogue into two or more shorter paragraphs of Dialogue or to enter a second paragraph of Dialogue choose Edit gt Add Dialogue Paragraph To use the keyboard to enter a second paragraph of Dialogue press CTRL ALT D SHIFT RETURN twice to put in two hard returns Parenthetical Elements Parenthetical also called a wryly indicates the way a line of dialogue is delivered or a gesture that does not need its own line of Action typically used sparingly if at all With the cursor anywhere in a Dialogue element press Shift 9 left parenthesis NOTE if Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical is checked under Tools gt Options gt Text Entry Editing Screenwriter gt Preferences gt Editing press TAB e AParenthetical 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 49 If the cursor is in the middle of a Dialogue element
84. enu c Once you have the settings customized to the way your production company works click on Save as Defaults for all New Scripts d Click on the OK button to accept your changes Select the Tools gt Options menu Windows or Screenwriter gt Preferences menu Mac a Click on the Revisions page and set the Revision Marks options to your preference b Click on the Printer page and set the Print Bottom Continueds and Print MORE options to your preference Click on the OK button to accept your changes Under the Production menu select Lock the Script Clock OK Windows or Lock Mac to confirm your decision A Lock the Script screen displays 114 Y Lock The Script TURN ON the following LOCK the following V Top Scene Continueds Left amp Right Scene Numbers V Scene Headings v All Header Text V Bottom Scene Continueds V Auto Revision Marks V Page Breaks SETUP Header Text Revision 96 if Codes Past Act Break Scene Label Scene Date Rev Color J Flush Right J Underline Bold Fora CODE LEGEND place the mouse cursor over any ofthe above buttons Set the Header to print on EVERY Page Click HERE to use the Script s Current Header s After locking the Headers setthe Revision Draft Colorto BLUE vi Remove all Current Revision Marks l OK Cancel Help J
85. enwriting 33 Press ENTER Press ENTER again Type ft for Transition A pop up list of Transition text displays Type f and press ENTER FADE OUT is entered for you right justified Press the Escape key to finish That s it This script s finished and you re ready to start on your own Here s a shortcut tip Press SHIFT TAB instead of TAB to alternate between the last two speaking character names This is the end of the Ten Minute Tutorial for Windows Macintosh Users This tutorial gives you the basics necessary to start writing a professionally formatted script within minutes of opening the box Movie Magic Screenwriter has many more features and is fully customizable to the way you prefer to work Launch Double click on the Movie Magic Screenwriter application Screenwriter opens in a new blank script with screenplay format Write The only special keys you need to write your script in Movie Magic Screenwriter are TAB RETURN and if you use parentheticals Use the DELETE to correct mistakes 1 Before typing anything press RETURN A Fade In dialog window displays To start your script with FADE IN click on the Yes button or press RETURN 2 Screenwriter knows you need a Scene Heading next and pops up a list of available scene heading text Type the letter i INT is entered for you correctly formatted 12 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 Screenwriter knows you need a loca
86. eturned to Index Card View 2 The cursor changes to an arrow with a box saying Select 1st Card to Print Click on the first card you want to print and it turns a darker gray 3 The cursor text changes to Select last Card to Print Click on the last card you want to print and it also turns darker gray To print one index card only select it as both the 1st and Last card to print The range of cards you selected are sent to the printer Exit Index Card View Exit 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 103 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 Go to Scene Double click on the Scene Number box at the top left of an Index Card to go to that Scene in the script 104 Customizing Screenwriter Screenwriter Options amp Preferences Screenwriter comes with a set of program option defaults These options control the behavior of Screenwriter and should not be confused with the document specific styles found in the Format gt Element Styles window As you become more familiar with Screenwr
87. evision marks revision header and footer printing and more 107 Printer These preferences control various printing related functions such as where to print the bottom continueds printing fonts and colors printing to PDF and PrintScript files printing sides and other printing options Keyboard These preferences control deletion keys movement keys override key combinations and other keyboard options The Macintosh version handles keyboard shortcut assignment to menu commands Mouse Windows Only These preferences control drag and drop mouse cursor mouse clicks and other mouse related options Multimedia Windows Only These preferences control several aspects unique to multimedia scripts such as branch point printing pop up variable lists and other options Animation Dialog Macintosh Only These preferences control facets of animation dialogue printing such as speech numbering character name position dialogue spacing and capitalization and other miscellaneous animation related options NaviDoc These preferences control variables for the NaviDoc and three of the four NaviDoc panels such as document syncing row height scene panel options notes panel options and bookmarks panel options Outline These preferences control the Outline panel of the NaviDoc and the behavior of outline elements in the document They include expanding and collapsing outline elements outline fonts note colors d
88. g on the phone i GEORGE 11 INT POTTER S OFFICE DAY Harry What do you know about that a i 12 INT BANK DAY H E gt d COUSIN EUSTACE Scene Heading The NaviDoc opened to the Scenes Panel SceneList The Scene List displays all items in the document designated as a Scene Heading Clicking on a scene in the scene list scrolls the document to that scene heading When the text selection is within the scene heading of the document the scene heading in the scenes list is outlined and highlighted When the text Selection is anywhere else within the scene in the document the scene heading in the scene list is outlined but not highlighted The Outline Panel The NaviDoc Outline Panel is new to Screenwriter The Outline Panel is used to add remove modify and navigate to outline elements in your document The Outline Panel can be displayed by clicking on the Outline tab in the NaviDoc The keyboard command for showing the Outline Panel in the NaviDoc is CTRL 1 Outlining Features Screenwriter s new Outline feature helps you to develop organize and structure the different elements of your story You can create a hierarchical outline using the Outline Elements along with other document elements Outline Elements are similar to Notes except they are defined in a hierarchical order The Outline feature allows you to incorporate the existing hierarchical document Elements A
89. ge Break iss Remove a Forced Page Break iieri ieee 53 Dual Column Simultaneous Dialogue ssessseneees 53 GG li uo ED cm 55 Text Editing eerie inneren 56 Selecting TONE tree G 56 Formatting Textes coe thas aoao eer tbc miden ux red ees f 58 Spell Check BHL EINEN D UU The NAVI OG eos isis ca axcnccsnnces torschancaatssnctantansnxtenanasaanaaassearesaantnands 62 Opening and Closing the NaviDoc 62 Resizing the NaviDoc 63 NaviDoc Keyboard Commands 63 The NaviDoc Menu 09 The NaviDoc Options 63 The Notes Panel 64 The Bookmarks Panel 65 The Scenes Panel w65 The Outline Pan lzcsee or ettet ont ert tiere Tot oe ric tcn 66 Didi 68 Printer Setup Page Setup ei alates s 68 Doc rent AVOUT oai ert eee eee tite ce fetta HA eH Header Footer Setup T idc Printing the DOCUMENT Asti rth eel ect bd dde en cce Exporting Scripts ere saanti Eanus hine ne 77 Export ix Importing a Screenwriter Export script 78 Cut and Paste Exponting wes 00h 2 5 9 eed eite En oe Lice ata uet 78 Other Screenwriter Features Outlining nie Outline Panel Sync Frame sessssssssssseseeeeeee eene nennt Outline Tools in the Document View eren Adding an
90. gged The section that tracks where text is placed on the title page is the X and Y axis section It is located in the upper right of the screen When text is being positioned on the title page the X and Y axis section shows 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 Inches or Centimeters A Grid helps you position text elements on the page Check Show Grid to display it Exporting 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 Export button give it a name and click Save A file extension of TPG is automatically added to a Title Page Template file you save Importing 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 Click on the Import Button In the Import Title Page window load an existing Title Page Template file by selecting a file ending in TPG and clicking Open WINDOWS ONLY To load a title page that is part of another Screenwriter Script click the Import button then change the List files of type from Title Page to Screenwriter Scripts Select a file ending in MMSW and click Open Printing a Title Page From within Title Page Publisher print the Title Page by clicking the Print The Title Page B
91. gins capitalization and spacing Screenwriter uses these elements Act Break Shot e Action Title Centered Character Name Transition Dialogue Note Parenthetical Outline elements e Scene Heading Scene Label Loa dass bobo Merten Mec N o nd UNCLE BILLY calls out 4 Parenthetical Be sure you spell the name right oro T Transition DENS IRR ETE Wt KT AcCBreok INT OUTER OFFICE BUILDING AND LOAN DAY Scene Heading FULL SHOT lt fhe ntttees are inehanqed stihi smettt me rnd 5 old fashioned The same office force albeit a few years older Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace Seated on a chair is a middle aged man with a brief case The outer door opens and George enters GEORGE ty Character Name Extral Extral Read all about it Dialogue EE e Outline element Cousin Tilly and Cousin Eustace are talking on the phone pms Action COUSIN EUSTACE 45 Inserting Elements You can insert Elements in a number of ways Click on an element in the Current Element drop down list pop up menu Click on the element s icon on the Right Toolbar if displayed Press a Control key Command key shortcut for that element See the Appendix on Key Assignments for details Jn certain formats certain text is automatically formatted in certain elements Examples are int or ext on
92. h the cursor appears Example If the cursor is in the middle of a scene the Sync Frame still appears around that Scene Heading in the Outline Panel For Outline Elements Sequences scene label beats notes shots and user defined outline styles The sync frame only displays around the corresponding item in the Outline Panel when the cursor is in that particular Outline Element in the document 67 Printing Before printing a document you need to configure Screenwriter to work with one specific printer With only one printer connected Windows automatically selects it as the default Print Setup Page Setup Screenwriter uses Windows Print Setup screen to let you choose default settings for all your printing in Screenwriter Under the File menu select Print Setup Page Setup The Print Setup screen displays with the name of your currently selected printer in the Name window Print Setup Printer Name phobos HP LaserJet 5000 Series PELE x Status Ready Type HP LaserJet 5000 Series PCL6 Where Stephen amp Chris Printer Comment Paper Orientation Size Letter v Portrait Source Automatically Select i Landscape Print Setup in Windows version To select another printer scroll through the list of connected printers in the Name 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
93. he next Page break SHIFT CMD PAGE DOWN Select text that is transversed by the Up Arrow Key cete tte nete SHIFT UP ARROW Select text that is transversed by the Down Arrow Key Combinations SHIFT DOWN ARROW Select text that is transversed by the Right Arrow Key Combinations SHIFT RIGHT ARROW Select text that is transversed by the Left Arrow Key Combinations SHIFT LEFT ARROW 133 Miscellaneous Shortcut Keys Macintosh Spell check the current word CMD D Opern Th saurtis 2 teneis CMD J Bring Up Screenwriter Help SHIFT CMD Open Find window eesssss CMD F Speak Selection suusss SHIFT CMD S Tagging Mode rrt SHIFT CMD T BE ECT SHIFT CMD U Reset Cheated Element SHIFT CMD Collapse All Hideable Elements CMD OPTION UP ARROW Expand All Hideable Elements CMD OPTION DOWN ARROW Function Keys Macintosh Cheat Elemerit rn rens F3 GoTo Next Strikethrough or colored Text SHIFT F3 Show Format Codes sssss OPTION F3 Open Thesaurie e F5 TOQGIE BO cece etre F6 134 Appendix C QuickType With QuickType enabled pressing Tab or Enter RETURN in one element either moves you to a new default element or displays a List Menu of available options If you Type
94. iDoc Notes Panel replaces the Note Commander feature in earlier versions of Movie Magic Screenwriter The Notes Panel is used to add remove modify and navigate to notes in your document It is also used to create and control note categories a new feature The Notes Panel can be displayed by clicking on the Notes tab in the NaviDoc The keyboard command for showing the Notes Panel is CTRL 3 Outline Scenes uu Bookmarks Me m LEA El Delete Note Add Note Element v L Default Note UNER 1i diis iig tbacstass 1Y vinti pires EM It is a raw gusty day and his overcoat and muffler flap in the breeze Draped around one arm is a large Christmas GS o reath under his other arm are several more copies of the paper JOSEPH S VOICE This morning day before Christmas about ten a m Bedford Falls time George comes to where Ernie the taxi driver is standing on the sidewalk GEORGE holding out paper The NaviDoc opened to the Notes Panel When you select a note in the NaviDoc the script is scrolled to the note in the document view The Sync Frame a frame drawn around the note in the NaviDoc displays ONLY when the selection is within the note in the document The sync frame disappears if you move the text cursor out of the note in the document 64 The Bookmarks Panel The Bookmarks Panel in the NaviDoc replaces the Bookmark feat
95. ified by a check mark Shot To modify styles click the Styles button Title Centered Transition Sequence Scene Beat Create Edit Outline Styles Promoting and Demoting Outline Elements These icons change the outline style of selected outline items based on the style s position in the Outline Styles table e gt Click on the Promote button Left Arrow to promote move to a greater level in the hierarchy the outline element by assigning the style above the current style in the Outline Styles table The keyboard command for promoting an outline element is ALT LEFT ARROW Ctrl LEFT ARROW Click on the Demote button Right Arrow to demote move to a lesser level in the hierarchy the outline element by assigning the style below the current style in the Outline Styles table The keyboard command for demoting an outline element is ALT RIGHT ARROW Ctrl RIGHT ARROW 82 Outline Panel Controls Outline Scenes Notes Bookmarks oo T2 0 fee Hitt Sequence M NaviDoc Outline Panel Controls Windows fo Scenes Notes Bookmarks 2 ms 3 SBITITS Delete Add Outline Element X Sequence 9 NaviDoc Outline Panel Controls Macintosh Preferences This control opens the preferences for the NaviDoc NOTE when in the Outline panel this button opens the Outline preferences specifically 83 Sync This control determines whether or not the NaviDoc and the document are
96. ile types formats currently available Screenwriter 4 x and 2000 scw Normally used for saving for pre 6 0 Screenwriter scripts Adobe Acrobat PDF pdf Used to export to Adobe Acrobat This is a widely used format that can be opened and printed by a wide variety of software programs on both Windows and Macintosh Rich Text Format rtf Compatible with most Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word Plain Text txt Used to export to programs which cannot handle any of the other format A plain text format with all the text of the script indented correctly using spaces HTML Publishing html This feature saves your script as an HTML file and allows you to upload it to an FTP site In order to upload your Script you will need to know the URL user name and password Movie Magic Scheduling Export sex 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 Gorilla Scheduling sex Macintosh Only Screenwriter can export tagged breakdown items to a Screenwriter Export file with the file extension SEX This file can be imported directly into Gorilla Scheduling where breakdo
97. indows version Pelei tw cur she CUM a ractwete reo aed ana 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 Format menu select Document Layout 69 On the left side of the window 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 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 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
98. ing Mode Codes display around certain words indicating that they have been tagged For example CS hat indicates that hat has been tagged as Costume 3 Drag over or double click on the word chair in the 2nd action element to select it A pop up menu of Tagging Categories displays 4 Click on Props to tag the chair as a prop t s that simple Chair will appear on the breakdown sheet for Scene 2 under the heading Props Tag an Item Globally 1 Under the File menu select Open Double click on Export to Scheduling mmsw to open it 2 Under the Production menu select Breakdown then Tagging Mode Drag over or double click on the word cloak in the 2nd action element to select it A pop up menu of Tagging Categories displays 4 Click on Tag Item Globally The pop up menu of Tagging Categories displays 5 Click on Costumes to select it as the category Click on the Okay button Every occurrence of the word cloak in an Action Description and Note element is tagged and appears on the breakdown sheets under Costumes in the appropriate scenes 20 Print Breakdown Sheets from Screenwriter Under the File menu select Print The Print window displays 2 Click on Production Breakdowns to select it then click on the OK button The Production Breakdowns menu displays 3 Click on Script Breakdown Sheets to select it then click on the OK button A Scene Selection menu displays 4 With All Scenes s
99. isplay Size Full Page O Zoomed Show Grid inches O Centimeters usea 0 0 linc binding marginwnen Horiz ontally Centering on Page Align Horizontally Unchanged Olet ORight O Centers O Leftto Right O Center on Page O Undo Alignment Title Page Publisher in Windows version Opening a Title Page Under the View menu select Title Page Publisher and you ll see a screen like the one in the example above You can enlarge or reduce the size of the title page displayed onscreen with the Full Page and Zoomed buttons at top right 35 Title Page Publisher Display Size full Page Zoomed x a IV show Grid eee inches Centimeters To add or edit text double click on existing text or at the location on the page where you want new text to go Or use the buttons below Add Text Edit Text Align Horizontal E Et Align Vertical p ds dh p EJ Use a e inch binding margin when horizontally centering on page Print Title Page Cancel C ok Title Page Publisher in Macintosh OS X version Creating Text Elements Double click anywhere on the title page to create a text element The Edit Text window pops up Show Me the Magic by Screenwriter s v z Ew fe mj Z oK x concer 2 neo Type your text The Left three buttons allow you to select Bold Underline and Italics respectively The next bu
100. iter s features you may want to customize these default settings to the way you work Revisions Ge Printing Li Keyboard Mouse fX Multimedia E NavDoc Outline I TextEntry Editing zT QuickType LJ Startup Files A SmartCheck v Spelling Miscellaneous lt Allow Typeover Enable Alt Keys for Character Name Entry llc ipse v Selecting Bold Italics or Underline turns off Block Pressing the ENTER Key In Dialogue takes you to Character Name In Action takes you to Character Name In Action w Hidden Names goes to Dialogue In Transition takes you to Action In Note and Outline Style adds a Hard Return i e stays in Note Tab in Dialogue takes you to Parenthetical When Parsing Scene Headings for the Locations List only strip off known Time of Days Display on screen in place of the Courier New TrueType For Tools gt Options window Windows A simple way to change Screenwriter s most commonly used option settings is to use the Tools gt Options menu Windows or the Screenwriter gt Preferences menu Mac OS X The Screenwriter options preferences are broken into several tabs Click on each tab to see the options available to you The tabs are 105 WINDOWS MACINTOSH Format gt Options Screenwriter gt Preferences Text Entry Editing e QuickType Editing including QuickType St
101. l Scenes Panel Notes Panel e Bookmarks Panel Each NaviDoc panel is comprised of two parts The top part of each panel holds the Controls The remainder of the panel is the Item List The items in the Item List change with each NaviDoc panel For example there is a scene list in the Scenes Panel a bookmark list in the Bookmarks Panel a notes list in the Notes Panel and an outline list in the Outline Panel Opening and Closing the NaviDoc There are several ways to show and hide the NaviDoc Select the NaviDoc command from the View menu e Press CTRL ZERO 62 Click on the NaviDoc icon located in the View toolbar located at the bottom left of the document window Double click or Click and Drag the NaviDoc Splitter Double click or drag the NaviDoc splitter to the right to open Double click or drag the NaviDoc splitter to the left to close Resizing the NaviDoc Click and drag the NaviDoc splitter to change the width of the NaviDoc panel The NaviDoc has a minimum size but no maximum Dragging the NaviDoc splitter to the left beyond the minimum closes the NaviDoc panel NOTE The yellow arrow is in the screenshot to point out the splitter and the splitter mouse icon The yellow arrow is not part of Movie Magic Screenwriter NaviDoc Keyboard Commands Here are the six basic keyboard commands for moving around in the NaviDoc Top of the list ALT HOME CTRL HOME Bottom of the list ALT
102. l I Date Flush Right I UnderLine I Bold Rev Color I Script Name Put in Date As Month Day Year Put in Act Break As O Numbers O Letters Putin Scene Label As N Q Numbers Letters _Print Headers On Not Page One Align Headers Footers O Flush Left Flush Right Blank Lines Following Header Month Day Year O Every Page a Day Month Year O Words A Words Header Footer Margins Inches Left LS s Preview worps Right 10 s Day Month Year Roman Numerals Roman Numerals O Every Page Except First Page of Scene Set Font 71 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 t 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 Break Inserts the code representing the Act number for TV shows and Stage Plays To have the act number appear as Act 2 put Act in the Header Scene Label Inserts the code representing the Scene number for TV shows and Stage Plays To have the scene number appear as Scene 2 put Sce
103. le Computer NOTE When keyboard commands are used in this manual the Windows command is first and in bold followed by the Mac command in square brackets For example CTRL S CMD S shows the Windows command Control S followed by the Mac keyboard equivalent Command S If a keyboard shortcut is the same for Mac and Windows the command is shown only once 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 Toolbar Icons File Edit View Format Goto NaviDoc Tools Production Window Help o AIA gt 2 amp H 9 J Q rax Action he AR ERFEPR ee eee Ee ee ee eee EAA coraxie Windows Main Menu Bar Top Toolbar and Ruler above Screenwriter File Edit View Format Goto NaviDoc Tools Production Window Help eoe 8 Untitled 1 aan tB mu agin PR 2 Action Gres vuela toma trie nome an nares re vee rain arent Soren lar Macintosh Main Menu Bar Top Toolbar and Ruler above To see what command a Toolbar Icon represents use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it A box of explanatory Hint text displays directly beneath the icon and any Quick Key shortcut displays on the left of the Bottom Status Bar For
104. le Cursor a hand holding a card 4 Still holding down the SHIFT 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 SHIFT 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 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 Printing Index Cards To print your Index Cards click the Print button on the bottom Toolbar You ll be taken to the following menu Setup Index Card Printing 34x214 OS Q 5x34 Landscape Oro Ax 24 Sparco 1099 Define Your Own Options ig Portrait vns gr DrawBoxes v Bold PECHENE Top Btm Margins 0 50 f Is inches i i zi E mum LWRghtMargins 0 50 7 inches Inter Card Margins 0 25 inches l E Eont l Bl Save As Oi Save as the default Layout BS Print All Cards J Select Range of Cards to Print Cancel Help The three large page icons across the top of the screen are pre defined layouts desig
105. m 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 Click YES Windows or Continue Mac to Untag all items Cancel to exit without making changes 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 or other production scheduling programs 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 window displays with a list of all your script s scene headings 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 All Scenes Exports breakdown information for all scenes in the Script This is the default and the radio button is automatically checked unless you select a scene heading by clicking on it All Scenes except OMITTEDs Exports all scenes
106. mat gt Element Styles window by using the main menu or press ALT M CMD E then choose Outline from the list of buttons on the right 85 Element Styles Margins in Inches Scene Headings C Justified Action fa i Left L5 Right 1 9 Character Names Spacing in Lines fa fa Parentheticals Lines Before 1 0 Line Spacing 1 0 w v Dialogue Clau cars Bold italicized Underlined Shots Font Courier P size 12 9 Transitions Sample Courier 12pts Notes Use this Font for All Elements Outline Include these standard elements in your Outline View 3 Act Breaks F Shots L Scene Labels M Notes M Scene Headings Act Breaks Scene Labels ith Print Frame Colors ilii Dotted v i TA Page Breaks Locked Scripts mm Save as Default for all new documents 2 IS IS CD CD EO mM Allow words that are five or more letters long to extend 1 or 2 letters beyond the normal right hand margin Adding an Outline style Click on the Add Outline Style button 2 This will create a style called New Style that will be placed above the Scene Heading level which is where outline elements are commonly used 3 To change the name of the style double click on the name New Style type in the new name and press ENTER RETURN
107. n QuickType 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 These preferences control what happens when your enter character names the auto pop up of character name location and time of days lists and other options Startup Files These preferences control what happens when you start Screenwriter the location of your document and backup directories time backup frequency passwords registration of file type associations and other file related options SmartCheck These preferences control SmartCheck the Screenwriter feature that scans your script for common formatting errors They control how automatic SmartCheck runs what SmartCheck should do with various types of formatting errors what to do with inappropriate blank lines and other options Spelling These preferences control Screenwriter s spelling features such as what to do with double capital letters spell check and auto correction as you type the display of misspelled words auto capitalization and other spelling options Miscellaneous These preferences control a variety of different features in Screenwriter such as warning and progress displays header and footer displays scroll bar controls page break controls and other assorted options Revisions These preferences control the display and tracking of document revisions These include the display and location of r
108. n 29 Inserting and manipulating elements 130 Inserting elements 46 Insert 29 Insert action element 122 130 Insert a blank space 124 131 Insert a hard space 124 131 Insert a new note 122 130 Insert a new shot 122 130 Insert scene heading with EXT 122 130 Insert scene heading with INT 122 130 Insert a transition 122 130 Insert character element 122 130 Insert character extension 122 130 Insert character name into text 122 130 Insert forced page break 124 Insert hard return 124 Insert left parenthesis 123 130 Insert new element after the cursor 123 131 Insert note 127 Insert parenthetical element 122 130 Insert scene 122 130 139 Insert upside down 124 Instructional templates 31 Inter card between cards margins 103 iPartner 80 94 Issue revised pages 116 Italics 59 110 124 128 131 Italics button 59 Item to be tagged 118 J Justified 110 K Keep element together 123 Keep group together 123 Keyboard 63 106 108 Keyboard selection 57 L Last replace amp find next 129 Last search 121 127 Left 37 126 133 Left click 57 Left Right 103 Left arrow 126 133 Left column 123 130 Left justified 36 Left to right 37 Lengthening your script 69 Letters 72 73 Line 29 Line spacing 109 List 76 List files of type 38 Loading a template 31 Loading a title page 38 Location 47 135 136 Locked scripts options 112 Lowercase 60 124 128 131 M Macintosh
109. n as you have set their hide show status individually Unchecked all Notes are collapsed to their hidden status Print Notes in Document If checked Notes are treated as part of the document when printing changing the Page Breaks accordingly Unchecked they do not print or increase the script length Select the color for Notes to be displayed in the document Click this button to display a Color palette Choose a color to display Notes with or create a Custom color Click OK to accept your choice Cancel to exit without changing color You are prompted to convert all Notes to the new color Click on Yes to change all the notes No to change only one Note 3 Click OK to save your changes Cancel to discard them See Element Styles in the Customizing Screenwriter chapter for more details 92 Bookmarks The Bookmarks Panel in the NaviDoc replaces the Bookmark feature in earlier versions of Movie Magic Screenwriter The Bookmarks Panel is used to add remove modify and navigate to bookmarks in your document The Bookmarks Panel can be displayed by clicking on the Bookmarks tab in the NaviDoc The keyboard command for showing the Bookmarks Panel is CTRL 4 When you select a bookmark in the NaviDoc the script is scrolled to the bookmark in the document view The Sync Frame a frame drawn around the bookmark in the NaviDoc displays ONLY when the selection is within the paragraph the bookmark points to in the document BI
110. ndex Card iain tete a 99 Editan Index Card ceti S texere ieee medio ae Non Editable Index Cards em Shuffle an Index Card eie t aee ees ns Shuffle Multiple Index Cards ssessessseeeeeeenne 102 Printing Index Cards vec one ni ere reto thee aab s 102 Customizing Screenwriter eese 105 Screenwriter Options amp Preferences 105 Element Styles 109 Character Name Dialogue 111 Parenthetical 111 Scene Heading 111 Sot ciens 111 Action 112 Transition 112 Act Information 112 Scene Information 112 Note aee 112 Page Break Options 4 412 Locked Scripts ODtiOnS ierit oS e Det bere 112 Production Features eese eren 113 Production ReWFIEGS 25 Dos orte ro E teet eed Re iba tee da Prev ebd ates Du o 113 The Production Cycle sasssa rater tie rea e I e e mie 113 Shooting Script Perform REVISIONS xerit coena rues sets coe cose Eos oS AAEE ANEN NEES 116 Issue Revised Pages eene cit I nenne dk sands Tnnc e REEF na ERR Rad 116 Start Next Revision R Breakdown Tagging Mode snene eene 117 TAGGING emis linea as metet Odes ques Ho sedet trao Deum eese esee ud Untagging Items i Tag Items Globally 22 3 ottenuti tre tetti noie aeea 118 Ignore Selection for Breakdowns Windows Only
111. ndex Cards you need to be in Outline Mode If it s not already selected select it by clicking on the Outline button at the bottom right of the Toolbar NOTE You cannot edit index cards if your document contains outline elements 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 TAB to go there To be recognized as elements in your script text needs to be entered in Index Card mode obeying the following guidelines 99 Script Element Enter in Index Card as Action Normal paragraph with one blank line before and after it Character Name Formatted as ALL CAPS and followed by a colon and 2 spaces Dialogue Immediately following the Character Name after the colon and two spaces and on the same line Should word wrap normally without any special indentation Parenthetical Part of the dialogue on the same line but text is enclosed in parentheses with a space before and after as appropriate Transition Formatted as ALL CAPS Entered as an Action paragraph with one blank line before and one blank line after it Transition text must end in TO Transition tex
112. ne in the Header Date Inserts 96 the code representing the current date Rev Color Inserts the code representing the Revision Draft Color for revised pages Flush 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 Page would place Act 2 flush left and Page 3 flush right Underline Insert to start underlining and to end underlining Bold Insert lt to start underlining and gt to end underlining 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 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 09 Month Day Year American with dashes 8 27 09 Day Month Year European Format 27 8 09 Day Month Year European with dashes 27 8 09 72 Put In Act Break As Selects a format for Act Break appearing in Header Text Click on the appropriate radio button to select Numbers 1 2 3 Letters A
113. ned to be used with pre cut card stock Index Cards Select one by clicking on its icon or radio button 102 The layout at the top right of the screen 3 3 4 x 2 1 2 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 printing 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 Page Margin 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 Save as the Default Layout 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 r
114. nel Add and Delete Notes Adding Notes in the Document 1 4 5 6 Click on File Open and open the Sample Screenplay file in the Sample Files folder In the Outline panel click on Scene 3 INT CAVERN NIGHT In that scene find the sentence The dark figure doesn t move staying in the shadows But his voice is strained Click at the beginning of that sentence Press SHIFT CTRL N CONTROL N to add a new note Type in Find a different way to describe the Dark Figure s voice You can also add notes in the following ways 1 8 9 Top Menus NaviDoc gt New Note Notes Panel Add Note Element button Top Toolbar Insert Element button If you do not see that button on the top toolbar see Customize Toolbar in the Screenwriter program Help Right Toolbar Note button If you do not see the Right Toolbar click on View Right Element Buttons Click on the Add Note Element on the Notes panel Choose the Default Note Category Type in This is another note 1f Removing Notes from the Document There are two ways to delete a note in the document The Delete Note button on the Notes panel or deleting the entire contents of a note in the document Follow the steps above to add a couple of notes to a document Open the Notes panel CTRL 3 if it is not already open on gt Select the first note in the Notes panel by clicking on it 4 Click the Delete Note button Th
115. ng text that s off screen 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 Double Click the Left mouse button to select the Word Triple Click Triple Click the Left mouse button to select the entire Element CMD Click MACINTOSH ONLY Click the Left mouse button while holding down the Command key selects the entire Sentence Right Click Place the cursor on the word sentence element to be selected Right Click the mouse to bring up a Selection Menu If you re using the Windows pop up menus choose the appropriate item Mouse Blocking WINDOWS ONLY Screenwriter can select text in increments of text characters or of whole words Choose your preference under the Tools menu by selecting Options then the Mouse tab If you check Mouse Selects Text by Whole Words WINDOWS ONLY Screenwriter automatically selects entire words when you drag the cursor over them This ensures that you don t accidentally select fragments of words Unchecked Screenwriter selects text one character at a time Keyboard Selection Place the cursor on the word sentence element to be selected Press the SHIFT key and hold it down Press other movement keys such as an arrow or page down key to highlight the text Release both keys when the desired text s selected Dragging and Dropping Move the cursor to the start of the text you want to m
116. nge Case then choose the desired capitalization To change the case of an entire Element 1 Putthe cursor anywhere in the appropriate Element 2 Under the Format menu select Change Case then choose the desired capitalization 60 Spell Check Screenwriter s built in Spell Check system allows you to check the spelling of your document As Spell Check begins checking relative to the cursor position it s not necessary to select the text to check 1 2 Position the cursor in the word or Element you d like to check or directly before the word to start spell checking at Under the Tools Spell Check menu select the checking method to use Word Spell checks the Word that the cursor is currently in Element Spell checks the Element that the cursor is currently in Page Spell checks the current Page Forwards Spell checks from the cursor position to the end of the script Entire Document Spell checks all text in the script Selection Spell checks the selected text in the script Thesaurus Screenwriter s Thesaurus finds synonyms and related words for any word you select 1 2 3 Select a word Choose the Tools gt Thesaurus menu or press F5 CMD J The Get Synonyms window opens with the selected word in the Head Word window In the Synonyms window below is a scrollable list of like words Click on the word you prefer and it appears in the Head Word window along with its alternative words
117. ns e Instructional Templates Choosing one of these templates will load the margins and formatting settings and include instructional Notes and possibly some sample text TV Templates Choosing one of these templates will load the margins and formatting settings for that TV show and any sample text NOTE when creating a new document from a template instructional Notes or sample text will be inserted into the new document These can be removed if desired Choose a template and press the OPEN button to create a new document using the chosen template styles Select Cancel to exit without creating a new document Loading A Template To load the formatting of a template into an existing document select Format gt Load Styles From and choose one of the following e Template Clicking this displays a window where you can select from the provided templates NOTE when loading an Instructional or TV Template into an open document that contains text the instructional Notes or sample text will not be inserted in order to preserve the existing document Screenwriter Document Clicking this displays a window where you can select an existing Screenwriter 6 0 MMSW or pre 6 0 SCW document 31 After selecting a template the Loading Element Styles options windows displays This window allows control over how certain formatting gets loaded or not from the template The items that you can choose to Keep or Load are e Use
118. nwriter Many of them can be changed using Tools gt Options menu Special Keys These are the only special keys you need to use to write with Screenwriter TAB inne Tab takes you to the Character Name element from any other element ENTER e ENTER takes you to any other element except Character Name for example pressing ENTER while in Character Name takes you to Dialogue while in Transition it takes you to Scene Heading etc esses ceni 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 Shortcut Keys for Editing Windows CODY Ctrl C Ctrl Ins C t selected text neces Ctrl X Paste Text inicie ettet ors Ctrl V Paste into Current Element When Ctrl V is used to paste Ctrl ALT V Open Search window ssss Ctrl F Open Search window F2 Open Search and Replace ALT F2 Continue Last Search or Search Replace SHIFT F2 Delete the character to the left of the caret ssss BACKSPACE Delete the word to the left of the caret CtrltBACKSPACE Bine Ctrl Z 121
119. o to a New file each time Screenwriter opens there are several other Startup options To choose one 1 Select Tools gt Options Windows or Screenwriter gt Preferences Macintosh 2 Click on the Startup Files Win or Files Mac tab Select an option e Leave You in a Blank Document opens a new blank document file Display Open File menu displays the standard Open File window e Retrieve Last Document you worked on opens the last document you saved Restore Last Workspace opens all files that were open when you last exited Screenwriter displayed in the same way 30 Document Formats Screenwriter has pre set format files for Screenplay Filmed Sitcom Taped Sitcom TV Templates Stage Play Radio Play Comic Book including Gosset amp Kayle and Multimedia Interactive scripts As a default template Screenwriter loads the screenplay format each time you open a blank document However you can easily switch to one of the other formats by using the Format gt Load Styles From commands Create a New File from a Template File gt New From Template To create a new document based on a specific template under the File menu select New from Template An open dialog will appear where you can select from one of the following template folders Blank Templates Choosing one of these templates will load only the margins and formatting settings but will not include any sample text or instructio
120. o use to write with Screenwriter TAB Tab takes you to the Character Name element from any other element RETURN RETURN takes you to any other element except Character Name for example pressing RETURN while in Character Name takes you to Dialogue while in Transition it takes you to Scene Heading etc qm 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 Shortcut Keys for Editing Macintosh O10 9 d re CMD C Cut selected text mininiais CMD X Paste Text ooi mete CMD V Paste Text alternate SHIFT CMD V Paste into Current Element CMD OPTION V Open Find window eessses CMD F Find Next nte ettet CMD G Open Replace window CMD R Continue Last Replace amp Find Next CMD OPTION R Delete the character to the left Of th caret oet DELETE Delete the word to the left of the caret CMD DELETE 129 Redoute tei ees SHIFT CMD Z Delete the character to the right of the caret e FORWARD DELETE Delete the word to the right of the caret CMD FORWARD DELETE Delete to End of Line
121. ocal IP address which is displayed when you start iPartner f your computer is part of a local network of computers connected to the Internet such as a home or office network or a WiFi hotspot then your partner needs to enter the WAN IP address of the network You can find the WAN IP address of the local network by visiting web sites such as www whatismyip com and www mywanip com e f your computer is protected by a firewall then it may be necessary to open a port in the firewall to allow iPartner data to pass through 94 Connecting through a Gateway Router or Firewall If you are having trouble establishing a connection using iPartner but you are able to access other sites on the Internet your computer is most likely protected from the Internet by a gateway router or firewall In this case the gateway router or firewall will need to have its configuration changed to allow iPartner to establish network connections Solution To allow outgoing connections open a port in the firewall Solution To allow incoming connections enable port forwarding on the gateway or router iPartner Port Information iPartner can communicate over any one of the following TCP port numbers 2200 2136 2184 and 2245 At a minimum the firewall will need to allow outbound connection on at least one of these ports The user can select the port number to use so if you open only one port number let the users know which p
122. ocument Format is the international standard for WYSIWYG cross platform document distribution It is 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 format we recommend Preview Click this button to see a Print Preview of the current selection in WYSIWYG format 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 Export To 2 Select a file type from the menu There are the export f
123. ograms Copyright Notice Manual written by Kevin Hindley Chris Huntley and Stephen Greenfield Copyright Write Brothers Inc 1997 2003 2005 2007 2008 2009 Portions Ken Schafer 1993 2000 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 Write Brothers Inc Trademarks Screenwriter and the Screenwriter Logo are trademarks of Write Brothers Incorporated Movie Magic is a registered trademark of Entertainment Partners Inc Dramatica and Write Brothers are registered trademarks of Write Brothers Incorporated SmartCheck SmartTab ZapSave QuickType iPartner Script Note Commander and PrintThing are trademarks of ScriptPerfection Enterprises All others are trademarks of their respective holders 073009001 Table of Contents SIUC ONAN seepe LM M 8 Ten Minute Tutorials for Movie Magic Screenwriter s 10 Windows BJSers etse seti ponerte eed pea exc do otedte o Me eR Rex rri tuat 10 Tutorials for Using the NaviDOG citta ettet tiere exe Opening and Closing the NaviDoc s The Outline Panel Creating an Outline sssessssssss 15 Notes Panel Add and Delete Notes ssseeee 17 Bookmark Panel
124. on File gt Open Open the Sample Files folder In the Sample Files folder select the sample file that contains the format of the template that was overwritten and click Open Click on File Save As Template Select the template def file that was accidentally overwritten Click on Save A prompt should appear asking to replace the existing file 33 8 Click on Yes Replace to overwrite the file 9 You should now be able to load that template again with the correct format See Loading a Template This method will not correctly restore the format if you have modified the settings and format of Stage Play mmsw n that case use the re install method above 34 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 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 Grid lines are displayed to help you position your text boxes and do not print The title page is automatically attached to the document and is saved with it yet it stays out of your way while writing Title Page Publisher EJ To add or edittext double click on existing text or on the place on the page where you want tto go D
125. on 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 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 P
126. ons An Extension is a modification to the Character Name appearing directly after it in parentheses or on the next line if you prefer and differs from a Parenthetical It is commonly used to indicate that the Character speaking cannot be seen speaking on screen The two most common Extensions are e V O Stands for Voice Over which tells the reader that the character is commenting on the onscreen action but is not part of it or is narrating over the scene e O S Stands for Off Screen which tells the reader that the character is not visible on screen but is nearby somewhere in the scene To enter a Character Extension 1 Press Shift 9 left parenthesis while the cursor is anywhere in a Character Name and a Character Extension pop up list displays 48 2 You can either click on a menu item with the mouse or press the Hot Key designated by the underline for that item For example type v for V O and it is entered New Extension Displays the Character Extension User List where you can enter text and create a new extension Add as Text Enters whatever you type as a Character Extension without adding it to the User List 3 The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element If you pressed ENTER RETURN and the cursor s already gone to a blank Dialogue element press BACKSPACE to return the cursor to the Character Name element Then press Shift 9 left parenthesis Dialogue Elements Dialogue is the
127. or at the end of the element immediately before the Forced Page Break Press DELETE DELETE FORWARD Dual Column Simultaneous Dialogue 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 SHIFT CTRL L CONTROL L The element is formatted as Character Name L as displayed in the Change Element window 3 Press ENTER RETURN to go to the next element In the example it is a Dialogue element already formatted as Dialogue L Type the Dialogue 5 Press ENTER RETURN to go to the next element It is a normal Action element To enter Left column action type the Action text Press SHIFT CTRL L CONTROL L Press ENTER RETURN to go to the next element It is a normal Action element 6 Type the Right column text as you would normally 53 11
128. ort has been opened iPartner 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 iPartner would be Outgoing and Incoming connections allowed on ports 2200 2136 2184 and 2245 Amore 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 95 Speak Text Movie Magic Screenwriter has the ability to actually read your script aloud using Microsoft s free Text to Speech engine or using Macintosh s built in Text to Speech Start Speak Text by selecting the Speak Selection command from the Tools menu NOTE The Tools gt Speak Selection and Tools gt Assign Voices commands only work of saved documents If these commands are unavailable grayed out in the Tools menu save your document and the commands will become available to use Assign Voices to Names and Categories To Assign a Voice to any Name or eo Category simply double click on it in Act Breaks Action the list to the left Scene Headings Character Name Options Scene Labels Do not read Notes Shots OhRead in Character Voice Titles Centered ORead in Action Voice Transitions
129. our ways to sort the scenes Scene Number Shows the scenes in the Scenes panel in script order INT JEXT Groups scenes by their initial scene text of INT interior or EXT exterior e Location Groups scenes alphabetically by their location e g BOB S CAF then CAROL S APARTMENT etc Time of day Groups scenes alphabetically by their time of day e g DAY then EVENING then NIGHT etc Click on each option to see how it changes the way scenes are displayed in the Scenes panel 19 Tagging for Script Breakdown and Export to Movie Magic Scheduling Production Breakdown sheets used to create a shooting schedule can be generated sorted and printed directly from your Screenwriter script Screenwriter s unique Tagging feature allows you to also mark items in the script such as props costumes vehicles etc that you want to appear on the breakdowns If you use Movie Magic Scheduling production breakdowns are even easier Screenwriter generates a Movie Magic Scheduling Export file containing all the scene information from your script When opened in Scheduling this file automatically generates breakdown sheets and corresponding production board strips complete with items you tagged in Screenwriter Tag a Single Item 1 Under the File menu select Open Double click on Export to Scheduling mmsw to open a sample script for tagging 2 Under the Production menu select Breakdown then Tagg
130. ove Highlight the text to move using your preferred selection method 3 Using the Mouse move the cursor anywhere over the selected text and press the Left Mouse Button down Hold it down The cursor changes from the normal text I Bar to a Flashing Arrow with a page icon at its base the Drag and Drop cursor 4 While holding the Left Mouse Button down drag this block across the page to its new position With the arrow cursor at the place you want the text inserted release the Left Mouse Button The text block moves to the new position 57 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 Tools menu by selecting Options Windows or choose the Screenwriter menu and then Preferences Mac 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 Left Mouse Button while the cursor s in the First half of the Element text is dropped Before the Element If you release the Left Mouse
131. p Toolbar e Or press CTRL I CMD I or F9 Windows only on the keyboard Strikethrough Text To format existing text as Strikethrough Select the text Then e Press F11 CMD K on the keyboard Removing Text Formatting Select the text to remove formatting from Click on the Normal Button label with an N on the Top Toolbar Or press CMD Mac only on the keyboard Applying Multiple Text Formats You can apply multiple formats to existing text e g make text both Bold and Italicized without re selecting it multiple times Hold down the SHIFT key while applying any of the text formats above The text remains highlighted ready for you to apply the next format If you d prefer text to remain highlighted after you ve applied a text format without using the SHIFT key WINDOWS ONLY 1 Under the Tools menu select Options 2 Select the Text Entry Editing button 3 Uncheck the Selecting Bold Italics or Underline turns off Block box 59 Changing Case You can change the case of existing text without re typing it using these options Uppercase Lowercase Initial Capitals Capitalize Word Cap amp Bold Word and Lowercase Word When Screenwriter changes the case of existing text it retains correct capitalization for e Sentence beginnings e The personal pronoun I e Speaking Characters with Initial Capitals To change the case of selected text 1 Select the text 2 Under the Format menu select Cha
132. r Lists Title Page Note Categories e Outline Styles NOTE If you choose to load the Outline Styles and Note Categories from a Template they will be added on to any existing styles or categories in order to provide the most flexibility Any unwanted styles or categories can be removed after the loading process has completed Television Templates These templates have the pre set formats 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 New from Template You will be in the default templates folder 2 Open the TV Templates folder If you didn t install the templates uninstall Screenwriter and re install it 3 Select a Template file Click on OK to open it For a list of Television Templates and the shows they correspond to see the Appendix chapter entitled Files Installed in the Screenwriter Help Creating Your Own Template Margins and formatting settings are saved as part of the document file itself and don t need to be saved separately You can create a new template with your preferred settings by doing the following 1 Open the document with your preferred settings and format 2 Under the File menu select Save As Template 3 Enter a new filename if necessary Click on OK to save the format NOTE If you wish to change the type of document that gets created e g Screenplay Stage Play Novel etc when
133. r 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 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 73 Preview Click this button to see a Print Preview of the current page showing your Header Text Click on the appropriate button for Print Sends the onscreen page to the printer formatted exactly as it looks but at 100 size This command is located in the File menu on the Mac Prev Goes to the previous page in the script Next Goes to the next page in the script Close Exits the Print Preview screen 1 Page Displays one page at a time onscreen 2 Pgs Displays two pages at a time onscreen Setup Document Layout WINDOWS ONLY Goes to the Document Layout screen see above displaying your actual script page instead of a Sample Page 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
134. r driven story with a solid dramatic structure that works It s pre production for your screenplay The end result is the creation of scenes in Dramatica that form the narrative treatment of your script Then import the entire story into Screenwriter where it appears as a formatted script a rough diamond ready to be polished into your first draft See how easily a Dramatica story imports 1 Under Screenwriter s File menu select Open 2 Select Files of Type Dramatica or Dramatica StoryView Exchange 3 Look in the Movie Magic Screenwriter directory and open the file named HAMLET DSW Instantly scene and character information pops into a new script ready for dialogue For demonstration purposes only a small sample from the story is included Your fully realized Dramatica story will contain much more detail and depth For versions of Dramatica Pro Movie Magic Dramatica and Writer s Dreamkit versions 3 0 and greater 22 Basic Information Windows amp Macintosh Using Movie Magic Screenwriter and this manual assumes a basic familiarity with Microsoft Windows Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows VISTA or Macintosh OS X Teaching or supporting these operating systems is beyond the scope of this manual For help with Windows go to your Microsoft Windows manual Windows online Help or contact Microsoft Corporation For help with the Mac OS go to your Mac user s manual Mac OS online system help or contact App
135. r 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 highlighting it with the mouse Or under the Production menu select Breakdowns then Tag Item Globally The Breakdown Sheets menu 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 Cancel to exit without tagging Ignore Selection for Breakdowns Windows Only 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 Category screen displays Click on Ignore Selection for Breakdowns 118 Untag All Items To remove breakdown tagging codes fro
136. ragging behavior and other options 108 Element Styles Format gt Element Styles Element styles are document specific controls that manage the look and format of the elements in the document The Element Styles window has fourteen tabs in it for the following elements scene headings action character names parentheticals dialogue shots transitions notes outlines act breaks scene labels centered titles page breaks and locked scripts The templates supplied with Screenwriter Screenplay Sitcom Sitcom 2 Stage Play etc contain customized sets of element styles specific to each template format Changes made in Element Styles affect the current document They can be saved as a default to affect all new scripts created using that format or saved as a template to be used in other documents Change options for specific documents formats by using the Format Element Styles window Element Styles CHARACTER NAME Margins in Inches Scene Headings iet a7 e Right 10 e Action Line Spacing in Lines Character Names Lines Before 1 0 3 Line Spacing 1 0 las orenthetkals J Dialogue Aches Bold Ttalcized Underlined Shots COURIER NEW 12PT Transitions Notes Use this font for All Elements Outline Styles Center Character Names mimes 7 Character Continueds as O No Automatic Character Continueds
137. renthetical Element When in Dialogue SHIFT 9 Insert Character Extension When in Character Element SHIFT 9 Title Centers the current Element SHIFT F6 122 Drop down the Element menu F4 Keep Element Together Ctrl K Keep Group Together CtrltALT K Set current element to Left Column SHIFT Ctrl L Ctrl 1 Set Current Element to Right Column SHIFT Ctrl R Ctrl 2 Set current element to Full Width SHIFT Ctrl F Ctrl 0 Insert Left Parenthesis When in Dialogue ss SHIFT Ctrl 9 Cheat Element nnns F3 Decrease Right Margin Cheats Ctrl ALT Increase Right Margin CtrltALT Insert New Element after the cursor element chosen contextually ENTER Shortcut Keys for File Operations Windows Open Email Document Dialog Ctrl M New Document using Default def Ctrl N New Document choose Template SHIFT Ctrl ALT N OPEN pe Ctrl O une Ctrl P SAVE M Ctrl S Close the Current Document Ctrl F4 Exit Screenwriter tes ALT F4 Switch Between Open Documents Ctrl F6 Save the documint 5 nennen F7 Print the document
138. roduction Cycle The Production Cycle involves the following steps e Issue the Shooting Script then e Lock the Script e Perform Revisions e Issue Revised Pages Start Next Revision Lock the script again e Perform Next Revisions Issue Next Revised Pages and so on Here s how 113 Shooting Script Before issuing the shooting script for the first time turn on and or customize all the Production Features you d like to use Each of these options is described in detail elsewhere in this manual and in the Screenwriter 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 NameWHIT 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 Under the Format menu select Element Styles a Click on the Scene Headings button and set the Scene Numbers and Scene Continued Text to your preference b 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 m
139. s 123 Switch between open documents 123 127 131 Switch elements 52 Sync 84 synchronize scripts 94 Sync Control 93 Sync Frame 64 65 93 T TAB 129 Tagged file 41 Tagging for script breakdown 20 Tagging items 117 Tagging mode 117 134 Tag an item globally 20 Tag a single item 20 Tag items globally 118 Tag item as 118 Taped sitcom format 31 Tcp port numbers 95 Television templates 32 Template 31 109 Text 77 Text editing 56 Text element 36 37 38 Text entry editing 106 107 Text format 59 Text interpretation menu 41 Text line spacing 70 Text or numerical input fields 27 Thesaurus 61 127 134 The production cycle 113 Time of day 47 Time of day dashes 111 Titles 35 50 Title centers the current element 122 127 130 Title page 35 37 38 Title page publisher 35 75 Toggle insert typeover mode 122 Toggle NaviDoc display 125 131 Toggle word processing mode 122 Tools menu 124 Top bottom 103 Tops 37 Top margin 70 Top to bottom 38 Top toolbar 28 Transition 50 100 112 130 135 Turn off block 56 Tutorial 8 10 Tv templates 31 Typeover 29 Type a note 88 U Underline 36 59 110 124 128 131 Underline button 59 Underlining text 59 Undo 58 121 122 130 Undo alignment 37 38 Unmark text as non printing 124 Untagging items 118 Untag all items 119 143 Up 133 Uppercase 60 131 Uppercase word 131 Up arrow 126 133 Up one element 125 13
140. s 58 C Capitalization information 42 Capitalize 60 124 128 131 Cap amp bold 60 124 128 Case 60 Centered 36 Centered title 100 Centers 37 38 Center character names 110 137 Center on page 37 38 Changing case 60 Character extension 48 130 Character name 48 52 100 110 130 135 Character name in dialog action 52 Cheat 101 Cheating 55 69 Cheat element 55 123 127 131 134 Cheat right margins 55 Check boxes 27 Choosing a script format 44 Cleaning up imported scripts 44 Close 131 Close the current document 123 Close the current script 127 Collapse all 85 Collapse all hideable elements 134 CompanyMOVE Showplanner 78 Configuration 95 Context sensitive help 24 127 Control key combination 135 Copy 121 129 Courier 12 point font 70 CTRL 1 15 66 CTRL 2 15 65 CTRL 3 15 64 CTRL 4 15 65 Current element window 44 52 Current page 75 Current total page count 70 Customizing screenwriter 105 Cut 126 129 133 Cut amp paste importing 40 Cut and paste 78 79 Cut and paste exporting 78 Cut and paste importing 42 Cut selected text 121 D Date 71 72 De select 56 Decrease font size in NaviDoc 125 132 Decrease right margin 123 Delete 81 129 Delete the character 122 Delete the text to the end of the line 122 Delete the word to the left of the caret 121 Deleting an outline style 86 Demote 82 125 132 Demote outline Style Elements 125 132 Dialogue 49 100 111 135 Dir
141. s RETURN A Time of Day list pops up Type the letter c Two dashes and the word CONTINUOUS are entered for you The cursor drops down to a new blank line Type the next paragraph of Action JACK 20s and anxious scans a book Style Sheets for Dummies Press TAB Type the letter j and press RETURN The Character Name JACK is entered for you Type Jack s dialogue Shoot My contest deadline is next week 16 Press TAB Type the letter r then type the left parenthesis character Type the letter o RICK O S is entered for you Type Rick s dialogue My program does scene numbering dialogue mores and continueds it even has index cards Press RETURN Type the next Action paragraph Jack leaps from his chair rushes towards the door 13 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 2f 28 29 30 31 32 33 Press RETURN Press RETURN again Type t A pop up list of Transition text displays Type c Press RETURN CUT TO is entered for you right justified and Screenwriter moves the cursor down to a new Scene Heading Type i INT is entered for you and a list of existing Locations pops up Type the letter r and press RETURN RICK S ROOM is entered for you A time of day list pops up Type the letter c CONTINUOUS is entered for you 23 Type the next Action paragraph Jack storms into the room a look of disbelief on his face
142. s of script 91 Print notes sequentially with reference page numbers 91 Print preview 74 76 131 Print the document 123 Print the title page 38 Print without prompting 91 Production features 113 Production rewrites 113 Production strips 119 Promote 82 125 132 Promote outline style elements 125 132 Promoting and demoting outline elements 82 Prompt on each tagging 118 Push buttons 26 Put in act information as 72 Put in date as 72 Put in scene information As 73 Q QuickType 29 106 107 135 Quick help 24 127 Quick key 25 28 Quit Screenwriter 131 R Radio buttons 27 Reassigning outline elements 82 Recently saved files 30 Redo 58 122 130 Remove 93 Remove strike out 127 Removing notes 17 Repaginate 124 Replace 121 127 129 Reset 110 Reset cheated element 134 Re size the index cards 98 141 Restore last workspace 30 Retrieve last script you worked on 30 Return 129 Rev Color 72 Reveal codes 127 Revisions 106 107 Revision draft color 72 Revision draft color order 115 Rich text format RTF 43 77 Right 37 126 133 Right arrow 126 133 Right click 57 Right column 123 130 Right justified 36 Right margin 123 Right tool bar 29 Roman numerals 73 Router 95 RTF Rich Text Format 40 41 S Same act 51 Sample page 70 74 Save 123 127 131 Save all open documents 123 Saveas 103 123 128 Save as defaults for all new scripts 71 110 Save as template 32
143. st receives his or her own copy with his or her name watermarked on it The serial number is a number that is incremented on each copy as an additional method of identifying the copy You decide the structure of the serial number It can be as simple as 001 Setting up a Watermark Windows The Watermark setup window is accessible from within the Print window Select File gt Print to open the print window In the upper left corner of the print window is the Setup drop down menu Click on Setup and select Watermark This opens the Watermark Security Options window Macintosh Select Production gt Watermark Setup to open the watermark setup window In the Text field type in the text of the watermark In the Distrib List field type in a NAME for the distribution list The Load Windows or Set Mac button will turn into Edit Click the Edit button Type in the names that you want the distribution list to contain and make sure each name is on its own line Click OK In the Serial Number field make up a serial number e g 001 The program will automatically increment the number or letter on the end of the number for each person on the distrib list Choose any other options on the Watermark Setup page and click OK The watermark printing options window opens automatically when you print 120 Appendix A Windows Keyboard Commands These are the default command key settings in Scree
144. stead You can find this function by going into the Tools gt Options menu Windows or Screenwriter gt Preferences menu Mac and then clicking the Printing tab Allow Words that are five or more letters long to extend 1 or 2 letters beyond the normal right hand margin lf checked allows a right margin slop for smoother looking right margins in all elements Unchecked maintains strict right margins e Reset Windows or Revert Mac The Reset 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 Reset button before clicking OK to exit the menu and save changes to Script Formats or it will have no effect e Save as Defaults for all New Scripts lf 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 e OK Exits and applies Script Format changes you ve just made to the script e Cancel Exits and discards Script Format changes you ve just made to the script Specific to individual elements are these options Character Names Controls styles that manage center character names character Continueds automatic character Continueds extensions parenthetical placement extension matching Continued separators Cont d
145. sync frame only displays around the corresponding item in the Outline Panel when the cursor is in that particular Outline Element in the document Outline Tools in the Document View The Outline Tools in the top toolbar control adding removing reassigning promoting and demoting outline items in the document ESL ELE EF e Adding and Removing Outline Elements in the Document Delete Add Outline Element z e Press the Add Outline Element button in the NaviDoc Outline panel to insert an outline element item into the document You can also add outline elements through the NaviDoc menu the Insert Element button on the top toolbar or the Outline Element button on the right toolbar Press the Delete button in the NaviDoc Outline panel to remove selected outline elements from the document Pressing this icon deletes the entire outline element NOTE Placing the text edit cursor within an outline item in the document is sufficient use the Delete button You can also delete outline 81 elements by selecting their contents and hitting Backspace or Delete on the keyboard Reassigning Outline Elements in the Document Act Break Scene Heading Styles pete Character Name Dialogue Parenthetical This control sets the outline style of the uere Scene Heading selected paragraphs in the document view It TENUIT is an easy way to reassign an outline style Script Note The current style is ident
146. synchronized and whether or not the Sync Frame displays Show Hide Scene Heading fields This control determines which parts of the Scene Heading are displayed INT EXT Location and Time of Day Show Spacing between Elements This control determines whether or not the natural spacing between elements is shown in the NaviDoc Set Number of Scene Lines This control is the slider to the right of the dashed scale line It controls how many lines of the scene are showing in a Scene Heading row of the NaviDoc 84 Set Font Size This controls font size of the items displayed in the NaviDoc The middle position is the default font size Move the slider up to reduce the font size Move the slider down to increase the NaviDoc element font size NOTE This does not effect the document or document view Include Exclude Outline Styles This drop down button controls which outline style rows are visible in the Outline panel Collapse All Expand All When clicked this button expands or collapses all rows in the Outline panel es b NOTE If there is a mixed state of rows Y vj some collapsed some expanded it will expand all the rows Expand Collapse Setting Up Outline Hierarchies amp Styles The Default def template used to create a new file automatically already contains commonly used outline elements for a screenplay Sequence and Beat To add remove or change Outline styles open up the For
147. t should be surrounded by two carets like the following AACUT TO Shot Formatted as ALL CAPS Entered as an Action paragraph with one blank line before and one blank line after it Shot text should be surrounded by two square brackets like the following ANGLE ON SIGNI Centered Title Formatted as ALL CAPS Entered as an Action paragraph with one blank line before and one blank line after it Centered Titles should be surrounded by two equal signs like the following No Trespassing Script Note Formatted as ALL CAPS Entered as an Action paragraph with one blank line before and one blank line after it Script Notes should be surrounded by two angle brackets like the following lt lt Make sure we keep the ages consistent gt gt Forced Page Break Entered as an Action paragraph with one blank line before and one blank line after it Contains exactly the following text Forced Page Break 100 To move to another Index Card press TAB Edit an Index Card Scenes containing regular script elements such as Action Dialogue Script Notes etc can be edited in Index Card View NOTE You cannot edit index cards if your document contains outline elements To ensure that your changes translate correctly back to the script scenes follow the guidelines in the Write an Index Card table above Non Editable Index Cards You will not be able to edit the Index Cards if
148. talling his new Screenwriter program JACK 0 S How can I get this word processor to break my script pages correctly RICK You can t 2 INT JACK S ROOM CONTINUOUS JACK 20s and anxious scans a book Style Sheets for Dummies JACK Shoot My contest deadline is next week RICK 0 S My program does scene numbering dialogue mores and continueds It even has index cards Jack leaps from his chair rushes towards the door CUT TO INT RICK S ROOM CONTINUOUS Jack storms into the room a look of disbelief on his face JACK Show me RICK interrupting the Magic Watch this ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN Electronic index cards one for each scene of a screenplay Rick drags card 3 over card 1 Card 3 becomes 1 card 1 becomes 2 and the other cards renumber to match RICK CONT D What do you think of it so far No answer Rick turns to see Jack checkbook in hand rushing out the door Rick smiles turns back to his screenwriting FADE OUT Ten Minute Tutorials for Movie Magic Screenwriter Windows Users This tutorial gives you the basics necessary to start writing a professionally formatted script within minutes of opening the box Movie Magic Screenwriter has many more features and is fully customizable to the way you prefer to work Launch From the program group select the Movie Magic Screenwriter icon Screenwriter opens in a new blank script Write
149. text More Cont d behavior and text and more 110 Element Styles Margins in Inches Scene Headings Pf 2 Left 1 5 c Right 1 0 c Action Spacing in Lines Character Names fal Parentheticals w Lines Before 1 0 Line Spacing 1 0 X Dialogue Macas Bold J italicized C Underlined Shots Font Courier 8 se MHA Transitions Sample COURIER 12PTS Notes Use this Font for All Elements Outline rmi Time of Day Dashes 2 v Spaces Act Breaks a fa Number of Spaces after INT EXT Scene Labels Scene Numbers Centered Title l Left Right fa pees e Starting 1 cu Page Breaks Y Always put Right Number on Line 1 Locked Scripts Scene Continued Text m Save as Default for Top of Pg CONTINUED all new documents V Bottom of Pg CONTINUED Left Margin of Bottom Continued 5 5 m Allow words that are five or more letters long to extend 1 or 2 letters beyond the normal right hand margin Element Styles window Macintosh Dialogue Controls styles that manage CONT D dialogue character names puts dialogue on the same line as character names and more Parentheticals Controls styles that manage outdenting of parentheticals treating parentheticals as separate elements and more Scene Headings Controls styles that manage Time of Da
150. tion ALT HOME Move to the beginning of the document CtrltALT HOME Move to the beginning of the line END Move to the end of the document Ctrl ALT END Move Up one Screen PAGE UP Move Up one Page Ctrlt PAGE UP Move Down one Screen sssss PAGE DOWN Move Down one Page sssss CtrltPAGE DOWN 125 Move Up One Element Move to the Previous Scene Heading Move down One Element Move to the Next Scene Heading Move one word to the Right Move one word to the Left Open the Goto Page dialogue CtrltUP ARROW CtrltALT UP ARROW Ctrl DOWN ARROW CtrltALT DOWN ARROW Ctrl RIGHT ARROW CtrltLEFT ARROW Ctrl G Shortcut Keys for Selection Windows OSLO CUA E es Select Wordi uicti e Select Sentence suusss Select Elements suss Select Group sesssssusss Select P896 eres Select Scene o coetu eani Cut selected text eusuusss Select to the Beginning of the Line Select to the end of the Line Select a screen of text above the current carets position Select text to the next Page break S
151. tion after INT and usually pops up a list of available Locations As this is a new script we have to enter some locations first Type the new location text rick s room Press RETURN Scene Headings normally end with the time of day so Screenwriter pops up a list of available Time of Day text Type the letter d Two dashes and the word DAY are entered for you With the Scene Heading complete the cursor drops down to a new blank line Type the first paragraph of Action RICK 30s and laid back reads Variety while installing his new Screenwriter program Press TAB Screenwriter moves the cursor to a new Character Name element Type in the character s name jack Type the left parenthesis character A pop up list of character Extension text displays Type the letter o JACK O S is entered for you and Screenwriter moves the cursor down to a new Dialogue element Type Jack s dialogue How can I get this word processor to break my script pages correctly Press TAB Type in the character s name rick Press RETURN RICK is entered for you and Screenwriter moves the cursor down to a Dialogue element Type Rick s dialogue You can t 11 Press RETURN The cursor moves to a new blank Action element Press RETURN again Type the letter i INT is entered for you and a list of existing Locations pops up It contains one entry RICK S ROOM Ignore it and type a new location jack s room Pres
152. tton lets you select the text s Font The next three buttons allow you to select Left Justified Centered or Right Justified text 36 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 Dragging it to where you want it to go Pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard Clicking on the Horizontal and Vertical text alignment buttons at the right of the title page Align Horizontally Left Aligns the left edges of all selected text boxes with the left edge of the first text box that was selected Right Aligns the right edges of all selected text boxes with the right edge of the first text box that was selected Centers Horizontally centers all selected text boxes with the horizontal center of the first text box that was selected Left to Right Aligns the right most box directly against the right edge of the left most of the two boxes This option is ONLY available when you have exactly two text boxes selected Center on page Centers all sele
153. u Printing to phobos HP LaserJet 5000 Series PCL6 Setup CurrentPage OEorwards O Entire Document Blocked Text OSelected Pages v OSelected Scenes ObDialogue O Character List All Unique Characters in Document OShot List O Scene Heading List O Unigue Locations Production Breakdowns O Notes O sterisked Pages Print Selection should Print in Normal Order Forwards v Print Normally to Printer L Print Title Page v Run SmartCheck before this Print Job Number of 1 i4 Option menus have different types of input options including Push Buttons Check Boxes Radio Buttons and Text amp Numerical Input Fields Most options have an Underlined QuickSelect letter Select the option you want using any of these methods Moving around in the menu by pressing TAB or SHIFT TAB Windows Only Clicking on it with the mouse Pressing the QuickSelect letter on the keyboard if you re already in a Text or Numerical Input Field such as Selected Scenes and want to move to another such as Run SmartCheck before this Print Job press ALT R OPTION R to distinguish from text input Push Buttons There are five Push Buttons displayed as rectangular boxes on the Print menu in the example above Preview Fax OK Cancel and Help Select a Push Button using any of these methods Moving to it with the arrow or TAB keys and pressing ENTER Windows Only Clicking on it with the mouse 26
154. uch 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 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 document from another word processing program on the same computer as Screenwriter 1 Open the other word processing program and open the file you want to import to Screenwriter Under that program s Edit menu Select All or select all the text in the file using another method 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 Open Screenwriter 42 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 a Text Interpretation window Click on OK to paste the imported text 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
155. umber information Click on it to pop up the Goto Page window A box on the Goto Page window marked Goto Scene Listings appears This displays a list of Scene Headings to go to It can also be displayed by right clicking on the Page Number Button 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 NOTE The FADE IN Attention Box displayed in the example does not pop up initially when you load the program It can be made to appear by pressing ENTER RETURN in a completely blank script if QuickType is enabled 29 Opening a Document Under the File menu select Open Select from the list of available files changing the subdirectory drive or file type if necessary Click on OK to open the file To open a file you ve recently saved select one of the files listed at the bottom of the File window You can also open a document by dragging the document icon from Windows Explorer and dropping it in the edit screen Reopening Recently Opened Documents Screenwriter remembers the last five documents you worked on and lets you reopen them quickly WINDOWS Use the File gt Reopen command and select the file to open from the menu list MACINTOSH Click on the File menu and select a document from the history list located at the bottom of the File menu Opening a Document automatically at Startup If you don t want to g
156. ure in earlier versions of Movie Magic Screenwriter The Bookmarks Panel is used to add remove modify and navigate to bookmarks in your document The Bookmarks Panel can be displayed by clicking on the Bookmarks tab in the NaviDoc The keyboard command for showing the Bookmarks Panel is CTRL 4 Outline Scenes Notes VBGOKmams Nisi Bent PEIRUAGECh oro eer IER BRE ee Mother h ch with the President s Aad Bookmark Edit Remove By wife yF COUSIN TILLY BIG SCENE Wait till Martha hears about this Cousin Eustace ENTRANCE COUSIN EUSTACE NEEDS DIALOG WORK What did they have to eat GEORGE n phone What did they have to eat Harry you should see what they re cooking up in the town for you Oh are they to Eustace The Navy s going to fly mother home this afternoon COUSIN EUSTACE In a plane GEORGE on phone What Uncle Billy to Eustace i P Elz Dialogue The NaviDoc opened to the Bookmarks Panel Bookmarks Panel Sync Frame When you select a bookmark in the NaviDoc the script is scrolled to the bookmark in the document view The Sync Frame a frame drawn around the bookmark in the NaviDoc displays ONLY when the selection is within the paragraph the bookmark points to in the document The sync frame disappears if you move the text cursor out of the paragraph in the document pointed to by the bookmark The Scenes Panel The Navi
157. using File New using Default Template simply replace overwrite Default def when saving your template It is not recommended to overwrite any of the other existing templates 32 Restoring an Overwritten Template There are two ways to restore a previously defined format you may have overwritten Uninstall and then reinstall Screenwriter This restores all the pre set template formats to their Screenwriter defaults Reinstall Screenwriter by doing the following For those using Windows Vista 1 2 3 4 Click on Start gt Control Panel Double click on Programs and Features Select Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 0 from the list and click Repair on the toolbar Follow the on screen steps to re install the program For those using Windows XP T 2 3 4 Click on Start gt Control Panel Double click on Add or Remove Programs Select Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 0 from the list and click Repair on the toolbar Follow the on screen steps to re install the program END For those using Macintosh OS X 1 2 3 4 Insert the CD for Movie Magic Screenwriter When the CD appears on the Desktop open it by double clicking it may open automatically Double click on the Install Screenwriter 6 0 package Follow through the on screen steps to re install the program END Open the appropriate Example file and save its format over the template that was overwritten fi 2 3 Bg wx Click
158. utton 38 To print from outside Title Page Publisher under the View menu select Print On the Print menu select page or scenes to print and check Print Title Page Selecting Entire Document automatically checks the Print Title Page box 39 Importing Scripts Screenwriter can directly open script files saved in several file formats Macintosh amp Windows formats e RTF Rich Text Format e ASCII Text e Previous Screenwriter versions 4 x and 2000 scw Previous Saved Versions bk e Timed Backups tmb e Dramatica StoryView Exchange dsw Windows Windows Only formats WordPerfect Scriptware amp Tag e Movie Master Word Star Macintosh Only formats e Dramatica Mac Use the File gt Open command in Windows Use the File gt Import command in Mac OS X Screenwriter also supports Cut amp Paste importing directly from other Windows programs Preparing a Script for Importing No matter which format you import your script into 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 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 subdirectory is set to Screenwriter s default directory If not navigate to the correct subdire
159. w Hide Categories in NaviDoc or Show Hide Note Categories in Screenwriter s Help FOR MACINTOSH USERS Notes can be individually displayed onscreen or hidden In the left margin next to the Note is a triangle that indicates the note s status When a Note displays the triangle points downward Y Y END OF MONTAGE 8 0 0 EXT BEDFORD FALLS STREET George is walking along the gt When a Note is hidden the triangle points to the right gt EXT BEDFORD FALLS STREET George is walking along the It is a raw gusty day and the breeze Draped around c Single click on the triangle to change the Note s display status Single clicking on Y Hides the note Single clicking on P Shows the note See also Show Hide Categories in NaviDoc or Show Hide Note Categories in Screenwriter s Help Print a Note You can print Notes Asa sequential report e On the reverse sides of the script pages they re facing on a already printed document so the notes are opposite the pages they reference 90 As part of the document itself To print Notes as a report or on the reverse sides of the pages 1 Under the File menu select Print 2 APrint menu displays Check the Notes radio button 3 Click OK A Notes Print window displays Print Notes Sequentially with Reference Page Numbers Prints a separate Notes report of all notes listed in sequence with the page numbers they refer to Print
160. with Initial Scene Heading Text options You can either click on a pop up list item with the mouse or press the Hot Key designated by the underline for that item For example type e for EXT to enter EXT and the correct spacing following it Type v for Never mind to Cancel or press ESC Next enter a Location Location Elements To enter a Location that s already been used in this script press ENTER RETURN If you do not have any existing locations simply type one in A Pop up list displays with your script s unique Location Text options 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 ENTER RETURN The Location is entered for you complete with correct spacing Next enter a Time of Day Time of Day Elements Enter a Time of Day by pressing ENTER RETURN after typing your Location A Pop up list displays with Time of Day options You can either click on a pop up list item with the mouse or press the Hot Key designated by the underline for that item For example type d for DAY to enter DAY and the correct spacing and dashes before it The Time of Day is entered and the cursor moves to a new Action element Action Elements The Action element is used for the description of what is happening in a scene e Press ENTER RETURN to go to a new paragraph of Action e Press ENTE
161. wn information is automatically transferred TT to Breakdown Sheets and Production Strips enabling you to easily organize a production schedule and print strips for the Production Board e CompanyMOVE Showplanner sex Macintosh Only Screenwriter can export tagged breakdown items to a file for CompanyMOVE Showplanner FrameForge 3D Studio txt Macintosh Only Used to export to the 3D storyboarding software by Innoventive Software LLC Avid Editor Format txt Used to export to the video editing software by Avid Final Draft Windows Only Used to export to Final Draft s Rich Text Format As Final Draft s import feature does not support Shots Notes or Centered Title elements they are imported as Shots Scene Headings Script Notes Action Centered Titles Action Scriptware Tagged Windows Only Used to export to Scriptware a Windows script formatting program 3 Enter a new File Name for the exported file Screenwriter automatically adds the correct export file extension according to your chosen export format 4 Click on OK to save the export file Importing a Screenwriter Export script To import a Screenwriter export 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 progr
162. word 126 Serial number 120 Setting up an outline structure 87 Setting up outline hierarchies amp styles 85 Setup document layout 74 Set current element to full width 123 Set current element to left column 123 Set current element to right column 123 Set font size 85 Set number of scene lines 84 Share clipboard with other programs 79 SHIFT ENTER 89 SHIFT RETURN 89 SHIFT TAB 122 130 Shooting script 114 Shortening 69 Short 71 Short by a minimum of Lines 71 Shortcut keys 121 134 Short pages 70 Shot 50 100 111 130 142 Show hide scene heading fields 84 Show format codes 134 Show grid 38 Show spacing between elements 84 Shuffle 101 104 Shuffle an index card 101 Shuffle cursor 102 Shuffle mode 101 102 Shuffle multiple index cards 102 Smartcheck 44 106 107 Soft dash 124 Soft hyphen 131 Sorting scenes 18 Speak selection 134 Speak text 80 96 Special keys 121 129 Spec scripts 72 Speed buttons 28 Spelling 106 107 Spell check 61 133 Spell check element 61 Spell check entire script 61 Spell check forwards 61 Spell check page 61 Spell check the current word 126 Spell check word 61 Spell menu 124 Startup files 106 107 Startup options 30 Start name bank 126 Start next revision 116 Stretch 70 71 Stretch by a maximum of lines 71 Stretch short pages to fill 70 Strikethrough 59 124 128 131 Striking out text 59 Style sheets in rich text format 41 Switch between app
163. y dashes spaces between words and after INT EXT scene numbers scene continue text and more Shots Shots has no element specific options 111 Action Controls styles that put action in parentheses manage action indentation and more Transitions Controls styles that determine if transitions are flush right and more Act Information Controls styles that put in final act as Tag put act info in parenthesis center act break information manage first scene in act numbering act numbering end of show act numbers act numbering scheme and more Scene Information Controls styles that use scene information in the script put scene info in parenthesis centers scene information text display the word scene along with scene numbers number scenes continuously allow you to enter a scene number and determine the scene numbering scheme and more Notes Controls styles that display notes in the document print notes set note colors and more Page Break Options Controls styles that determine how to paginate your document such as where when and how to break action and dialogue page numbering where transitions appear on the page and more Locked Scripts Options The options on this tab are only used during production and control the behavior of scene and page Omitteds scene numbering page numbering multi lock numbering schemes revision marks and more 112 Production Features Producti

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