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1. Delete Item To Delete an Item In the Project Navigator select the file folder you want to delete Click the light grey X from the Project Navigator toolbar A confirmation dialog will appear to make sure you do want to delete that particular item If you do want to delete select OK If you don t want to delete select Cancel Project Navigator Context Menu When in the Project Navigator you can Open Rename Add or Delete any file or folder that you create using the standard right click context menu Note for Mac users with a one button mouse the same context menus are available by holding down the Control button and then clicking on the file or folder The Project Navigator Context Menu The Project Navigator Context Menu http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 47 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Ca Tite INT NARCISSUS INT HOSPITAL ROOM EXT PARK 4 INT CORRIDOR GAT INT CONFERENCE RO INT CORRIDOR 7 aunwnwrwne The Scene Navigator The Scene Navigator view provides a top to bottom ordering of the scenes based on your script The scene s Scene Heading and Scene Number are displayed The toolbar at the top of the Scene Navigator lets users move and re order scenes copy entire scenes to the Scratchpad and delete scenes Any changes made within the Scene Navigator are automatically synchroni
2. Print Version English CeltxWiki Follow these steps to Convert your 095 Projects Open Celtx Select Open Existing Project You ll get an Open file dialogue WINDOWS and LINUX users MUST change the file filter located at the bottom of the dialogue from Celtx 0 9 7 Projects to Celtx 0 9 5 Projects Use the Open file dialogue to locate your 095 Project Folder Click in to the 095 Project You should see a project rdf file Highlite it and select Open Your 095 Project will be automatically converted to the new data model and open in Celtx 20 Ow a U NO Note 1 Mac users will not see the file filter in Step 4 You can simply select the 095X project folder then select the project rdf file in the folder to convert your project Note 2 Celtx will automatically make a back up of your 095 Project during the conversion in case you re not happy with the result and want to revert to 095 If you re not sure about all of this or have some questions try out our new video tutorials to get a first hand demonstration of this and many of the other features of the application Reverting Projects from v 097 back to v 095 Users who tried the new version 097 0971 and want to switch back to 095 can do so by re installing 095 You can download 095 at the following links e Celtx version 0 951 for Windows e Celtx version 0 951 for Mac OS X 095 Projects Old Projects that were converted to the new
3. Celtx Wiki The Lightning development team keeps a development weblog It is intended for everyone who is looking for in depth up to date information about current events in Lightning development e Lightning Development Weblog e Lightning 0 1 Release Notes See also e ScheduleCollaboration Celtx added an AV editor in version 0 99 5 Working in conjunction with the Typeset feature the AV editor provides a simple screenplay like editing environment that uses Typeset to generate an industry standard two column shot format The writing process is very similar to writing a screenplay with the lt Ret gt and lt Tab gt keys providing easy navigation from one element eg Scene Heading to another eg Action You can also use the element drop down menu to change any element 2 A Day at the Races AV Script File Edit View Script Tools Help Bach e e Add Open Save Print Web Services Project Library Scene Heading A Om lb i Scene Heading ay amp Shot Character Dialog Parenthetical INTRODUCTION Tel P A Day at the Races AY Script E Master Catalog 6 WIDE A rowing t je AN ing sun Ta Project Images enres ji Outline The annual Royal La Breakdown America s oldest c Research Links On the first Wedne Documents rowing crews compe Music pond WIDE Crowds of people This is what a script looks like in the editor http wiki celtx com index ph
4. Character Details HTML Form Description purpose Character Name Full Name Description Adding characters Deleting characters Dropdown picklists Media Adding Media Deleting Media We like to think of this as Character 101 The Character Detail form is used to provide background information for your characters to aid you in the writing process Also when collaborating with others other users will be able to read your character profiles to get a better sense of how these characters react and behave under different circumstances The Catalog will include a Form for each Character in the script You can add more Characters to this list using the Add button in the Catalog toolbar Once a character is added to the Catalog it will also get added to the character auto complete pop up that appears each time you write a Character name in the Script If the character has dialog it will appear in the Character list http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 56 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Character Details Form Character Details Form Scene Details HTML Form Description purpose Scene Title Alternate Scene Title Description Media Adding Media Removing Media Dropdowns picklists Version 0951 Description This is to complement the Character Details tab allowing users to better describe details about a particular scene that may fall
5. e Delete Known bugs In version 0 9 9 Celtx occasionally inserts blank or invisible scenes If these occur on the same line as a real scene heading they can easily be removed by Sending them to the ScrachPad But if they are embedded within a scene they can be removed by editing the script abc html file it s not actually called that but replace the abc with whatever letters match your script Locate the blank scene in the script and find corresponding point in the html file When a tag has a value like id asdfefxxfe this creates a scene or other database object like a character prop or whatever If you find an id value in an unexpected place remove the id asdfefxxfe and the blank scene will be removed without harming other aspects of your screenplay http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 49 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Breakdown Sidebar The Breakdown Sidebar The Production Items Sidebar allows you to perform departmental breakdowns of your script in Celtx You highlight text items in the script and assign them to the appropriate departments by tagging them Production breakdowns use industry standard categories like Cast Extra Location Props Set Wardrobe Camera Lights Sound etc You can detail your breakdown as much as you like by assigning names descriptions images and other media files to your breakdown items Onc
6. 3 SCENE 3 HISTORY organizations and by enterprising i 4 SCENE 4 ROYAL VISITS individuals wm 5 SCENE 5 WOMEN RO H 6 SCENE 6 THE OUTER lay 7 5 LOA LATI CUT IN Kids playing a game i CENE 7 CANCEL Ss of chance and wining a prize CUT IN A man passes cotton VOICE candy to a smiling young The Regatta has been about socializing girl as much as it has been about amateur sSoort It is wideiv known as The iv Script Typeset index Cards Title Page Reports Signed Out http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 75 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Script Formatting Film Press Tab Press Enter Windows or Return Mac OS eure Buby Anywhere On Blank Line PER R At End of Line Scene Heading gt Action gt Action J Scene Heading q Action Action gt Character gt Scene Heading q Action q Action Character gt Action gt Action J Character Dialogue Dialogue gt Parenthetical gt Action Dialogue J Character Parenthetical gt Dialogue gt Dialogue Dialogue qJ Dialogue Transition gt Action gt Action J Transition J Scene Heading Shot gt Action gt Action T Shot q Action Text gt Action J Text J Text J Text e Note gt indicates actions that convert the current element to another type indicates that the remainder of the current line if any will be pushed below the current element to a new one with th
7. Pentium II or AMD K6 II 233 MHz CPU Recommended 500MHz or greater e 64 MB RAM Recommended 128 MB RAM or greater e 52 MB hard drive space Internet Connection amp Networks If you are experiencing connection or network issues ensure your network firewall is not blocking the Celtx server which could be considered a non approved host Access to the Celtx server is over a SSL connection so access to an encrypted connection must also be allowed At a minumum for TypeSet to work you need to allow HTTPS port 443 access to render celtx com For upload download etc the client needs HTTPS access to publish celtx com If you connect to the internet via proxy ensure the proxy settings are correct in the client preferences options The Technology XUL RDF Moz framework Firefox Built on top of the award winning Firefox technologies Celtx is an open source and open standards software application Celtx is built using Firefox s XUL Mozilla application framework The application uses a semantic web compliant RDF database and XML file formatting As a client server application Celtx is Internet aware and also provides off line access This provides the best of both worlds giving users desktop client behavior coupled with Server based intelligence Celtx users can access managed web services like enhanced data security remote file back ups and special server features like auto formatting for PDF printing As a stand alone app
8. Reports Navigator located on the LH side Select Elements from the Navigator Select the scenes to be included from the Scene filter above NOTE To choose more than one item select the first then hold down the SHIFT key and make your other selections Then choose the Element s to be included from the Element filter Once your selections are made they will appear in the Display Window for viewing To Print your report select File gt Print Script with Notes The Script with Notes report lets you see all the notes that have been added to a script in context i e inline as they were added To create a Script with Notes Repott e While in Script mode select Script gt Generate Report or hit the Reports icon in the Project Toolbar Reports displays with the Reports Navigator located on the left hand side Select Script with Notes from the Navigator Once you ve made your selection the script will appear with the contents of all notes displayed as they were added in yellow e e e e To Print your report select File gt Print http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 70 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Script with Notes Report Script with Notes Report A basic Calendar is provided by Celtx It allows users to create a project calendar and schedule dates and tasks that can be shared with team members via a WebDav folder
9. This will launch the Download Dialog http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 15 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki E7 Welcome to Celtx It s al about the story Ce Authentication Project Templates Fim This acton requires that you Spn on to your Celtx Account Username Audio Viewal Password O Senin on Startup J Theatre Resever Password E coray Geaen accan Pree ond seare Browse e Colaboraton Workspaces s Pudashing to Project Cental Bs Storyboard n Phone Mobile Project Viewing Comic Book NNATION SUBMIT YOUR FILMS lilmmeking The Download Dialog This dialog will prompt you for your Celtx server username and password If you don t have one select Create an Account and follow the instructions provided by the Registration Wizard Once this is completed you ll be presented with your Server Project dialog Select the project you want and hit Download Server Project Dialog Server Project Dialog e Complete the New Project dialog that appears next e Name and save the project as desired e A progress bar then displays showing the download activity http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 16 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Progress Bar The Progress Bar e Once the bar is
10. checked then associated media will be included in the report photos etc Scene Breakdown with Description Produces a more verbose report than the Scene Breakdown because the Description field of all the items are also shown Dialog Shows only the dialog for a certain scene or multiple scenes including all scenes for a selected character or multiple characters or even all characters This can be used to check for consistency of dialog and speech patterns or providing an actor with all of the dialog for their character s which can be used for rehearsal or memorization or in animation makes the recording of a single actor s voice a much simpler matter Dialog Report Dialog Report http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 69 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Elements The Elements report is handy when you want to view all instances of a particular formatting element Action Character Dialog Parenthetical Transition Shot in a scene or scenes ie view all the Action lines in scenes 20 30 Or you can customize the report to include a combination of elements ie Character and Dialog Choosing ALL elements will generate a report that is exactly the same as the script itself To create an Elements Repott While in Script mode select Script gt Generate Report or hit the Reports icon in the Project toolbar Reports displays with the
11. computer PDF generation is now found under the TypeSet feature which is accessed at the bottom of the editor window Compared to printing from the file menu the PDF output is more sophisticated and responsive to your script elements It looks more professional because it is more in keeping with scriptwriting norms for presentation Your computer must be connected to the Internet to generate a PDF No copy of your script is made when generating a PDF It runs in memory only getting converted on the fly and is then routed back to the sender after which it was like it was never sent as far as the Celtx Server is concerned Generating PDFs The PDF Generator has been re implemented using XSL and LaTeX and is deployed from the Celtx server to easily accommodate all operating systems This approach allows us to offer features listed below which are generated automatically in the PDF if previously added to your script How To Create a PDF While in the Script Editor select the TypeSet subtab found at the bottom of the editor window Now select the Save PDF button in the TypeSet toolbar Next you are presented with a Browse dialog where you can name the PDF and choose where you want to store it Select Save A progress bar appears indicating the conversion of your script to PDF Once the bar disappears your PDF can be accessed from your Save location Nothing happens If nothing happens after Generating a PDF check to see that
12. data model using 097 can still be accessed in 095 Celtx did an automatic back up of the rdf file when your project was converted Follow these steps to locate and open your converted project in 095 Step 1 Locate the relevant Project Folder Step 2 Open the Folder Step 3 Rename the file Project rdf to Project097 rdf Step 4 Rename the file Project rdf orig to Project rdf Then after re installing 095 e Step 5 Use Celtx to locate and open your Project per the Open Existing Project dialogue http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 19 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki 097 Projects New Projects created using 097 are not backwards compatible so if you did some writing in 097 that you want to access in 095 export the script as a txt file using the Export option available in 097 under the Script menu and then re import the file once you have 095 re installed Please feel free to contact us if you experience any trouble reverting back to 095 Saving Projects Projects are initially saved when you create them using the New Project dialog Through the Browse dialog you have the option to store your projects wherever you choose Save Your Project where you want Choose where you want to save your project folder by selecting the Browse button The Browse button allows you to e Change the location where t
13. has been about socializing as much as it has been about amateur sport It is widely gt _ n a lt s http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 74 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki And this is the same script after using Typeset 2 A Day at the Races AV Script Bile Edit View Script Tools Help Oo amp Add Open Save Print Web Services Project Library E Save PDF E Format opto w w 1 of 4m m Zoom 100 x Q amp A E A Day at the Races AV Script J Master Catalog 6 a AN S ig Project Images E Outiine a Heston MEDIUM WIDE A rowing team VOICE E Research Links rows on a lake in the morning The annual Royal St Jonn s Regatta E Documents sun is North America s oldest continuing 8 SS Music annual sporting event On the first i Wednesday in August more than 100 rowing crews compete to be the fastest crew on the pond WIDE Crowds of people VOICE S walking through concessions A mid week civic holiday the Recatta OoN attracts up to 40 000 people annually lt 4 j R More than 250 booths and concessions r blanket the shoreline of Quidi Vidi Title Lake and add greatiy to the races 1 SCENE 1 INTRODUCTI being rowed on the Lake The booths and m 2 SCENE 2 THE BOATS concessions are operated by charitabie i athletic church and fraternal
14. php title Print_Version_ _English Categories Celtx Tutorials Toolbars Commands Sidebars Script Editor Editors Script Types Actions Terminology Release Notes Versions e This page was last modified 04 37 26 March 2007 http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 87 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM
15. the File menu choose Duplicate Re name if desired The duplicate project will maintain the original title and add copy to the name Once completed close the Finder window In Celtx use the Open Project dialog to navigate to the copied project Deleting Projects Deleting a project is now also handled by your operating system s file dialog A user will have to manually delete a project by sending it to the trash recycle bin To Delete a Project on Mac http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 21 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e Open your Finder window navigate to the project you want to delete and select e From the File menu choose Move to Trash e And poof gone Return to Main Page Writing Your Script Whether you re writing poetry song lyrics a novel or film script the Celtx Script Editor allows scripts to be created from scratch using the 12 pt Courier font or imported from other word processing programs as plain text files Celtx film scripts adhere to the industry standard format Scripts can be quickly written in Celtx with the built in format intelligence Celtx knows what logically comes next in a standard script Scene heading slugline gt Action gt Character gt Dialog just by using the return key to move from one element to the next The tab key will quickly switch from Character back to Action See formatting det
16. 0 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Ej Screenplay ij Master Catalog B Add x Remove MU Name BURKE Actor DOCTOR amp Additional Labour ECA REP AA Animal Handler INSURANCE INVESTI A Animals INSURANCE MAN ij Camera LEADER Fo ccr MAN amp Character MED TECH Construction RIPLEY crew VAN LEUWEN Electrics A Extras la BOB By default each Celtx Project will include a Script and a Catalog Pick Lists Using Pick Lists the pre loaded forms can be intelligently tied to the script allowing you to associate locations or props or wardrobe items to specific characters or scenes The forms haven t been hard wired though so you can add them to your existing project whether you have a script or not Please Note Pick Lists do not apply to Text documents Customize your Forms All the new pre loaded Celtx forms are HTML templates designed to be customized by the user If you are so inclined sample instructions to modify ie the Character and Scene Detail Forms can be found here Adding Items to your Project Deleting Items from your Project Pre loaded Celtx Documents Text Document http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 54 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Celtx offers a Plain Text Editor tool that you can use to create whatever kind of text based document your heart desires including
17. France e Faroese e Galician Spain e German Austria e German Germany e German Switzerland e Greek e Hebrew e Hungarian e Irish e Interlingua e Italian e Latin e Latvian e Lithuanian e Malay e Maori e Norwegian Bokmal e Norwegian Nynorsk e Polish http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 12 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e Portuguese Brasil e Portuguese Portugal e Romanian e Russian Russian Without E e Russian With E Spanish Mexico e Spanish Spain e Slovakian e Slovenian e Swedish e Ukrainian e Welsh e Zulu The Splash Page The Celtx Splash Page The Celtx Splash Page The Celtx Splash Page is the first screen you are presented with when you launch the application Its new design allows you to jump right into your work or engage directly with the Celtx community through the Community News or the Project of the Week selection Below is a brief description of the functions found in each of the Splash Page tabs Getting Started Options Tab http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 13 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Start a New Project Name and Save your Project e To start a new project simply select one of the template types under the list of Templates e custom term paper
18. Install Bug Missing Windows dll Fixed an issue affecting Windows users who were missing a dll file Catalog Print Preview Windows only Print Preview now behaves properly in Catalogs Catalog File gt Print Print from the File drop down no longer goes inactive Recent Projects Opening Mac only The Recent Projects list in the toolbar populates properly Auto Parenthetical The Parenthetical feature now behaves properly across all editors Production Schedule Call Sheet Date Select A bug has been resolved ensuring Call Sheets display the correct date Index Card Plot Renaming Deleting the Plot Names no longer causes problems in the Index Cards e This version supersedes the 2 0 1 Release Notes http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 86 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e This version was superseded by the 2 5 Release Notes on 2009 November 06 Portable Celtx is a version of Celtx that utilizes Portable Firefox as codebase Portable Celtx adds considerable convenience for people who use Celtx on various computers by not requiring installation It can simply run from a USB stick or other portable storage device The project has been hosted by Sourceforge since January 2007 You can see the download statistics from that page Portable Firefox is available under the Mozilla Public License 1 1 MPL 1 1 and Portable Celtx is available under t
19. Mac perspective but for the most part all features function similarly to those on Windows Any obvious differences should be included but if we ve missed something anything at all please feel free to create a wiki user account and contribute your knowledge or let us know by contacting us at Customer Support and we ll be sure to update Your suggestions and feedback the good and the bad are always encouraged THANK YOU for using Celtx Enjoy The Celtx Crew Sheila Steve Laurie Tony Greg Chad and Mark Introduction Welcome to Celtx the world s first client server web based application designed for the Pre Production of film television theatre and animation Celtx helps Creators bring their story ideas to life combining intelligent writing and media planning tools with Internet friendly technologies to create a new open standards platform for the pre production of Media The software provides features for generating story ideas writing narratives as well as properly formatted film scripts and completing media rich breakdowns of a project that can be saved where you want with a standard folder system and shared with team members to foster Collaboration Celtx is available as a free download from the our website www celtx com This open source client software is augmented by Celtx Studios a set of integrated web services that are delivered by the Celtx server http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _En
20. Outlines Treatments Poems Song Lyrics Short Stories Letters or for the truly brave a Complete Novel You can drag and drop images into your document as you type or easily cut and paste text contents to and from other Celtx forms and document items and print off hard copies The Text option can be selected from an existing project s Add Item dialog or from the dialog presented when creating a new project A Plain Text Document A Plain Text Document With a little help from your Tab and Enter keys the Plain Text document supports nested bullets so it can be used to make Outlines Character and Scene Details Forms We ve added some new functionality to the Scene Details and Character Forms Upon selection of these forms from the Add Item dialog you will see that they offer a Pick List that can be used to quickly associate a form with a relevant Scene or Character element from the script The pick list populates as you write and add new characters scenes to the script Note though that we haven t hardwired the forms so you can add them to your project whether you have a script or not So for instance from the Add Item Dialog the Scene Details pick list would appear like this http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 55 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Adding a Scene Details Form Adding a Scene Details Form
21. Print Version English Celtx Wiki Print Version English From CeltxWiki Welcome to the Celtx Wiki the open manual of Celtx Media Pre Production Software Deutsch fl Fran ais slovenSe ina Espa ol fal Svenska T rk e fl Magyar Table of Contents OowomMmontant WN N e e e e e e ae eA O OSC oOoNDAUARAURN 21 DOr 23 24 25 26 Wils Print Friendly Welcome to Celtx Customer Support Walk Thrus amp Tutorials Translating Celtx Installing the Application Celtx Accounts amp Registration 2 7 Release Notes Celtx v 2 5 New Feature HOW TOs The Celtx Studios Celtx Studios Chat The Celtx ToolBox Getting Started The Splash Page Writing Your Script Celtx Forum Script Review Guidelines Importing amp Exporting Scripts Project Library Scene Navigator Production Items Sidebar Forms and Other Media Adding Items to your Project Generating PDFs Reports Calendar Celtx for AV Keyboard Shortcuts How to Write a Celtx Extension Useful Links and Resources Help translate Celtx into_your language Our users have worked on 286 articles since February 2006 What Is Celtx Taken from Celtx An Introduction Celtx is the world s first fully integrated software for Pre Production and collaboration of film theatre radio AV and comics It has all the tools media creators need to bring th
22. Scene Navigator on the LH side of the screen Importing from the Other Guys Currently Celtx only imports plain text script files which can be created with either Final Draft Pro or Movie Magic Screen Writer 2000 MS WORD When in an open Celtx project a WORD file can be added as an external file by selecting File menu gt Add Item Please note that Celtx does not support MS WORD imports directly WORD documents often include embedded tags that have a negative affect on Celtx formatting Therefore we strongly recommend that you do NOT cut and paste text from WORD documents directly into the Celtx editor nor into text files to be imported into Celtx Importing from Final Daft Users of Final Draft will want to save their scripts with the Text Only with Layout found under File gt Save As Importing from Movie Magic Screen Writer Users of Movie Magic Screen Writer will want to save their scripts using the Formatted ASCII format found under File gt Save As for Windows On a Mac select File gt Save As then select the Avid Editor Format from the file type drop down menu Import to an Existing Script Celtx allows you to import additional scenes into your existing script When you import an additional script or portion of a script it will be appended to the end of your existing project script Exporting Scripts Celtx currently supports the export of scripts as a text txt or HTML files http wiki celtx com
23. Users can create calendars on a per project basis then filter the calendar view for a particular project or view all of them to get a sense of upcoming dates and deadlines You can also keep multiple calendars in a Celtx Project each of which will now be included in the Collaboration sync allowing you to share calendars with team members when you Upload your project to the server http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 71 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Scheduling Interface Scheduling Interface Adding a Calendar Any number of calendars can be added to an open project by first selecting the Add Item icon located in the Project Library Toolbar Then select Calendar from the Add Item Dialog name it and hit OK The new calendar will appear at the bottom of the Project Library Select and double click to open Deleting a Calendar In the Project Library select the schedule you want to remove then hit the red Delete button located in the Project Library Toolbar Technologies used We ve also switched to Lightning for our Calendar The Mozilla Lightning Project uses the same code base as the Mozilla Sunbird Project which was the previous calendar we used so your dates should transfer over nicely http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 72 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English
24. ace All Searches the script and replaces all occurrences of the text that is being searched Celtx also provides you with a case sensitive search option Matches upper lower case text http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 29 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Multi Language Spell Checker The Spell Checker The Spell Checker Celtx has a multi language spell checker that is accessible via the Editor toolbar To begin spell checking place your cursor at the beginning of the text area you want to check Select Spellcheck from the Celtx toolbar and a Check Spelling dialog will appear Any misspelled words will show up at the top of the dialog Spell Check will offer alternate word suggestions and give you the option to Replace Replace All Add Word Ignore or Ignore All Once all misspelled words are detected Completed spell checking will appear at the top of the dialog You can add more language dictionaries to the Spellcheck tool by following the instructions here In line Spell Check Context Menu This new feature checks your spelling as you write underlining any misspelled words in red Right clicking on the mispelled word will display a context menu that presents correction options Alternate word suggestions No suggestions found Add to dictionary Ignore word http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp p
25. ack any of the extras available with a PDF generated by Celtx For example pages will break after the 55th line without any attempt to indicate breaks in dialogue or breaks in a scene your settings for Mores and Continued will be ignored and the title page will not be included in such a PDF See also e Export Script External links e Forums discuss the considerations for printing a script for submission Selecting the Reports subtab found at the bottom of the editor window allows you to generate a customized and printable view of the script breakdown to help plan and organize your film project Create lists of your props dialogue characters or needed wardrobe for your project by scene and or department Driven by the script Reports can be generated on the fly to slice and dice through the information in your Celtx Project Users can choose whether the Report includes breakdown details or any associated image files Ticking the Display Media box will display images as standard thumbnails to make the reports easier to read New Reports options allow you to isolate any element of a script View only dialogue by a single Character or multiple Characters or isolate the Action sequences or look only at Shot directions You decide whata s in your Report You can also now use Reports to view all the Script Notes in one place These reports can be shared or printed off as hard copies Only items that are tagged in your script will a
26. actors read for their auditions T e Title card text for the purposes of placing the scene in time and or space U V Voiceover Usually abbreviated as VO an offscreen narration performed by a voice Actor W X Y Z Celtx 2 0 2 Release Notes June 17 2009 http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 85 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Bug Fix e Updated the save process e Improved project recovery after unexpected OS shutdowns Version 2 0 1 updates listed below Released April 30 2009 Bug Fixes Launch Bug Notifier Feeds The application no longer waits for the Notifier feeds to populate before opening Schedule Prefs Changes made to the default settings for the Production Schedule now persist after a close Keyboard Beeps Mac only Keyboard short cuts no longer cause a Beep Multiple Openings Mac only Celtx no longer lets multiple instances of the same project from being opened at the same time Install Bug Profile Upgrade Bug An install bug that prevented Celtx from launching due to a Profile issue is squashed Form Tab Closing on Deletion Deleting an item in a Catalog will automatically close any corresponding open Tab Drag and Drop in Project Library Improved drop behaviour ensures the item gets placed at the intended target in the Library Editor Cut and Paste Bug Squashed a cut and paste bug that effected all the editors
27. ails and shortcuts below The Script Editor interface is comprised of 6 main components e 1 Script Editor Window e 2 Script Editor Toolbar e 3 Project Navigator e 4 Scene Navigator e 5 Project Toolbar e 6 Media Sidebar Below is an image that illustrates the interface when all component features are open and turned on http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 22 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Celtx Screenplay Editor The Celtx Screenplay Editor Customize your Work Space Each component of the Script Editor can be customized to help optimize your workspace For example the interface displays can be re sized using the small white disc grippies located on the inside borders of the navigator and sidebar panels Just click your cursor on the grippy and slide it left right or up down accordingly The Sidebar can be turned on or off by selecting the Sidebar icon located at far right in Editor toolbar or Script menu gt Sidebar The main Project Toolbar can be turned on or off or the toolbar functions can be customized to display as text icons or both by selecting these options from View menu gt Toolbars Below is a view of your bare bones Script Editor http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 23 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Bare Bones Scr
28. completed you ll get a message that says Finished Sync completed successfully Successful Sync Message Successful Sync Message e Hit Close e Downloaded project displays in the Script Editor Create an Account Registration Wizard To access Celtx web services you ll need to create a Celtx Account using the Registration Wizard The account Wizard can be accessed from the Help menu or from the Login dialog Having an account allows you to e Collaborate with others Upload Download as Shared e Make secure backups of your project Upload as Private e Participate in Project Central Upload as Public Selecting Create an Account will launch the Registration Wizard http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 17 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Create an Account Create an Account Community News The Community News notifier keeps you informed of recent Celtx developments community updates and industry events Selection of the Notifier will open any embedded link in your default web browser I Community News A FISCREENNATION SUBMIT YOUR FILMS honoring excellence in teen filmmaking The Celtx Notifier Getting Started Other Useful Info Converting Projects from Celtx v 0 9 5 1 http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 18 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM
29. e in Screenwriting pdf e Free Range Librarian e Oscar Script Format e Paul Brians Common Errors in English Usage and Other Good Resources e Resources for Writers e Rhyming Dictionary e Roget s Thesaurus e Screen Story Writing e Screenwriting Expo e Screenwriting Info e Seventh Sanctum e The Slot e Wikipedia Screenwriting Entry e WordPlayer e WritingTreatments com e SimplyScripts Glossary Gives a lot of screenwriting terms to help decipher scripts or get across an effect exactly the way you want e Fiction Factor GREAT website for writers in general Lots of topics about making good characters and stories I suggest you browse this site for whatever interests you e A Short Story on length discusses appropriate length for speculative scripts e Screenwriting quick resource links to everything to do with screenwriting Screenwriter Blogs e Complications Ensue http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 82 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki e Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing e John August e Kung Fu Monkey e Pianista en un burdel spanish Scripts e Hollywoodlitsales e Drew s Script o Rama e Screentalk Biz e ScriptCrawler A database of scripts to view Pick your favorite movie and examine it e ScriptPimp e SimplyScripts e SoYouWannaSellAScript Essential URLs Us
30. e indicated formatting e Also Before Text or in Middle of Line and End of Line commands work when the lines are totally blank and when the cursor is in the last position in the line respecitvely This does withstand automatically typed characters such as parentheses in parenthetical elements The Editors Script Elements Screenplay Command Windows Mac OS Scene Heading Ce Or Command 1 Enter Action Ctrl 2 Command 2 Character Ctrl 3 Command 3 Dialog Ctrl 4 Command 4 Parenthetical Ctrl 5 Command 5 Transition Ctrl 6 Command 6 Shot Ctrl 7 Command 7 Text Ctrl 8 Command 8 http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 76 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki e Note See notes below for written keyboard command conventions Stage Play Command Windows Mac OS Act Ctrl 1 Command 1 Scene Heading Ctrl 2 Command 2 Stage Direction Ctrl 3 Command 3 Character Ctrl 4 Command 4 Dialog Ctrl 5 Command 5 Parenthetical Ctrl 6 Command 6 Transition Ctrl 7 Command 7 Text Ctrl 8 Command 8 e Note See notes below for written keyboard command conventions Audio Play Command Windows Mac OS Scene Heading Ctrl 1 Command 1 Production Note Ctrl 2 Command 2 Character Ctrl 3 Command 3 Dialog Ctrl 4 Command 4 Parenthetical Ctrl 5 Command 5 Sound Ctrl 6 Command 6 Voice Ctrl 7 Command 7 Music Ctrl 8 Command 8 e Note See notes below for written keyboard command conven
31. e your breakdown is complete you can select the Reports icon to generate customized project reports and lists There is a button on the Script Editor Toolbar to show hide the sidebar or you can pick Script Sidebar to toggle its visibility Breakdown Categories http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 50 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Categories and Items Categories and Items Tagging To create a new entry in the Production Items Sidebar execute the following steps In the editor select the item to be added by highlighting the word or words describing the item In the Sidebar select the Category of the item to be added In the Item window select lt New gt Click the Tag button The new item will now appear in the Item window for the selected Category You may now enter additional information including a description Item selected and Remove Markup button highlighted Item selected and Remove Markup button highlighted If for whatever reason you decide that you no longer want an item to be tagged simply select it in the script and click the Remove Markup button on the Script Editor Toolbar Adding Media Another one of the great features of Celtx is that it allows you to better visualize your project by giving you the ability to add image sound and video files directly to marked up items in your script or to u
32. eful Links and Resources e File Factory Great for hosting your PDF generated scripts Although it s hard to find how to download it for some people e OhShare is a great file host I recommend using them to host your files on the forum rather than File Factory because it s easier for users to figure out how to download the file sitvitrocr External Glossary Links Screenwriting info s Glossary SimplyScripts Glossary Feel free to contribute to our own glossary of media making terms Contents 0 9 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ Top of page See also External links 0 9 A http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 83 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki e Aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its height C e Call Sheet a list of actors required for a day s filming e Casting call e Celtx The coolest Pre Production software EVER Tr gf mM O e Intertitle text for the purposes of placing the scene in time and or space Zz amp TF A amp O http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 84 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki P e Polish insignificant changes to a script e Pre Production all the work done on a movie prior to filming it R e Rewrite significant changes to a script S sides scenes from the script that
33. eir stories to life while combining intelligent writing and planning tools storyboarding and scheduling with internet friendly technologies Celtx is available as a free download from our website This open source client software is augmented by Celtx Studios a set of integrated web services delivered by the Celtx server Together they make Celtx the most complete media pre production software program http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 1 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki 28 Glossaries This Wiki currently reflects instructions for versions 1 0 Not all the information is up to date so some instructions may be 29 Past Release Notes wrong If you encounter any issues please feel free to ask questions about using Celtx on our forum 30 Portable Celtx The latest version of Celtx is the 2 7 release issued January 4 2010 Please bear with us as we continue to update the documentation for this latest release Celtx 2 7 is compatible with Windows XP Vista 7 Mac OS X and Linux For additional info on v 2 7 head to the new Feature Tours on the Walkthrus and Tutorials page Celtx logo Welcome to Celtx This wiki manual is intended to provide our users with everything there is to know about Celtx The information currently provided reflects the features of the desktop versions 1 0 and 2 0 and The Celtx Studios The Manual is written primarily from a
34. eltx It is important to ensure that scripts are properly formatted before importing into Celtx otherwise some manual tweaking may be required Adhere to the instructions below and your import should go smoothly To Import a Script into Celtx Open the script file in the word processor Remove any scene numbers Remove anything before the first scene Title Page Sources etc Ensure the first text is EXT or INT include periods and use uppercase as shown To convert your file to txt choose File gt Save As and select File Type Text Only or Text with Layout Ensure a txt file is created Suggestion Save it to your desktop for easy retrieval http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 37 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Open Celtx and select Start a New Project from the splash page OR select File gt New Project from the Menu toolbar Complete the New Project dialog as desired being sure to select Script as one of your project items then hit OK Your new project opens defaulting to script mode in the Editor window Select Script gt Import Script From your displayed file directory navigate to and select the script txt file you want to import then hit Open A progress bar appears showing the import activity of your script Once the script has loaded it will appear in the Script Editor window while each scene is loaded into the
35. fter choosing this option is to close the print preview tab which replaces the editable script tab and re opening your script e Print Printing from the file menu is not the ideal option instead select Script Generate PDF and print that out Orphan control on page breaks and Mores amp Continueds aren t handled by File Print e Open Project Folder Pop the contents of your project folder up in the file browser such as Windows Explorer e Exit Prompts for save if needed Edit Menu Edit Menu Edit Menu Standard text editor commands cut paste copy find and replace View Menu http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 41 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki View Menu View Menu e Toolbars o Icons and Text o Icons o Text o None Script Menu Script menu is used to access anything to do with the script as such it only appears when a script tab is selected e Import Script Only text format scripts can be imported but Celtx is reasonably clever about picking out the characters sluglines and other script elements e Export Script Scripts can be exported as text format or HTML e Adapt To This option will adapt on document type to another e Add Characters to Catalog Used after importing or pasting a script into the editor It will parse the new script and add any new Characters to the Maste
36. g Add Remove Programs 2 Open C Program Files and delete the Celtx folder 3 Remove the Greyfirst folder from C Documents and Settings username Application Data and C Documents and Settings username Local Settings Application Data If you can t find it you need to Show hidden files From Windows Explorer pick Tools Options View Hidden files and folders Show hidden files and folders 4 Clear your browser cache 5 Download 0 991 6 Install celtx This will give you a clean install of 0 991 Vista If when you try to write a script you cant key in anything then find the Celtx software icon and http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 8 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki right click select Properties select Security press Edit press Add enter the name of the user click the full control check box press Ok For Mac OS X Universal Double click the Celtx dmg file to mount the drive to your system Drag the Celtx icon to your Applications folder to complete the installation For Linux You can install Celtx by extracting the downloaded archive into your home folder e g home yourusername bin and run the application from there But then only this single user will have access to it Otherwise if you want all users to have access to it Celtx must be installed and run once as the root user A typical installation f
37. ge with the Name of the item used to search Google Images Makes finding images to borrow a breeze Celtx provides many different types of documents and Forms that can be added to a Project http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 52 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Document types are added through the Add Item dialog Celtx provides six 6 different editors each for writing a specific kind of script The Add Item dialog can also be used to add a Storyboard Production Schedule Bookmark Calendar and any External File For ease of use the Add Item dialog also includes two popular Forms used by writers the Scene Details Form and a Character Development Form File Edit View Script Tools Help Add item r Select Item p ef Script ej Script ga Storyboard he be a Catalog Add a script to your project QUIE Production Schedule Bookmark Why E Calendar Screenplay Wat By File Stageplay Went amp Character AN Saipt REVE i Scene Details Audio Play con R TAT Comic Book hice O Text MEL rey Jus yes 2 H Ov i st 3 4 INT CORRMOR GAT Forms are used to augment the writing process or to complete a script breakdown Forms are added through the Catalog http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 53 of 87 7 19 2010 1
38. glish amp printable yes 2 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki System Requirements Celtx v 2 0 based on Firefox 3 x WINDOWS 75 MB of free disk space Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Minimum Hardware e Pentium 233 MHz Recommended Pentium 500MHz or greater e 64 MB RAM Recommended 128 MB RAM or greater e 52 MB hard drive space MAC e 75 MB of free disk space e Mac OS X 10 4 x Note to MAC Panther 10 3 Users The latest version of Celtx v 2 0 is not compatible with the MAC OS X 10 3 0 operating system On moving Celtx to the new Firefox 3 0 code base we are no longer able to support 10 3 or earlier versions of the MAC operating system e Version 1 0 For Mac OS X 10 3 x users is available for download here Minimum Hardware e Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3 G4 or G5 processor e 128 MB RAM Recommended 256 MB RAM or greater e 200 MB hard drive space LINUX e Linux kernel 2 2 14 or higher with the following libraries or packages o glibc 2 3 2 or higher o XFree86 3 3 6 or higher o gtk 2 0 or higher o fontconfig also known as xft o libstde 5 e Gnome recommended http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 3 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e 75 MB of free disk space e NOTE an up to date Linux distribution is recommended Minimum Hardware e Intel
39. h A middleman interface that allows users to process their video with an infinite amount of options AVISynth uses a scriptable interface so editors can write their own preset codes and modify them to their own need every project so they aren t restricted to a GUI AVISynth includes a VirtualDub interface for easy integration e Blender 3D Rendering Tool 3D modeling animation e Celtx A comprehensive scriptwriting and pre production software program for people working in Film TV Theatre and New Media e CeltxWiki Manual e Celtx Media Blog e Cinelerra Non linear Editing Suite e Cinelerra Tutorial e Cinepaint Image editor used in many films http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 81 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e Flash for Linux f4l is a free open source Maacromedia flash clone for Linux e FreeFrame Plugins for various editors and image editors e Gimp A good alt to Photoshop e Jahshaka Real time editing and effects e Kino Linux editing suite e Open Office e Synfig A professional quality 2 d animation program e Virtual Dub A video capture processing utility for 32 bit Windows platforms licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL Theatre Resources e New York theatre scene e The WWW Virtual Library of Theater and Drama e Yahoo Performing Arts Writing Resources e ClicheFinder e David Griffith s Crash Cours
40. he GNU General Public License version 2 GPL v2 and the Celtx Public License CePL As of November 15 2007 the newest portable version for Windows is 0 996 As of January 11 2008 the newest Mac OS X version is 0 997 r1 0 These versions are created by Jacob Koehler and are based on Portable Firefox and the original Celtx program files You can download the Mac port from the official project homepage Celtx also runs from a USB flash drive or any other form of portible media if you run the standard install and target it to your device REMEMBER your portable device MUST be plugged in to do this Additionally you can run the standard install and copy paste the Celtx folder in your Program Files folder on your computer to your portable flash drive Both of these methods are just works methods and are not truly portable meaning that while they will run from your portable device they leave files on the computer you are using usually in the AppData or Application Data folder Remember you can also follow the additional steps listed in the Installation article which deal with missing DLLs and the extra dictionaries External links e Portable Celtx Homepage English e English Version of Portable Celtx 0 9 8 in the Celtx Forum e Portable Celtx Sourceforge project e Shell script source code Announcement of Portable Celtx for Mac OS X e versiontracker com e macupdate com Retrieved from http wiki celtx com index
41. he project is saved e Updates the location path in the dialog e Remembers new save location for future projects Default Save Locations Depending on which operating system s you are using the default save locations for your projects are as follows e Windows My Documents e Mac OS X Documents e Linux Home directory Manual Saves To perform a manual save of your work while in an open project select the Save icon from the Project toolbar or Save Project from the File menu Saving Documents When working on other Celtx documents text doc forms within a project the user is prompted with a save dialog when they go to close the document http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 20 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Saving your Project Saving your Project Other Save Options for your Script Other options for saving your script include e Export as text or HTML files e Generate as PDF Copying Projects We ve added in a Copy Project feature which basically serves as Save As This feature will create a copy of your current project and all its contents It is located under File gt Copy Project and will prompt you to provide a new title once selected Copying of projects can also be handled by your operating system s file dialog To Copy a Project on Mac Open your Finder window navigate to your existing project and select From
42. i celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 7 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Return to Main Page The first step is to download the Celtx installer from our download page Celtx is available for Windows Mac OS X Universal and Linux in a variety of different languages Download the OS version and language pack that suits your needs For Windows XP NT 2000 Vista Double click the CeltxSetup exe file and follow the installation wizard The setup will place a shortcut on your Desktop as well as place Celtx in the Start menu If you get a reported problem with The application has failed to start because MSVCR71 dll was not found Restarting the application may fix this problem you need to get the files msver71 dll and msvcp71 dll They can be found at http www driverskit com dll msver71 dll 2373 html and http www driverskit com dll msvcp71 dll 2371 html or search for them on Google The DLLs go in your C Windows system32 directory As with any software downloaded off the Internet you should be careful installing files from untrusted sources For the security conscious the MD5 checksums should be MDS msver71 dll 86f1895ae8c5e8b17d99ece768a70732 MDS msvep71 dll 561 fa2abb3 dfa8fab762145f8 1667c2 From an earlier version Upgrading from an earlier version to 0 991 sometimes causes Celtx to not start at all If this happens to you Remove celtx usin
43. index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 38 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki To export a script from Celtx e While in script mode of your project select Script gt Export script from the Menu toolbar e Complete the displayed Export dialog selecting where you want to save your file and in which file format you want to export your script e Select Save Exporting to Final Draft Return to Main Page 1 redirect Web Services Publishing to Project Central The Project Toolbar has the following buttons e New Project e Open Project with an Open Recent dropdown next to it e Save Project e Print On the far right hand side there s the e Web Services button Below are Mac screenshots of each menu Celtx Menu http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 39 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Celtx Menu Celtx Menu File Menu File Menu File Menu e New Project e Open Project e Open Recent e Save Project e Copy Project Similar to a Save As command e Close Tab e Close Window Doesn t prompt for save http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 40 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e Add Item e Add Folder e Delete Item e Page Setup e Print Preview The only way to resume editing a
44. ing Ctrl tab cmd optiontleft right e Note See notes below for written keyboard command conventions Notes e Note To insert a parenthetical into a block of dialogue press Shift Enter Shiftt Enter Tab Windows or Shift Return Shift Return Tab Mac OS e Note By convention written keyboard shortcuts in Windows use a and in Mac OS use a to denote that keys are depressed at the same time rather than in sequence Pressing the or key along with the keyboard shortcut will cause the command not to work See also e Original Forum Post This section of useful links and resources was born on the Celtx Forum and compiled as a group effort by our users and staff so that everyone can share the knowledge Primarily we look for links related to screenwriting filmmaking theatre animation new media the industries in general related technology or really anything you find useful in getting your job done whether you are student amateur or pro http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 79 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Like the manual itself this section is a work in progress with new links being added all the time So if you have a golden nugget of info that would enhance the collection please add it to the list Note Main topics are in alphabetical order Filmmaking Resources Australian Film Commission FAQs CyberFilmSchool e Fil
45. int_Version_ _English amp printable yes 6 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Celtx Studios are filled with innovative tools you can use to take your creativity and productivity to new heights Contact Info The development of Celtx is shaped in part by the valuable feedback provided by our user community So if you have something to tell us or a question to ask here s how to get in touch e Send us an email directly to mailto info celtx com e Write us a letter c o Greyfirst Corporation P O Box 23126 St John s Newfoundland Canada A1B 4J9 To learn more about Celtx you can also head to Celtx Forum To request a new feature report a bug or ask a question about Celtx or anything industry related head to the forums Community members and Celtx moderators are always quick to reply Wiki Manual For the How To s and details on all Celtx features stay where you are and have a browse around the Wiki We encourage users to create an account and contribute your Celtx knowledge to this new and in progress guide Feature Tours Watch our flash based video walk thrus we hope this conceptual approach that makes Celtx easier to use FAQs The FAQs provide a compiled list of responses to frequently asked questions which may address any outstanding queries you have The Celtx Blog Visit our blog to keep up to date on news and projects that the Celtx team is involved in http wik
46. ipt Editor Bare Bones Script Editor Script Editor Toolbar Features The Script Editor Toolbar The Script Editor Toolbar Script Formatting Element dropdown menu http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 24 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki The Script Element Dropdown The Script Element Dropdown Each of the standard script elements Scene Heading slugline Action Character Dialog Parenthetical wryly Transition and Shot are found in the Script Element dropdown in the editor toolbar Selecting one of these script elements from the drop down will apply the appropriate formating to your text conforming to the industry script standard This drop down menu is best used for formatting large portions of text If you want to reformat some text place your cursor in the block of text you wish to change and select the appropriate format element Tab Enter The Tab Enter keys provide shortcuts to formatting your script elements Refer to the shortcut formatting chart below for details Note that the elements less used ie Transition and Shot have been removed from the element sequence but can be applied from the element dropdown menu The Tab Enter functionality is also referenced in the status bar at the bottom of the editor display screen as you type Shift Tab If you made a mistake and want to cycle backwards th
47. lication Celtx data is stored on the user s own computer which means that users can access their Projects while off line Cross Platform Compatibility Celtx is designed to work on all major operating systems Mac Linux and Windows Celtx is available for free download from the Celtx website under an open source license Features Summary WRITING TOOLS Story Development Forms http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 4 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Celtx helps you develop your story with preloaded forms for key elements like locations scenes props characters and 32 other production categories You can use the forms to organize your thoughts and kick start a media rich storyline that includes sound files images and video clips Celtx story development forms are intelligently tied into your script informing the story and each scene with valuable production information Scripts Celtx includes six dedicated industry standard editors for writing e Screenplay e Stageplay International and US standard e AV scripts including documentaries music videos and advertising e Audio Play including radio plays and podcasts e Comic Book e Plain Text Celtx includes the essential features that writers need to keep their fingers moving like intuitive formatting text auto complete page breaks dual column dialog scene management scratchpad embedded
48. m Info e Online resources for film pre productions Proletariatpictures Links studentfilmmakers com Wikibooks Movie Making Manual e Movie_Making Manual Linux_in_film_production Linux in film production Film Festivals e Film Festivals Server e WithoutaBox Film Music e Film Music on the Web e Music on the Web other links Glossaries e Movie Terminology Glossary e John August Glossary e John August s Wiki e imdb Glossary Production Forms e dependentfilms Movie and TV Resources e Free Movies amp Documentaries amp Cartoons amp Music http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 80 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e Greatest Films e Internet Movie Database e Inside Film Magazine e Roger Ebert e Rotten Tomatoes e Screenplay Europe e The Trailer Park e TV Party e TV To Me e Yahoo Movies Screenwriting Contests MovieBytes Technical Resources DV Resources e DV Creators net e DV Guru e DV Information Network e DVXUser com e dvcafe Not a great site but it has some content Some links go to books you have to buy but others are useful articles It takes some surfing to find the good stuff Mac Related e Mac Widgets for Filmmakers Open Source Software Industry Related Applications e Audacity An audio editor that does multi tracking e AviSynt
49. making it easier to Collaborate with team members Add Multiple Scripts You can also use this feature to add multiple scripts to your Project or to split a long script in to several shorter scripts to better facilitate co writing If only making a copy of the script just add a new script document to the project then cut and paste the script into the new script and make your new changes Add Unlimited versions of any Document Add a New Item allows you to add an unlimited number of versions of any document to your Celtx project including the pre loaded Celtx forms Scene Details Characters Actor Profiles Locations Props and Wardrobe Add a New Folder Add Folder Add Folder The Add Folder Dialog The Add Folder Dialog You can also create folders that can be used to organize your documents Gather together IN ONE PLACE all of your project related material Think of it as your digital three ring binder To Add a Folder While in an open project select the dark grey folder icon from the Project Navigator toolbar In the dialog displayed name your folder in the Save As field Select where you want to save your folder within the Project Navigator by selecting the folder dropdown menu Hit OK or Cancel Delete An Item http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 46 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Delete Item
50. nassociated text just as reference material A great feature to have when researching your project Add Media Button Add Media Add Media Media can be added to script items that have already been tagged While in the Sidebar simply select the Add Media button A file browser will open to choose the media to assign to the item To remove a media file from the item select the media thumbnail and then select the Remove Media button The media file is no longer associated with the breakdown item http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 51 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Media Viewer The Media Viewer Supported Media Formats Mac e Images jpg png gif e Sound mp3 wav au mid aif e Video mpg mov avi though not all avi files are created equal some may not be supported Windows e This list is dependent on whether the QT plug in is installed The formats that are natively supported without Quicktime installed are e Images jpg png gif e Sound au aiff wma e Video wmv Removing Media To remove any media files that were added previously to the Sidebar Media Viewer simply click on the image then select Remove Removing image items from the Sidebar also removes them from Breakdown Reports Images button When an item is selected the Images button opens a browser on a search pa
51. ned on or off by going to File gt Page Setup and ticking the Show page numbers box accordingly You also have the option to Show page number on first page If your version of Celtx doesn t show this option go to Script gt Format Options and check the box for Pagination Select the function again to turn it off A page counter is located in the bottom right hand corner of the screen Page Counter Page Counter Page Breaks The Script Editor defaults to 54 lines per page and inserts page breaks automatically Widows and Orphans get pushed to the next page The ScratchPad The ScratchPad is a small text editor that serves as a holding tank or Bone Yard where you can store loose pieces of draft text or jot down ideas that come to you while you are writing You can also use the feature to swap out sections of your script to the ScratchPad The Scratchpad is accessible by clicking on the yellow notepad icon at the bottom of the Scene Navigator located on the left hand side of your screen The ScratchPad will open at the bottom of the Editor window There are many ways to send highlighted text to the ScratchPad Any text can be dragged and dropped from the script to the ScratchPad and vice versa Just highlight the text grab with your cursor and drag to desired position Cut and Paste e e e Alternatively highlight the text you want to move then right click your mouse and select Send to Scratchpad in the Editor Context Me
52. notes title page generation pagination printing spellchecker keyboard shortcuts find and replace script importing and exporting PDF and HTML script reports and collaboration Adapt To With a single click Adapt To converts any fully formatted script of one type into a fully formatted script of another for example a Stageplay to a Screenplay displaying in an instant the multi media potential of your work TypeSet TypeSet provides precise automatic formatting of your script to industry and international standards The Celtx server uses the very powerful LaTex typesetting tool to deliver perfectly formatted scripts Full support is provided for optional formatting features like Mores and Continueds Scene Numbering and paper size Encryption technology protects every project upload amp download between the Celtx Server and the desktop Index Cards Celtx includes reversible colour coded Index Cards that are intelligently tied to your script and auto populate with the Scene Headers and first 40 words or so of the scene You can flip the cards to type notes on the back colour code them to track plot lines and drag and drop them to reorder scenes Template Engine If the default setting for a Celtx project doesn t fit your needs you can create your own new blank state Template that will only open the documents you want PRE VISUALIZATION TOOLS Storyboarding Take your media project to the next level by adding a storyboard based on y
53. nu e From the Scene Navigator you can send whole scenes to the Scratchpad by selecting the scene you want then hit the small yellow icon in the Navigator toolbar http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 35 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Scratch Pad The Scratch Pad Script Editor Context Menu Editor Context Menu Editor Context Menu To access the Script Editor s context menu place your cursor in the script and right click your mouse Context menu options include e Cut Copy Paste e Send to ScratchPad Title Page The Title Page is accessed via the Tiltle Page subtab found at the bottom of the editor windows The Title Page is automatically included when you generate a PDF and it can be printed off separately by selecting the Print button located on the main toolbar of the Title Page http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 36 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Editing the Title Page Editing the Title Page Importing Scripts Script Import Export Menu Script Import Export Menu Celtx can import plain text scripts generated by other script writing or word processing applications Once a script is imported into Celtx it can then be further developed edited and then broken down using the Production Breakdown features of C
54. o apt get remove gcin Celtx v1 0 uses too recent a package glibc for the vanilla EeePC Xandros distribution Unless you want to take the risk to mess up with your OS we advise you to install the previous Celtx 0 997 cd Download it wget http www celtx com download Celtx 0997 en US tar gz Untar it to your local folder for instance cd usr local sudo tar xvf home user Celtx 0997 en US tar gz And launch it sudo usr local celtx celtx Next you may be thinking of adding a Celtx icon to the work panel through a program like Easy Mode editor Hyperlinks http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 10 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Hyperlinks may not work Firefox upon which Celtx is based primarily supports the GNOME desktop environment although various Linux distributions include modified forms of Firefox with support for KDE At the moment Celtx consults the GNOME registry to check what your default browser is We hope to address this when we have the time Root If you can only run Celtx as root not just the first time you need to delete the following directories e greyfirst e celtx Depending on your distro they will most likely be in one of the following locations Your home directory tmp usr tmp usr local celtx The small Print When installing we d really appreciate it if you would please take the time
55. of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki As a handy alternative to the buttons the Project Nav Context Menu easily allows you to add delete open and re name your documents and folders with a simple right click of your mouse The Project Library also offers drag and drop capability allowing you to organize and move your files and folders as you like The Project Library can be hidden by grabbing the right hand side of it and resizing it to the left To restore the Project Library just drag out the left hand side of Celtx The Three Little Buttons The Three Little Buttons specifically refer to Add a New Item Add a New Folder and Delete 3 Buttons 3 Buttons Add a New Item Add Button Add Button The Add Items Dialog The Add Items Dialog http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 45 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Selecting the dark grey plus sign allows you to add any pre loaded Celtx document or any other kind of document from any application to your Celtx Project folder PDFs Spreadsheets Storyboards even Scripts written in other applications Each document will open in its default application where it can be modified and then saved back to the Celtx folder That way you ll always know that you have the latest version of a particular file in your Celtx Project
56. organized Scheduling Call Sheets and Shooting Reports Celtx includes a Just In Time Scheduling feature that lets you manage your projects in real time Open a schedule based on your script and drag and drop scenes to the calendar to build your shooting schedule Generate customizable Shooting Reports to keep track of the resources you ll need during shooting including lists of props actors and wardrobe items Create Call Sheets to ensure your crew knows where and when to show up for the shoot Inter Project Document Management You can also drag and drop documents between projects Grab a document from one Project Library and drop it in to another Project Library and you re done Toolbox New for v2 0 you can now customize your Celtx application with a suite of new add on productivity tools Customization lets you better tailor Celtx to fit your particular needs Note Are you interested in developing custom tools for Celtx Check out our developers page for more information PUBLISHING TOOLS Celtx Forums You can publish your work in progress or completed scripts for public viewing and peer reviews at the Script Reviews amp Collaborations section of the Celtx Forums Register here first to access the forums CELTX STUDIOS New web based Celtx Studios integrate with Celtx software to provide a cost saving and professional way to store manage and collaborate on your scripts and projects http wiki celtx com index php title Pr
57. our script and adding individual or batch images in to the storyboard Each storyboard image is accompanied with a shot description to help you communicate your creative vision Rearrange images and sequences within the project to construct your visual narrative Then when you re ready use the slideshow feature to play the images to help pre visualize your media project http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 5 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Media Rich Breakdowns You can add sound files video clips digital photos and scanned documents to your project to create a media intensive breakdown You can then associate the media with any one of the 36 production categories including wardrobe props and locations ORGANIZATION TOOLS Catalogs Catalogs provide a way for you to organize and view the many production items and research details required in the pre production stage of any media project Each Celtx project includes a Master Catalog which auto populates as you breakdown your script ultimately providing a searchable dashboard view of all your story s elements and production items Additional Sub Catalogs can be created for specific production categories like props characters and wardrobe External Documents You can add any document from any application to your project PDFs budget spreadsheets images and scripts written in other applications to help stay
58. outside the scope of the Sceneheader or Action description By filling in these extra details the writer can give the reader a better sense of the scene including the goals and mood of a given scene Using Scene Details is a pretty simple process When the user selects the Scene Details tab a list of scenes is presented on the left Select a scene and the Sceneheader will be presented at the top of the details form The user can then fill in the particular details for each scene This information is saved when the user switches to another scene or to another tab in the application http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 57 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki A Scene Details Form A Scene Details Form Schedule Calendar You can now keep multiple schedules in a Celtx Project each of which will now be included in the Collaboration sync allowing you to share calendars with team members We ve also switched to Lightning for our Calendar The Mozilla Lightning Project uses the same code base as the Mozilla Sunbird Project which was the previous calendar we used so your dates should transfer over nicely Lightning 0 1 Release Notes Lightning Development Weblog The Lightning development team keeps a development weblog It is intended for everyone who is looking for in depth up to date information about current events in Lightning development htt
59. p wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 58 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki A Production Schedule A Production Schedule Actor Profile Form http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 59 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki An Actor Form An Actor Form Location Form http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 60 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki A Location Form A Location Form Locations Google Map feature http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 61 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Using Google Maps Using Google Maps Prop Form A Props Form http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 62 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki A Props Form Wardrobe Form The Wardrobe Form The Wardrobe Form Bookmarks http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 63 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Adding a Web Bookmark Adding a Web Bookmark External Files External Files refer to any kind of existing documen
60. p title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 73 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki A Day at the Races AV Script File Edit View Script Tools Hoos e Add Open Save Print Web Services b El A Day at the Races AV Script Master Catalog 6 MEDIUM WIDE A rowing team rows on a lake in the L aw morning sun SCENE i INTRODUCTION lE Project Images pi B Outline The annual Royal St John s Regatta is North H E Breakdown America s oldest continuing annual sporting event E Research Links On the first Wednesday in August more than 100 E Documents rowing crews compete to be the fastest crew on the H Music pond VOICE WIDE Crowds of people walking through concessions VOICE z A mid week civic holiday the Regatta attracts up to 40 000 people annually More than 250 booths and concessions blanket the shoreline of Quidi Y F x Vidi Lake and add greatly to the races being rowed lls sit on the Lake The booths and concessions are SCENE 1 INTRODUCTL operated by charitable athletic church and SCENE 2 THE BOATS fraternal organizations and by enterprising individuais SCENE 3 HISTORY SCENE 4 ROYAL VISITS CUT IN Kids playing a game of chance and wining a SCENE 5 WOMEN RO prize SCENE 6 THE OUTER SCENE 7 CANCELLATI Bea NUN Oo pwn we H CUI IN A man passes cotton candy to a smiling young girl VOICE The Regatta
61. ppear in reports http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 67 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Reports Display Reports Display Reports Navigator Head to the Reports Navigator located on the left hand side of the screen to select a report template then customize it the way you want by selecting the desired items from the Scene and Department Category filters located in the panels at the top To get a complete breakdown report select ALL scenes and ALL categories or break it up and select specific scenes and categories by selecting and applying the Shift key Pre loaded reports include Scene Breakdown The Scene Breakdown is a report to allow planning of personnel and other items required to produce a scene It prints as at least one page per scene so can chew up a lot of paper If your script is not heavily marked up with items CGI work camera effects props costumes and so on it can be very sparse For a given scene or all scenes lists all items for a department or all departments that appear in that scene or all scenes that item appears in As well as all and single http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 68 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki scenes departments items multiple selections can be made such as scenes 2 6 and 11 If the Display Media box is
62. priate icon from the Editor toolbar To view the underline style be sure to click off the text highlite after the underline icon has been selected Change UPPER lower case Change Case To change text characters or words from upper case to lower case and vice versa highlite the text and select the corresponding icon from the Editor toolbar Find and Replace Find amp Replace is found under the Edit menu and is used to search for specific text within the script window You then have the option to replace the found text with different text To Find text in the script http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 28 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Find Find Find begins from the insertion point of your cursor within the script Enter the text you are searching for in the Find Text field of the F amp R dialog Click Find Next If the searched text is found searching will stop and the found text will be selected If no text is located a message saying No matches found will appear in the dialog To Find the next occurrence of the same text Click Find Next again To Replace the Find text Replace Replace Enter the text to be used as a replacement for the Find text in the Replace with text field Click Replace or Replace All The text that was found will be replaced with the text in the Replace with text field Repl
63. r Catalog e Format Options Opens the Format Options dialog where you will find options for paper type scene numbers and pagination e Sidebar Opens and Closes the sidebar Tools Menu Tools Menu http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 42 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Tools Menu e Check Spelling e Inline Spell Checking e Options Help Menu Help Menu Help Menu e About Celtx Version number and contribution credits e Splash Screen e Online Support e Celtx Wiki You are here e Video Tutorial Requires Internet connection e Report A Bug Uses the Celtx Forum e Celtx Account Necessary to Generate PDFs and publish your project to Project Central http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 43 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki The Project Navigator The Project Navigator The Project Library Sidebar is the storage place for your Celtx documents and folders It s located in the upper left hand side of the interface and is where you navigate to the different items contained in your project New folders and new documents forms files or scripts can be added or deleted from your project using the Three Little Buttons located in the toolbar at the top http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 44
64. rintable yes 30 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Inline Spell Check Inline Spell Check Remove Markup Marks Remove Markup To erase marked up items items that have been broken down in the Editor highlight the text then select the eraser icon from the Editor toolbar The colour markup will be removed from the text Details associated with the markup item will remain in the database Zoom Zoom Zoom The Editor s 12 pt Courier font can be viewed at 100 default 150 or 200 Select the Zoom dropdown menu to select the option you prefer Production Items Sidebar http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 31 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Breakdown Sidebar The Breakdown Sidebar Other Editor Features Editor Window This is the main display window where you write your script http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 32 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki The Editor Window The Editor Window http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 33 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Multiple Projects In Celtx multiple project windows can be open at one time which allows cut copy paste between multiple projects Mac u
65. rom an administrator account is done as follows copy Ctrl C and paste Maj Ins the following code lines one by one in a Terminal window Ctrl Alt T cd usr local If you are installing Celtx 1 0 then use this sudo tar zxf path to Celtx tar gz If you are installing Celtx 2 0 then use this sudo tar xjf path to Celtx tar bz2 enter your password sudo usr local celtx celtx If you get an error error while loading shared libraries libstdc so 5 cannot open shared object file No such file or directory then you need to install a package that contains libstdc so 5 On Redhat and Ubuntu this is the compat libstdc package On Gentoo it s just called lib compat You might be able to install it using yum install compat libstdct Now any user can run it using usr local celtx celtx If you re running a 64 bit build ensure the 32 bit libraries are installed Just search for the string ia32 within synaptic You might have to install the normal ia32 libs and also ia32 libs gtk perhaps more http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 9 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Note to Eee PC users In order for Celtx to work you have to remove the Scim package sudo apt get remove xandros scim Alternatively on more recent 701 EeePC build starting March 08 thus including all 900 gcin replaces scim sudo apt get remove xandros gcin sud
66. rough element selections made previously select SHIFT TAB KeyStroke Commands Ctrl 1 Scene Heading Ctrl 2 Action Ctrl 3 Character Ctrl 4 Dialog Ctrl 5 Parenthetical Ctrl 6 Transition Ctrl 7 Shot Ctrl 8 Text Script Editor Formatting Keyboard Shortcuts http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 25 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki If you type TAB in You will get to Scene Heading Action Action Character Character Action Dialog Parenthetical Parenthetic Dialog Transition Action Shot Action Text Action When the current line is NOTblank If you type ENTER in You will get to Scene Heading Action Action Action Dialog Character Parenthetica Dialog Transition Action Shot Action Text Text When the current line Sblank If you type TAB in You will get to Scene Heading Action Action Scene Heading Character Action Dialog Action Parenthetical Dialog Transition Action Shot Action Text Text http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 26 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Script Notes Script Notes provide a handy commenting system within your script The notes can be used to ask questions or make comments regarding de
67. rsion English CeltxWiki e Importing scenes from another script version Any item imported into Celtx must be in a plain text format To import scenes from one script to another have your existing script open in the Editor then select Script gt Import Script Navigate to the desired document and choose Open When the document opens the contents will be appended to the end of your existing script in the Editor e Cut and Paste Scenes from one Celtx script or other plain text script can be highlighted Cut or Copied and Pasted into another Celtx script Please Note Cutting and Pasting from MS WORD documents scripts into Celtx scripts is NOT recommended If turned on scene numbers found in File gt Page Setup in the Editor and Scene Navigator will be re ordered accordingly as new scenes are added Deleting Scenes Scenes can be deleted in the Scene Navigator by selecting the scene then selecting red Delete button from the Navigator toolbar Alternately scenes can also be deleted by right clicking the scene context menu and selecting delete All delete functions are prompted with a confirmation dialog to confirm your decision to delete an item Scene Context Menu The Scene Nav Context Menu The Scene Nav Context Menu To access the Scene Context Menu right click your mouse while in the Scene Navigator Select a scene in the Navigator then choose one of the menu options below e GoTo e Send to ScratchPad
68. s e You now have the option to start writing your script or add additional items to your project A new project in Celtx version 0 991 A new project in Celtx version 0 991 Customizing Your Project Preferences Advanced Add Item Options Depending on the nature of your project there are a number of different Celtx documents that you can add to your project to help flesh it out Select one item or select them all By default each Project starts with a Catalog and a Script http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 14 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki ug 4 e be Add 8 script to your project QUIE Wht Screenplay Wat Stageplay ght f AN Spt REVE Audio Play g con STATI Comic Book fae a Text HET are Jus yes How st INT CORRMOR GAT Advanced Project Options Open an Existing Project To open an existing project single click browse option from the Splash Page This will launch the Open Project dialog You can also open a Project directly from a Celtx file icon Download a Project The Celtx server provides a list of projects that are available to you They could be projects that were uploaded by you as private by other users as shared projects in which the author has authorized you as a collaborator in his project To download a project from the Celtx server single click download
69. sabled Automatic Character Continueds If the same character speaks repetitively during a single scene Celtx automatically places cont d after the character s name This tells the reader that the same character is continuing http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 66 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki a speech when it is broken by some action Default is disabled Scene Breaks When a scene continues from one page to the next Celtx will type the Bottom of Page text CONTINUED at the bottom of the first page In addition the Top of Next Page text CONTINUED will appear at the top of the next page along with the scene number that is being continued If the Show scene breaks box isn t ticked these features will not be displayed or printed Default is disabled Continued Page Count Ticking the Show continued page count will add a number after the CONTINUED i e 2 3 etc at the top of each continued page indicating how many pages are included in the same scene Default is disabled Mac Notes In Mac OS X pdf files can be generated natively without the need for the online script generator To create a pdf file in OS X simply enter a print command and select the PDF drop down menu and choose Save as PDF The pdf file will be generated automatically including all visible formatting included in the script However this PDF will by default l
70. sers can select the Windows menu to see which projects are open at once and have the option to select which project they want to bring to the front of the screen Auto Complete Character Autocomplete Character Autocomplete The Auto complete function applies to the Character and Scene Heading elements in the Script Editor It saves you time as you write because it eliminates the need to repeatedly type a character name or scene header ie INT EXT etc over and over Once the first instance of the element has been typed in the script Auto complete remembers it and displays a dropdown when the first letter of the element is typed in subsequent entries Mores and Continueds Scene Numbering Applying Scene Numbers Applying Scene Numbers Scene numbers can be turned on or off depending on whether you re writing a spec script or shooting script By default the Script Editor does not assign scene numbers as you enter or revise your script http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 34 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki To apply scene numbers to your script go to File gt Page SetUp Go to Show scene numbers from the Page and Scene Numbers Dialog and select the placement option left right or both from the dropdown menu To turn scene numbers off select none Pagination In the Script Editor page numbers can be tur
71. t created in any other application like PDFs Spreadsheets Storyboards even Scripts written in other applications These can be added to your Celtx folder by choosing the Add New Document icon When the files are selected within the Project Navigator each document will open in its default application where it can be modified and then saved back to the Celtx folder That way you ll always know that you have the latest version of a particular file in your Celtx Project making it easier to Collaborate with team members How to Add an External File e While in an open project select the blue Add New Document icon from the Project Navigator toolbar e Then in the dialog displayed click on the File document from Select Item e Under Item Details select Browse and navigate to the desired file within your local directory and select Open e The file then attaches to the dialog and it s name appears in the Name field Here you can change the file s name or leave as is e Select the Folder dropdown to choose where you want to store your file within the project Files are stored in Project Home by default http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 64 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki e Hit OK e The new file is now added to your project and can be accessed within the Project Navigator Image ExtForm png Generate PDF creates a PDF file on your local
72. tails about a particular scene prop character camera angle etc The notes can be added and removed and are editable and draggable You can also create a Script with Notes report in the Reports feature To Add a script note While in the Editor click your cursor where you want the note to be inserted in the text Then click on the yellow note in the Editor toolbar The note displays in the script To Open and add comments Single click the note to open it You ll see that each note is date stamped with the current date Type in your text Text space within the note is unlimited so write as much as you like Adding A Script Note Adding A Script Note To Close Single click inside the note Once created clicking on the Note icon in the script will display the contents of the script note Script Note Script Note To Edit http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 27 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Open the note select Edit make your text changes and single click to close To Drag Click your cursor on the note and drag it to the desired position in the script To Remove Remove the note entirely by selecting the script note and pressing the Delete key Bold Italic Underline Font Styles Font Styles To add the bold italic and underline styles simply highlite the text you want to stylize then select the appro
73. tions http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 77 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki A V Command Windows Mac OS Scene Heading Ctrl 1 Command 1 Shot Ctrl 2 Command 2 Character Ctrl 3 Command 3 Dialog Ctrl 4 Command 4 Parenthetical Ctrl 5 Command 5 e Note See notes below for written keyboard command conventions Comic Book Command Windows Mac OS Page Ctrl 1 Command 1 Panel Ctrl 2 Command 2 Caption Ctrl 3 Command 3 Character Ctrl 4 Command 4 Balloon Type Ctrl 5 Command 5 Balloon Ctrl 6 Command 6 e Note See notes below for written keyboard command conventions Page Breaks To insert a manual page break select the following Command Windows Mac OS Page Break alt Enter option Return http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 78 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English Celtx Wiki Options Command Windows Mac OS Select all Ctrl A Command A Cut Ctrl X Command X Copy Ctrl C Command C Paste Ctrl V Command V White Space Shift Enter Shift Return Bold Ctrl B Command B Italics Ctrl I Command I Underline Ctrl U Command U Undo Ctrl Z Command Z Redo Ctrl Y Command Y Find amp Replace Ctrl F Command F Find Next Ctrl G Command G Find Previous Shift Ctrl G Shift Command G New Project Ctrl N Command N Open Project Ctrl O Command O Save Ctrl S Command S Print Ctrl P Command P Tab Switch
74. to read the small print e CePL Celtx uses the CePL which is a derivative of Netscape s Mozilla Public License MPL e Terms of Use e Privacy Policy Launching for the first time To launch Celtx double click the movie clapper icon like the one below Image Cel The application will open and display the Splash Page Installing other dictionaries to the Spell Checker http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 11 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki Adding new language dictionaries to Celtx is performed through the Toolbox Open Celtx with any project or create a new project Select the menu option Tools then Toolbox Celtx will open a new dialog box Click Get Celtx Tools at the bottom of this box This will open the Celtx tools web page Click the link for the desire dictionary language to install The dictionary will be added to the Toolbox dialog with a note the dictionary will be available after Celtx has been restarted 5 Restart Celtx to begin using the new dictionary BRWN eR Direct downloads of dictionary files available below Installation of dictionaries through Toolbox method listed above is recommended e Afrikaan South Africa e Bulgarian e Catalan e Croation e Czech e Danish e Dutch e English Australia e English Canada e English United Kingdom e English United States e English New Zealand e
75. you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer Non Roman languages Non Roman languages are currently not supported by PDF generation The only fallback available is to use File Print PDF Features Bold and Italic To activate bold and italics in the PDF first apply the functions in the script via the Script Editor Toolbar Scene Numbers http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 65 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Version English CeltxWiki To activate the scene numbers select your placement option left right both none under File gt Page Setup then generate your PDF to view Page Numbers Page numbers are included in your PDF automatically Page Breaks Sensible pagebreaking that minimizes widows amp orphans Title Page The Title Page is included in your PDF automatically Mores and Continueds The Mores and Continueds features are available for PDF only While in the Script Editor they can be accessed from the Formatting Options button on th TypeSet toolbar Options include Mores and Continueds Mores and Continueds Dialogue Breaks When dialogue needs to be split between two pages MORE is placed beneath the dialogue at the bottom of the first page At the top of the next page the name of the character is repeated along with cont d If the Show dialogue breaks box isn t ticked these features will not be displayed or printed Default is di
76. zed with the script in the Script Editor The Scene Navigator populates automatically as you write each new scene header in your script Alternatively if you import additional scenes to be appended to your existing script they too will be added to the end of the Navigator Moving Re Ordering Scenes e Scenes can be moved via drag and drop Select the scene then drag and insert it in its new position within the Navigator e Scenes can also be re ordered using the UP DOWN arrows To move a scene up the list select the scene and press the UP arrow To move a scene down the list select the scene and press the DOWN arrow e Move a scene to the ScratchPad by selecting a scene and then selecting the ScratchPad button at the top of the Scene Navigator A confirmation dialog will appear to confirm moving the scene to the ScratchPad To view the scene in the ScratchPad select the ScratchPad icon below the Scene Navigator Double clicking any scene in the Navigator will display that scene at the top of the Script Editor window Adding Scenes Scenes can be added to your script in a few ways e As you Write As you write in the Script Editor place your cursor where you want the new scene to appear and choose Scene Heading from the Script Element dropdown menu in the Script Editor Toolbar or apply the keyboard shortcut http wiki celtx com index php title Print_Version_ _English amp printable yes 48 of 87 7 19 2010 10 46 44 PM Print Ve

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