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1. 100 Invisibles 141 ieee oe eee ae eae 311 lsalate e 5i ec pare EU IN NOUIS 100 J John DOr bit as iod ecc eld 214 Join Session Command 313 K Keep Scene 100 196 Hold 99 Keystroke 100 339 Kilobyteu Lue EIU e 100 Knowledge 16 L Label Header 244 Larry Brody Ar ae IR nds 214 E i ttu exi pleut 19 LAUNCHING AR ER Re tates 30 Leaderboard Interactive Television 181 Left ArrOW Key sist rt mem 342 Levels of Undo ev dut deserve ene ua 111 Windows 190 Lights Upin a 100 FINAL DRAFT LinesS Pacing ccn iecit duis 155 Linking 2 331 Location Shae 39 100 219 Smartlype rE EEDE AEA 230 Location Report 175 Lock A Pages 205 Lock New Page 208 Lock Pages Command 84 205 Locking Tools 5 207 Adjust Locked Page 207 Lock New Page 208 R
2. eoo Out4Life fdr INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BED 1 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTM p 2 Very messy and cramped Makes college Location 123 Main Street dorm rooms look clean Alert product placement team about fast food Dialogue needs adjusting flat hamburgers tag Cutlass Supreme VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET 0 2 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY p 3 INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN p 3 INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVI 6 These are Summary Cards There is one card for each scene The top line of each card contains the scene s Scene Heading Scene Number if any and Page Number The cards are available for text to be entered development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments locations blocking anything you feel is applicable FINAL DRAFT 67 Tutorials In addition there are two sides to every card 3 Choose View Index Cards Script The cards flip over and the screen appears as eoo Out4Life fdr ce EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTM p 2 He crosses the street and gets into his big beatup green 1979 Cutlass Supreme He sits down puts on his seat belt and unbuttons the top button of his pants He grabs a piece of chewing gum offthe dash and throws the foil in the back seat which
3. 124 Exit Windows Quit Mac 05 2 124 STER CLIE 125 Ulp A r 126 Recon Dn a err duo 126 CUES due e ED etd pedea Eure E uua maa 126 ETE 126 a dri ehe EE Lut dh at es bee ie 127 Using Drag and Drop n 127 Smart Drag and Drop emm 128 ger 128 Selec hA se eem ot test oed od ho eee EA em eL E DA 129 Select Scenes Teilen ees pit E A A rie oe 129 Find and one Eo d 129 Replace IU M 130 DE E ERI 132 FInd Sel ction 3m 24 ESI NUNG eevee ta nied aed IURE IUe 132 133 Seript Normal View 134 Seript Page VIEW 135 Script Speed VIEW cn sce scere pera ek eR C ROC RUE D SD ACER 135 SCEIDENOTES wine cule os aetate a a Fate 136 eod mis ET EE LC ed od aer Mise ec cR eM LM et 136 SS TEM TEE EL D 13
4. 30 WINDOWS AE c edocet NEL OAS 30 Det aes c 30 Activation Registration and Deactivation 31 Customer Support PollCles ccce gto aln UL RR MEER ee IDA CREARE ATE E 33 Differences Between Final Draft Version 7 and Version 6 34 Tutorials mae BA ui 35 INTRODUCE OM nn E CER 2 36 Starting Final Draft eae iacu m a ru pem e Ra E me Dee d 37 VATI o cL 37 Macintosh os m aste ele Deuter d oed ert dart eee certet e 37 Using the Tab and Enter Keys 1 0 0 cece eee ee II 40 taaa KC E CET 40 Enter Retur Key ous Stare me towel ua arbe eo duris ciet eto d stis 41 Typing a Sample 5 eee eee 43 Using Element Shortcuts eyes vee eee da I FIF EX eases oh eee 45 Easing Repetitive Typing With SmartType Lists and Macros 46 tr acies Rubi tei Sah ard TEENS Seeks 50 SmartType Character List cece eect 52 Names Database 2 2 az sioe bete bebe Ub ius 55 SpellCheck xoi cute ae Ese oan UY e ea 56 Header viu cel he ee d epe E p Mri ue dte Ferte ug Roe iia UC 57 FINAL DRAFT 6 T
5. 95 Backup Command 88 Backup 95 cients IW Site dee oo iw ev n 95 Bite uL DP 95 Bookmarks eeepc e Ve 95 163 Bookmarks Command 163 Insert Bookmarks Command 165 ev iet e DE 95 Bring All to Front Command Mac OS 212 BY Lec coe P UY 95 C Cards Across 141 265 Carriage Return 341 Cascade Command Windows 212 Cast Listo Eie SEA 156 Cast Members Automatic 324 Cast 174 175 176 177 CD ROM RET 95 Challenge 25 Change Elements To Submenu Mac OS 148 250 Change Pages i sened sudeste SER eR en 96 Charaeter oen 39 96 Character 53 96 tae A 6 230 Character Extension 39 53 96 219 Adding Contextual 54 Character bist ees rece 96 Character Name 219 Character 219 Character Report 176 Character 5 5 122 Clear Command 128 Clear Revised Command 204 Close Command 116 335
6. 219 Scene ooo esee b eec 219 Slug Line aseo PERO ne e 104 Smartlype cuoco k RR 230 ime eee Mb rude n 219 Scene Intro c eoe estes 39 219 Scene Navigator Scene Navigator Command 170 Scene Navigator Command 170 Scene Numbers Select Scene 129 Special Symbols 244 Scene Numbers Command 65 85 195 322 iain ae 100 Scene 174 Scene Report Command agger ite dus cet 337 Screenplay coe px SEE S SG ta 103 ScreenTips Command Mac 05 214 Script co s e ters dedu ees 104 Script Normal View Command 134 255 Script Page View Command 135 256 Script Speed View Command 135 256 Script bana eet ee 139 Index Cards cese RR RE Rs 67 Script oce n RS 177 SCript VIEW 66 254 ScriptCompare Command 64 189 ScriptNote 136 272 274 ScriptNote 178 179 353 INDEX ScriptNotes 104 271 Insert ScriptNote 166 Market ito sra AS 136 272 274 ScriptNotes Command 141 165 182 272 274 ScriptNotes XML Export
7. M E RR EM 320 Macintosh oe eee reve Rede e ge ee eae cee 320 Managing Elements Fale ge OG OS en en dais Low Mow ba whe 321 Numbering Scenes at eR RE ares audi a Saeed Sa dane 321 FINAL DRAFT 13 Table of Contents Automatic Tagging of Cast Members 323 Scene EISE ithe 324 Tagging Elements pot gaa ae USE UR es CASS RCM 325 Linking Elements 5 5 eels ae ead UR qe date bal da Fed Re Rb n 330 Managing Categories bee cae ELSE 332 Tagger tack ERR Fact eae ead we iden dies perpe a 334 Apple Menu Final Draft Tagger Menu Mac OS 334 NIMM ETC wem 334 Print Menu Solan ole ad Ghd fa teow Rene ry ie ie 336 Alternative to Tagging III 338 Shorteute C leere d alins se tee lis Stu uestri e Dewees 339 Adding Paragraphs with the Enter Key Return Key 340 Element Shortcuts cz ei eb eh ee ex ted a Yr Ye dos 341 Manual Carriage Returns 341 Key tton tanya pole ho
8. 5 341 paa due 97 Customer Number 17 19 etat as 26 Customer Support 16 Knowledge Base 16 Customer Support 215 Customize Command Windows 190 300 Toolbars Tab Toolbars 5 300 Customize Toolbar 05 308 Cut 126 unies re m 97 D Date Special Symbol 244 Deactivation 28 29 ec 31 Deactivate 215 Mariali c PIE EE Ea 29 Removal 29 VU See 28 Delete dad 342 Detach Toolbar 307 dut ls eds 307 Dialogue sse Res 39 97 220 Dialogue 97 158 Dictionary User 279 281 Wed cas Sad 97 Diskettes 197 tu ko Ned Mee rant 97 DISSOIVE en oes 97 Document 182 272 Bookmarks Command 163 Header and Footer Command 57 15
9. 185 250 102 Register 215 Register Script 123 Writers Guild of America west 123 19 26 33 us 31 BY FAX 15 ct SENA ERI 27 E 26 Customer 19 Electroni z an erede 26 Register 215 Registration Card 17 Registration Card 17 Customer 17 Relock Pages From Caret Command 207 Removable Storage 102 Replace 1 130 Replace 129 Reports 174 Avid XML 181 Cast 174 175 176 177 Character Report 176 Location Report 175 Rundown Report 175 Scene Report ues odis rene ea 174 Script Report 00 e eee eee 177 ScriptNote Report 178 179 ScriptNotes XML Export 181 Statistics 179 Response Code
10. FORT Meran jer Ro MODUM sar Da IVA CAR V Tu MOUA v SANE ORY I saroia oem ROOM NT 267 Panels I 2 Me rabo Large sapie sase sengien and gt frt smert ceret aerias amanet tat V BRYAN LIANEN S APRATMINT MDROOM DAY POT THEY RYAN DAY V CAR STREETS VL DAY UL CAM SUBURBAN STREET OUSE IN NT MOUM IN TAYIIVRL HORN ANON AT ROOM MON FINAL DRAFT 268 Panels To Split panels 1 Choose View Split Horizontally or View Split Vertically Whichever View is currently onscreen Script Index Cards Navigator will now appear in two panels For example if Script Page View was onscreen choosing View Split Vertically would result in eoo Out4Life fdr INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTME The CAMERA opens up on a pl the CAMERA pulls back reve pictures of the same young various male friends A D of the dresser In the bac an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furnis large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros
11. 336 Impertingzs sos Po chee ue i RR SR ERES 99 Indentation 136 Index ente E eb eun 139 Index Card Command 66 139 257 Index Card View 66 254 Index Cards Paper io bos pe eek 140 257 262 Printing e esee ee bei 262 Rearranging Scenes 260 Script Card 67 Script Ve pP rep 139 Summary 5 66 139 Index Cards Script Command 141 Index Cards Summary Command 138 141 xoci Sick oe 100 Insert Bookmark Command 165 Insert Label 167 245 Insert Page Break 151 Insert ScriptNote Command 166 182 272 Insertion Point 38 39 95 99 Install usc cheeks Scl 17 20 22 Installation 18 19 20 30 100 Macintosh dec dees ul 22 cee 321 Windows 20 30 Windows tesc a 20 Interactive Television Templates 181 donec dotes ee ee 181 Question loc denied nr vn er 181 Statistic zuo e ers 181 181 Interior 1
12. WiNDOWS XP Final Draft Untitled Screenplay DER TOOLBAR Fie Edt View Format Document Tools Production Window Help ELEMENT LIST sete e Heading 100 0208 RULER ECT A M INSERTION POINT ELEMENT LABEL PAGE NUMBER SCENE NUMBER Lo STATUS BAR Tab Action Enter Select Element No Scene 1of 1 Mac OS Final Draft 7 File Edit View Format Document Tools Production Window Help 5 TOOLBAR Pad xD Gem a 18 ELEMENT LIST RULER ANDRE AMAA ERODE OY INSERTION POINT ELEMENT LABEL SCENE NUMBER PAGE NUMBER STATUS BAR ab Action Enter Select Element FINAL DRAFT 39 Tutorials The blinking insertion point indicates where the next typed character will be placed Elements in Final Draft represent the different types of paragraphs found in scripts with each Element having its own margins justification and casing There is an Element List in the Tool bar at the top of the window At the bottom of the window there is also a text area called the Element Label These indicate the Element for the current insertion point The Element Label and Element List initially indicate Scene Heading Final Draft starts off with a scene heading at the beginning of each script Every scene in a script begins with a scene heading which lets the reader of the script know where and when the scene takes place The Status Bar indicates w
13. 307 C stOlmlze o egt 308 Toolbars Submenu Windows 299 Customize eR ES 300 Tools Menu 169 Assign Voices Command 77 172 CollaboWriter Host Session 311 Join Session Command 313 CollaboWriter Command 189 Customize 300 Customize Command Windows 190 Format 61 186 Names Database Command 55 180 184 Options Command Windows 126 190 82 asad nde 81 Reformat 185 250 Reports 174 Avid XML 181 Cast Report 174 175 176 177 Character Report 176 Location Report 175 Rundown 175 Scene 174 Script 177 ScriptNote Report 178 179 ScriptNotes XML Export 181 Statistics 179 Scene Navigator Command 170 ScriptCompare Command 64 189 Speech Control Command 79 170 Spelling 56 2778 Thesaurus Command 170 283 Transiti
14. 25 Challenge 25 Response Code 25 Onlie ver Dec P ERA 24 Add New Card Command 141 265 Adding 228 340 Adjust Locked Page 207 Adobe PDE eoi 117 Alignment Submenu 151 Alt Down Arrow 343 Alt Up 343 ctt dts os d 94 Angle Onis 94 ASCII File Text Bleu oh Eee en 94 105 ASCII Textes sins dee ri 115 ASCII Text with Layout 117 Ask the Expert Command 59 214 John is tae nde RES 214 Larry Brody 214 Syd Fields ero deste ae IS 214 Writers Guild of America west 214 Assign Voices Command 77 172 81 82 112 191 Options Command Windows 82 Preferences Command Mac OS 82 112 Automatic Tagging Cast 324 347 INDEX Auto Save 81 112 191 Available Memory 94 Avid Script Based Editing 117 Avid XML 181 B Back to Scene 95
15. Show tooltips Large buttons Contains options for determining the look of the Toolbars and to create new ones Toolbars List Contains all the available Toolbars By default Default enabled Custom Toolbars will be listed here after they are created All Toolbars may be shown by checking the box next to their name Show Tooltips Toggles the names of all buttons when the mouse arrow passes over them Default is enabled FINAL DRAFT 301 Toolbars Large Buttons Toggles the appearance of all the buttons Default is Large LARGE BUTTONS DEFAULT Sel ay gt Y B I U Scene Heading 10096 SMALL BUTTONS gt B I U Scene Heading v 10096 713 E C ar lt R Toolbar Name Displays the currently selected Toolbar The name can be changed if desired Reset Button Reverts to the previous setup Buttons Tab Customize Toolbars Buttons Keyboard Categories Buttons Edit File Format Production Speech Tools View Select a category then click a button to see its description Drag the button to any toolbar Description Categories Lists all of Final Draft s buttons in separate categories Buttons Each category s buttons shown as icons When a customized toolbar is created see below the desired commands will be selected here and dragged to the toolbar FINAL DRAFT 302 Toolbars Description Explains the function represented by a button
16. i i ust e la a ee aha a Rd 207 Edit Number eoo ter ken p be pa ha an edits 208 FINAL DRAFT 10 Table of Contents Lock New Page sc oce ie terree XR REO Edo AR Pe RU EUR E PEOR tena 208 Unlock RE bb at Ir Rr EUER were on Der 209 Window Menu 211 Window Menu ee tea A CROP ERR Rat edere 212 Cascade Windows e 212 Tile Windows hee E eter dette ee e o RR dut 212 Zoom MacOS ete pia ean Rea Seatac taney E ETC nni 212 Minimize Window Mac OS a 2 212 Bring All to Front OS 500 pras doa and vi 212 wie tS Senta peda tie runt 213 MENU ey che haben Sear nee eee eek wee eee ete pan pba eee 214 Final Draft Help ciem CHR ie ee eee 214 ASK the Expert iis toe tte fx 8 ole eg etu Otel evel kou plas dine B pan hee rs 214 the Days cse ce ERIGI RA Gd AREE EVE FC 215 Final the Web beac pees Merge oe 215 Get Technical Support 215 Program Updates ccc cere RE D scar dite i
17. 215 Register Onllfe 215 ic RETE Eie ee UE eri 215 Customer SUPPONE ede E ER exa o irit Bert ag eren ae 215 About Final Draft Windows 0 0 00 ccc cece RR RRRRRRRRERRIRRRIMI il 215 Elements T 217 Standard Elements iiec ces s a Le EUCH EG KG RR Fork ol o god 218 Modifying Elements and Creating New 221 Basi lab C Pr 222 Shortcuts de drole e pU E Vd ea fied SUR Y pe D 222 Font iuc et eet oc Ce te ac Pac de CT RC ERU a RATE 225 Paragraph Tab zoe Rech Rio did ede eg ce band eset roe eters 226 Identifying Elements in a 1 227 Changing a Paragraph s Element 227 Adding Paragraphs een 228 SImattIVDe cus Eel tte scien Bee eo et 229 Entering SmartType Items in the Script 231 Entering New SmartType Items On the Fly 233 FINAL DRAFT 11 Table of Contents More About SmartType Matching lssssssssee I 234 Mariaging Smartlype Lists Weed EC oe eta ae Per eis 235 Smartlype Options m e pex e Red eee pb eek eo aa 237 Scene Heading Separators sisse see m Le da palm pr ERE EE BER
18. Out4Life fdr e FINAL DRAFT 141 View Menu Index Cards Summary Changes the current panel to Summary Cards The cards are initially blank and are available for text to be entered for development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments loca tions blocking anything you feel is applicable Index Cards Script Changes the current panel to Script Cards These cards contain the actual text of a particular scene INDEX CARDS SUMMARY Out4Life fdr 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BE 1 Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms look clean VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STRE p 2 4 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 INDEX CARDS SCRIPT Out4Life fdr 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BE p 1 The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several pictures ofthe same young man some with girls some with various male friends A Daily Racing Form hangs off the edge ofthe dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all we know 3 BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STRE p 2 4 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 Add New Card This command is only enabled when either of the Index Cards views is chosen Select it to add a new card scene after the currently selected card scene If n
19. 58 Tutorials The Header and Footer window appears SPECIAL SYMBOLS Whatever is entered in the Header will appear on the top of each page except page one unless it is set to do so in the Options tab of the Header and Footer window You can type text directly into the Header You can also include special symbols for page number date scene number label and revision which serve as placeholders for their specific information By default text in the Header is right justified The page number is automatically added to the Header The special page symbol appears in a little rectangle This lets you know that this is a special character and is not just text that was typed into the Header window 58 Click the insertion point to the left of the page symbol and type Out4Life Since the Header is currently right justified any letters entered move to the left as they are typed The Header and Footer window now appears as Header Footer J Dae 5 Revision DX ONE Out for Life 59 Click OK 60 Scroll to the beginning of the script Notice that the header does not appear at the top of the first page As mentioned in most scripts page numbering begins on page 2 rarely on page 1 61 To see the header press the Page Down key a few times res or m Click and drag the scroll bar at the right of the script window FINAL DRAFT
20. Print Text In Color script formatting errors Print Printer Printer 172 16 30 58 By Presets Standard m Status Ready Type Canon 2200 3300 PCLE Final Draft 7 79 O Even Pages Only Print Title Page Page Range Override Character sides Print backwards Print character name on page cript options Print revised pages only Print revisions in color Print text in color Print ttle page Sean for script formatting errors OPTION TO PRINT TITLE PAGE Character Sides Print None character name on pac E ___ ____ Preview n Save As PDF FINAL DRAFT 161 Document Menu When File Save As PDF is chosen there is an option to also include the Title Page at the same time Default is enabled To have the Title Page excluded see Windows Tools Options Document or Mac OS File Menu Preferences When edits to the Title Page are done Choose File Close there is no File Save function wor NOTE When the script is saved the Title Page is saved too Refer to the Text Document section FINAL DRAFT 162 Document Menu SmartType Causes the SmartType List dialog to appear allowing the inspection modification and creation of items in the Characters Extensions Locations Time and Transition SmartType Li
21. The special page number symbol will be replaced page by page with the appropriate page number This symbol is a placeholder for the appropriate information The same is true for the other special symbols the characteristic they represent is variable but once set the position in the header is not To view the Footer window Click the Footer tab The default empty Footer window appears Header and Footer Header Footer Options Date Scene Label Revision The Footer window contains identical options to those in the Header Note Header and Footer margins set in Document gt Page Layout gt Margins tab Text in the Header and Footer Any text may be typed directly into the Header and Footer window Initially text is right justified and appears at the insertion point position Text may be placed anywhere in the window and before or after any of the special symbols All font attributes type style size etc may be changed via the appropriate menu commands This will not affect the font used in the script The font will also be used for printing Special Symbols Placeholders in the Header and Footer window include Page The current page number FINAL DRAFT 244 Header amp Footer Date Today s date Scene The current scene number If the script has yet to be numbered nothing will appear Label Contains text which may be varied throughout the script see next
22. FONT AND FONT SIZE CHANGED Dialogue needs adjusting flat Location 123 Main Street Alert product placement team about fast food ham burgers tag Cutlass Supreme VE BRYAN S CAR PHILA p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURN p 2 FINAL DRAFT 262 Panels Printing Index Cards Either side of the Index Cards may be printed by any printer to regular paper or on special card stock made by Avery and other vendors The card stock can be purchased from most office sup ply stores Choose File Print Cards Windows or File Print Mac OS and the Print Cards dialog appears Print Cards Layout Index card paper O Custom Across Down Options Frame cards Print gray background Printing Adjustments Layout Index Card Paper Prints to pre cut perforated index cards This setting is the default Custom Prints to plain paper Choose this option and the Across and Down adjustment pop up lists will be available Since all printers are different some experimenting and test prints may be necessary to get the desired results Windows File gt Print Preview may be used to view how cards will be printed Options Selected Cards Only Mac OS only Prints any cards selected in the window Default is disabled Frame Cards Prints with a frame border around each card Default is enabled Print Gray Background Prints a gray background on the ca
23. lap ast throws everything Table wext to the pofa Deysn these there apartment Jack walks isto the kitchen optar spall refrigerator Pulls cut a Of mayossaise balt a leaf of bread and pack Of We wRitte the bologsa Baksag it s ael edible It s wet xxx TNT MEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE ROOM CONTINUOUS Roger wtands ia che frost of the room Dedit taci he wall iP Bap of the With five pumhpina five the are five similar Werangled women vit animal DALE lack amd Sean exter the roca Already sitting at table BON another ageat i ROGER take peat Bob s bees following a bizarre case 1 wast Eo wer if you could add any insight psiatimg to Bab Bob p We have five dead girls over the ast seven ia five differest Cities Nuxber five was lass night i Nartford Each was straaghes by A balloon ____ Tab Action Acton SET OUTRE goes b teat uo gen v vi Seen Put bet gt Ta wg t MOMS CAR TR gt evan a maten unn sng one vest Pat a ane ILL d The opens Bryan awas re pa amem o ANY ws Ba rena wince ta
24. 181 WihdOWw Ec 182 273 ScriptNotes Command 165 182 274 ScriptNotes XML Export 181 Scripts NW needs eld ie ime e Ee 114 Scroll Keys MS Word Mac 05 111 Select All 129 Select Scene 129 Separator Bar Mac 05 308 Sequences e be Ed 104 SEN Oeo 104 b y ous 343 Shift Command Arrow 343 Shift Command 343 Shift Ctrl Arrow 343 bee Seni 343 eee dee 341 Shift 343 Shift Left Arrow 343 Shift 341 Shift Right 343 Shift zie Ar oa Mine Ar deer Kee 40 Shift rot tes 342 Shooting 5 104 Shooting 5 1 104 Shortcuts i c xS 339 Shot sss 104 220 Show Contextual Menus Mac OS 111 LA 104 Slug 104 Smart Quotes 155 5 46 104 229 230
25. 337 Save As Command 335 Save 335 Preferences 337 Print Menu Scene Report Command 337 Tagging 326 118 Text Color tox re umen ma van utt remet 154 Text Documents 76 105 295 New 14 Text Documents Folder 296 Text File atto dett eaa rd 94 105 Text Margins Top and Bottom 154 Text to Speech Assign Voices Command TI TextBlock Interactive Television 181 Thesaurus n net r 278 283 285 Foreign 278 285 Thesaurus Command 170 283 Three Act 94 Three Camera Format 105 Tile Command 212 eria eor E eei dre 39 105 219 ote SA EPOR 230 of the Day Command 214 215 Title Page aee EUIS 105 COVER Page tes Hn ii e 96 Title Page Command 160 Toggle erro RR ess 105 rus bride erbe UIS TS 38 297 FINAL DRAFT Revert Button 298 Toolbars Submenu 146 Toolbars Submenu Mac 05
26. Do not confirm tagging each element Element Searching Do not search other scenes Always search other scenes Autosave Autosave On scene change O Evey 1 minutes Confirmation Determines whether a confirmation dialog appears when elements are tagged Default is Always confirm Element Searching Determines whether the entire script is searched when an element is tagged Default is Always search Auto Save When this option is enabled Final Draft automatically saves a Tagger tagged file under the conditions of whichever option is checked Default is disabled On Scene Change Every time the selected scene is changed Every __ Minutes Automatically saves scripts after the time indicated in the Minutes field has elapsed Default is disabled FINAL DRAFT 339 Tagger Alternative to Tagging If you are not able to spend the time tagging a script and need to get a quick breakdown and schedule Final Draft can save a script in a format which breakdown and scheduling programs can use The file created includes the following information for each scene Interior Exterior information Set Description Day Night information The Scene Number The Page Count in eighths of a page A list containing each character who has a speaking line To save a Final Draft script so a scheduling program can use it 1 Choose File Save As The standard Save dialog appears 2 Navi
27. Smart Replace watches for proper spacing For example if the macro for their has a pre ceding space entered as part of the Macro Text their and a space is entered prior to invoking the macro Smart Replace will not add a second space as part of text that is entered Confirm Macro Click this checkbox to have the Macro Text for the alias displayed in a pop up window when it is triggered This gives you the option to execute the Macro by pressing Enter or not execute it by continuing to type Word Only Click this checkbox to have the alias used only when a complete word has been entered That is you must enter a space a punctuation or press Enter before the alias would be triggered Match Case Click this checkbox to have the alias used only when the case of the text entered in the script exactly matches the text entered in the Alias text box For example if this is checked typing THIER would not trigger the example alias To delete a macro 1 Select a non default Macro 2 Click Delete there is no confirmation When finished Click OK FINAL DRAFT 292 Macros Macintosh To view or modify macro settings Choose Document gt Macros and the macros dialog appears INT INT Opt 2 EXT Opt 3 I E Opt 4 DAY Opt 5 NIGHT Opt 6 SUNRISE Opt 7 MAGIC Opt 8 CONT Opt 9 INTER Macro Text INT Macro Element Scene Heading sis Transition To None Th
28. 1 Setany Numbers Options that are applicable 2 Click OK The Element selected in the Element pop up will be numbered according to the settings FINAL DRAFT 197 Production Menu To delete numbers 1 Click the Remove Numbers checkbox 2 Choose the element desired from the Element pop up menu 3 Click OK A confirmation dialog appears 4 Click Yes Numbers will be erased from the selected Element Options Click the Options tab and the following appears Scene Numbers Numbers Options v Show numbers on left v Show numbers on right Location Location 0 75 7 38 Font Courier Final Draft 12 Draw Number on Left and Draw Number on Right checkboxes Determines if numbers will be displayed on the Left and or Right Default is both enabled Left and Right Location Settings Measured in inches from the left edge of the page these settings control where the num bers appear Default is 0 75 for Left and 7 38 for Right To change the Left or Right Location settings Click the up or down arrows next to the setting Note Once changed these settings will remain for future re numbering no matter which Element is selected in the Element pop up FINAL DRAFT 198 Production Menu Font Indicates the current font and size setting that the numbers will use Default is Courier Final Draft 12 To set Font attributes 1 Click the Set Font button A font dialog app
29. 148 FINAL DRAFT Adding on TERR Character Extension Character Name Character Extension Elements Command Elements Submenu Mac OS Email Command Enter Key Windows Element Shortcuts Exit Command Windows Export to Schedule Command Export to XML Command Exterior EXT 98 Extreme Close Up Extreme Long Shot Backup Command Close Command Email Command Exit Command Windows New Command Open Command Open Recent Submenu Mac OS Page Setup Command Print Command Print Preview Command Quit Command Mac OS Recent Files Command Windows Register Script Command 349 INDEX Revert Command 120 Save As Command 116 335 339 Save As PDF Command 111 157 Save 116 ch P e 98 Final Draft Folder 50 Final Draft Help 214 Final Draft Install 20 Final Draft Installation 17 19 Final Draft Menu Mac OS Preferences Command 112 126 82 Aut zSave cuo 81 Final Draft on the Web Command 215 Final Draft Package 17 Registration Card 17 Final Draft Secure 117 Final Draft
30. 25 Return Key Mac 05 40 41 46 47 340 Adding 340 Element Shortcuts 223 Revert dee ud denda dae eqs 298 Revert Command 120 Revision iu corr Ree 244 Revision 201 Mark 203 Revision Marks 84 194 Revision Mode Command 84 202 203 Revision 103 Revision Style 200 FINAL DRAFT 103 Revisions 200 Rich Text Format 115 117 Right Arrow 342 Match Completion 344 38 Indentation 136 Ruler Command 136 Rundown 175 S Save As Command 116 335 339 Save As PDF Command 111 157 Save 116 335 Scene i gu e a ete 103 Scene Breaks sessi ru reed 103 159 Scene 5 103 Scene 5 96 103 Scene Header sers ossis ccce 103 Scene Heading 39 103 219 Location ence
31. 59 Tutorials Getting Help Built into Final Draft is a detailed help system that contains information about program opera tions all functions each menu command etc To use Help 62 Select Help Final Draft Help or X Windows Whenever a dialog box is displayed click the Question Mark button near the right edge of the title bar Ask the Expert Guidance tips and insights are available from scriptwriting expert Syd Field veteran television writer Larry Brody and accomplished playwright Jon Dorf In addition you can access and print the full text of the Writers Guild of America west s Creative Rights Handbook for Writers of Theatrical and Long Form Television Motion Pictures The Short Form and Long Form versions of The Writers Guild Standard Writing Services Theatrical Contracts and Television Contracts To Ask the Expert 63 Select Help gt Ask the Expert The Ask the Experts application is launched and the main window appears featuring Creative Rights Handbook FINAL DRAFT 60 Tutorials Similar to what occurs on Internet web pages when the cursor is moved over any text in the Ask the Expert window it changes into an arrow As the arrow moves over certain portions of the text the text becomes highlighted Like an Internet web page click any highlighted text and additional windows of information appear 64 When you are done click Exit from any window and the Ask the Expert applicati
32. BI U Scene Heading v 100 FILE VIEW Note When Toolbars are docked as in the default the separate toolbars have a separa tor bar between them Status Bar Displays or hides the Status bar located at the bottom of the script window It displays useful information Default is enabled See the Elements and Macros sections Speech Displays or hides the Speech controls Default is disabled See the Tools Menu section File Menu amp all other Menus Displays or hides these Toolbars which contain the functions specific to each Menu Default is disabled uw Note Ifyou enable many of the Toolbars at once there will be some duplication of functions FINAL DRAFT 300 Toolbars To Hide or Show any of the Toolbars Choose View gt Toolbars gt name The designated Toolbar either disappears or reappears and the script window resizes accord ingly A checkmark on the menu indicates that a Toolbar is active Customize The contents of the Toolbars can be customized and repositioned anywhere in the Final Draft window To customize the Toolbars Choose View Toolbars Customize Tools Customize The Customize dialog appears Customize Toolbars Buttons Keyboard Format Script Speech File Edit View Document Tools Production Toolbar Name Default Toolbars Tab
33. FINAL DRAFT 124 File Menu Recent Files Windows Lists the script files that have been previously opened The maximum number of files listed is determined in Tools gt Options Mac OS users have the same command see File gt Open Recent Submenu above Choose File Recent files filename The selected script will be opened If the script is no longer where it was initially saved the program will indicate that the script cannot be found Note This does not mean the script is gone it simply means that Final Draft cannot find it because it has been moved Exit Windows Quit Mac OS Closes all open scripts and documents and quits Final Draft 1 Choose File Exit Windows or Final Draft 7 Quit Final Draft 7 Mac OS Any script which contains unsaved changes displays the Save Changes message 2 Click Save to save changes to a script Edit Menu FINAL DRAFT 126 Edit Menu Undo Reverses the last editing action in the current script Most editing font changes and other functions may be undone Depending on the last action Edit Undo will contain the type of action to be undone such as Undo Typing Undo Cut etc The number of levels may be set in Tools Options Windows and Final Draft Preferences Mac OS If there is no undoable action Edit Undo is not enabled Redo Redo is used to undo the last Edit Undo If Edit Undo was used to undo somethin
34. INDICATES PORT COMPUTER rin INDICATES WHO IS IN THE INDICATES CONTROL SESSION Erik has joined the session Candice has joined the session CHAT AREA CHAT FIELD f Control Disconnect NorE Notice that there is no CollaboWrite button Only the Host has that To send a script 1 The Host must have the script to be transmitted opened Note Only the script opened when the Host started the session may be sent 2 The Host clicks the CollaboWrite button The script will be sent to all the individuals who have joined the session IMPORTANT NOTE Once the script has been sent no one else can join the session FINAL DRAFT 315 CollaboWriter To converse 1 Type any comments in the Chat Field 2 Press the Enter key Windows or Return key Mac OS to send the text The comments appear in all the participants Chat Window preceded by the name of the per son who wrote them similar to Erik has joined the session Candice has joined the session Erik I m ready to go Candice Me too To change who controls the script 1 The participant who wants control will click Control A message will appear on the Controller s computer indicating who is requesting control 2 The Controller will click OK to transfer control To edit the script The Controller has the ability to type in the script and the other participants will see changes as th
35. Matching may not be desirable when the item to be entered is a subset of an item already in the SmartType List For example if there is a character named BOBBIE in the list and BOB needs to be entered for the first time Smart Type would automatically enter BOBBIE because BOB matches part of BOBBIE The only way to enter BOB is to temporarily turn the matching off so that any text desired may be typed The Esc key escapes from SmartType so you could type BOB Esc to get BOB FINAL DRAFT 235 SmartType Managing SmartType Lists Allows all SmartType lists to be viewed and modified 1 Choose Document SmartType and the SmartType dialog appears with the SmartType Character List displayed For example the Character List from the sample Out4life script appears as Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name BRYAN BRYAN ROCHELLE BOB BETTY ANDY New Rebuild Alphabetize Delete 2 Choose the list to be viewed or modified by clicking the appropriate tab Windows or from the SmartType pop up list Mac OS To change an existing entry in the list 1 Select the item to change The item s name appears in the text field above the list 2 Click in the item name text field 3 Edit the item Any changes will be reflected in the item in the list Note Editing an item in a list does not change it in the script To change an item in the script us
36. To change the Revision Mark of the selected revision style 1 Click in the Mark text field 2 Replace the current text character with any text character desired Note Traditionally and Final Draft default the Revision Mark is an asterisk To add a new revision style 1 Click New A new revision will be added at the end of the list and the default name will be selected in the Name text field 2 Edit the name as desired 3 Select an appropriate color and typestyle FINAL DRAFT 202 Production Menu To delete a revision style 1 Select the revision in the list 2 Click Delete The revision style is cleared from the list and all revisions in the script that were marked with that revision style will no longer be marked as revised When all changes are complete Click OK Revisions Options 1 Windows Click Options in the Revisions dialog to set options for all revisions Mac OS The options appear in the General Revisions Settings portion of the dialog Revisions Options Revisions Show all revision sets Show all revision marks Revision mode Mark location 7 75 2 Click the checkbox of the option desired to activate or deactivate it Show Revisions Sets Allows all revisions to be shown at the same time When disabled only the active revision style will be displayed Default is disabled Show Revision Marks Allows all revision marks to be sho
37. clothes jeans t 3hirta single mattress with no bo telephone and several New Jersey Lying on the bed in his unc man from the pictures He slender of average height dark complexion Sharing t a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the cloc finally finds it and hits t off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up st BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan money He grabs the remote control switches off the TV and ger BRYAN Michelle Miche _ SELECTION INDICATOR A selection box appears around the active panel INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTE The CAMERA opens up the pulls back rev pictures of the same younc various male friends of the dresser In the be an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furni large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros clothes jeans t shirts single mattress with no bc a telephone and several or New Jersey Lying on the bed in his ur man from the pictures He slender of average height dark complexion Sharing a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the clc finally finds it and hits off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan money He grabs the remote contre switches off the TV and ge BRYAN Michelle Miche_ Tt INT BRYAN LERNER S APAR
38. formatted script Since text can be laid out by other word processors in many different ways incorrectly formatted text may need to be reformatted Choose Tools Reformat and the paragraph where the insertion point is located is selected and the floating Reformat dialog appears 0 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue B Transition 7 Shot To change the paragraph to a different element type press the proper key corresponding to the desired element or click the appropriate button No typing can done while the Reformat dialog is open For more information refer to the Reformat section FINAL DRAFT 186 Tools Menu Format Assistant Used to check the script for formatting errors Final Draft is designed to automatically format a script correctly But because formatting errors may unintentionally occur while you are writing the Format Assistant will alert you if a script has Elements that begin with a blank space Empty elements Characters with no Dialogue Characters with two consecutive Dialogues A Dialogue without a Character preceding it The Format Assistant may be run at any time It can also be run automatically before you print To use the Format Assistant Choose Tools Format Assistant The Format Assistant begins to search for errors If an error is found the Format Assistant dia log appears and
39. 321 Final Draft 5 114 118 Final Draft User 17 Find Command 129 MOG EOE dev 131 Replace bread 130 Find Selection Command 132 Font Command 5 149 Font Submenu Mac 05 149 261 Arne 241 Foreground cocco een eR IA IS 98 Format 5 5 1 61 186 oc eU PUES 188 Format Menu 74 Alignment Submenu 151 Change Elements to Submenu 250 Change Elements To Submenu Mac OS 148 Dual Dialogue Command 152 Elements Command 74 148 221 Font Command Windows 149 Font Submenu Mac 05 149 261 Insert Page Break Command 151 Space Before 151 Spacing 5 151 Ereeze Erames o oue ek e Re PAM 98 Function 99 EX eccesso tka edie eee eur ud 104 G aas c Kee P Bees Seanad 220 Get Technical Support Command 215 Getting 5 15 Gigabyte 99 FINAL DRAFT 350 Index GoldPocket Interactive 181 Gorilla Scheduling 3
40. ADDRESS OF THE HOST Hest 172 16 30 110 5001 INDICATES PORT COMPUTER Eriki INDICATES WHO IS IN THE INDICATES CONTROL SESSION Erik has joined the session Erik has control of the script CHAT AREA CHAT FIELD CLICK TO SEND THE ____ eaiaboWrite SCRIPT Control Disconnect The CollaboWriter Chat Window indicates who has joined the session who is in control and any communications between CollaboWriters CollaboWriter is ready for others to join the Host FINAL DRAFT 313 CollaboWriter To join a CollaboWriter session 1 All participants must have the same version of Final Draft 2 Choose Tools gt CollaboWriter gt Join Session and the following appears Enter your and the host computer s IP address similar to CollaboWriter Join Session Enter the IP Address of the Collabowriter host you want to join and a screen name for the chat session If the default port is unavailable the host will notify you to ENTER THE INTERNET change the Port field ADDRESS OF THE HOST IP Address 172 16 30 110 1 COMPUTER ENTER NAME Name Port 5001 FINAL DRAFT 314 CollaboWriter 3 Click OK The CollaboWriter chat window appears for example INDICATES INTERNET CollaboWriter ADDRESS OF THE HOST He5t 172 16 30 110 5001
41. An example of alias use would be repetitive phrases that are used in a particular script Let s say there is a very annoying character in a script that responds to almost everything by saying Absolutely Rather than type the text by properly setting up an Alias for abs the complete text would be entered Another example would be to correct common spelling mistakes If you frequently mistype thier instead of their an alias can be created to correct it automatically Keep these two examples in mind as the following steps for creating Macro Aliases are described The number of options may seem complicated but they all have a logical purpose Use of Macro Aliases will save you more typing time Alias text area Used to indicate the text that is entered in the script that will invoke a macro This is where you would enter abs or thier FINAL DRAFT 291 Macros Activate In list Indicates which element s an alias can be triggered in Elements may be excluded from being considered from using a specific alias For example you can set abs to be used only in Dialogue paragraphs To exclude an element Click on the element s to exclude Click again to activate Smart Replace Click this checkbox to have a macro alias transformed intelligently when it is entered in Smart Replace knows about proper capitalization For example in the case of their if it is used to start a sentence the letter t will be capitalized
42. Character matching v Automatically quess next Character Tab key transitions to character extension Scene Heading matching Transition matching Show SmartT ype window Alphabetize SmartT ype window SmartT ype color By default all of the SmartType Lists are enabled To disable Character Scene Heading or Transitions Matching Uncheck the checkbox next to the SmartType List to be disabled If a list is disabled and a new paragraph of that type is created the pop up SmartType window will not appear Any new entries will still be added to the appropriate list Automatically Guess Next Character Tracks the entry of Character Names and when it senses that two individuals are having a conversation alternately offers their names when a new Character element is created This is useful when a scene contains multiple conversations between two individuals Default is enabled Tab Key Transitions to Character Extension By default pressing the tab key after entering a Character Name automatically creates a Parenthetical paragraph Check this box so that pressing tab will create a Character Exten sion instead Show SmartType Window Determines whether all the SmartType pop up windows will appear Default is enabled Alphabetize SmartType Window Items in the Smartlype pop up window will appear in alphabetical order Default is dis abled FINAL DRAFT 238
43. FINAL DRAFT Print 121 File Menu Used to print out part or all of the script according to the current Page Setup Many Final Draft specific options are offered 1 Choose File Print Depending on the printer you are using the appropriate print dialog is displayed 2 Enter the desired number of copies and a page range if desired in the appropriate text fields 3 Choose the Final Draft options desired WINDOWS Print Script Printer Name 2200 Status Ready Type Canon iR2200 3300 PCL6 Where 172 16 30 58 Comment Print range Copies Pri 3 tint all pages in range Print even pages only Print odd pages only Pages Er M Which 4 Character sides Number of copies 1 z Print backwards Print character name on page Script options Print revised pages only Print revisions in color Print text in color Print title page Scan for script formatting errors Odd Pages Only Prints the odd numbered pages Even Pages Only Prints the even numbered pages Revised Pages Only Prints any pages with revision marks Print Printer 172 16 30 58 Hd Presets Standard be Final Draft 7 He Print fS AI O Odd Pages Only O Even Pages Only Revised Pages Only 7 Back To Front Print Title Page 0 Print Revisions In Color Print Text In Color Sca
44. Glose SHOU ours sr deo scr 96 Close Ups eser cerne E S eve oed Es 96 CollaboWriter 189 309 CollaboWriter 189 Varo uiro Dr NEM 315 FINAL DRAFT 348 Index Join Session Command 313 Color Text rectae do ee sua alist dnm ets 154 Color Picket os Bea cene 96 Command s vss ee h UL Ate 96 Command Left 342 Command Right Arrow 342 Command Shift 343 Command Key Mac 05 45 341 Element Shortcuts 222 341 CompanyMOVE ShowPlanner 318 Contextual Menu 344 Character 54 Show Contextual Menus Mac OS 111 Continueds 96 158 Scene 103 Control Key Windows 45 Element Shortcuts 222 341 Copy 126 97 Courier Final 45 Cover mele TER wd 96 CEEA enc Pe eo she hes rer ets ed 47 Ctrl Alt 5 47 Ctrl KAIKE YS o ree egets 47 Ctrl EefC ATTOW eet ors ces 342 Ctrl Right 342 etd fhe 343 Ctrl Key
45. He slender of average height dark complexion Sharing a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the clo finally finds it and hits off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up 8 BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan He grabs the remote contro switches off the TV and ge BRYAN Michelle Miche ROCHEI It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen have to get reac Bryan rises from the bed puts it on the player in t FUNK TUNE begins to play a RESIZE Shots M 1 of 6 No Scene Scene Heading 4 WINDOW Actior E Box The contents of the left panel have changed to the chosen view 4 You can now manually resize the panels for convenience by clicking and dragging the Splitter and the Resize Window Box You can adjust the panels to suit your screen and panel configuration RESIZE SPLITTER dh WINDOW Note When script is saved the current panels configuration will be saved as well whether it is a single panel or multiple panels FINAL DRAFT 145 View Menu UnSplit Panels Hides one of the panels This command is disabled if only one panel is displayed To hide a panel 1 Select the panel that will remain displayed 2 Choose View gt UnSplit Panels The panel that is not selected will be hidden Swap Panels Reverses the position of the displayed panels This command is disabled if only one
46. Makeup Music Sound Greenery Special Equipment Security 2 Additional Labor y Add Category Clear Category Element n 7 Add Element Clear Ele CLICK THE ARROW M All Elements BRYAN ROCHELLE photograph of a you Daily Racing Form several pictures mattress with no bo alarm white cane Every tagged element in the currently selected scene is displayed To hide the All Elements window Click the Hide All Elements right pointing arrow To tag an element not explicitly in the script 1 Make sure you are in the scene in which you wish to add an element that is not in the script Click the Add Element button clothes jeans t shirts underwear sneakers and a bra A Element single mattress with no box springs sits on the floor next to a telephone and several open road maps of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Lying on the bed in his underwear sound asleep is the young man from the pictures He is BRYAN LERNER 26 good looking slender of average height with brown eyes brown hair and a dark complexion Sharing the bed also asleep is ROCHELLE a girl barely over the age of eighteen Suddenly the alarm clock BUZZES Bryan slowly stirs groping around for the clock It reads 3 00 PM His hand finally finds it and hits the snooze button stirs and glances over at the clock The sound cuts off He sees the time and He slowly sits up still half asleep BR
47. Spelling Causes the Spelling dialog to be activated for spell checking the script NorE Spell checking can also be invoked with a contextual menu Refer to the Spelling and Thesaurus section for details Thesaurus Activates the Thesaurus dialog where synonyms antonyms related words and contrasting words can be found The Thesaurus included with Final Draft contains over 100 000 individual words and their definitions as well as several hundred thousand links to various synonyms ant onyms etc Refer to the Spelling and Thesaurus section for more information Speech Control Offers a set of buttons to direct the playback of the script being read If the Speech extensions for your system are installed this option is enabled See next topic Assign Voices for how to install Text to Speech Choose Tools Speech Control and the Speech Control dialog appears WINDOWS OS Speech Control PLAY p lt lt o gt REESE STOP PAUSE Status Stopped BACK STOP SKIP BACK PLAY PAUSE SKIP Play Begins the playback from the current insertion point or Paused position FINAL DRAFT 171 Tools Menu Pause Temporarily halts playback Skip Jumps to the next paragraph Back Goes to the beginning of the previous paragraph Stop Halts playback When finished Click the Close box FINAL DRAFT 172 Tools Menu Assign Voices Allows differ
48. WARNING f you reformat your hard drive before removing the activation it will be lost NZ See the Getting Started section for complete details Customer Support Provides information about your copy of Final Draft and your computer About Final Draft Windows View information about the current version Customer Number etc Mac OS users should refer to Final Draft About Final Draft FINAL DRAFT 216 Help Menu Elements Elements Manage and modify special paragraph styles FINAL DRAFT 218 Elements Scripts are composed of different types of information Scene Headings Character Names Dialogue Transitions etc Traditional screenwriting conventions dictate that each has separate indentations alignment spacing casing etc Final Draft calls these unique paragraphs Ele ments The specifications for all Elements are defined in the Format gt Elements dialog Other word processing programs may refer to them as style or style sheets When a new paragraph is added to the script its characteristics are taken from the specifica tions in the Elements dialog and applied to the paragraph giving the script a consistent pro fessional look The entire script may be altered by changing the settings for one or more elements For exam ple if the indentations for the Dialogue element are changed every paragraph of dialogue is reformatted accordingly This causes the script s length to be adjusted
49. continueds headers and footers Script Page View is the default view for new scripts and text documents CONTINUED PAGE BREAK CONTINUED BRYAN As you know we re Contemporary Wall Mirrors What makes us different from the competition is we make all the components ourselves That means we can sell directly to the consumer eliminating the middle man which in turn saves you money The bottom line is that I can cover your entire foyer with the best quality at the lowest price and that s really the most important thing isn t it Bob Bob nods his head in agreement DISSOLVE TO Tab Parenthetical Enter Action NoScene Tof4 Script Speed View Displays only the text of the script as if it were a single continuous page With Script Speed View enabled more of the text appears on screen and may improve program speed It appears like Script Normal View but without any of the active components If Script Speed View is enabled the words Speed View appear at the bottom of the script window in the area where Page Numbers appear in the other views WINDOWS Mac 05 Budd Scene 8 Speed Vi View Action Speed View No Scene Action 4 VIEW INDICATED Whichever Script View Normal Page or Speed is active when script is saved will be the view in which it appears when it is reopened FINAL DRAFT 136 View Menu ScriptNotes Hides or displays Sc
50. number keys Windows Option number Option Shift number keys Mac OS are pressed For example CTRL ALT OPTION Aaen ja Dav 5 NIGHT 6 SUNRISE 7 MAGIC CONT ST INTERI CTRL ALT SHIFT OPTION 1 2 FADEIN 3 FADEQUT 4 FADETO 5 DISSLV E 7 MATCHCUT 8 JUMPCUT 9 FBLACK 0 SHIFT Macro options for Windows and Mac OS are different For more information see the Macros section Bookmarks Bookmarks are placeholders within a script and may be set anywhere To learn how Bookmarks are created and placed in a script see the Document Insert Bookmark topic below The Bookmarks dialog contains options for managing Bookmarks The following contains the Bookmark inserted in the Document Insert Bookmark topic below Bookmark name He grabs the remote He grabs the remote Goto OK Cancel To change the name of a Bookmark 1 Select the Bookmark name 2 Edit the name in the Bookmark name field at the top of the dialog 3 Click OK to apply any changes to the script FINAL DRAFT 164 Document Menu To go to a Bookmark 1 Select the Bookmark name 2 Click Goto Or Double click the Bookmark name Alternatively 1 Choose Edit gt Goto 2 Select Bookmarks from the Goto list Windows or Goto pop up menu 05 3 Click the Bookmark name Or Click Goto The script scrolls to the Bookm
51. 2 9 7 40 INT FBI HE 8 11 INT FBI HE 12 INT FBI HE p 9 Scene in the maybe we should see Jack in the we need to explore the relationship between background Jack and Bob bit more conference room we need a bunch of hungry looking extras for Is he a supportive boss and angry one we this scene dont know yet 13 INT FBI H p 12_ 14 EXT PAR p 14_ 15 INT CLO p 14 16 INT CLO p 18 Jack goes to the Clown School we To change the number of columns of cards Choose View gt Cards Across gt number of cards The number of columns of cards will change immediately You may need to resize the window FINAL DRAFT 266 Panels Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Swap These commands determine how different panels will be displayed and arranged on screen They are all parts of Final Draft s Panels System For complete details see below The contents of each panel is determined by the View Menu commands the three Script com mands Index Card and Navigator see previous Any two panels may be displayed at once The exact size and position on screen of the panels may be changed When a script is saved the current Panels configuration is saved as well FINAL DRAFT Split Horizontally Vertically Divides the script into two panels Some examples SANS ee L
52. BRYAN Sorry Listen you ve gotta go I PLACE INSERTION have to get ready for work POINT HERE 6 Last night was great Let s get together again real Soon I ll call you Maybe we can have dinner sometime The script now appears as ROCHELLE It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen you ve gotta go I have to get ready for work Let s get together real soon I ll call REVISION MARKS you Maybe we can have dinner sometime Notice that the new text is in color and a revision mark was placed in the right margin on every line that was changed If you scroll down you ll see that the overflow text from page 1 is now on page 1A This way page 2 still begins at the same line it did prior to the revision 7 Scroll down to page 2 and position the insertion point at the end of the text of scene 2 FINAL DRAFT 85 Tutorials 2 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 He crosses the street and gets into his big beat up green 1979 Cutlass Supreme sits down puts on his seat belt and unbuttons the top button of his pants grabs a piece of chewing gum off the dash and throws the foil in the back seat which is full of newspapers and take out bags from PLACE INSERTION 12999498 and Burger King POINT HERE 8 Press Ctrl 1 Windows or Command 1 Mac OS to create a new scene heading 9 Type Press Tab twice The Location SmartType List appear
53. BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK DOUBLE CLICK A SCENE AND THE SCRIPT SCROLLS TO THAT SCENE BRYAN CUNT D Bob Betty congratulations Welcome to the Contemporary family I m sure you re gonna love it s Bryan puts the fancy mirror into his pitch case Betty stops hin BETTY Well what s what s that one BRYAN This this one BETTY Uh huh Bryan starts walking toward the front door BOB Hey don t tell me what s out of ny budget Bryan stops walking With his back still to the Williams he cracks a sly conniving grin CUT INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT The door opens and Bryan walks into the apartment of ANDY his best friend since childhood He is 27 years old with similar features to Bryan apartment like Bryan s has a distinct lack of quality furniture Scattered across the walls are posters of various baseball players Across the room in an open area is Andy dressed in a Philadelphia Phillies team jersey talking on the phone pacing BRYAN What are you doing I said to be ready of 6 No Scene Scene Heading Tab Action Enter Actior This also applies to both Index Card vi
54. Cole amp Haag Format is the format detailed in The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats book by Cole amp Haag The Screenplay WB Format is the format used by many productions at Warner Brothers and other studios Scripts Specially formatted for screenplays sitcoms and stageplays Text Documents Treatments letters resumes etc See the Text Document section TV Templates Specially formatted for sitcoms and episodics Over 50 samples are provided for free with Final Draft See Save As gt Final Draft Template for details 2 Select the format desired and click OK Windows or New Mac 05 FINAL DRAFT 115 File Menu A new window named Untitled name of stationery appears For example if screenplay sta tionery was chosen the window will be named Untitled Screenplay Open Opens an existing Final Draft file or an old Final Draft File Converter file imports and automat ically converts other types of files 1 Choose File Open and the standard Open dialog appears 2 Navigate to the location of the file to be opened 3 Select the desired file from the list provided 4 Click Open If a Final Draft file is selected A window containing the selected script is opened up ready for editing or printing Besides Final Draft documents file types that can be opened or imported include ASCII Text Standard plain text file with no formatting txt extension Rich Text Format Created by
55. Draft and fol low all the instructions to completely fill out the registration form To register by mail Fill out the enclosed Registration Card completely and mail it to the pre printed address FINAL DRAFT 27 Getting Started IMPORTANT Remove one of the peel off Customer Numbers and place it on the Registration Card before mailing To register by fax Fill out the enclosed registration card completely and fax it to 818 995 4422 IMPORTANT Remove one of the peel off Customer Numbers and place it on the Registration Card before faxing FINAL DRAFT 28 Getting Started Deactivation After a computer is activated you may need or want to remove the activation For example you may need to reformat your computer s hard drive or you may get a new computer WARNING Ifyou reformat your hard drive before removing the activation that activa A tion will be lost You can remove an activation at any time via a process called Deactivation To deactivate your computer 1 Run Final Draft and choose Help gt Deactivate 2 Choose Online Deactivation or Manual Deactivation Online Deactivation Note Make sure you have an Internet connection though you do not need be online initially 1 Click Online Deactivation 2 You will be connected to Final Draft s Online Deactivation service Your computer will be deactivated Your account will be credited so you can activate anothe
56. EE TRANSITION 13 Type C it will automatically be capitalized A pop up window appears showing all of the Transitions that begin with the letter C qur em The item s in this pop up are obtained from the SmartType Transition list A number of com monly used Transitions are in the list when you create a new script FINAL DRAFT 47 Tutorials As you can see when letter is typed into the transition paragraph Final Draft looks at the list picks the first entry that matches the letter typed and enters the rest of the item in the script in gray 14 Press Enter Return to approve the match and move on to the next scene The pop up will disappear the gray text will change to black and a new Scene Heading para graph which naturally follows a Transition will be added To begin the new scene heading we will use a Macro Macros allow text to be entered using a different combination of keys Final Draft has twenty built in macros they can be modified if you wish Macros are invoked by holding down the Ctrl Alt keys or the Ctrl Alt Shift keys plus a number Windows or the Option key or Option Shift keys plus a number Mac OS To view all the current Macros Hold down the Ctrl and the Alt keys Windows or the Option key Mac OS The list of macros for each of the number keys appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window 1 INT 2 EXT 3 4 DAY 5 NIGHT 6 SUNRISE 7 MAG
57. FINAL DRAFT 88 Tutorials Tracking Versions Besides making backups many writers also prefer to keep copies of the many versions of their work so that they can monitor any changes There are a number of methods of doing so but the simplest is to use the File Backup function 1 Choose File Backup The standard Save dialog appears with the file s name plus today s date added 2 Navigate to where the script should be saved 3 Click OK Repeat this process any time before major changes are begun Make sure you make backup copies of all versions Transferring Final Draft Documents Between Computers Final Draft is completely cross platform compatible That is any Final Draft script may be read by any copy of Final Draft version 5 6 7 whether the computer is Windows or Macintosh At times it may be necessary to transfer a Final Draft script or other document between different computers Documents files may be transferred between computers via a disk a CD or other removable media over an internal network or via email It does not matter whether you are transferring from a Windows computer to a Windows computer a Windows computer to a Macintosh com puter a Macintosh computer to a Windows computer or a Macintosh computer to a Macin tosh computer the process is the same However a copy of Final Draft must be installed on each computer in order for the file to be read In the following source computer ref
58. Format Assistant before printing From the Tools Format Assistant dialog click Options and the following appears Format Assistant Options PR v Scan for Formatting errors before printing Always ask me before printing Scan for formatting errors before printing Check this option to have a script checked by the Format Assistant before it is printed Default is enabled FINAL DRAFT 188 Tools Menu Always ask me before printing Check this option to have Final Draft ask whether you want a script scanned for format ting errors before you print Default is enabled Printing and Format Assistant By default Final Draft will ask you if you want the Format Assistant to be run before you print From the File gt Print dialog click OK Windows or Print Mac OS and the following appears Format Assistant Format Assistant can scan your script any Formatting errors so you can correct them before printing What do you want to do Do not ask me this again but always scan before printing Turn Format Assistant off To run the Format Assistant Click Scan Now and the Format Assistant will begin scanning Note Any Rules that have previously been changed for the current script will be in effect If no errors are found the script will be printed If any errors are found the Format Assistant dialog will appear asking if you wish to correct them Note n orde
59. Heading There is no usual element paragraph that follows Action Note Press Enter Return in a blank paragraph and the pop up Element list appears 2 Choose the Element desired and press Enter Return Note Other than using a Keystroke Shortcut see next topic the only way to create a Transition Element is to create a blank element by pressing Enter key Return key and then choosing Transition from the pop up Elements dialog or use the Elements list pop up menu in the Toolbar FINAL DRAFT 341 Shortcuts amp Menus Element Shortcuts An alternative method of adding new paragraphs is using the Control Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS combinations The defaults are Ctrl Command 0 adds a new General paragraph Ctri Command 1 adds a new Scene Heading paragraph Ctri Command 2 adds an Action paragraph Ctrl Command 3 adds a Character paragraph Ctrl Command 4 adds a Parenthetical paragraph Ctrl Command 5 adds a Dialogue paragraph Ctrl Command 6 adds a Transition paragraph Ctrl Command 7 adds a Shot paragraph Similar to changing Enter key Return key shortcuts the Ctrl Command key combination may be changed in the Elements dialog via the Shortcut key text area Manual Carriage Returns To manually place a carriage return soft return in the middle of a paragraph in order to space it differently Windows Press Shift Enter key Mac OS Press Shift Return key This puts a carria
60. LMI p 6 Seated one side of the kitchen table is Bryan his sample case on the floor next to him Across from him sit Bob and his wife BETTY WILLIAMS In Betty s arms is the baby still crying While he talks Bryan reaches into his sample case and pulls outa large fancy mirror sample with gold leafy trim Itlooks great Making sure The door opens and Bryan walks into the apartment of ANDY RIGHTMAN his best friend since childhood He is 27 years old with similar features to Bryan Andy s apartment like Bryan s has a distinct lack of quality furniture Scattered across the walls are posters of various baseball players Across the room in an open area is Andy Tab Action Enter Ac The Script Cards contain the actual text of a particular scene Though you can type in new text edit text etc on Summary Cards you cannot type or change any text on Script Cards FINAL DRAFT 68 Tutorials The Navigator Command provides another method for viewing and moving through the script 4 Choose View gt Navigator gt INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY gt EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LI
61. Labor The room is sparsely furnished Draped over the window is a large sheet acting as an extra shade to block out the Category Clear Category daylight Scattered across the floor are several piles of clothes jeans t shirts underwear sneakers and a bra A Element single mattress with no box springs sits on the floor next to a BRYAN telephone and several open road maps of Pennsylvania and New cua Jersey Lying on the bed in his underwear sound asleep is the young man from the pictures He is BRYAN LERNER 26 good looking slender of average height with brown eyes brown hair and a dark complexion Sharing the bed also asleep is ROCHELLE a girl barely over the age of eighteen Suddenly the alarm clock BUZZES Bryan slowly stirs groping around for the clock It reads 3 00 PM His hand finally finds it and hits the snooze button The sound cuts off He stirs and glances over at the clock He sees the time and slowly sits up still half asleep BRYAN FINAL DRAFT 324 Tagger Automatic Tagging of Cast Members As a script is imported into Tagger each speaking Cast Member is automatically tagged the first time they have dialogue Additionally once a Cast Member is tagged they will be tagged when they appear in action elements i e even if they don t have a speaking role in a scene clothes jeans t shirts underwear sneakers and a bra Element single mattress with no bo
62. Offers controls and options for defining script Elements Elements are Final Draft s version of what many word processing programs call styles or style sheets They contain the font size style indentations and other characteristics for all the dif ferent types of paragraphs specific to a screenplay Scene Headings Action Dialogue etc Choose Format gt Elements and the Elements dialog appears Element name Basic Font Paragraph Behavior Genera Scene Heading Start new page Action Character Paginate as Parenthetical Dialogue Shortcuts Transition Shot Shortcut key Ctrl 0 Enter key General When a new paragraph is added to the script its characteristics are taken from the specifica tions in the Elements dialog and applied to the paragraph If changes are made to one or more Elements characteristics 0 paragraphs of that type e g all Action paragraphs will be updated to reflect any new settings For a complete explanation of how Elements are used to make up a script and a complete description of the Elements dialog refer to the Elements section Change Elements To Submenu Mac OS Reformats an individual paragraph to a different Element The Element Submenu offers all the default and any custom Elements Choose Element Submenu Element Type from the list and the paragraph the insertion point is in will be reformatted accordingly FINAL DRAFT 149 Format Menu Font W
63. On a computer screen the flashing blinking vertical line I beam that indicates where the next character that is typed will be placed CD ROM CD ROM Drive A special removable plastic disk which contains data the part of the computer that can read the information on CD ROMs FINAL DRAFT 96 Tutorials Character The various real or fictitious individuals who take part in a screenplay an Element in Final Draft The very first time a character is introduced into the screenplay the name is capitalized Always capitalized before dialogue In Final Draft it refers to the paragraph that contains a Character Name Character Extension FD Enclosed in parentheses next to the Character Name it describes where the speech is coming from off screen voice over etc Character List FD The list of all characters contained in a script Change Pages See Revision Pages CLOSE SHOT Camera shot that includes only the head and shoulders of a character Always typed in capital letters CLOSE UP C U Camera shot that closely emphasizes isolates a detail in a person animal or object Always typed in capital letters and is usually abbreviated Color Picker A mechanism that allows a color to be chosen usually from a color wheel Every operating sys tem has its own picker but the operations are the same Command An instruction that tells the computer what to do next Commands may be executed by typed characters a speci
64. Production Script Once a script becomes a Produc tion Script page and scene numbering cannot change To keep them consecutive and so that they will fit with older versions of the Production Script the letters B C and so on are added to page and scene numbers in order to keep the pages in order For example if two pages are added between pages 78 and 79 they are numbered 78A and 78B Act Three Act Structure Classic dramatic structure of a story containing a beginning middle and end Television may impose artificial commercial breaks that may divide up an act but the three act structure remains Action A sequence of events in a script visuals that have their purpose in plot development which may include physical and psychological action the movement of the subject within the camera field of view an Element in Final Draft FD Allows Final Draft to be used on a specific computer without restrictions Angle The relationship between the camera s position and the subject of the shot ANGLE ON Used to emphasize a specific object in a shot to indicate that a different camera angle is to be made of a previous shot ASCII file Acronym for American Standard Code for Interchange Exchange An ASCII file also called a text file can be read by most computer word processors Available Memory Random access memory RAM not committed to the computer s operating system like Win dows or Macintosh or ot
65. Registration Card Customer support updates etc are available only to registered Final Draft users Make sure you register online or mail or fax the Registration Card to us after you remove one of the peel off Customer Numbers and place it on the Registration Card Installation Guide Booklet This pamphlet includes how to install and launch Final Draft This information also included in the Final Draft User Guide in PDF format The complete User Guide is installed on your com puter when you install Final Draft Note Final Draft documentation provides instructions for using Final Draft on both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computers Differences in features commands and procedures between platforms are noted in the text We presume you have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system This includes how to use a mouse standard menus and commands and how to open copy save and close files Please refer to your Windows or Mac OS documentation for complete explanations FINAL DRAFT 18 Getting Started Note Final Draft is continually being updated and new features are added mostly from user feedback The menu structure and even the commands may change If you encoun ter commands that are not explained check for any Read Me or New Features files in the Final Draft folder These text files provide overviews of new features that have been added You can also check our website at www finaldraft com f
66. Select a button icon and drag it to the new toolbar and then some more similar to 7 Release the mouse button 8 When finished adding buttons click OK The Custom toolbar may be resized moved anywhere in the script window To remove a custom toolbar 1 Choose View Toolbars Submenu Customize Toolbar tab 2 Select the custom toolbar 3 Click Delete The toolbar is deleted there is no confirmation dialog FINAL DRAFT 306 Toolbars Repositioning and Resizing Toolbars To reposition any toolbar Click and drag the toolbar to the desired location When a toolbar is moved from its default position it becomes a floating window which includes a name and a Close box The room is sparsely furnished Draped over the window is a Taras sheet acting ac an avtre shade ta hlacl ant h To return a toolbar to its default location Click and drag the toolbar below the Menu Bar It will be docked and moved into position automatically Docking is not always perfect and it may require additional adjustment To resize any Toolbar 1 Detach the toolbar from its default position see above 2 Click and drag the toolbar from any of its corners to the desired size The Toolbar buttons move appropriately but retain their order FINAL DRAFT 307 Toolbars Toolbars Submenu Mac OS Toolbar Visible Displays or hides the Toolbar Default is Show To Hide or Show the Tool
67. SmartType Auto Position SmartType Window Mac OS only Makes sure that the SmartType pop up window does not block the view of the item being entered Default is enabled Smart Type Color Determines the text color for SmartType matches To change the color 1 Click the color swatch Windows The standard Windows Color Palette appears Choose a color or click Other and the standard Color Picker appears Mac OS The standard Color Picker will appear 2 Choose the color desired and click OK The new color will be displayed as the color swatch Once all changes have been made Click OK FINAL DRAFT 239 SmartType Scene Heading Separators The characters used to separate sections of the Scene Heading can be changed In Hollywood and in Final Draft the defaults are a period separating Scene Intro and Location and a dash separating the Location and the Time In some countries other formats are needed For example HOUSE INT DAY To change the separator character 1 Click or choose either the Scene Intro or Time SmartType list Their dialogs appear SmartType SmartType i 5 Intros i i iti n E Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name Separator iNT Name Separator um VE C NIGHT AFTERNOON TYPE SEPARATOR CHARACTER 2 Type the separator character in the Separ
68. The screen now appears with the Navigator in the left panel and the script in the right panel eoo Out4Life fdr gt INT BRYAN LERNER T BEDROOM DAY D EE x EXT STREET OUTSID S APARTMENT DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR P PHIA STREETS DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR S BAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT BRYAN LERNER S APART INT HOUSE IN SAYE LE KITCHEN DUSK The CAMERA opens up on a p INT ANDY RIGHTMA IVING ROOM NIGHT the CAMERA pulls back rev pictures of the same young various male friends of the dresser In the ba an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furni large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros clothes jeans t shirts single mattress with no bo SPLITTER telephone and several op New Jersey Lying on the bed in his un man from the pictures He slender of average height dark complexion Sharing a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the clo finally finds it and hits off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up s BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan He grabs the remote contro switches off the TV and ge BRYAN Michelle Miche ROCHEI It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen have to get reac Bryan rises from the bed puts it on the player in 1 FUNK TUNE begins to play Shots M 1 of 6 No Scen
69. The word in the Misspelled Word area is added to the User Dictionary Spell checking resumes FINAL DRAFT 57 Tutorials As with most word processors when spell checking reaches the end of the script Final Draft will ask if you want to continue checking from the beginning of the script If spell checking was started in the middle of the script this allows you to wrap around to the top of the script and continue checking the rest of the script 53 Click Yes to continue spell checking from the beginning of the script When the entire script has been checked a message is displayed informing you that the whole script has been checked 54 Click OK to end checking 55 Click the Close box to close the Spelling dialog Note At any time during spell checking you can close the Spelling dialog and return to 2 the script by clicking the Close box Header The Header contains text that will appear at the top of each page of the script Though screen plays rarely have anything more than a page number and title in their header most sitcoms and episodics require more information If you have been following the Tutorial and switched to the short script you need to switch back to the script Out4Life To switch to another open script 56 Choose Windows gt Out4Life or Choose gt Open to open Out4Life if you closed it Out4Life becomes the active window 57 Choose Document Header and Footer FINAL DRAFT
70. created when the Enter Key Windows or Return Key Mac OS is pressed after text has been entered To change which element is automatically created when the Enter Return key is pressed Choose the element desired from the pop up menu To create a custom element 1 Click the New button A default name appears in the Element List and in the text field above the list 2 Edit the name in the text field as desired The name in the Elements List changes accordingly The Basic Font amp Paragraph tab options are set to default for those of the General Element 3 Make any changes desired To delete a custom element 1 Select a custom element The Delete button becomes enabled 2 Click Delete To load elements from other scripts or Template files 1 Click the Apply a Template button and the following appears Apply a Template Please select a template s elements to apply to your script m Text Documents Templates Browse Cancel FINAL DRAFT 224 Elements 2 Alist of files available in the Stationery folder appears Or Click Browse and navigate to where scripts or other Template files are stored 3 Choose the file desired The Elements from the file will be loaded and can be edited for use with the current script FINAL DRAFT 225 Elements Font Tab Indicates the current font and size setting that each element will use Default is Courier Final Draft 12 Basic Font Para
71. few moments now to view or read the 6 page sample script Out4Life To scroll through it press the Page Down key or click and drag the scroll bar at the right of the script window Each page has a number which appears in the upper right hand corner of every page except the first page since scripts rarely have their first page numbered 32 Before we continue make sure the insertion point is at the end of the script FINAL DRAFT 52 Tutorials SmartType Character List To view SmartType lists 33 Choose Document gt SmartType The SmartType dialog defaults to showing the Character list It indicates that the script cur rently has five characters SmartType PR Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name BRYANI BRYAN ROCHELLE BOB BETTY ANDY New Rebuild Alphabetize Cmn To examine the contents of the other Smart Type lists 34 Click the tabs Windows or choose items from the pop up menu Mac OS 35 Click OK when done to return to the script To enter a character using the Character SmartType list Make sure the insertion point is at the end of the Out4Life script 36 Press Tab twice to go to a new Character paragraph SmartType displays the choice ANDY Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 520 bills ANDY ANDY is chosen due to SmartType s Auto Guess feature If you read the prev
72. frown at frown upon reject repudiate scom scout spum 2 VERB present participle of connive to work out a plan especially for somet unlawful or wro Synonyms cogitating conspiring contriving devising intriguing machinating plotting scheming out Related brew concoct cook up finagle hatch lay maneuver set up Language Engish Urtea Select an alternate It appears in the text field above the alternatives With his back still to the Williams he 283 Spelling amp Thesaurus Choose Tools Thesaurus The Thesaurus dialog appears with any definition s and alternatives presented The Thesaurus dialog is closed and the selected word will be replaced in the script by the alter nate If no alternate is acceptable Click Close To manually enter a word to find alternatives 1 2 A Position the insertion point where the word is to be inserted Choose Tools gt Thesaurus The Thesaurus dialog appears Type the word to be looked up in the text field above the alternatives Press the Enter key Window or Return key Mac OS FINAL DRAFT 284 Spelling amp Thesaurus Any definition s synonyms alternatives etc are presented 5 Select any alternative 6 Click Replace The Thesaurus dialog is closed and the selected word will be placed in the script at the insertion point If no alternate is acceptable Click Clos
73. in a production FINAL DRAFT 183 Tools Menu To perform an Export for use in GoldPocket Interactive s Event Matrix Note You must be using GoldPocket Interactive s Event Matrix system as well as an Avid editing system You cannot access this file through Final Draft 1 Choose Tools Reports ScriptNote Export and the standard Save dialog appears 2 Navigate to where the files is to be saved 3 Click Save Using GoldPocket s EM Production Suite and EventMatrix Interactive Network The XML file created by exporting your ITV ScriptNotes can be imported via a web based inter face into GoldPocket s EM Production Suite for use during post production editing and ITV epi sode production A joint solution with Avid Technology the EM Post tool enables users of Avid s Symphony Media Composer and Xpress systems to assign timing and triggering infor mation for interactive content annotated with Final Draft ITV ScriptNotes With GoldPocket s EM Content Producer writers can preview and edit the interactive content for individual epi sodes of a TV program Interactive programming produced using these tools can then be deliv ered to television viewers via GoldPocket s EventMatrix interactive network which enables two way interactivity via set top boxes PCs Macs and wireless devices For more information on the EM Production Suite visit www goldpocket com FINAL DRAFT 184 Tools Menu Names Database Of
74. is completed the insertion of a Label with Act II as the label text insures that these requirements are met NOTE A special symbol named Label must be placed in the Header Footer window to J represent the position where any label text will be placed For example pee se or E Out for Lie Pe LABEL SYMBOL For detailed information about placing the Label symbol in the Header Footer refer to the Header and Footer section To insert a Label 1 Position the insertion point at the top of the page on which the script label text should begin 2 Choose Document Insert Label The Insert Label dialog appears 3 Enter the text desired 4 Click OK The label text will appear in the Header Footer s NOTE the insertion is not at the top of the page the label will begin on the following 2 page To go to a Label 1 Choose Edit Goto 2 Select labels from the Goto list Windows or Goto pop up menu Mac OS FINAL DRAFT 168 Document Menu 3 Click Goto The script scrolls to the Label s location 4 Click Close To change the label text 1 Use Edit gt Goto to find the label text desired the insertion point where the label text was placed 2 Choose Document gt Insert Label The Label dialog appears 3 Edit or delete the text 4 Click OK to apply the changes Tools Menu Tools Menu FINAL DRAFT 170 Tools Menu
75. is full of newspapers and take out bags from McDonalds and Burger King VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 He drives through the streets of Philadelphia passing various recognizable landmarks City Hall Independence Hall the Liberty Bell The car heads across the Walt Whitman Bridge out of Philadelphia and takes an exit marked NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE NORTH The car sits stopped in traffic which isnt Bryan grabs a watch which is sitting on the dashboard He glances atit sees that he is late BRYAN No He turns the wheel to the left and pulls onto the shoulder driving past all of the stopped cars VE BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET D p 2 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY p 3 Bryan is stopped at an intersection staring at a street map in his hands He looks atthe map glances up atthe street sign down atthe written directions in his appointment book and finally back to the map BRYAN muttering Bryan s car pulls into the driveway of an upper middle class home He parks behind a new Mazda Miata gets out and buttons his pants He notices a satellite dish on the roof and smiles His face reads I can sell these folks He grabs his sample case and walks to the front door avoiding a barking dog chained to the basketball hoop He rings the doorbell Itis INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN p 3 INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT
76. it on the player in ti FUNK TUNE begins to play a Shots 1 RESIZE 1 of 6 Scene Scene Heading 4 TET Aden EET AG Box The contents of the left panel have changed to the chosen view 4 You can now manually resize the panels for convenience by clicking and dragging the Splitter and the Resize Box You can adjust the panels to suit your screen and panel configuration SPLITTER 4b 4 Note When script is saved the current panels configuration will be saved as well whether it is a single panel or multiple panels FINAL DRAFT 270 Panels UnSplit Panels Hides one of the panels This command is disabled if only one panel is displayed To hide a panel 1 Select the panel that will remain displayed 2 Choose View gt UnSplit Panels The panel that is not selected will be hidden Swap Panels Reverses the position of the displayed panels This command is disabled if only one panel is dis played To change the order of the panels Choose View Swap Panels and the panels will switch sides Additional Script Views and Panels Notes Script Views in Both Panels Whichever Script View you have in one panel Normal Page or Speed will be the view in the other panel In other words you cannot have different Script Views in different panels Script Views with Other Views You can change the Script View between Normal Page and Speed without affecting the display of either of th
77. mattress with no bo a telephone and several New Jersey Lying on the bed in his unc man from the pictures He slender of average height dark complexion Sharing t a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the cloc finally finds it and hits t off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up st BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan money He grabs the remote control switches off the TV and ger BRYAN Michelle Miche _ Tab Action En 7 Choose View gt Navigator ce 4 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTE The CAMERA opens up on a p the pulls back rev pictures of the same younc various male friends of the dresser In the be an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furni large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros clothes jeans t shirts single mattress with no bc a telephone and several or New Jersey Lying on the bed in his ur man from the pictures slender of average height dark complexion Sharing a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the clc finally finds it and hits off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up s BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan noney He grabs the remote contrc switches off the TV and ge BRYAN Michelle Miche_ ROCHE gt It s lle Action FINAL DRAFT 70 Tutorials
78. mouse Ctrl mouse click Note The Status Bar operates as an on screen guide always indicating which element paragraph will be created by pressing Tab or Enter Return For example if you have just typed in a Character it indicates Tab Parenthetical Enter Dialogue Note On a Macintosh the Status Bar indicates Enter but means the Return key You can write complete correctly formatted scripts by using just Tab and Enter Return We ll begin to type in a short sample in the following section FINAL DRAFT 43 Tutorials Typing a Sample Script With Final Draft open to a blank untitled screenplay document 1 Type I The letter will automatically be capitalized as scene headings contain only capital letters The Scene Intros SmartType list appears with INT the abbreviation for Interior highlighted qum SmartType INT SmartType lists are used to ease repetitive typing and will be discussed in greater detail in a moment 2 Press to accept the item and have a period and a space added automatically Now type in a Location 3 Type DARK OFFICE 4 Press Tab A space then a dash then another space are added automatically The Time SmartType list appears INT DARK OFFICE par MOMENTS LATER 5 Type N FINAL DRAFT 44 Tutorials The word NIGHT becomes highlighted INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT NIGHT 6 Press Enter
79. of the script 1 Choose File Open Tag File to open the Tagger file 2 Choose File Import Revisions to open the revised script If a scene still exists in the revised script any elements that were tagged will remain tagged If a scene is omitted or deleted any tagged elements will be removed Similar to when a script is imported for the first time any new scenes will have their Cast Members tagged automatically and new characters will be identified the first time they have dialogue see previous Any new elements in the script must be tagged manually Export to Schedule This command saves the Tagger file in a form that most breakdown and scheduling programs can use see also Saving Final Draft Scripts to Scheduling Programs below IMPORTANT NOTE After you have tagged the script and exported it to your scheduling software we strongly recommend that before you begin work you proof the page counts indicated by the scheduling program against the actual script s NOTE Ifyou are using Movie Magic Schedule 3 7 or earlier or Gorilla Scheduler and have created any new Categories in Tagger before you import a Tagger file you must create the new Categories in the scheduling program Spelling case and order must match their listing in Tagger exactly Note Tagger does not automatically create data that can be imported into the Synopsis field which most scheduling programs contain A workaround is to create a
80. or choose None to leave the element unchanged For example if the insertion point is currently at the end of a partially entered Scene Heading and Option 4 is pressed the appropriate text is entered at the end of the Scene Heading and a new Action paragraph will be added To modify a Macro 1 Select the Macro from the list The Macro Name appears in the text field above the list 2 Click in the text field and edit the name in the text field as desired Use as short an abbreviation as possible The name in the list changes accordingly 3 Click in the Macro Text text field and type the text to be entered when the macro is invoked 4 Setthe behavior by selecting the element paragraphs desired from the Preferred Element and Transition To pop up lists When finished Click OK FINAL DRAFT 294 Macros Text Documents Text Documents Final Draft can be used for writing regular word processed documents such as treatments letters resumes etc FINAL DRAFT 296 Text Documents Though primarily designed for writing screenplays Final Draft can be also used for writing reg ular word processed documents treatments letters resumes etc To create a text document 1 Choose File gt New and the New Document dialog appears 2 Windows Open the Text Document folder in the Final Draft Stationery folder Mac Click the Text Document Templates category WINDOWS Mac 05 New Document Stati
81. places every script element in its proper place SmartType Lists remember and fill in all of your character names scene head ings transitions and more Final Draft has unparalleled cross platform compatibility Scripts written on Windows com puters can be read and edited on Macintosh computers and vice versa because their file for mats are identical Our Panels system allows you to view your script its outline and index cards at the same time Other features include unlimited revisions and page locking mode ability to view edit and discuss your script with a number of people over the Internet many types of reports and powerful WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get word processing and spell check functions that should be familiar to users of Microsoft Word The Ask the Expert feature will guide you when you have a question on story development character plot or structure for writing movies television or theater In addition there is gen eral help available from every Final Draft window and most dialog boxes or you can refer to the Final Draft User Guide A separate application Tagger The Final Draft Breakdown Utility is included It allows you to tag separate elements of a script for use by various script breakdown and scheduling programs If you have questions or problems with Final Draft the first place to go is the Final Draft Sup port Center at www finaldraft com help There you will find the Final Draft Knowledge Bas
82. scenes at once Categories are completely editable and customizable Categories may use different text styles the highlighted element within the script may be color coded by category and or bolded underlined italicized etc Cast members with speaking and non speaking roles in a scene may be detected automat ically Elements may be linked For example if a character always requires a certain costume or a particular prop you may link the costume or prop to the character Then whenever the character appears in a scene their costume or prop will also be noted automatically There are provisions for revised scripts If a script has been tagged and the script revised in Final Draft the revised script can be loaded and the new elements tagged while still retain ing the elements that had been tagged in the previous version of the script Reports can be generated Note The text of the script cannot be changed from within Tagger Note While Tagger can import scripts written in Final Draft Version 6 06 or higher we strongly recommend opening and saving the scripts in version 7 1 1 or higher IMPORTANT NOTE Erroneous or inadvertent Enter and Tab commands in a script may not be visible or affect how the script looks but can affect Tagger s ability to record accurate page counts Because page counts are critical in scheduling and budgeting we strongly recommend that before you import a script into Tagger you run Final Dr
83. select Lloyd Press the L key five times or L L This second method is the easiest in this case since only two letters are needed to uniquely identify this item Entering New SmartType Items On the Fly New items are added to SmartType List automatically when they are typed into the script For example using the Tutorials sample script there initially is only one item WRITER in the SmartType Character List f Lists 1 Options Characters WRITER WRITER Consequently if the letter R is typed into a Character Name element the SmartType pop up window does not appear The screen appears as EXT STUDIO LOT DAY There is tension in the air H The rest of the name ROBERTO is then typed FINAL DRAFT 234 SmartType EXT STUDIO LOT DAY There is tension in the air ROBERTO The Enter key Windows or Return key Mac OS would be pressed to change to a different element paragraph Since the item has not been previously entered in the script already it is added at the end of the Character SmartType List Lists Options Characters 8 WRITER WRITER ROBERTO This method allows items to be added to all the SmartType lists as the script is written More About SmartType Matching The SmartType pop up window appears if there is a match of the first letter typed in a Charac ter Name Extension Location Time and Transition paragraph
84. selected it is the default category in the Add Element dialog FINAL DRAFT 327 Tagger 3 Change the category by clicking it In this case the category we want is Props Choose Category Cast Members Stunts Vehicles CURRENT CATEGORY gt se 4 Click OK or double click the category name The Confirm dialog appears 5 Click Yes Special Effec tumes Makeup Music Sound Dressing Greenery Special Equipment Confirm photograph of a young man Extras or choose an Element from the list Mark photograph of as in this scene Cancel No ve gt SELECTED TEXT The tagged text now appears in whatever color the chosen category is set to A plus sign 4 appears next to the Props category indicating that an element in this scene has been tagged as a Prop The sample now appears as BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a Hresser containing several pictures of the same young man some with girls some with various male friends A Daily Racihg Form hangs off the edge of the
85. selection range becomes selected A scene in Final Draft is defined as a Scene Heading followed by Action Character Dialogue etc paragraphs until the next Scene Heading begins That is Scene Headings delineate the boundaries between scenes Use Edit Select Scene to take some action on an entire scene such as changing the font or dragging and dropping it to another location Find and Replace Used to search for specific text within the frontmost script window and possibly replace the found text with different text Note Find begins from the insertion point not the top of the script To search from the top of the script first Scroll to the top of the script and click the mouse at the beginning of the text Press Ctrl Home Windows or Command Home Mac 05 Choose Edit Find and the Find Goto dialog appears with the Find Replace tab visible Find Goto Find Replace Goto HISTORY POP UP Find what Replace with Match whole word only Direction Replace All Match case Oup Down FINAL DRAFT 130 Edit Menu To find text in the script 1 Enter the text to search for in the Find What text field 2 Click Find Next 3 When Final Draft reaches the end of the script it will ask if you want it to continue searching from the beginning 4 Ifthe searched text is found searching will stop and the found text will be selected 5 If no text is lo
86. the standard Color Picker appears Mac OS The standard Color Picker will appear FINAL DRAFT 150 Format Menu 2 Choose the color desired and click OK The new color will be displayed as the color swatch Colored text will only be printed in color on color printer Note change the color of the screen background use Document gt Page Layout gt Options Highlight Similar to a yellow highlighter pen it is used to accentuate selected text To highlight text in the script 1 Select the text 2 OS Select the color from the submenu 3 Windows or other colors for Mac OS Click the color swatch Windows or choose Format Highlight Other Mac OS Windows The standard Windows Color Palette appears Choose a color or click Other and the standard Color Picker appears Mac OS The standard Color Picker will appear 4 Choose the color desired 5 Click OK The text will be highlighted with the chosen color To highlight text as it is typed 1 Position the insertion point 2 Choose the Highlight color as above All text typed from the insertion point position until a new paragraph is created or clicked to will be highlighted with the chosen color FINAL DRAFT 151 Format Menu Alignment Submenu Determines how text is aligned Left Centered Right or Justified Text alignment operates on a paragraph by paragraph basis If a new alignment is chos
87. the dash and throws the foil in the back seat which is full of newspapers and take out bags from McDonalds and Burger King SCENE NUMBERS I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY He drives through the streets of Philadelphia passing various recognizable landmarks City Hall Independence Hall the Liberty Bell The car heads across the Walt Whitman Bridge out of Philadelphia and takes an exit marked NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE NORTH The car sits stopped in traffic which isn t moving 8 I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 4 Bryan grabs a watch which is sitting on the dashboard glances at it sees that he is late NOTE You can number any element if desired FINAL DRAFT 66 Tutorials Panels Using the Panels System the script can be viewed in different panels Script view Index Card view and Navigator view as well as displayed in different ways which can be seen on the screen individually or two at a time splitting the screen vertically and horizontally The following barely touches on all the aspects of the Panels system We strongly suggest that you read the complete Panels section of the User Guide to be able to determine how to adapt the system to your way of working 1 If it is not open open the sample Tutorial script Out4Life 2 Choose View Index Cards Summary and the screen appears as some notes have been entered for the first two scenes
88. topic Revision Contains the name of the current revision style To position a symbol in the Header and Footer window 1 Position the insertion point where the symbol should be placed 2 Click the appropriate button The special symbol will appear at the insertion point position For example this setup XEEZEFIEENEXEF ur 4 Life Scene P553 produces this Header for the script named Out4Life Scene 7 on June 15 2006 with the Blue revision on Page 5 Scene 7 067 15 06 Blue b 7o separate the special symbols one space has been manually typed between them To remove a symbol in the Header window 1 Click the symbol 2 Press the Delete key Or Choose Edit gt Clear All special symbols are available for both the Header and Footer If desired the same symbol may be used in both at the same time FINAL DRAFT 245 Header amp Footer The Label Symbol The label symbol links text to the Header or Footer at any point in the script From then on this label text will appear in the Header or Footer The Label symbol must be placed in the Header and Footer window to represent the position where any label text will be placed When a Label is inserted its text is used until another Label is encountered The difference between Labels and regular text typed in the Header and Footer window is that label text can be changed on
89. where the element is added or inserted The default setting is disabled since there is no traditional script element that automatically begins a new page Paginate As pop up menu Instructs Final Draft how to break pages when text overflows between pages Disabled for the default elements and enabled for custom elements only The rules for breaking pages for one of the default elements listed may be used or nothing special None can be selected For example you are writing a musical and have created a special Lyrics Element for use when characters are singing The Lyrics Element is set to paginate as Dialogue This ensures that it will not be orphaned from its associated Character paragraph Shortcuts Determines which Element Shortcuts will be used to add or insert the element It also indicates which element is automatically created when the Enter Key Windows or Return Key Mac OS is pressed after text has been entered Control Key Windows Command Key Mac OS Displays the key that is currently used by an Element Shortcut to create the element para graph To change the Element Shortcuts 1 Choose the element desired from the Element List 2 Click in the Shortcut Key text field 3 Replace the current character with any character desired It can be a number character function key etc FINAL DRAFT 223 Elements Enter Key Windows Return Key Mac OS pop up menu Determines which element is automatically
90. written in all capital letters CHARACTER CHARACTER NARRATOR V O The Grand Canyon is one of the jewels of our National Park System A Character Extension indicates where the speech is coming from off screen voice over etc Parenthetical Directions which precede or follow dialogue They indicate an immediate action being taken by the speaker or that the dialogue should be delivered in a certain way Parentheticals should be no more than a few words Note When a Parenthetical element is added Final Draft automatically enters both the left and right parentheses and positions the insertion point between them FINAL DRAFT 220 Elements Dialogue A character s speech It is always preceded by a Character Name which identifies the speaker Transition Marks the end of a scene and may indicate how the passage between scenes takes place They are always written in capital letters Shot Used to indicate a camera angle camera movement or direction within a scene They are always written in capital letters They behave and paginate just like Scene Headings although they do not get numbered They will not be orphaned at the bottom of a page but will be placed at the beginning of the next page to stay with the action that follows the shot descrip tion For example BACK TO ANDY CLOSE UP ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN General Used for any text
91. you wish and they will be exported but for consistency we suggest you use them To use the special ITV Script template 1 Choose File New Scripts ITV Script Template 2 Open the template desired 3 Begin writing the script etc To indicate where and how an interactive element should be used 1 Choose Document ScriptNotes and the ScriptNote dialog appears 2 Choose the appropriate Marker in the Active Marker area and click OK 3 Position the insertion point where the ScriptNote Marker should be placed 4 Choose Document Insert ScriptNote A ScriptNote Marker appears at the current insertion point position The new ScriptNote win dow appears 5 Enter or paste text into the ScriptNote window The ScriptNote window can be resized or moved The font size or style of the text can be changed Text can be copied from a script and pasted into a ScriptNote Do not hesitate to enter as much text as required 6 Click the Close box to close the window Continue to annotate the rest of the script ScriptNotes XML Export Once you have annotated your script with ITV ScriptNotes use the XML Export option to create a file that contains all the current script s ScriptNotes for use with GoldPocket Interactive s ITV tools and technology By annotating the script with special interactive ScriptNotes and then exporting them to GoldPocket s system you can ensure that interactive elements will be added at the appropriate places
92. 18 Goto 132 H Hard Disk iR 99 Hard Drives eR eS 99 atero OR eae Leh kl EUR S 241 Header and Footer 99 Header and Footer Command 57 158 242 167 Insert Label Command 167 Martins OI ss 154 Scene Header a oo tied ei lt a 103 Special Symbols 243 Header and Footer Command 57 242 Special Symbols 243 Using Text esee ee xn 243 coco ipii rel 59 About Final Draft Command Windows 215 Activate 215 Ask the Expert Command 59 214 Customer Support 215 Deactivate 215 Final Draft Help Command 214 Final Draft on the Web Command 215 Get Technical Support Command 215 Help ful 59 Minimize Window Command Mac OS 212 Register 215 Submit Feedback 215 Tip of the Day Command 214 215 Help TOPICS Pere teal ey De is 59 Hold Sut EID Cha S 99 Keys cis reri IIIS 342 Host Session 311 UR eae aot ae 117 Import Revisions Command
93. 27 qma iir em smear Y IEEE oe eru eens The CAMERA opens on photograph of poung nan Slowly Ir Pera hangs SE the edge e wy bear a tree The room is sparsely furnished eer Ube Le Tange paent acting ar an extra shade te Shock set the rers LE fu every loser I ve tra Teach 174 probably have LUE MICKEY ag Dew t Kad yourself I m wot making early woch Those maniacs who drive their motorcycles i Char ster cage co a wor Chickey pate Buttens the thigh Det I saking Bert thas yeu 36 take you owt 1 would Lake that ama 1714 be a minut She motions apais fer Boris ve go inside ma Saary Liste you s t Seve ee ria er werk rises fron the bed SP sut wf ita Jeiiy dressed ve essai tus sock Tee grs ved saps tive hut geriet end MEM it qma eee ror sment serico s 7 FINAL DRAFT 255 Panels In addition there are two sides to every card The Summar
94. 318 339 N Names Database Command 55 180 184 Navigator ded 94 sae 140 264 351 INDEX Navigator Command 68 69 Navigator 66 254 New 114 296 Text Documents 114 TV Templates 1 tu tete dp da 114 Numeric 343 0 Off Screens everti 102 Omit Scene 199 Online Activation 24 Online Deactivation 28 Open Command 50 115 Open Recent Submenu Mac 05 116 Open Tag File Command 335 Option Shift Mac 05 47 Option Key Mac 05 47 Options Command Windows 126 190 Auto Backup Options 112 191 AutosS Ve ovo ed VeRO E ea Pan ens a ee 81 Auto Save Options 112 191 192 Levels of Undo 190 Recent 5 191 Tablet 192 nora ce eee nee ee 50 57 GRU PORE 102 Page Break o ene evertere 102 Page Break Command 151 Page Down 342 Page Layout ce ed dvd 154 Mores and 158 Page Layout Com
95. 37 Macintosh aera cee oe 23 30 Mac OS aisha s 37 WINDOWS olla Sots 23 37 Starting Taggers coss UT ttes 321 Statistic Interactive Television 181 Statistics RepOFE 179 Status Bar 38 39 42 45 146 163 Submit Feedback 215 Summary 5 66 139 258 cs aderit Det 105 Support 16 Swap Command 145 Swap Panels 270 Syd Field 0 ee eee eee ee 214 T Tab Key ror oH E re 40 46 342 Tablet 192 Taolet PC sp de cane 192 AE e e de ims 16 19 321 Linking Elements 331 Preference Command Aut sSaVe s ed 25 338 Tagging Automatic ss ec bh des ng os 324 Tagging 326 About Final Draft Tagger Command 337 File Menu Close Command 335 Exit Command Windows 337 Export to Schedule Command 336 Export to XML Command 337 Import Revisions Command 336 Import Script Command 323 335 Open Tag 335 Quit Command Mac OS
96. 8 242 Insert Bookmark Command 165 Insert Label Command 167 245 246 Insert ScriptNote Command 166 182 272 Macros Command 162 288 292 Mores and Continueds Command 158 Page Layout Command 154 ScriptNotes Command 165 182 274 SmartType Command 52 162 230 235 Title Page Command 160 Dolya RAYS IAE ORO stan ES 97 Down Arrow 343 Drag and 97 127 328 Drama uot Las dei 97 DEIN ete RePEc cem UE 97 Dual Dialogue Command 152 E Bit iue recu REESE HE 125 Clear Command 128 Copy Command 126 Cut 126 Find 129 Find Selection Command 132 Goto Command 132 Paste Command 127 Preferences Command Mac 5 112 Redo Command 126 Select All 129 Undo Command 74 126 Edit Scene Number Command 198 E oru D Ar Mia HE DAR 104 Element 38 39 227 Element 56 38 39 221 227 Element Shortcuts 46 222 341 Element Submenu Mac 05
97. 8 Navigator oe LEE TS 138 Index Cards oso e die lleno deu cba 139 Index Cards Summary ice E REDE RR ORE phi wesw DERI add 141 Index Cards Seript i neeLeslcesssel Roe x x E Ce epe ni RA RA Dau hae tras oe 141 Add New Gard oscila dle irae 141 Cards AGEOSS e E ed Eee ted De edd Seat fece t eer i ted te eta ce 141 Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Panels Swap Panels 142 Split Horizontally Vertically essaie cette ra LEER aa E ca eee 142 HOA 145 Swap Panels uote ice ee Oro e De RU OR RU UU 145 FINAL DRAFT 8 Table of Contents Toolbars Submenu 2 OD CO 146 Zoom Submenu er ure EX VE Wer WEG RR X 146 Format a a ME IM D um LR 147 Elements aus atre erm ertet etl aad sc nada eet one ae UE ann E 148 Change Elements To Submenu Mac OS 148 Font Windows RR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIRRRt 149 Font Size Style Color Highlight Submenu Mac OS 149 Font Style ots cte nC C tette Nen eo Piste it Nee Gee 149 COLO eon dedero Pea Mods Dicto dodici tas clot eit ei 149 High
98. ARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 4 I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 5 I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 6 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK 7 INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK 8 INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT When All Categories m BRYAN appears in a scene these ROCHELLE BOB should also appear ANDY Done 2 3 Select the category and element be linked similar to When P UE BRYAN M appears in a scene these should also appear white cane ELEMENT TO BE LINKED FINAL DRAFT 333 Tagger 4 Click the left pointing arrow button The selected element moves to the Link List When BRYAN B appears in a scene these ph graph of a should also appear LINK LIST cami mattress Pith no box spring CLICK TO TRANSFER ELEMENT TO LINK LIST 5 Click OK to link the elements To unlink elements 1 Double click on the element you want to have elements unlinked from and the Link Element dialog appears 2 Select the element to be unlinked from the Link List 3 Click the right pointing arrow button The selected element is removed from the Link List 4 Click OK to unlink Managing Categories Categories may be added edited or deleted Category CATEGORY LIST Special Equipment Security a Additional Labor X Note Ifyou are using Movie Magic Schedule 3 7 or earlier or Gorilla Scheduler and have created any new Categories in Tag
99. Cast Members STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 0 1 extrhs I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 2 0 1 8 I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 2 0 1 8 Stunts I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 2 02 8 Vehilies EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK 2 0 4 8 INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK 3 2 3 8 TP INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 5 0 4 8 al Effect Maketp INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 0 Musi The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several Soun pictures of the same young man sofe with girls some with Se re ing various male friends A Daily Rac ng Form hangs off the edge Greelery of the dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all know however it might actually be happening here in the foom Secufity Addifional Labor Special Equipment SELECTED TEXT CURRENT CATEGORY 2 Click the selected text with the right mouse button Ctrl Click OS The Add Element dialog appears similar to Choose Category photograph of a young man SELECTED TEXT CURRENT CATEGORY Cast Members Extras or choose an Element from the list Stunts BRYAN Vehicles ROCHELLE Props BOB BETTY ANDY Makeup Music Sound Greenery Special Equipment M aue Because the current Category was Cast Member before the text was
100. Character eR eee 230 Location Leer EPA RR 230 Options Automatically Guess Next Character 237 Auto Position 238 COlO ans RA 238 Scene Heading 230 Smartlype Lsts der 235 MIME oes Dota tote etre 230 Transition 230 SmartType Command 52 162 230 235 SmartType List locuni 85 FINAL DRAFT 354 Index dites verordnet M cda ok 43 Sound 104 Space Before Submenu 151 Spacing 5 151 Spee caf 105 Special Effect Sek eas 104 Special Symbols Header and Footer 243 Label zr here xe 244 REVISION 244 Scene 244 Number 24 tree 243 Speech Control Command 79 170 Speed View 135 256 Spell Checker Foreign 278 285 Spelling Dictionary User 279 Foreign 278 285 Spelling 56 278 Misspelled 279 Split Horizontally Command 142 267 Split Vertically Command 69 142 267 Starting Final Draft 23 30
101. DISSOLVE TO Tab Parenthetical Enter Action Scene 11014 Dialogue EXE Script Speed View Displays only the text of the script as if it were a single continuous page With Script Speed View enabled more of the text appears on screen and may improve program speed It appears like Script Normal View but without any of the active components If Script Speed View is enabled the words Speed View appear at the bottom of the script window in the area where Page Numbers appear in the other views WINDOWS OS SPEED Scene 8 Speed View Action Speed View No Scene Action 4 VIEW INDICATED Note Whichever Script View Normal Page or Speed is active when script is saved will be the view in which it appears when it is reopened FINAL DRAFT 257 Panels Index Cards The Index Cards mimic the traditional way in which scripts have been developed fleshed out and annotated Each card contains one scene Cards are ordered in a left to right top to bot tom fashion In addition there are two sides to every card The Summary side initially is blank and available for text to be entered The Script side contains the actual text of a particu lar scene Change card display by choosing the Index Cards Summary or Index Cards Script Com mands INDEX CARDS SUMMARY Out4Life fdr e 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BE p 1 Very messy and cramped Makes
102. DRIVEWAY DUSK INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGH SUMMARY CARD WwW For complete details see the Panels section FINAL DRAFT 139 View Menu Index Cards The Index Card views mimic the traditional way in which scripts have been developed fleshed out and annotated Each card contains one scene Cards are ordered in a left to right top to bottom fashion In addition there are two sides to every card The Summary side initially is blank and is available for text to be entered for development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments locations blocking anything you feel is applicable The Script side contains the actual text of a particular scene Card display is changed by using the two Index Cards Commands see below NOTE Though you can type in new text edit text etc on Summary Cards you cannot gt type or change any text on Script Cards Note Most functions and commands that are used to write or edit the script are not available in either Index Cards view You must use one of the Script Views to access them Scenes may be added in both Index Cards views The top line of each card contains the scene s Scene Heading Scene Number if any and Page Number Index Cards may be viewed along with the Script or Navigator see View Split below The number of columns of cards viewed at any time may be
103. Document FD This mode eliminates all screenwriting related options and functions so that Final Draft may be used as a normal word processor Three Camera Format A script format used in television production Time The part of a Scene Heading which indicates the time of day Title Page Includes the title centered in the upper third of the page the writer s name contact informa tion address phone copyright and registration number optional Toggle FD A command that behaves like an on off switch That is it switches between one state and another Transition Indicates the end of a scene an Element in Final Draft Always typed in capital letters Treatment Summary of a story integrating all its elements detailing the plot and providing a sense of who the characters are including their motivations TWO SHOT Camera shot of two people usually from the waist up FINAL DRAFT 106 Tutorials VOICE OVER V O A Character Extension where a character s voice is heard over a scene as in narration a tape recorded voice or a voice heard over the phone Always abbreviated in capital letters with peri ods after each letter and enclosed in parentheses next to the Character Name capitalized and spelled out in the script WIDE SHOT See Long Shot WIPE A wide variety of patterned transitions in which images seem to move or push other images off screen ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT A quick transition from a long s
104. E Scene heading which indicates a rapid succession of shots Motion Picture A sequence of still pictures usually including sound in a specified order showing objects at successive intervals of time which gives the illusion of motion MOVING MOVING SHOT Camera shot which follows whatever is being filmed More s Used to indicate that a character s speech has not been completed at the end of a page and that the speech is a continuation of one from the previous page See Dialogue Break Narration Off screen commentary which is heard over the action Also referred to as a voice over Navigator View This view provides a consolidated linear top to bottom ordering of the scenes The scene s Scene Heading and Scene Number if any are displayed If any text has been entered in the Summary Card of a scene the first line of summary text may be viewed FINAL DRAFT 102 Tutorials Off Screen O S A Character Extension Dialogue or sounds heard while the camera is on another subject Always abbreviated in all capital letters and enclosed in parentheses Outline A complete story broken down into its component beats scenes sequences and acts before dialogue is written Page Break Where one page ends and another begins Final Draft simulates this break on screen with a line Pan Camera shot from the word panorama where the camera moves gradually from right to left or left to right without stopping to slowly move to a
105. E Seals 239 Header abd FOOLER isch ee erst Mice tS eer cuf La C 241 Text in the Header and Footer sisi ieiet 243 Special Symbols vis ite tea EUER AA EI 243 Symbol EDEN Re eae ee a key ESI 245 Header and Footer Options nen 247 Reformat sucus queer eee mri Le ideis euam eid ee amc de 249 Reformatting a Single Paragraph 250 Reformatting Many Paragraphs 251 des Oe 253 Seript Normal View pa ee ee EE OS 255 Script Page VIEW usce Resume E EUR e St Re t e re Ore e ce Dee 256 Script Speed VIEW ciscus ce ERE RH DR deed be gaara 256 lose dep EOD 257 Adding Text to Summary Cards 258 Editing Scene Headings on Summary Cards 259 Rearrarigitig SceneS e eX ex Cue CR pe 260 Changing Fonts and Font Size 261 Printing Index Cards ose ue Pl PODER 262 Navigator RUN REPE UE EE 264 Additional Index Card Commands 265 Add New Card lA Rt ER I
106. ET ER RR GGATGAGUE E FE CREEK Y E ED Ra RR 265 Cards Across er eron iac iy a ta reine Vode rid SO dad a etg 265 Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Swap I 266 Split Horizontally Vertically sanum doi ad de awa rod o ne eR bl da oca Sa rp o 267 UnsSplit Panels sic ace eee She IEEE T 270 Swap Panels di ceo ee e Pardee dia ta CR es ee TY Ries pei rd ara eee 270 Additional Script Views and Panels Notes 270 SOLIDINOLeSC ua eos we deri reus ecu het eae SEN 271 Adding Inserting SeriptNotes os ccce vr E OE wen ved Pie vee DRE OUR Y OX cos 272 Managing ScriptNote Markers III 274 FINAL DRAFT 12 Table of Contents Spelling Ce Thesallls s acting Deu mms e ua a 277 Spell Checkihg ez mme ke ecu mee ken Rei Peek exte tl cans nn 278 Spelling Options 025 280 User Dictionary 22 ox Er t ee ERU aed e a b 281 Spell Checking with Contextual Menus 2 25 8 282 Thesaurus sse a EE UE a ada eg Aa ad Pe eee end 283 Additional Thesaurus Options 0 00 tenes 284 Foreign Language Spell Checkers and Thesauri 285 4 04 05 extare netu
107. FADE OUT Smooth gradual transition from complete blackness to a scene fade in gradual transition from a scene to complete blackness fade out Always typed out in full in capital letters File Computer term for a specific collection of computer data In Final Draft a file refers to a doc ument usually a script Film See Motion Picture Foreground f g The area of the scene objects or action which is closest to the camera Always abbreviated in lowercase letters with periods after each letter FREEZE FRAME Camera direction which is really an optical printing or other effect where a single frame is repeated over time to give the illusion that all action has stopped FINAL DRAFT 99 Tutorials Function Key Special keys on a computer keyboard labeled F1 though F12 that may have special commands assigned to them In Final Draft Function Keys have built in functions but the user can assign different commands to them if desired Gigabyte A unit of computer memory or storage composed of one billion bytes Hard Disk Hard Drive A fixed sealed device used to write store and retrieve computer data Header FD Text that appears at the top of a page such as page numbers Hold See Keep IJE Int Ext Refers to shots taken in both an interior and an exterior For example a police chase where we start inside a car and the camera moves outside the window when the character leans out to shoot a gun
108. FILM TELEVISION THEATER Final Draft User Guide PROFESSIONAL SCRIPTWRITING SOFTWARE Final Draft Just add words Disclaimer Final Draft Inc makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user is advised to test the program thoroughly before relying on it The user must assume the entire risk of using the program Any liability of the seller or manufacturer will be limited exclusively to the product replacement or refund of purchase price Refund of purchase price is limited to thirty days from the date of purchase Further Final Draft Inc reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the contents hereof without the obligation to notify any person of such revisions or changes Notices Final Draft User Guide Copyright 2006 by C amp M Software LLC All rights reserved part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical or otherwise without the prior written consent of C amp M Software LLC Final Draft Inc 26707 W Agoura Road Suite 205 Calabasas CA 91302 Telephone 818 995 8995 Fax 818 995 4422 URL www finaldraft com Written and designed by Frank C
109. Hunched over the desk staring intently at computer sits a WRITER ITER WR excited I sure hope ny bid for that old INDICATES MISSPELLED manuscript on eBay was accepted OR UNKNOWN WORD When Spelling Options are set Click the Close box The Spelling dialog will be closed FINAL DRAFT 281 Spelling amp Thesaurus User Dictionary The User Dictionary may have words added directly or have its contents modified Click the User Dictionary tab and the User Dictionary appears Initially it will be blank until words are added that you want Final Draft to learn Spell Check Options User Dictionary Dictionary entry To add a new word to the list 1 Click New The default name New word appears at the bottom of the list and in the text field 2 Click in the text field 3 Edit the default name Any changes will be reflected in the word in the list Note Words may also be entered directly during spell checking see above To change an existing entry in the list 1 Select the item to change The word appears in the text field above the list 2 Click in the text field 3 Edit the word Any changes will be reflected in the word in the list To delete an item from the list 1 Select the item to change 2 Click Delete The word is immediately deleted from the list there is no confirmation dialog FINAL DRAFT 282 Spelling amp Thesaurus Note Words are not listed i
110. IC 8 CONT 3 INTER 0 Release all keys Hold down the Ctrl Alt Shift keys Windows or the Option Shift keys Mac OS Additional macros for each of the number keys appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window 1 CUTTO 2 FADEIN 3 FADEQUT 4 FADETO 5 DISSLV 7 MATCHCUT 8 JUMPCUT 8 FBLACK 0 We want to continue the tutorial and start a new scene heading with the text EXT To add a scene heading beginning with EXT 15 Press the Ctrl 4 Alt keys Windows or the Option key Mac OS and then press 2 Press Tab Then press the letter D FINAL DRAFT 48 Tutorials The macro text is entered in the script EXT DARK OFFICE SmartType DAHK OFFICE The phrase EXT has been automatically entered SmartType has recalled the location DARK OFFICE which we entered previously in gray and the Location SmartType pop up appears There is only one entry because we have only entered one location so far The recalled scene heading is in gray because we haven t told Final Draft that we want the matching item In this case we don t We want to enter a new one and then we will use a different Macro to add the time of day 16 Type STUDIO LOT followed by Ctrl Alt 4 Windows or Option 4 Mac OS As soon as the letter S is typed the pop up disappears because SmartType cannot find a match for S in the list This allows us to enter a new location The
111. INAL DRAFT 91 Tutorials Transferring Files Between Computers on Internal Networks Because there are many different types of internal networks precise instructions for transfer ring files within each one cannot be provided here You will need to consult with your Network Administrator to learn the specific instructions for your network to transfer a file In general most networks will allow you to access the source computer or destination com puter on your computer s desktop Files can then be located and copied to the appropriate computer and folder Transferring Files With Email Another way to transfer files is by email Your computer must be previously set up to have internet access with all the accompanying hardware and software Once set all you need to know is the email address of the recipient and that they also have a copy of Final Draft Then choose the File Email command to send the file This method provides a shortcut to using your email program The script is sent as an attachment Note Some email programs and Internet service providers automatically zip compress file attachments Consult the Help Section of your email program or your Internet pro vider to disable compression if you are unfamiliar with how to use it FINAL DRAFT 92 Tutorials Don t Stop Here We have briefly explored many of Final Draft s basic features As you have learned there are many options for m
112. Indentation Refers to the left and right margins of a Final Draft document Insertion Point Refers to the blinking caret which appears where typed or inserted text will be placed in a Final Draft document Index Cards Views These views mimic the traditional way in which scripts have been developed fleshed out and annotated Each card contains one scene Cards are ordered in a left to right top to bottom fashion There are two sides to every card The Summary side initially is blank and is available for text to be entered for development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments locations blocking anything you feel is applicable The Script side contains the actual text of a particular scene Importing FD The process of converting translating information data from other computer programs so it can be used as part of a Final Draft document FINAL DRAFT 100 Tutorials Insert A shot within a scene which calls attention to a specific piece of information usually an inan imate object Installation FD The process of loading the Final Draft program and all associated files onto a computer so that they may be used Different from Activation Interior INT Scene Intro which indicates that a scene takes place or is supposed to take place indoors a set representing an indoor scene Always abbreviated in all capital letters Isolate Tight focus on an object or person Keep In production scripts refer
113. Larry Brody and accomplished playwright Jon Dorf In addition you can access and print the full text of the Writers Guild of America west s documents Creative Rights Handbook for Writers of Theatrical and Long Form Television Motion Pictures The Short Form and Long Form versions of The Writers Guild Standard Writing Services Theatrical Contracts and Televi sion Contracts As the cursors moves over certain portions of the text the text becomes highlighted Like an Internet web page click any highlighted text and additional windows of information appear When done click Exit and the program will be closed FINAL DRAFT 215 Help Menu Tip of the Day Read all the helpful tips Final Draft on the Web Get Technical Support Program Updates Submit Feedback Choose any of these items to launch your Internet browser and connect to the selected page on Final Draft s website x For technical support the Online Knowledge Base is available 24 hours a day 7 days Gin a week This is the first place to go to get information when you have questions Register Online Register your copy of Final Draft over the Internet See the Getting Started section for details Activate Deactivate You can activate your computer to run Final Draft without restrictions on your computer Once activated you may deactivate it so that the activation can activate a different computer This can be accomplished online or over the phone
114. NT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGH Bow FINAL DRAFT 265 Panels Additional Index Card Commands These options are available for both Summary and Script Index Cards Add New Card This command is only enabled when either of the Index Cards views is chosen Select it to add a new card scene after the currently selected card scene If no card scene is selected the new card will be added at the beginning of the script Cards Across This command is only enabled when either of the Index Cards views is chosen It allows a spe cific number of columns of cards to be displayed horizontally The maximum is nine cards Default is two NOTE Keep in mind that the more cards that are displayed the smaller the cards will appear eoo BiggerTop fdr f BiggerTop fdr _ 1EXT FASTFOODRESTAURANT DAY pi 3 INT KITCHEN CONTINUOUS p4 1 EXT FAST F p1 3 INT KITCHE 1 2 INT FAST F 2 4 INT FBI HEA p 2 An establishing shot black suits for the two men establishing black suits for the maybe we should we need to shot see Jack in explore the maybe this scene moves 100 quickly could we slow this down a bit 5 INT JACK S 3 6 INT FBI HEA p 3 7 INT PATTY 5 8 INSERT TEL p 7 2 INT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT DAY p2 4 INT FBI HEADQUARTERS NEWYORK p
115. NT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 1 2 7 BRYAN SERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM 1 OCCURRENCE INT ilj INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 1 P 1 BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS 1 OCCURRENCE I ilj I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 1 P 2 BRYAN S5 CAR SUBURBAN STREET 1 OCCURRENCE ilj I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 1 P 3 FINAL DRAFT 176 Tools Menu Character Report Contains the scene numbers if any scene headings character extensions parentheticals and complete dialogue for a character It will also indicate if the character has any monologues of more than 100 words To create a Character Report 1 2 3 Choose Tools Reports Character Report and the Character Report dialog appears Character Report Select a character BRYAN ROCHELLE BOB BETTY ANDY Font Courier Final Draft Choose the character to included by selecting the character s Choose the font to be used and click OK OUT4LIFE CHARACTER REPORT FOR BRYAN APPEARANCE SUMMARY BRYAN speaks 17 times 70 for a total of 289 words 84 BRYAN interacts most with BETTY SCENES amp DIALOGUE Scene INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY P 1 2 BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan time to make some money BRYAN Michelle Michelle BRYAN Sorry Listen you ve gotta go I have to get ready for work S
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117. Return to accept the item 7 Type The office is dark Hunched over the desk staring intently at a computer sits a WRITER Press twice to go to a new Character Element 8 Type WRITER Press Tab 9 Type excited Press Enter Return As you can see when you are in a Parenthetical Element Final Draft automatically enters parentheses for you And you do not have to move or type beyond the parenthesis in order to be able to press Enter Return to change to a Dialogue Element 10 Type I sure hope my bid for that old manuscript on eBay was accepted As you typed Final Draft has automatically placed the text in proper script format Your screen should appear as INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT The Office is dark Hunched over the desk staring intently at a computer sits a WRITER WRITER excited I sure hope my bid for that old manuscript on eBay was accepted INDICATES MISSPELLED OR UNKNOWN WORD FINAL DRAFT 45 Tutorials Note The text you have entered appears in 12 point Courier Final Draft This Courier font was specially designed for use with Final Draft It provides a Courier font that is better thicker and spaced properly for screenplay use than the standard Courier or Courier New fonts As an added benefit it looks identical on Windows and Macintosh computers WARNING The reliance on Courier font 12 point size plain text style represents a A holdover from the old days in what is t
118. Select a button and the description appears For example Description Insert a new bookmark at the current selection Keyboard Tab Contains options for setting shortcut keys for all the menu commands To check or set shortcuts 1 Select a menu command from the list Documents Insert Bookmark for example Customize Toolbars Buttons Keyboard Commands Assigned shortcuts Reset All Bold Document Bookmarks Document Header and Footer Document Insert Bookmark Document Insert Label Document Insert ScriptNote Document Macros Document Mores and Continueds Document Page Layout New Document ScriptNotes Document SmantType Delet Document Title Page Description The current shortcut if any appears in the Assigned Shortcuts area A brief explanation appears in the Description area 2 Click Delete to remove an existing shortcut 3 Click New and the Assign Shortcut dialog appears Assign Shortcut Press new shortcut key Cis None FINAL DRAFT 303 Toolbars 4 Press the key combination for the new shortcut It appears in the text area similar to Assign Shortcut Press new shortcut key 0157 Current Assignment Unassigned If the combination is currently assigned to another command a warning notice will appear in the dialog similar to Current Assignment File Save 5 Click OK The new shortcut appears in the Assigned Shortcuts area To set the co
119. Split Vertically Command 69 142 267 Swap Command 145 Swap Panels 270 Toolbars Command Customize 300 Toolbars Submenu 146 Toolbars Submenu Mac 05 307 CUSTOMIZE a sucesos buone er 308 Toolbars Submenu Windows 299 UnSplit Command 145 270 Zoom 50 134 255 Zoom 146 Wide Shot dy he tds 106 Window Menu Bring All to Front Command Mac OS 212 Cascade Command Windows 212 Minimize Window Command Mac OS 212 Tile Command Windows 212 Zoom Command Mac 05 212 WiDndOWS hows aes cnra 20 Installation 20 Start Programs Menu 21 Starting Final Draft 23 30 37 Starting 321 Windows 20 Windows Menu Tile 212 FINAL DRAFT 356 Index Windows XP ote DES 20 Starting Final Draft 23 Wipez Ces Porc dled ean 106 Writers Guild of America west 123 214 WYSIWYG Font Menus Preference Mac 05 111 Z Zoom 50 134 255 Zoo
120. Strike out Revision mark Mark Revision Style When entering revised text see Revision Mode below or Marking revised text see next topic the revised text will have the characteristics and color of the active Revision Style indicated by the name in the Active Revision pop up area Every Revision Style has its own set of charac teristics One benefit of having multiple revision styles is that it is easy to differentiate between recent revisions and earlier ones When the script is printed the revised text will be printed in its designated typestyle and color if a color printer is used The only initial difference between the default Revision Styles is their name and color FINAL DRAFT 201 Production Menu To change the active Revision Style Select the style desired from the Active Revision set pop up To change the characteristics of a revision style Click the desired revision style and its characteristics appear To change the color of the selected revision style 1 Click the color swatch Windows The standard Windows Color Palette appears Choose a color or click Other and the standard Color Picker appears Mac OS The standard Color Picker will appear 2 Choose the color desired and click OK The new color will be displayed as the color swatch To change the typestyle of the selected revision style Click the checkbox of the typestyle desired Multiple typestyles may be used at one time
121. T FINAL DRAFT 269 Panels 3 Choose a different panel if desired by choosing View Index Card or View Navigator Navigator in the following example Out4Life fdr gt INT BRYAN LERNER T BEDROOM DAY Em 0E gt EXT STREET OUTSID S APARTMENT DAY BRYAN S CAR P PHIA STREETS DAY BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY I E BRYAN S CAR S BAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT BRYAN LERNER S APART INT HOUSE IN SAYE LE KITCHEN DUSK HANC ae INT ANDY RIGHTMA IVING ROOM NIGHT the CAMERA pulls back rev pictures of the same young various male friends AD of the dresser In the ba an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furni large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros clothes jeans t shirts single mattress with no bo SPLITTER telephone and several op New Jersey Lying on the bed in his un man from the pictures He slender of average height dark complexion Sharing a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the clo finally finds it and hits off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up 8 BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan money He grabs the remote contro switches off the TV and ge BRYAN Michelle Miche ROCHE It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen have to get reac Bryan rises from the bed puts
122. T p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY VE BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET D p 2 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY p 3 1 Click select the Summary Card where text is to be added The Insertion Point will appear on the card SELECTED SUMMARY CARD VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREET p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 INSERTION POINT VE BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET D p 2 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY p 3 2 Type in any text TEXT ADDED TO SUMMARY CARD VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREET p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 TEXT ENTERED possible product placement with fast food chair VE BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET D p 2 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY p 3 FINAL DRAFT 259 Panels Editing Scene Headings on Summary Cards ven NOTE Scene Headings be added or edited on Script Cards too To edit a scene heading on a Summary Card BEFORE EDITING f Out4Life fdr INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM p EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY p 2 Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms Location 123 Main Street look clean Alert product placement team about fast food Dialogue needs adjusting flat hamburgers tag Cutlass Supreme 1 C
123. The new color will be displayed as the color swatch Options Click the Page Layout dialog Options tab and the following appears Line Spacing pop up menu Very Tight Tight Normal amp Loose Controls how tightly the lines of text are spaced together on the page Typographers and designers refer to this as leading As a result the length of the script will vary depending on the setting chosen Default is Normal For example a 100 page script with Normal line spacing will typically become Approximately 88 pages when set to Very Tight Approximately 94 pages when set to Tight Approximately 109 pages when set to Loose Enable Smart Quotes Instructs Final Draft that when either the or keys are used to use the special left quote or right quote depending upon which is correct for the specific situation Default is disabled Break Dialogue and Action at Sentences Instructs Final Draft to not disrupt a sentence in Dialogue and Action paragraphs with a Page Break whenever possible Default is enabled FINAL DRAFT 156 Document Menu Automatic Cast List Generation The Cast List feature is used in sitcoms to list which characters appear in a scene This informa tion is normally placed directly below the Scene Heading For example INT RADIO STATION DAY Cast List Niles Roz Frasier FRASIER BROWSES THROUGH THE PAPER To generate a Cast List for each scene 1 Create an Element to conta
124. VING ROOM NIGHT The Navigator view provides a consolidated linear top to bottom ordering of the scenes The scene s Scene Heading and Scene Number if any are displayed In addition if any text has been entered in the Summary Card of a scene the summary text may be viewed 5 Select click the second scene EXT STREET then Windows click the plus sign or Mac OS click the right pointing arrow and the screen appears as INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY Location 123 Main Street I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT Let s return to the script 6 Choose View gt Script Page View FINAL DRAFT You can have two panels on screen at once 7 Choose View Split Vertically A second panel containing the script is added and the screen now appears similar to 69 Tutorials f Out4Life fdr INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTME The CAMERA opens up on a pl the CAMERA pulls back reve pictures of the same young various male friends A D of the dresser In the bac an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furnis large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros clothes jeans t shirts single
125. Writer session 1 Choose Tools CollaboWriter Host Session The Host Session dialog appears Enter your name in the appropriate field Erik in the example CollaboWriter Host Session Enter your name for the chat session If the default port is unavailable please contact your Internet Provider or network administrator for an open port to use during this session IP Address 172 16 30 110 NTERNET ADDRESS OF ENTER NAME Name Erik THE HOST COMPUTER Port 5001 Cancel The IP Address field indicates the computer s Internet address It is always given as four sets of numbers separated by three periods 172 16 30 114 in this example This is the address that all the other writers must have in order to CollaboWrite FIREWALL NOTE The address shown may be inaccurate Contact the person in your orga nization responsible for maintaining your network The Port field contains the network port used by the computer 5001 in this example Unless you know a different port to use keep the default setting of 5001 Change the Port number only if you know that there is some conflict with another piece of software and you know a different available port number For most users this port should work just fine FINAL DRAFT 312 CollaboWriter 2 Click OK when done The CollaboWriter chat window appears for example INDICATES INTERNET CollaboWriter
126. Y CLICKING THEIR COLUMN HEADING SCRIPT ORDER BUTTON COLUMN Save Changes Sort by ds Order HEADINGS Int Ext Set Day Night Len 2 STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 0 1 8 7 INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK 3 2 3 8 6 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK 2 0 4 8 4 I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 2 0 1 8 5 I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 2 0 2 8 3 I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 2 0 1 8 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 1 7172 8 8 INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 5 0 4 8 2 Click the Sort by Script Order button or Click the column heading to return the Scene List to script order The screen appears as ave ig Reveal All Elements Set 4 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 1 1278 Cast Members 2 STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 0 1 8 Est s BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 2 0 1 8 4 1 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 2 0 1 8 Stunts 5 BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 2 0 2 8 Vehicles 6 HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK 2 0 4 8 17 HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK 3 2 3 8 INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 5 0 4 8 Special Eff FINAL DRAFT 326 Tagger Tagging Elements To tag an element that is in the script 1 Select the text to be tagged similar to INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY
127. YAN to himself Wake nn Rrvan time t make enma BRYAN ROCHELLE Add im C Element ADD ELEMENT BUTTON FINAL DRAFT 330 Tagger The Add Element dialog appears Add an element Create new element TEENS BLANK ADD enbar ELEMENT FIELD Extras or choose an Element from the list CURRENT CATEGORY Notice that the Add Element field is blank 2 the text desired for the element in the Add Element field 3 Make sure the current Category is correct and click OK The confirmation dialog appears etc and the element will be tagged in the scene even though it does not appear in the script To delete a tagged element from a scene 1 Make sure the correct scene is selected 2 Select the item in the Elements List similar to Element F SELECTED ELEMENT isai 1 Add Element Clear Element CLEAR ELEMENT BUTTON 3 Click the Clear Element button 4 Aconfirmation dialog appears 5 Choose whether to clear the element for the current scene or all scenes The item will be removed immediately from the list The element s text will no longer appear in the category s color FINAL DRAFT 331 Tagger To edit a tagged element or change its category As an example a vehicle may be called red Corvette in the script but you want it to be named Jeff s Car in the breakdown sheets SELECTED ELEMENT Double click the item in the Elements List The Element Info d
128. a dy Vp 342 Other Keyboard Shortcuts nee 342 Special Keys cei e ner ReTeu e EIE EP MER rA EET nb eas 342 Numeric Keypads is e 343 eere DR er ERE EUR en e RITU RO RR 343 Context Menus eimi eer RE EBENEN INO ENE TAPA LS 344 ERU VE uer Par E a ad RS PETAT 344 1nd Cete La ELE ELE US 345 MacOS cueste e reg Rep UR UE Gee oe EU ea Ge a 346 FINAL DRAFT 14 Table of Contents Getting Started Getting Started Introduction How to install Final Draft on your computer and launch it The differences between Final Draft and previous versions FINAL DRAFT 16 Getting Started Introduction Welcome to Final Draft the world s premiere scriptwriting software Behind its easy to use interface is a host of powerful scriptwriting and production features Final Draft can take you smoothly from idea to outline to first draft to final draft to production script Final Draft was designed with the help of industry professionals who create the movies and television shows we all watch It understands the correct formats for screenplays sitcoms and stage plays With Final Draft you ll be able to concentrate on your writing instead of on how your material is laid out on the page The program automatically
129. a page by page basis throughout the script For example writing standards for sitcom and episodic television require that the act number and or scene number appear in the Header at the top of each page If the text in the Header was not changeable then separate files would be needed for each act which would ensure the proper act number would appear at the top of each page This problem is solved by using Labels When Act is completed the insertion of a Label with Act II as the label text ensures that the requirements are met To insert a Label 1 Position the insertion point in the script where the label text should be placed 2 Choose Document Insert Label The Label dialog appears 4 Click OK If the insertion is not at the top of the page the label text will appear in the Header and Footer beginning with the following page For example for this setup FINAL DRAFT 246 Header amp Footer Label Revision TINI NAM EE Favorite Sitcom and with the current page containing the label text above the Header would appear in the script as My Favorite Sitcom Act II 5 To go to a Label 1 Choose Edit Goto 2 Select Header Labels from the Goto list Windows or Goto pop up menu Mac 05 3 Click the Next or Previous button The script scrolls to the Label s location The Label dialog appears To change the label text 1 Use Edit gt G
130. able of Contents Getting Helps C 59 Expert eus ua Eee te v eI ED re nED TR Re dea as 59 Using the Format Assistant 0 cece IH n 61 Previewing the Script Before Printing 63 Printing the UM LE EUR RR ERR 63 Comparing Scripts ic ies ke uei rec ec eec wed ex eee RR ebd aree Fed rapidos 64 Scene Numbering d rS PP PR Let wt t e PE dte trt 65 Panels zucca exe E rece HE deis aided bambi d ere ie d ute 66 Adjusting Element Indentations e HH 74 Text Document eds deter esr eres ee e e e e e e pals GO ae E 76 Text to Speeches esr ADS pee bere Pacis 77 Auto Save and Auto Backup eem 81 Production Features Overview 1 0 0 diud e mne 84 Additional sia pO a hada AG OR ERREUR HR da E CE epa 88 Making Backups eve C OD OR Eae pad 88 Tracking Versions ice scetur ee ek Co EORR C 89 Transferring Final Draft Documents Between 89 Manually Transferring Between Computers 90 Transferring Files Between Computers on Internal 5 92 Transferring Files With Email 92 E Stop Hefe iem em od Be ela EXE eee eed cand e x veh
131. aft s Format Assistant on the script to find and eliminate these unwanted returns and spaces IMPORTANT NOTE After you have tagged the script and exported it to your scheduling software we strongly recommend that before you begin work you proof the page counts indicated by the scheduling program against the actual script FINAL DRAFT 320 Tagger FINAL DRAFT 321 Tagger Launching Tagger Note Tagger is installed when Final Draft 7 is installed IMPORTANT NOTE Jagger can be only be launched on a computer that has an activated copy of Final Draft 7 or higher installed on it Windows 1 Click the Start button Choose Programs from the Start menu or Windows Programs 2 Choose Final Draft Tagger from the Programs submenu Macintosh 1 Open the Final Draft Tagger folder 2 Open launch Final Draft Tagger An empty Tagger window appears EE Ba REVEALJHIDE ALL Reveal Al Elements 7 ELEMENTS Int Ext Set Day Night Pg Len Category SCENE LIST CATEGORY LIST ZURRENT SCENE ELEMENT LIST FINAL DRAFT 322 Tagger Managing Elements The best way to explain and explore Tagger and its features is to tag a script We will use the tutorial Out4Life script as an example Feel free to use your own script instead make sure you use a backup As is usually the case before elements are tagged the scenes in the script should be numbered Numbering Scenes 1 Op
132. aking the typing of repeated phrases and correct placement of screenplay elements effortless and easy Keep in mind that there is usually more than one way to accomplish a typing or formatting task Adding a new paragraph of any type can be done by using the Tab and Enter Return keys using the Control Command element shortcuts or by invoking a Macro We suggest you take time to play with Final Draft Feel free to experiment using a copy of the sample Out4Life script or with one of your own Explore all of Final Draft s menus and features so that you will be able to make educated choices about how to use Final Draft most effectively for the way you work You will find that Final Draft is packed with many powerful and useful features not covered in this section We encourage you to read all the sections of the Final Draft User s Guide The complete Final Draft User Guide is located in your Final Draft 7 folder in Adobe Acrobat PDF format You may find these features invaluable as you develop write and eventually rewrite your scripts You can certainly write a complete properly formatted script using just the basic tech niques discussed here but realize that this tutorial merely scratches the surface of Final Draft s power to help you write more effortlessly than ever before The sections of the User Guide include Menus explains all of Final Draft s menu commands Elements describes how to modify the standard script elements an
133. al Element to the right Press Enter Return to create a new Element that usually follows the current Element Tab Tab cycles through the Elements to the right of their relative position on a script page To switch to another Element from a blank Element From Scene Heading to Action Tab to Character to Transition and Tab back to Scene Heading If any text has been typed in an Element pressing Tab is the same as pressing Enter Return see below except in the case of a Character Following industry standard guidelines once a Char acter is typed it must be followed by either a Parenthetical or Dialogue Element If a Character is typed or auto entered with Smart Type press Tab to cycle only through the character related Elements Type or auto enter a Character Tab to Parenthetical Tab to Dialogue If a Dialogue is typed Tab to Parenthetical Tab to Dialogue This is true whether the Parenthetical is blank or not If you do not type either a Parenthetical or Dialogue Tab will keep switching between them until either one gets some text or Enter Return is pressed ag Tip Press Shift Tab to cycle through the Elements in reverse order FINAL DRAFT 41 Tutorials Enter Return Key As a writer you normally use the Enter Return key when you have finished a paragraph In Final Draft this is essentially true as well The Enter Return key is used when you have finishe
134. al key a combination of typed characters or keys a menu choice or a mouse action Continued s At a Scene Break used to indicate a scene has not been completed at the end of a page at the page break and the beginning of the next page At a Dialogue Break used to indicate a char acter s speech has not been completed at the end of a page and that the speech is a continua tion of one from the previous page Cover Page See Title Page FINAL DRAFT 97 Tutorials Courier Computer font that most closely simulates typewriter type Most submitted scripts are written in Courier Because a screenplay s appearance is important the use of any other font is not advised Cursor An on screen pointer that follows the movements of the computer s mouse CUT CUT TO Instantaneous transition change from a scene or a shot or another person to another Always typed in capital letters Dialogue A character s speech a conversation between two or more people an Element in Final Draft Dialogue Breaks When dialogue spills over one page onto the next because of its length and has to be split into sections The phrase MORE indicates there is additional dialogue to follow on the next page and the phrase CONT D appears at the top of the page indicating the dialogue is con tinuing from the preceding page Dissolve Transition from one scene which fades out as another simultaneously fades in Dissolves are also used to indi
135. and Transitions Element SmartType enables as few letters as are needed to be typed to match the desired name or phrase in the appropriate SmartType list The rest of the name is then entered by Final Draft Note The Scene Intro Location and Time SmartType lists are used to enter portions of Scene Headings For example INT PENTHOUSE APARTMENT NIGHT SCENE INTRO LOCATION TIME SCENE HEADING SEPARATORS The characters used to separate sections of the Scene Heading can be changed if desired Extensions appear after a Character to indicate where the speech is coming from off screen voice over etc For example CHARACTER EXTENSION V O When the bulls were released ran as fast as we could Extensions are always abbreviated in all capital letters and enclosed in parentheses Note The Scene Intros Time Extensions and Transitions SmartType lists include a few standard items as a default FINAL DRAFT 231 SmartType Entering SmartType Items in the Script Note By default all SmartType lists are initially active see Options below to learn how to disable SmartType lists The Character SmartType List from the sample script Out4life is used as an example in the fol lowing see the Tutorials section All the functions described are applicable to the Extensions Locations Times and Transitions SmartType List
136. and open a script written in Final Draft version 6 06 or higher IMPORTANT NOTE Erroneous or inadvertent Enter and Tab commands in a script may not be visible or affect how the script looks but can affect Tagger s ability to record accurate page counts Because page counts are critical in scheduling and budgeting we strongly recommend that before you import a script into Tagger you run Final Draft s Format Assistant on the script to find and eliminate these unwanted returns and spaces Open Tag File Choose this command to open an existing Final Draft Tagger file Close If any changes have been made since the last time the script was saved 1 Choose File Close and the Save Changes dialog appears 2 Click Yes Windows or Save Mac OS to save all changes Save Saves any changes made since the last save When a Tagger file is saved for the first time the steps are identical to File Save As see next topic Save As Allows a copy of the current Tagger file to be saved under a different name or to a different location This command is also used to assign a name to a new Tagger file 1 Choose File gt Save As and the standard Save dialog appears 2 Navigate to where the file is to be saved FINAL DRAFT 336 Tagger 3 Type in the name for the Tagger file in the text field 4 Click Save Import Revisions This command allows you to add any revisions that have been made to a script to a previously tagged file
137. any of the Actors and click Preview The Actor will introduce him herself To change the Voice assigned to an Actor 5 Select a voice from the Voice pop up menu 6 Adjust the Pitch and Speed using the slider controls 7 Click Preview to hear the adjusted voice You can also create new Actors or delete them To assign a Character to an Actor 8 Click the Character tab 9 Click on one Character 10 Click the Actor to speak the Character s lines Click Preview to listen to the Actor s voice FINAL DRAFT 79 Tutorials The Narrator has been assigned to read the non speaking Elements of the script To set the Actor s for the Narrator and to set which Elements he she reads 11 Click the Narrator tab and the following appears Assign Voices Characters Narrator Actors Narrator voice Narrator reads Man1 General n 2 1 Scene Heading oman Woman 2 Action Character Parenthetical Dialogue Transition Old Woman Shot Preview 12 Click the Actor whose voice will be used for Narrator 13 Check the Elements which will be read by the Narrator By default the Narrator is set to read all elements except Character and Dialogue 14 When all Characters have been assigned to an Actor click OK To have the script read from the beginning 15 Scroll to the beginning of the script and click the insertion point 16 Choose Tools gt Speech Control and the
138. appears 2 Click Yes Windows or Save Mac OS to save all changes before closing the script Save Saves any changes made since the last save It is enabled only when a change has been made to the script When a script is being saved for the first time the steps are identical to File gt Save As see next topic Save As Allows a copy of the current script to be saved under a different name or to a different loca tion This command is also used to assign a name to a new script that was created with File New or when a non Final Draft file is opened which creates an unnamed script 1 Choose File gt Save As and the standard Save dialog appears FINAL DRAFT 117 File Menu 2 Navigate to where the file is to be saved 3 Type in the name for the script in the text field 4 Choose the file type Final Draft Document default May be opened by Final Draft 5 6 or 7 Windows or Macintosh all formatting saved fdr extension Text Only Standard plain text file with no formatting txt extension Text Only with Layout Plain text file that uses spaces to simulate script format txt extension HTML World Wide Web Internet format html extension Rich Text Format Creates a Microsoft Word compatible file including all paragraph indentations and ele ment styles MS Word and other word processors can read and edit the file in a script like form rtf extension Movie Magic File can be imported into Movi
139. appropriate text field Font Indicates the current font and size setting that the Mores and Continueds will use when they are displayed and printed Default is Courier Final Draft 12 To set Font attributes 1 Click Set Font The standard font dialog for your computer and operating system appears 2 any changes desired and click OK When finished Click OK to have any changes applied in the script FINAL DRAFT 160 Document Menu Title Page Displays the Title Page template Name of Project Name of First Writer Based on If ny Revisions by Names of Subsequent Writers in Order of Work Performed Current Revisions by Current Writer date This template was developed from guidelines published by the Writers Guild of America The Title Page is a Text Document with most menu commands available including File Print Edit the template s information to include all the information desired for the current script When File Print is chosen there is an option to also include the Title Page at the same time Default is disabled WINDOWS 1 _172 16 30 58 Comment Print range Copies Print all pages in range Print even pages only Print odd pages only Number of copies Pages Which 1 OS Print f AI 0 Revised Pages Only Print Revisions In Color M scan for O Odd Pages Only C Back To Front
140. ark s location The paragraph containing the Bookmark is selected The Bookmarks dialog remains active To delete a Bookmark 1 Select the Bookmark name 2 Click the Delete button The Bookmark is removed from the list 3 Click OK to apply any changes to the script FINAL DRAFT 165 Document Menu ScriptNotes Contains items relating to ScriptNotes which are pop up note windows that can contain ideas suggestions notes or script fragments ScriptNotes do not take up space in the script ScriptNotes Marker name Marker appearance Important Symbol UBI TC MEN E Information coo 7 Suggestion New Delete Active marker 1 Important M The ScriptNote Marker that is chosen in the Active Marker area will be used when Document gt Insert ScriptNote is chosen For more information see the ScriptNotes section Insert Bookmark Sets a new Bookmark placeholder To insert a new Bookmark 1 Place the insertion point within the paragraph or select a word or a block of text you want to Bookmark In the following example the insertion point is in a paragraph that begins Bryan enters the house Bryan enters the house Wipes his feet and closes the door behind him he follows Bob down the hall he gestures upwards with his hands and eyes as if saying why 2 2 Choose Document gt Insert Bookmark and the New Bookmark dialog appears The first few words up to 32 c
141. ars ready for you to begin typing FINAL DRAFT 31 Getting Started Activation Registration and Deactivation FAQ What is product activation Product activation is an anonymous and hassle free process that authenticates licensed Final Draft users The process verifies that the customer number is legitimate and has not been acti vated on more systems than allowed by the Final Draft End User License Agreement What happens during product activation Your Customer Number is authenticated by the Final Draft activation system to activate your copy of Final Draft The entire activation process is quick and easy whether over the Internet or over the phone How soon must activate my product You must activate your product within 15 days after you first install it What happens if don t activate my product If you don t activate your product by the 15th day after you first install it it will stop working until you do activate it If don t have a Customer Number to activate my software how can I get one A Customer Number is included with your purchase It can be found in your Final Draft pack age or in your Digital Order Email if you have the electronic download version If you do not have a number please call Final Draft Sales at 1 818 995 8995 international toll fees may apply How do activate my product You can activate your product 24 hours a day seven days a week either online via the Internet or by callin
142. ator text area 3 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 240 SmartType Header and Footer Header and Footer Include additional information on every page FINAL DRAFT 242 Header amp Footer Every Final Draft document can contain a Header which appears and is printed at the top of each page and a Footer which appears and is printed at the bottom of each page The Header and Footer may contain custom text the page number today s date the scene number a spe cial label and the current revision The look of the Header and Footer may be customized to suit the needs of the script Note Scripts usually do not contain a Footer In the following the Header is used as an example Every function is also available for the Footer adjustments to the Header and Footer are made in the Header and Footer window To view the Header and Footer window Choose Document Header and Footer The Header and Footer window appears defaulting to the Header tab Header and Footer Header Footer Options Page Date Scene Label Revision PAGE NUMBER _ SYMBOL The default Header contains just the page number Notice that there is a period typed after the symbol If it was not manually entered none would appear In a script the default Header appears similar to PAGE NUMBER WITH PERIOD FINAL DRAFT 243 Header amp Footer
143. bar Choose the View Toolbars Toolbar Visible The Toolbar either disappears or reappears and the script window resizes accordingly A check mark indicates that a Toolbar is active Detaching and Resizing the Toolbar To make the Toolbar a floating palette Click and drag the Toolbar to the desired location For example f Out4Life fdr EH 30 85 7 3 4 Seeders INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY ed esr The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several nictures of the same vound man some with eel Ca ad ay G B 1 Scene Heading 3 To resize the Toolbar Click and drag the resize handle The Toolbar buttons move appropriately but retain their order To return the Toolbar to its default position Click and drag the Toolbar above the script window and adjust the script FINAL DRAFT 308 Toolbars Customize To create a customized Toolbar 1 Choose View Toolbars Customize Toolbar The Toolbar Editor dialog appears e Toolbar Editor Drag your favorite items into the toolbar or drag items back into the list below to remove them from the toolbar Separator 0 amp Print Preview ABC Strikeout 9 Uppercase ig Thesaurus d Find and Replace Use Default Set Remove All 2 Click and drag a Toolbar item from the Toolbar into the dialog window The selected ite
144. big beatup green 1979 Cutlass Supreme He sits down puts on his seat belt and unbuttons the top button of his pants He grabs a piece of chewing gum off the dash and throws the foil in the back seat which is full of newspapers and take out bags from McDonalds and Burger King VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREET p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY To change the font font size of Index Cards Choose Format Font Windows or s Format gt Font or Font Size Mac OS The cards will be displayed in the selected font and size For example INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTME p 1 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S p 2 The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several pictures of the same young man some with girls some with various male friends A Daily Racing Form hangs off the edge of the dresser In the FONT SizE CHANGED He crosses the street and gets into his big beat up green 1979 Cutlass Supreme He sits down puts on his seat belt and unbuttons the top button of his pants He grabs a piece of chewing gum off the dash and throws the foil in the back seat which is full of newspapers VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHI p 2 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAYp 2 INT BRYAN LERNER S AP p 1 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BR p 2 Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms look clean
145. bjection to jurisdiction or venue or based on forum non conveniens or similar doctrines Copyright 2005 LLC Copyright 2005 Final Draft Inc rights reserved rev091306 FINAL DRAFT 5 Table of Contents Started iin eeri 15 Introduction ee See ET edt rct eee oie set lana weap aan 16 The Final Draft Package sssssssesssssseese eee Im 17 Installation Launch Registration and Activation Overview 19 Installation tute eil scu wd ees ee e ae en dris 20 Va TITO ol REPETIT 20 care ene ume peo es 22 Launching Final Draft for the First Time Registration Activation and Deactivation 23 MIDI OWS si zer vo seco e une tds feast Pan Sones bray 23 D e 23 ACTIVATION c eee EM ENIM ie ERES 24 Online Activation 0 RR Rr 24 ManuabAetivation RED al at canteen re th e e e ede 25 ase oie Reese T RE LEES SEPURU EFE fis Pal RE 26 Deactivation mr EAE Ree wong D e EE 28 Online Deactivation RRRIRRRRRIRRIRRRRRRR RR hrs 28 Manual Deactivation iue eee eee EU uu RI Lr eU MER EUR NER ERE 29 Launching Final Draft After the First Time
146. c OS combination is used to insert a new element Pressing Ctrl Shift Windows or Command Option Mac OS is used to reformat the current paragraph FINAL DRAFT 344 Shortcuts amp Menus Context Menus When the Context right mouse button is pressed Windows or the mouse button Control key Mac OS are pressed special context menus appear Click the right mouse button mouse button Control key on a word that Final Draft thinks is misspelled and alternatives will appear in a list Click the right mouse button mouse button Control key in a character paragraph to add or change Extensions Windows only Shift F10 also brings up the context menu Windows only When the context menu is displayed each item has one underlined character Pressing the corresponding key will invoke the command This way context menus can be used directly from the keyboard without a mouse SmartType Right Arrow for Match Completion If you are in a Character Extension Location Time or Transition and have typed in some text that matches information in the appropriate list pressing the Right Arrow key will complete the match that is it will put the suggested text into the script and place the insertion point at the end of the paragraph First Letter Method of Finding the Desired Text When at the beginning of a Character Extension Location Time or Transition pressing the same first letter e g i i i wil
147. cate a lapse of time and or of place Disk Diskettes Disc A form of removable magnetic storage used to transfer store information from a computer DOLLY IN DOLLY OUT Camera movement towards or away from a subject involving physical movement of the cam era Always typed in capital letters Drama A story of adventure or conflict told through a series of related events Drag and Drop Computer process of using a mouse to select and move text a single word or entire pages from one location to another without having to use the commands Cut and Paste Drive The part of a computer used to read and write data FINAL DRAFT 98 Tutorials Effects See Sound Effects Special Effects Elements FD The types of paragraphs styles used in a screenplay Scene Heading Action Character Par enthetical Dialogue Transition and Shot Exporting The process of converting translating a Final Draft document so the information in it may be used in other computer programs Exterior EXT Scene Intro which indicates that a scene takes place or is supposed to take place outside Always abbreviated in all capital letters EXTREME CLOSE UP E C U Camera shot that is extremely close to a subject used to emphasize some particular detail Always typed out in full in capital letters EXTREME LONG SHOT Camera shot usually taken from a long distance away from the subject Always typed out in full in capital letters FADE IN
148. cated a message will appear to indicate that it was not found To find the next occurrence of the same text Click Find Next again Use the History pop up menu to view a list of the last ten words or phrases that were requested To transfer one of the words in the History pop up to the Find What text field Select the desired word from the History menu It will appear the Find What text field To Replace the Find text 1 Enter the text to be used as a replacement for the Find text in the Replace text field 2 Click Replace or Replace The text that was found will be replaced with the text in the Replace text field Replace Searches the script and replaces all occurrences of the text that is being searched A WARNING Be careful when using Replace All it cannot be undone NE Additional options Down Windows Forwards Mac OS Searches begin at the insertion point and go to the end of the document FINAL DRAFT 131 Edit Menu Up Windows Backwards Mac OS Searches begin at the insertion point and go to the beginning of the document Whole Words Only Searches for matches in complete not partial words only Match Case Searches need to match upper and lower case letters exactly Search Searches may exclude certain types of element paragraphs To access additional Search in options Windows 1 Click More The Search in options appear Search in V General Scene Heading v Act
149. cene I E BRYAH S CAR TORNPIKE DAY P 3 BRYAN No FINAL DRAFT 177 Tools Menu Cast Report Contains each character and how many times they appear To create a Cast Report 1 Choose Tools Reports Cast Report and the Cast Report dialog appears Cast Report Select which character information to include v Number of speaking scenes Total scene appearances Total dialogues Sort report by Alphabetical order Font Courier Final Draft 2 Choose the parameters desired 3 Choose the font to be used and click OK OUTALIFE CAST REPORT Character Speaking scenes Total scenes ANDY 1 1 BETTY 1 1 BOB 2 2 BRYAN 6 6 ROCHELLE 1 1 Script Report Contains the text from specified elements presented in screenplay format To create a Script Report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Script Report and the Script Report dialog appears Script Report Script Elements to include Generate report in Script document amp Text document Action Character Parenthetical Dialogue Transition Shot lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Font Courier Final Draft OK Cancel 2 Choose the elements to be included by checking them A checkmark indicates which elements will be included FINAL DRAFT 178 Tools Menu Choosing all the Elements will generate a report that is exactly the
150. ces at it sees that he is late 8 Choose File gt Save As and save the script under another name like Out4Life2 in a location that makes sense for you 9 Launch Tagger see above 10 Choose File Import Script 11 Navigate to where you just saved the Out4Life2 script Click Open The screen now appears with the first scene selected as QUICK SAVE BUTTON ELI IIS Out4Life2 fdr Reveal All Elements Y Int Ext Set Day Night Len Category INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 1 12 8 4Cast Members EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 01 8 Extras I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 2 0 1 8 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 2 01 8 Stunts I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 2 02 8 Vehicles EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK 2 0 4 8 Props INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK 3 2 3 8 T25 INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 5 0 4 8 Makeup INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 0 Music The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several Sound pictures of the same young man some with girls some with Set Dressing various male friends A Daily Racing Form hangs off the edge Greenery of the dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all we know however it might Special Equipment actually be happening here in the room Security 1 Additional
151. changed Because many scenes are viewed at once it s easy to rearrange them via drag and drop Any changes will be reflected in the script Index Cards may use any font and font size available on your computer without affecting the font of the script Note f the script is transferred to another computer the font font size may change due to unavailability of a particular font font size FINAL DRAFT 140 View Menu Either side of the Index Cards may be printed to regular paper or on special card stock that can be used with most printers The card stock can be purchased from most office supply stores INDEX CARDS SUMMARY 900 Out4Life fdr er 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BE 1 Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms look clean 3 WE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STRE p 2 4 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 INDEX CARDS SCRIPT 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BE 1 The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several pictures ofthe same young man some with girls some with various male friends A Daily Racing Form hangs offthe edge ofthe dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all we know 3 BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STRE p 2 4 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 For complete details see the Panels section
152. checking resumes To disregard the word considered misspelled and continue Click Skip To substitute an alternate word 1 Select click the suggested word It appears in the Change To text field The word in the Change To text field may be edited or a new word typed in directly 2 Click Replace Alternately Double click the suggested word In the script the misspelled word will be replaced by the new word and spell checking continues FINAL DRAFT 280 Spelling amp Thesaurus Spelling Options Click the Options tab to view Spelling Options Spell Check Options User Dictionary Language Check cay Automatic spell checking Language pop up menu If other spell checkers have been installed choose the one to use Default is English United States Check Capitalization Spell checks for correct capitalization of words Default is checked For example They drove up he got out of the car When spell checked the word would be flagged as incorrectly capitalized Check Repeated Words Looks for duplicate occurrences of words during a spell check and flags them as mis spelled Default is checked For example entries like the the or a will be caught Automatic Spell Checking Checks for misspellings at all times and underlines any unknown words Default is checked For example the word eBay is not known The Office is dark
153. ckups frequently cannot be emphasized enough Unfortunately most people do not take this advice seriously until they have lost valuable data either from computer hardware failure from accidentally erasing an important document from having a computer stolen or having the computer destroyed in a fire or accident If you ever experience problems it is easy to copy the document from the backup to another computer so you can continue writing Note Making backups of your files should not be confused with the File gt Backup command which allows you to save or archive different versions of your files see next topic Whether you make backups every day every other day or weekly depends on the amount of work you do Backing up takes a few moments trying to recreate a script may take months or longer It does not matter whether you back up to floppy disks other hard disks Zip disks Jaz drives CD R Ws or other removable media The important point is to make sure backups get made frequently Also it is wise to make two copies of every document on different disks The worst case sce nario is that while you are in the process of backing up there is a power outage or computer failure possibly damaging both the original and the copy By always making two separate backups you are insured of always having at least one reliable copy Another suggestion is to email the script to a friend or relative as a backup
154. college dorm rooms look clean 3 BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STRE p 2 4 WE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 INDEX CARDS SCRIPT 0 00 Out4Life fdr et 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BE p 1 The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several pictures ofthe same young man some with girls some with various male friends A Daily Racing Form hangs offthe edge ofthe dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all we know 3 BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STRE p 2 4 VE BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY p 2 Note Most functions and commands that are used to write or edit the script are not available in either Index Cards view You must use one of the Script Views to access them Though you can type in new text edit text etc on Summary Cards you cannot type or change any text on Script Cards The top line of each card contains the scene s Scene Heading Scene Number if any and Page Number Cards scenes may be added in both Index Cards views and the number of columns of cards viewed at any time may be changed Index Cards may be viewed along with the Script or Navigator see following FINAL DRAFT 258 Panels Adding Text to Summary Cards To add text to a Summary Card BLANK SUMMARY CARDS VE BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREE
155. contain the overflow text without affecting the pages that follow This page will be numbered with the previous page number and a letter starting with A and increasing as additional pages are added In the example of page 20 above the next page would be 20A followed by the original page 21 which will contain exactly what it previously had Page 21 would not need to be reprinted because it remains unchanged During pre production and production shooting schedules and most other production coordi nation is organized by scene number If new scenes are added they must use and B designa tions to prevent possible confusion and costly reworking of the shooting schedule The Production Scene Number Numbers Keep existing numbers option is used to maintain original scene numbering and to create A and B scenes Let s presume Out4Life is now in pre production You now have to add a few lines on the first page 1 Open or switch to the Out4Life script FINAL DRAFT 84 Tutorials 2 If the script is not numbered do so now it is in production see above We need to make sure the pages are locked before we add any new text Also to make sure we note any revisions we will enable Revision Mode 3 Choose Production gt Lock Pages message appears asking if we wish to enable Revision Mode 4 Click Yes 5 Position the insertion point at the end of Bryan s last speech on the first page ROCHELLE It s Rochelle
156. cript is repaginated whenever text is added or deleted Script locking keeps each page consistent with previous versions Every page will begin with its original text as long as the script remains locked yo As a backup before you lock a script or unlock relock any pages we strongly sug gest you save a copy of the script under a different name or use File gt Backup To lock script pages 1 Choose Production Lock A dialog appears asking whether to enable Revision Mode see above 2 Click either the Yes or No button depending on the situation No matter which response is chosen Final Draft goes through the script and marks down where each page begins When new text is added an A page is added 3 The menu command changes to Lock A Pages and other locking and unlocking commands are enabled see below Note When text is deleted or omitted from a locked page Final Draft will not bring text up from the following page to fill the empty space That space will remain to indicate that some text has been deleted Lock A Pages Allows each revision to be locked separately For example pages have been locked so there is now a 21A 21B etc Choose Production Lock A Pages All existing A and B pages will now be locked themselves and act just like any other locked page retaining their starting position etc When new text is added to a locked A page that causes an overflow to a new page it will become a
157. d There are a number of options specific to Final Draft None of them need to be set at this point 73 Click OK to begin printing Note The Print dialog initially defaults to having the Format Assistant run before any 2 thing is printed If errors are found they can be corrected before printing Once errors are corrected File Print will have to be selected again in order to print the script If no errors are found the script will be printed FINAL DRAFT 64 Tutorials Comparing Scripts It is often useful to see the differences between versions of a script Let s change some text in Out4Life make sure Out4Life is open We ll work on the last page of the script 74 Scroll to the end of the script and click the insertion point 75 Using the mouse or the arrow keys move the insertion point to the end of the Action paragraph that begins with Bryan reaches 76 Select 20 and delete it The edited script now looks like Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of bills We will now save the script under a different name 77 Choose File Save As 78 Change the script s name to something like Out4Life2 79 Click Save 80 Choose Tools gt ScriptCompare The standard Open dialog appears 81 Choose the script the current script is to be compared with in this case Out4Life and click Open After the two scripts are compared a new script appears It contains text from both scrip
158. d result in f Out4Life fdr INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTME INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTE The CAMERA opens up on a pl The CAMERA opens up the CAMERA pulls back reve the pulls back rev pictures of the same young pictures of the same younc various male friends D various male friends of the dresser In the bac of the dresser In the be an afternoon soap opera I an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here actually be happening here The room is sparsely furnis The room is sparsely furni large sheet acting as an large sheet acting as an Scattered acros jeans t shirts single mattress with no bo single mattress with no bc a telephone and several a telephone and several or New Jersey New Jersey daylight Scattered across daylight clothes jeans t 3hirta clothes Lying on the bed in his unc Lying on the bed in his ur man from the pictures He man from the pictures He slender of average height slender of average height dark complexion Sharing t dark complexion a girl barely over the age a girl barely over the age Suddenly the alarm clock Suddenly the alarm clock groping around for the cloc groping around for the clc finally finds it and hits t finally finds it and hits off He stirs and glances off He stirs and glances time and slowly sits up st time and slowly sits up BRYAN to himself Wake up Bryan money to himself Wa
159. d one paragraph to change to an element that usually follows the one just typed Type a Scene Heading Enter Return takes you to Action Type an Action Enter Return takes you to another Action Type a Character Name Enter Return takes you to Dialogue Type a Parenthetical Enter Return takes you to Dialogue Type a Dialogue Enter Return takes you to Action Type a Transition Enter Return takes you to a Scene Heading Norte The reason Enter Return doesn t change elements after typing Action is because you can follow Action with either another Action a Character Name a Transition or a Scene Heading There is no usual element paragraph that follows Action When you are in a blank element pressing Enter Return brings up the Elements pop up list G General 5 Scene Heading Parenthetical Dialogue Transition This permits you to easily choose any Element desired To change to any Element in the pop up Elements list dialog Type the first letter of the Element This letter is also displayed in brackets in the dialog Using the Up or Down Arrow key to move and highlight the desired Element in the dialog and press Enter Return or Tab Select the desired Element with the mouse FINAL DRAFT 42 Tutorials NorE Character Extensions can be entered manually or via a contextual menu Windows Right click Mac OS Two button mouse Right click Single button
160. d as revised using the active revision style This allows a reader to easily spot any revisions To mark revision text 1 Select the text INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT WRITER sits at a desk hunched over a computer his face bathed in the glow of the screen iE he has not 2 Choose Production Mark Revised FINAL DRAFT 204 Production Menu A Revision Mark default is an asterisk appears to note the text as revised The text appears in the color and typestyle set for the current revision style For example with the current revi sion style set to use asterisks as a mark and underline words as the typestyle it will appear as INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT WRITER sits at a desk hunched over a computer his face bathed in the glow of the screen He looks as if he has not slept for a week Clear Revised Deletes any revision marks and reverts revised text to normal To clear text which has been marked as revised 1 Select the revised text 2 Choose Production Clear Revised Revision marks and revision styles are removed and the text appears like other text in the script To clear all the revised text in a script 1 Choose Edit gt Select All 2 Choose Production Clear Revised FINAL DRAFT 205 Production Menu Lock Pages Overrides automatic pagination functions Any changes to the script that cause pages to over flow will create A and B pages Normally the s
161. d their indentations and how to create new ones e SmartType Lists further details about this feature and how to use it effectively Header and Footer explains how to change the text in the Header Footer Reformatting shows you how to change the elements that may have been entered incorrectly ScriptNotes describes how to create and use handy notes without taking up space in the script FINAL DRAFT 93 Tutorials Panels details how to interactively rearrange scenes and views as well as annotate Summary Cards Spelling and Thesaurus details how to check for misspellings and how to look up synonyms etc Macros learn how to modify keystroke shortcuts to enter the text you need Text Documents explains how to use Final Draft to word process any document not just a script Toolbars learn how to customize the Toolbars CollaboWriter details how to discuss and rewrite your script with associates over the Inter net Tagger describes how to take the data in the script mark it and transfer it to production management programs Shortcuts lists all the keystroke shortcuts and combinations available FINAL DRAFT 94 Tutorials Glossary This glossary contains brief definitions for screenwriting film production and computer terms and phrases Final Draft specific terms are noted by FD A and B Pages Scenes Refers to any additional pages added to a
162. dero wee cde cu tube usta S ba aad 287 a naa anan BRE duy whee GU E ere EEG he meee 288 Advanced Features ier eve ERR weg OUR van eh RS RD a rn a uin ug 289 ce Pare ol sex CHEER D teg teile 292 Text Documents SNO LOST IUE 295 TOOIDJIS rue es uite du EM up AK IMMO ee PM eet EU 297 Toolbars Submenu Windows 0000 cc cee RR III 299 Customize zar usas rad ee ELM Le ue D M Ee Eee 300 Toolbars ese sea ere Due te BER EX en Six sua tp ot vU teo Mocha 300 Buttons ab 5 ote ME ak CERERI 301 Keyboard Tab ERR eee als RR etr d 302 Modifying Toolbars 304 Creating Custom em 304 Repositioning and Resizing Toolbars 306 Toolbars Submenu Mac OS 000 cece eee eee eee nee IIl 307 Foolbar eR OE 307 Customize ccce ep me OR REN NIS Gp ERO Rue PUER UR a 308 CollaBo a arti cM a stud unti e ebd is 309 Tage xou coru Dew tee e LIES E Thot EVI 317 OVerVieW ELO REG E gc RIP RAINER Be gee oleh eee na eae 318 Launching Tagger ire gx eaves eee Se ea Pek PE eas 320 WindoWs so as e D
163. details FINAL DRAFT 190 Tools Menu Customize Windows This is the same as choosing View Toolbars Customize Refer to that section for details Options Windows For similar functionality in Mac OS refer to File Preferences Options are settings that allow you to control the way a number of Final Draft for Windows features operate Settings are saved between sessions The General tab is specific to this command As a convenience options for some other com mands that have an Options tab in their dialog are included These include SmartType Spell ing Document Header Footer Numbers and Revisions Refer to the appropriate sections for details To set Options 1 Choose Tools Options and the Options dialog appears Options Header Footer Scene Numbers Revisions Format Assistant General SmartType Spelling Document Levels of undo 8 V Use F1 key for help Recent items 4 Capitalize first word of sentence Documents folder C Documents and Settings pappas My Docume Auto Save vV Auto Save every 15 minutes v Ask before Auto Save Auto Backup zn v Back up a maximum of gt files Backup folder C Documents and Settings pappas Application Dat R Tablet O Left O Right 8 Use OS Handedness Setting 2 Click the desired tab and make any changes 3 Click OK to apply the settings General Levels of Undo Sets the n
164. disable Auto Save Check the Turn Auto Save off checkbox Ask Before Auto Save When enabled a confirmation message appears when Auto Save is triggered see above When disabled the message does not appear and Auto Save is automatically performed at the appropriate time Default is enabled Auto Backup Automatically saves a backup copy of the script every time a script is saved manually or by auto save Default is enabled xz Tip This features allows you to recover when you have saved a script and realized that amp you did not mean to do so The backup copy will be named date time filename fdr For example if we saved the script Out4Life on June 15 2005 at 1 37pm the backup would be named 2005061513370ut4Life fdr Note The backup contains the previous contents of the script Backup File Count Sets the maximum number of files that will be saved in the folder at one time As you save older backups are automatically deleted so that you do not accumulate too large a number of backups Backup Folder Select New Folder Allows you to set the backup folder to a different location and name if desired For exam ple you could set it to save backups to another hard drive Tablet Allows Tablet PC users to set where the scroll bar is positioned Default is Use OS Handed ness Setting Production 9 Production Menu FINAL DRAFT 194 Production Menu The commands and functions in the Production Menu a
165. dow Bring to Front M Can t Undo Can t Redo HZ Cut 38X Copy Paste 36V Clear Select 36A Select Scene OBA Find 3G Find Selection Page Layout Header and Footer Mores and Continueds Title Page SmartType 36L Macros Bookmarks ScriptNotes Insert Bookmark Insert ScriptNote Insert Label e n Final Draft 7 Help 36 Ask the Expert Tip of the Day Final Draft on the Web Get Technical Support Program Updates Submit Feedback Register Deactivate Customer Support FINAL DRAFT Index Symbols FCF 118 FDR extension 117 118 HTML lt 117 PDF 117 RPT 117 RTF 117 117 Aand n us 94 195 and B 94 195 About Final Draft Command Windows 215 ACtlON 94 219 Activation 19 24 25 27 94 cect etam reet 31 Activate 215 Deactivation cce 28 Manual o EL Pana
166. dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all know however it might actually be happening here in the om Tha vanam ie enavealu ueniehad tha mindan a TAGGED TEXT Special Equipment CURRENT CATEGORY FINAL DRAFT 328 Tagger To tag an element via Drag and Drop 1 Select the Category for the element 2 Select the text to be tagged 3 Drag the text into the Elements List The tagged text now appears in whatever color the chosen category is set to To view the tagged items in any category Click the Category name in the Category List Any elements previously tagged for that scene in the chosen category will appear In our sample after clicking Props the screen appears as Category Cast Members Extras Stunts SIGN INDICATES THERE ARE TAGGED ELEMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY Makeup Music Sound jreenery Special Equipment Security a Additional Labor v LISTS TAGGED ELEMENTS IN THE category SELECTED CATEGORY FOR THE CURRENT SCENE FINAL DRAFT To view all the tagged elements in a scene 329 Tagger Click the Reveal Elements down pointing arrow Reveal All Elements Y Category Cast Members Extras The All Elements window appears Hide All Elements P Category Cast Members Extras Stunts Vehicles Props
167. e Additional Thesaurus Options Language pop up menu If any other thesaurus has been installed choose the one to use Default is English United States History pop up list Contains a list of up to the last 10 words that were searched for Thesaurus Word HISTORY POP UP bills quality Fancy conniving To take a word from the History list and move it into the text field Select the word from the list It will be transferred into the text field and the corresponding thesaurus entry will be dis played FINAL DRAFT 285 Spelling amp Thesaurus Foreign Language Spell Checkers and Thesauri Final Draft comes with an American English Spell checker and Thesaurus Additional foreign language spell checkers and thesauri are available for various languages For ordering and pricing information check Final Draft Inc s website www finaldraft com or call the Sales Department at 800 231 4055 or 818 995 8995 Note A few of the languages have spell checkers but no thesaurus The following languages are available British English Canadian English Canadian French Catalan no thesaurus Danish Dutch Finnish no thesaurus French German Italian Norwegian Polish no thesaurus Portuguese Continental no thesaurus Portuguese Brazilian no thesaurus Spanish Swedish Swiss German FINAL DRAFT 286 Spelling amp Thesaurus Macros Macros Use key combinations
168. e a 24 7 on line interactive searchable database of frequently asked questions solutions to users problems tips pointers and general information about Final Draft and our other prod ucts If the problem persists you can email Customer Support through the Final Draft Knowl edge Base See Customer Support Policies for complete details Customer Support is available to registered Final Draft users only For details see page 33 Note If you need to contact Customer Support please make sure you have your Cus tomer Number available It can be found in your Final Draft package or in your Digital Order Email if you have the electronic download version FINAL DRAFT 17 Getting Started The Final Draft Package Final Draft Install Disc The Final Draft package contains a disc which is used to install the Final Draft program on both Windows and Macintosh systems and which contains the complete Final Draft User Guide Customer Number Located on the back panel of the Final Draft Installation Guide or the back of the Final Draft CD jacket this number is required to install register and activate the program Note Ifyou received your Final Draft via electronic download your Customer Number is included in your Digital Order Email We highly recommend that you print out a copy for future reference We highly recommend that you Remove one of the peel off Customer Numbers and place it on the Registration Card
169. e Edit gt Find Replace FINAL DRAFT 236 SmartType To add new items to a list New items are entered into the appropriate list as they are typed in the script or they can be entered directly in the SmartType dialog 1 Click New A default name appears at the bottom of the list and in the item Name text field 2 Click in the item name text field 3 Edit the default name Any changes will be reflected in the item in the list To reposition an item within the list Drag and drop the item to the new position To rebuild the list Click Rebuild The script will be scanned and the list rebuilt WARNING Any items entered directly in the list that are not used in the script will be deleted To view the list in alphabetical order Click the Alphabetize button This also alphabetizes the current items in the SmartType List pop up window To have them alphabetized automatically see SmartType Options following To delete an item from the list 1 Select the item to change 2 Click Delete The item is immediately deleted from the list there is no confirmation dialog Note Deleting an item from a list does not remove it from the script To delete an item from the script use Edit Find Replace Once all changes have been made Click OK FINAL DRAFT 237 SmartType SmartType Options Click the Options tab of the SmartType Dialog to view SmartType Options SmartType Options SmartType
170. e Index Cards Views or the Navigator ScriptNotes ScriptNotes Create and modify pop up windows which can contain ideas suggestions notes or script fragments without taking up space in the script FINAL DRAFT 272 ScriptNotes ScriptNotes are pop up windows which can contain ideas suggestions notes or script frag ments without taking up space in the script They can be positioned anywhere in the script The ScriptNotes may be printed see Tools Reports ScriptNote Report When a ScriptNote is inserted a ScriptNote Marker appears in the script as a square box with a single identifying character which indicates where the ScriptNote has been placed The Script Note Marker character can be used to represent the importance of the note the sender or some other pertinent information like comments from a specific reader This way notes may be grouped by type things to be changed production notes etc The following script contains a number of ScriptNotes Bob signs the paper Bryan tears off the customer copy and hands it to Bob Then acting like he s in a hurry to be somewhere else Bryan starts to pack up his sample case BRYAN continuing SCRIPTNOTE Bob Betty congratulations Welcome to MARKERS Othe Contemporary family I m sure you re gonna love it s Bryan puts the fancy mirror into his pitch case Betty stops hin Note ScriptNote Markers do not get printed with
171. e Magic Scheduling another production management package rpt extension Refer to the Tagger section Avid Script Based Editing Specifically designed to work with Avid s professional editing systems txt extension Final Draft Secure Document Allows you to save a copy of the script that cannot be edited but can have ScriptNotes attached to it This way you can email the script to others so they can read and comment on it but it cannot be altered Note You can open a Secure Document script with any copy of Final Draft 7 6 5 or 2 the Final Draft Viewer 5 03 or higher FINAL DRAFT 118 File Menu A WARNING A Secure script cannot be unlocked or edited NEE 1 Choose File gt Save As gt Final Draft Secure Document 2 Aconfirmation dialog appears Read it carefully You are about to save an additional copy of your script in a secure uneditable format Do not delete your original you may need to make changes later 3 Click OK and the standard Save dialog appears 4 Navigate to where the file is to be saved 5 the script and click Save File Converter Script can be imported into older versions of Final Draft fcf extension Final Draft Template Script attributes can be saved separately fdt extension see details below 5 Click Save NETWORK When a file is opened over a network server the first user who opens a file will be the only user who will be able to save c
172. e Marker 2 Pressthe Delete key The ScriptNote is deleted Note This operation can be reversed with Edit gt Undo FINAL DRAFT 274 ScriptNotes Managing ScriptNote Markers Choose Document ScriptNotes and the ScriptNote dialog appears ScriptNotes Marker name Marker appearance Important Symbol 2 Information coo 7 Suggestion Active marker 1 Important The ScriptNote Marker item that is chosen in the Active Marker area will be used when Docu ment gt Insert ScriptNote is chosen Default is Important To have a Marker item used when a new ScriptNote is added Choose the Marker item from the Active Marker pop up To change an existing Marker s name 1 Select the item The Marker s name appears in the text field above the list 2 Edit the name in the text field as desired The name in the list changes accordingly To change the Marker character 1 Select the item 2 Click in the Marker Appearance Symbol field 3 Replace the current character with any character desired Only one character may be entered To change the Marker color 1 Select the item 2 Click the Marker Appearance Color swatch Windows The standard Windows Color Palette appears Choose a color or click Other and the standard Color Picker appears FINAL DRAFT 275 ScriptNotes Mac OS The standard Color Picker will appear 3 Choose the color desired a
173. e Scene Heading 4 RESIZE Box 8 Click and drag the Resize Box to expand the panels 9 Move the cursor to the line dividing the two panels and it becomes a Splitter 4r 10 Use the Splitter to move the division between the panels FINAL DRAFT 71 Tutorials When you have adjusted the size of the Final Draft window and its panels the screen should appear similar to Out4Life fdr ce eoo gt INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several pictures of the same young man some with girls some with various male friends Daily Racing Form hangs off the edge of the dresser In the background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all we know however it might actually be happening here in the room The room is sparsely furnished Draped over the window is a large sheet acting as an extra shade to block out the daylight Scattered across the floor are several piles of clothes jeans t shi
174. e letters of the desired name As more letters are entered the list will be examined for names beginning with the series of letters entered narrowing the possibilities or nm Use the Arrow Keys to move up or down between items in the SmartType List pop up window to select the desired name Click the item with the mouse Regardless of the selection method used once the desired name is selected Press the Enter key Windows or Return key Mac OS The item appears in the script and the SmartType pop up window disappears More SmartType Examples Single item lists Consider the following _ _5 __ DUDLEY PETERS In order to have SmartType enter the name DUDLEY PETERS Press the D key Since DUDLEY PETERS is the first and only item starting with the letter D DUDLEY PETERS is entered automatically a savings of 12 keystrokes Multiple item lists Consider this list SmartType OFFICER 1 OFFICER 2 OFFICER 3 In order to have SmartType enter OFFICER 3 Press the O key three times Doe Or Use the Arrow Keys to move within the list and select the proper item m Or FINAL DRAFT 233 SmartType Press the End key to scroll to the end of the list Or 27 in the complete name O F F I C E R 3 as no fewer keys uniquely identify this character Now consider SmartType LARRY LINDA LAURA LOUISE LOLA LLOYD LAUREN In order to have SmartType
175. e list displays the key combinations and the Macro Names Macro Name The text usually abbreviated which is displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom of the script window when the appropriate keys are pressed Macro Text Contains the actual text that will be typed into the script when the macro is invoked Additional behaviors for each Macro may be set via the Preferred Element and Transition To pop up lists Macro Element pop up list Determines what type of paragraph the insertion point should be in when the Macro Text is entered Unlike the Control Command key combinations invoking a Macro does not split the paragraph the insertion point is currently in The Macro Element mechanism eliminates the need to manually move to the end of a paragraph and create a new one before the Macro is invoked Select the desired Element type for the paragraph where the text is to be inserted or choose General to leave the element unchanged For example if the insertion point is positioned in the middle of an Action paragraph and Option 1 is pressed the appropriate text is entered and a new Scene Heading paragraph is added after the existing paragraph Transition To pop up list Used to switch to another paragraph type after the Macro Text has been entered This elimi nates having to manually create a new paragraph after the Macro is invoked Select the desired FINAL DRAFT 293 Macros Element type for the paragraph that is to be added
176. e size of each tile depends on the number of scripts that are open Choose Window Tile and all open scripts will be arranged on screen in tiles Zoom Mac OS Resizes the active window Choose Window Zoom and the active window will toggle between its original size and a size where all its contents are visible depending on the monitor This performs the same operation as clicking the window s Zoom box Minimize Window Mac OS Minimizes the window into the Dock Bring All to Front Mac OS Places all Final Draft windows in front of any others that are opened Help Menu Help Menu FINAL DRAFT 214 Help Menu Help Menu Final Draft Help Built into Final Draft is a detailed help system that contains information about program opera tions all functions each menu command etc Note The Windows and Mac OS Help menus may offer the following commands in a different order but all functionality is identical To use Help 1 Select the Help Final Draft Help 2 Choose the topic desired or S Windows Whenever a dialog box is displayed click the Question Mark button near the right edge of the title bar QUESTION MARK BUTTON A question mark appears 3 Click on a dialog a button etc The Help for that item appears Ask the Expert Launches the Ask the Expert program Guidance tips and insights are available from scriptwriting expert Syd Field veteran television writer
177. e speeches and place them next to each other in a special side by side dialogue format To place two speeches side by side 1 Type in both speeches one after the other For example imas Mr Williams Bryan Lerner Contemporary Mirrors I m not too late am I BOB No perfect timing We re just getting done feeding the baby Come on in 2 Place the insertion point in the first character 3 Choose Format Dual Dialogue Both speeches are now placed next to each other starting on the same line BRYAN BOB loudly No perfect timing We re Mr Williams Bryan Lerner just getting done feeding the Contemporary Mirrors I m baby Come on in not too late am I Dual Dialogue text cannot be edited directly To edit Dual Dialogue text or to revert to normal single column format 1 Select all the Dual Dialogue text 28 5 Double click the Dual Dialogue 2 Choose Format gt Dual Dialogue The text will revert to the original format After editing the text of either or both of the speeches 1 Place the insertion point in the first character 2 Choose Format gt Dual Dialogue to place the dialogues side by side Document Menu Document Menu FINAL DRAFT 154 Document Menu Page Layout Contains options that control the display both on screen and in printouts Margins Choose Document Page Layout and the following appears Page Layout Margins Colors Options Text margin
178. e triggering an Auto Save Ask Before Auto Save When enabled a confirmation message appears when Auto Save is triggered see above When disabled the message does not appear and Auto Save is automatically performed at the appropriate time Default is enabled Auto Backup Automatically saves a backup copy of the script every time a script is saved manually or by auto save Default is enabled xx This features allows you to recover when you have saved a script and realized that you did not mean to do so The backup copy will be named date time filename fdr For example if we saved the script Out4Life on June 15 2005 at 1 37pm the backup would be named 20050615133 70ut4Life fdr Note The backup contains the previous contents of the script Backup File Count Pop Up Sets the maximum number of files that will be saved in the folder at one time As you save older backups are automatically deleted so that you do not accumulate too large a number of files Backup Folder Select New Folder Allows you to set the backup folder to a different location and name if desired For example you could set it to save backups to another hard drive FINAL DRAFT 83 Tutorials Production Features Overview The commands and functions in the Production Menu are used when a script is placed into production Production scripts shooting scripts mean scene numbers revision marks revision pages A and B pages A a
179. ears 2 any changes desired and click OK Edit Scene Number Allows the current scene number to be modified manually Note This applies to scene numbers for Scene Headings only Numbers for other ele ments cannot be changed manually To modify a scene number 1 Position click the insertion point within the scene whose number is to be edited 2 Choose Production gt Edit Scene Number The Edit Scene Number dialog appears containing the scene number for the insertion point position For example Edit Scene Number Change scene number to al Edit the text field as desired 4 Click OK The current scene s number will be modified NOTE the scene has yet to be numbered the dialog appears blank FINAL DRAFT 199 Production Menu Omit Scene Once scenes are numbered this command is used to indicate that a scene has been deleted Since the scene numbers must not change the term omitted is used to replace the text of the deleted scene To omit a scene 1 Place the insertion point within the scene to be omitted 2 Choose Production Omit Scene The scene will be cut out and stored see below The word omitted is inserted and the scene number remains similar to The car sits stopped in traffic which isn t moving OMITTED SCENE 4 OMITTED 5 I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 5 Bryan is stopped at an intersection staring at a street map in his
180. ected to Final Draft s Online Activation service Your computer will be activated and you will be able to run Final Draft without restrictions Note If Online Activation fails you will be instructed to contact Customer Support and 2 go through the Manual Activation process FINAL DRAFT 25 Getting Started Manual Activation 1 Click Manual Activation The Challenge Code for your computer will appear 2 Call Technical Support at 1 888 320 7555 outside the U S and Canada call 1 818 906 8930 An automated touch tone phone system will walk you through the process There is no charge for the Manual Activation service To discuss activation with a Customer Service Representative from 9 am 5 pm Pacific Time call 1 818 789 6281 This line is strictly for activations deactivations only IMPORTANT Make sure you have your Challenge Code on your screen and your Cus tomer Number available when you call If the Challenge Code is no longer on screen it is no longer valid A different Challenge Code is generated every time this window is opened and every Challenge Code requires its own unique Response Code You must con tact us while the Challenge Code is on your screen or the Response Code will not work 3 You will be given a Response Code 4 Enter the Response Code and click Activate Your computer will be activated and you will be able to run Final Draft without restrictions FINAL DRAFT 26 Gett
181. ed to the script at the insertion point s position We ll enter text using some element shortcuts in a moment after discussing SmartType FINAL DRAFT 46 Tutorials Easing Repetitive Typing With SmartType Lists and Macros Using the Enter Return and Tab keys or element shortcuts enables you to write your script without having to concentrate on proper formatting Final Draft also contains features for eas ily entering text that is repeated frequently SmartType lists can be used to enter character names extensions scene intros locations time of day and transitions Additional keystroke shortcuts called Macros are also available to add text and if desired to change to a different element type at the same time SmartType offers suggestions for items as they are typed Macros are invoked via specific keystrokes We will continue the tutorial by exploring SmartType lists Macros and some of the Element Shortcuts Let us end the first scene in this script by adding a Transition which indicates the scene has ended using SmartType 11 Make sure the current insertion point is at the end of the text 12 Press the keystroke shortcut Ctrl 6 Windows 6 Mac 05 The insertion point should now be correctly positioned at the proper margin for entering a Transition The Office is dark Hunched over the desk staring intently at a computer sits a WRITER WRITER excited I sure hope my bid for that old READY FOR
182. eed to be transferred too 5 Once all copying is completed close the transfer disk s window and eject the disk Windows eject the transfer disk Mac OS 6 Bring the transfer disk to the destination computer 7 On the destination computer s desktop make sure the folder to which the file is to be transferred is either visible or open 8 Windows Insert the transfer disk in the appropriate drive open the My Computer folder Open the appropriate drive so the transfer disk appears Open the disk so its contents are visible Windows XP Choose Start My Computer Mac OS Insert the transfer disk in the appropriate drive Open the disk so its contents are visible FINAL DRAFT 90 Tutorials To transfer a file between source and destination computers that have different operating systems Windows to Macintosh or Macintosh to Windows Note OS Make sure the extension fdr is added to a script s name before you transfer it to a Windows computer Windows will not recognize the file without an extension Follow the same steps as above except have the transfer disk formatted for Windows DOS Every Macintosh except very old ones has the capability to read and write to Windows DOS disk format Windows computers cannot read Macintosh disks unless they have special soft ware installed Note Mac OS You must open the file by choosing gt Open rather than by double gt clicking it F
183. elock Pages From Caret Command 207 Unlock Page Command 209 M 37 Macintosh 23 321 22 37 Starting Final Draft 30 37 T e yku dened 47 101 287 288 Macros 162 288 292 Manual Activation 25 Challenge 25 Response Code 25 Manual Carriage Return 341 Manual Deactivation 29 Deactivation Notification 29 Margin cue ER ce EE p ede ura 101 sepe 154 Header and Footer 154 Mark Revised Command 203 Medium 5 101 101 MEMO 101 MEATUS ES 101 Minimize Window Command Mac OS 212 Misspelled 279 MOntagess c DEE RETRE TE Pane 101 Mores omui E 101 158 Dialogue Breaks 158 Mores and Continueds Command 158 Scene 159 Motion Picture 101 Movie 117 Movie Magic Schedule
184. en Final Draft 2 Choose File gt Open Navigate to the Final Draft 7 folder gt Tutorial folder 3 Select Out4Life or Navigate and select a script of your choosing 4 Click Open The script appears 5 Choose Production Scene Numbers The Scene Numbers dialog appears Scene Numbers Numbers Options Add numbers C Remove numbers 6 Click the Add Numbers checkbox Leave the other default settings as they are 7 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 323 Tagger Following standard screenplay format scene numbers are assigned to the Scene Headings only SCENE NUMBERS EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 He crosses the street and gets into his big beat up green 1979 Cutlass Supreme sits down puts on his seat belt and unbuttons the top button of his pants grabs a piece of chewing gum off the dash and throws the foil in the back seat which is full of newspapers and take out bags from McDonalds and Burger King I E BRYAN S PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 3 He drives through the streets of Philadelphia passing various recognizable landmarks City Hall Independence Hall the Liberty Bell The car heads across the Walt Whitman Bridge out of Philadelphia and takes an exit marked NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE NORTH The car sits stopped in traffic which isn t moving I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 4 Bryan grabs a watch which is sitting on the dashboard He glan
185. en a scene spills over one page to another because of its length and has to be split into sections The phrase CONTINUED indicates there is more to the scene to follow on the next page and the phrase CONTINUED appears at the top of the page indicating the scene began on the preceding page s Scene Continued s See Scene Breaks Scene Header Header Found in a Sitcom script indicates Int Ext location of scene and Day Night also may contain a list of the characters in the scene special effects sound effects or other pertinent informa tion Scene Heading Used at the beginning of all scenes a short description which indicates where and when the scene takes place Always typed in capital letters Sometimes called a Slug Line Scene Intro FD The part of a Scene Heading whether a scene takes place indoors outdoors etc Scene Number Indicates the sequence number of a particular scene Scene numbers are used only in Produc tion Scripts Screenplay A script for a feature film that is or could be and hopefully will be made into a motion pic ture Generally 90 to 120 pages in length FINAL DRAFT 104 Tutorials Script Text of a screenplay including dialogue and action In the director s form a production script scene numbers and sometimes camera shots and moves are added ScriptNote FD Pop up windows that contain your ideas notes or messages about a script These notes can be placed anywhere in t
186. en the entire paragraph containing the insertion point or every paragraph in a selection range will be changed Spacing Submenu Determines spacing between each line of the script either 1 1 5 or 2 Line spacing operates on a paragraph by paragraph basis If new spacing is chosen the entire paragraph containing the insertion point or every paragraph in a selection range will be changed Space Before Submenu Allows changes in the spacing before the paragraph the insertion point is currently in or for each paragraph contained in a selection If Format Space Before Submenu Other is selected a dialog with a text field appears Enter the number of spaces desired and click the OK If new spacing is chosen the entire paragraph containing the insertion point or every para graph in a selection range will be changed Insert Page Break Causes the paragraph containing the insertion point or the beginning of the selection range to be moved down forced to the top of the next page Format Insert Page Break is often used just before a script is finalized before submission The goal is to affect how the pagination is performed This function overrides Final Draft s default pagination so a customized look and length can be created on a page by page basis This command may be used to remove unwanted forced manual page breaks FINAL DRAFT 152 Format Menu Dual Dialogue Used to take any two consecutiv
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188. ent voices to be specified for each character for playback with Tools Speech Control If the Speech extensions for your system are installed this option is enabled If this option is not enabled see Enabling Text to Speech at the end of this topic Choose Tools gt Assign Voices and the Assign Voices dialog appears Assign Voices Characters Narrator Actors Characters BRYAN ROCHELLE BOB BETTY ANDY Old Woman The Character Tab displays the current SmartType Character list along with the names of all Actors available see below To assign an Actor to a Character 1 Select a Character 2 Select an Actor If desired click the Preview button to hear the Actor audition The Narrator is the voice that reads the text for a specific Element To set the Actor s for the Narrator and to set which Elements he she reads 1 Click the Narrator tab and the following appears Assign Voices Characters Narrator Actors Narrator voice Narrator reads General Scene Heading Action Character v Parenthetical Dialogue Transition Old Woman Y Shot FINAL DRAFT 173 Tools Menu 2 Select the Actor to be the Narrator 3 Check the Elements that they will narrate If desired click the Preview button to hear the Narrator audition Actors voices can be modified from voices that are stored in your computer s system To
189. entation Markers in the Ruler to change the margins for a paragraph overriding the element defaults 1 Place the insertion point in any paragraph the example below uses Action XXE EREEEEIEDUDEIEY A DISSOLVE TO TEN MINUTES LATER Bryan is standing behind Bob and Betty pointing to some papers that are sitting on the table in front of Bob 2 Click and drag either the left or right marker and drag it to the left or right until positioned appropriately For example MARKER MOVED DISSOLVE TEN MINUTES LATER Bryan is standing behind Bob and Bett ting to som INDENT CHANGED papers that are sitting on the table in front o ob The paragraph retains its connection to the Element it belongs to Action Dialogue etc but the margins will change to those set manually As with most word processors the left marker also contains the ability to set both the indent for the first line of text and a separate indent for the text in the rest of the paragraph For example ToP MARKER MOVED uu x See FIRST LINE INDENTED s Bryan puts the Betty stops To revert a single paragraph or all paragraphs in a selection to their original margins Manually adjust the Indentation Markers FINAL DRAFT 138 View Menu Invisibles Causes hidden characters such as carriage returns spaces and tabs to be displayed or hidden Normally these characters are not visib
190. ers to the computer on which the file is initially stored and the destination computer refers to the computer to which it is to be transferred The following presumes you know how to mount insert floppy disks or other removable media how to open them and how to copy files If you are not familiar with these operations refer to your computer owner s manual FINAL DRAFT 89 Tutorials Manually Transferring Between Computers To transfer a file between source and destination computers that have the same operating system Windows to Windows or Macintosh to Macintosh Note The script file to be transferred should not be open in Final Draft Choose gt Close or File Exit Quit prior to any transfer 1 On the source computer s desktop open the folder containing the document you wish to transfer so that the document s name or icon is visible 2 Windows Insert the floppy disk or other removable media in the appropriate drive open the My Computer folder then open the appropriate drive so that the floppy disk or other removable media appears on the desktop This disk is now the transfer disk Windows XP Choose Start My Computer Mac OS Insert the floppy disk or other removable media in the appropriate drive The disk will appear on the desktop This disk is now the transfer disk 3 Click and drag copy the document to be backed up to the transfer disk s window 4 Copy any other documents that n
191. ews FINAL DRAFT 73 Tutorials There are many other uses for the panels system Because many scenes are viewed at once they can easily be rearranged in the Index Card Views via drag and drop As scenes are reordered or new scenes added the changes are reflected in the script With the script in both panels you can see for example Act and Act page 3 and page 78 at the same time Summary Cards are initially blank and available for text to be entered for development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments locations blocking anything you feel is applicable The number of columns of Index Cards displayed may be changed The maximum is nine cards Default is two cards Either side of the Index Cards may be printed on any printer to regular paper or on spe cial card stock made by Avery and other vendors The card stock can be purchased from many most supply stores Again we strongly suggest that you read the complete Panels section of the User w Guide to be able to determine how to adapt the system to your way of working FINAL DRAFT 74 Tutorials Adjusting Element Indentations Each Element paragraph has its own indentations This enables Final Draft to automatically for mat the script as you write An occasion might arise where you may wish to change them For example when a paragraph will not completely fit on a page flowing over to the next page by just a few word
192. ey are made To end a session Any participant can exit the session by clicking Disconnect When the Host clicks Disconnect all participants are also disconnected and the CollaboWriter session is over FINAL DRAFT 316 CollaboWriter Tagger Tagger Break down a Final Draft script into its various elements and then export the results into movie scheduling and breakdown programs FINAL DRAFT 318 Tagger Overview Tagger is a separate application included and installed with Final Draft that enables you to break down a Final Draft script into its various elements components and then export the results into popular movie scheduling and breakdown programs including EP Schedule from Entertainment Partners Movie Magic Schedule from Entertainment Partners Gorilla Scheduling from Jungle Software CompanyMOVE ShowPlanner from Novko and others Tagger should be thought of as an interface between a Final Draft script and production break down and scheduling programs xc As with the commands in the Production Menu of Final Draft though most writers w will never need to use Tagger we strongly suggest that all writers become familiar with the process that a script goes through when it is broken down into its various elements for scheduling Experiment with Tagger all you want We also suggest that you use the sample Out4Life script or a copy of one of your own scripts Over the years in Hollywood
193. fers over 90 000 names This is useful in helping choose alternative names and finding unique or interesting names as well as their correct spelling To find a character name 1 Choose Tools Names Database and the following appears Names Database Found 0 Look Up Add to SmartType Close 2 Type the first few letters of the name in the Name Prefix text field 3 Click the Look up button It may take a few moments before the results appear The list contains all the names beginning with the letters entered 4 Scroll through the list Select the name desired 5 Click the Add to SmartType button to include the selected name in the Character SmartType 6 Perform another search if desired 7 When finished click the Close box FINAL DRAFT 185 Tools Menu Reformat Used to take text which is not formatted properly and transform it into correct script format Normally reformatting text is not necessary As a script is typed Final Draft places the text into proper format and paginates it according to industry standards Reformatting is needed when unformatted text is pasted into Final Draft from another word processor or when one or more paragraphs are not formatted properly dialogue accidentally formatted as action etc Reformatting may be needed after a text document written on another word processor is opened The built in formatting logic should turn most if not all of the text into a correctly
194. fferent characters voices It is powered by the text to speech engines built in to the Windows and Mac OS operating system If you experience a problem with Final Draft s text to speech function refer to your computer s manual about installing the proper software Note f Text to Speech has not been installed the following options will not be avail gt able See the Tools gt Assign Voices section for installation instructions 1 Make sure the Out4Life script is open and your computer s speakers are turned on 2 Choose Tools gt Assign Voices and the Assign Voices dialog appears Assign Voices Characters Narrator Actors Characters Actors BRYAN ROCHELLE Man 2 BOB Woman 1 BETTY Woman 2 ANDY Boy 1 Boy 2 Gir 1 Girl 2 Old Man Old Woman The list on the left indicates the current characters and the list on the right indicates the dif ferent actors available Let s audition some actors by listening to them Unlike normal auditions you can also modify the actors voices FINAL DRAFT 78 Tutorials 3 Click the Actors Tab and the following appears listing the Actors voices available Assign Voices Characters Narrator Actors Name 1 Voice Microsoft Mike Pitch Man2 Woman 1 Woman 2 Boy 1 Boy 2 Gilt WESS Girl 2 Old Man Old Woman Slow Fast New Delete OK Cancel Low To audition the Actors and set their voices 4 Click
195. following appears WINDOWS MAC OS o Speech Control Bus bo m REESE crop Status Stopped PAUSE BACK STOP SKIP BACK PLAY PAUSE SKIP Play Begins the playback from the current insertion point or Paused position FINAL DRAFT 80 Tutorials Pause Temporarily halts playback Skip Jumps to the next paragraph Back Goes to the beginning of the previous paragraph Stop Halts playback 18 Click Play to have the script read When finished 19 Click the Close box FINAL DRAFT 81 Tutorials Auto Save and Auto Backup To help ensure that your work is saved properly Final Draft contains some features that auto matically save your text at specified intervals and also automatically create backups when the material is saved Following is a description of these features You may choose to change any or all of them Uili IMPORTANT NOTE Initially both the Auto Save option and the Auto Backup option are enabled To view the Auto Save and Auto Backup options Choose Tools Options Windows or Final Draft Preferences Mac OS X The Options dialog Windows and the Preferences dialog Mac OS appear Click the General Tab Windows or the Auto Save Tab Mac OS WINDOWS OS Preferences Header Footer Scene Numbers Revisions Application Auto Save Backup General SmartT ype Spelling Document Levels of undo 5 z Auto Save Every 15 8 M
196. from which relocking is to begin 2 Choose Production gt Relock Pages A confirmation dialog appears 3 Click Yes All pages following the current page will be unlocked and reflowed normally then locked again Adjust Locked Page Allows the starting position for a single locked page to be changed This is used when a partic ular locked page needs to be moved up or down a paragraph or two to match a printed draft 1 Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph where adjustment is to begin 2 Choose Production gt Adjust Locked Page A confirmation dialog appears 3 Click Yes The Adjust Locked page dialog appears For example Adjust Locked Page Choose the page on which to place the current paragraph 4 Select the page number where the current paragraph should begin 5 Click OK The script is repaginated to reflect the new starting position for the specified locked page FINAL DRAFT 208 Production Menu Edit Page Number Allows the current page number to be modified manually To modify a page number 1 Position click the insertion point within the page whose number is to be edited 2 Choose Production gt Edit Page Number The Edit Page Number dialog appears Edit Page Number Change page number to 3 Enter the page number as desired 4 Click OK The current page s number will be modified Lock New Page Creates a new locked page at the current insertion point positio
197. ft com or call the Sales Department at 800 231 4055 or 818 995 8995 Spell Checking To begin spell checking 1 Choose Tools Spelling The Spelling dialog appears and checking begins As with most word processors when spell check reaches the end of the script it will ask if you want it to continue from the beginning of the script If spell checking was started in the mid dle of the script this allows you to wrap around to the top of the script and continue checking the rest of the script 2 Click Yes When the entire script has been checked a message is displayed informing you that the whole script has been checked 3 Click OK The Spelling dialog will be closed NorE Spell checking can be halted at any time and the Spelling dialog closed by click ing the Close button FINAL DRAFT 279 Spelling amp Thesaurus When a misspelled or unknown word is encountered it will be selected in the script and appear in the Misspelled area A list of possible alternatives appears The first item in the Suggested list appears in the Change To text field For example the unknown word that was found is eBay Spell Check Options User Dictionary MISSPELLED WORD AREA Misspelled Word eBay Change to Skip All Suggestions Close To instruct the spell checker to learn a word Click Learn The word in the Misspelled area is added to the User Dictionary see below and spell
198. g 4 Click OK If Scan for Script Formatting Errors is enabled a dialog appears Click Scan Now to have the script scanned for errors Once any errors have been fixed or ignored File Print must be cho sen again to print the script Click Print Now to bypass any scanning and the script will be printed If Scan for Script Formatting Errors is not enabled the script will be printed as is FINAL DRAFT 123 File Menu Email Permits you to email the script from within Final Draft You must have already established an Internet connection et ore The recipient must have a copy of Final Draft or the Final Draft Viewer in order to read the script 1 Choose File gt Email 2 Enter the recipient s email address in the To text field A message may be added at this time too 3 Click Send The script will be emailed as an attachment using your computer s designated email program Note f your designated email program does not appear after you choose click Send refer to your email program s documentation about how to configure it properly Register Script The currently open script may be registered via email with the Writers Guild of America west s Registry Service NorE You do not need to be a member of the WGAw to use this service 1 Choose File gt Register Script You will be sent to a special page on Final Draft s website 2 Follow the instructions on the page
199. g Redo will revert the script to how it was before the Undo was performed Depending on the last action Edit Redo will contain the type of action to be undone such as Redo Typing Redo Cut etc Redo is useful for correcting an accidental Undo For example if you make a format change such as changing the font or the style of an Element and you undo it you can have the script revert to its previous state by selecting Edit gt Redo If there is no redoable action Edit gt Redo is not enabled Cut Removes the currently selected text and places it into the Clipboard Edit gt Cut can be undone It is active when a range of text is selected If there is only an inser tion point it is not enabled Copy Places a copy of the selected text into the Clipboard Unlike Edit gt Cut it does not delete text Edit gt Copy is only active when a range of text is selected If there is only an insertion point it is not enabled FINAL DRAFT 127 Edit Menu Paste Pastes places the text contents of the Clipboard into the script The text is inserted at the cur rent insertion point or if there is a selection range replaces the selected text Text in the Clipboard can exist in a few different forms If the text was copied or cut from a Final Draft document it will retain its formatting characteristics Element type margins font styles etc Text that is copied or cut from another program will contain o
200. g the automated phone system at 1 888 320 7555 Both options take only a few short steps to complete Internet product activation requires you to type in your Customer Number Phone activation requires you to enter an activation code displayed on your com puter screen into an automated touch tone system How does product activation work The activation process uses minimal information about the product and system to request an activation token If the request is valid a message is returned that enables Final Draft to func tion fully and immediately IMPORTANT NOTE The activation process is completely anonymous and never requests collects or transmits personal information It does not scan your hard drive and none of the information collected can be used to identify you or your computer FINAL DRAFT 32 Getting Started Is product activation the same as product registration They are two separate procedures Product activation is a mandatory anonymous process that verifies your product serial number and license In contrast product registration is a voluntary process that also entitles you to customer support product updates and special offers from Final Draft What information is required for product registration Product registration is a voluntary process and requires only that you provide your name e mail address and Customer Number You may also choose to disclose demographic information Does product activatio
201. gate to where the file is to be saved 3 From the Save As list choose Movie Magic 4 Click Save The file will be saved in the format specified ready for use FINAL DRAFT 340 Tagger Shortcuts amp Menus Shortcuts amp Menus Final Draft includes a number of special keys and key combination shortcuts that make entering text and through a script as effortless as possible In addition all the Windows and Mac OS menus are listed FINAL DRAFT 340 Shortcuts amp Menus Shortcuts To make entering text and navigating through a script as easy as possible Final Draft includes a number of special keys and keyboard combination shortcuts Adding Paragraphs with the Enter Key Return Key With the insertion point at the end of a paragraph the Enter key Windows and the Return key Mac OS causes specific element changes From Scene Heading to Action From Action to Action From Character to Dialogue From Parenthetical to Dialogue From Transition to Scene Heading From Dialogue to Action From General to General From Shot to Action To modify these shortcuts 1 Choose Format Elements and the Elements dialog is displayed 2 Select the desired Element in the list 3 Setthe shortcut via the Enter key Return key pop up list Note The reason Enter Return doesn t change elements after typing Action is because you can follow Action with either another Action a Character Name a Transition or a Scene
202. ge return at the insertion point and breaks the line It can be used to format special types of paragraphs such as poems lyrics etc FINAL DRAFT 342 Shortcuts amp Menus Tab Key The Tab key supplements the functions of the Enter key Return key From Scene Heading to Action From Action to Character From Character to Transition only when Character is blank From Transition to Scene Heading From Dialogue to Parenthetical From Parenthetical to Dialogue Press Tab to accept the current selection from a SmartType list and move to the next logical element Within a Scene Heading the Tab key has additional functions From a Scene Intro pressing Tab adds a period plus a space and takes you to the Loca tion area Press Tab again to call up the Location SmartType list From a Location pressing Tab adds a space dash space and takes you to the Time area Press Tab again to call up the Time SmartType list Other Keyboard Shortcuts Special Keys The Page Up and Page Down keys cause the script to scrolled up or down one screen full respectively The Home key Windows causes the cursor to be move to the beginning of a line Mac OS causes the script to be scrolled to the beginning of the document The End key Windows moves the cursor to the end of a line Mac OS causes the script to be scrolled to the end of the document The Delete key deletes the character following the current insertion point The Ct
203. ger before you import a Tagger file you must create the new Categories in the scheduling program Spelling case and order must match their listing in Tagger exactly FINAL DRAFT 334 Tagger To add a new category 1 Click the Add Category button and the Add Category dialog appears Add Category 2 Type in the name for the category in the empty field 3 Click the color swatch and chose the category s color Click OK when set 4 Choose any typestyle desired 5 Click OK The new category will appear at the bottom of the Category List To modify an existing category 1 Double click the category to be edited and the Edit Category dialog appears Edit Category Stunts Color M Bold Underline italic 2 Make any changes desired to name color or typestyle 3 Click Update Any changes will be reflected in the Category List and in any elements previously tagged in that category To delete an existing category 1 Select the category to be deleted 2 Click the Clear Category button The Delete Category dialog appears 3 Click Delete Category The category will be removed from the Category List and any elements in the category will be untagged FINAL DRAFT 335 Tagger Tagger Menus Apple Menu Final Draft Tagger Menu Mac OS Commands include About Final Draft Tagger and Preferences see Print Menu below File Menu Import Script Choose this comm
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205. graph Font description Courier Final Draft 12 ALL CAPS Apply Font Size to all Elements WARNING The reliance on Courier font 12 point size plain text style represents a holdover from the old days in what is the officially accepted appearance of scripts This default font and size matches what was used on most typewriters Use a different font at your own risk Many industry professionals do not trust seeing scripts in a dif ferent font They feel you may be cheating the length of your script or worse are unprofessional To set font and size for a single element 1 Choose the element desired from the Element List 2 Click the Font tab 3 Click Set Font The standard font dialog for your computer and operating system appears 4 any desired changes and click OK To set font and size for all elements 1 Change these font attributes for one element 2 Click the Apply Font Size to All Elements the elements will now be set to the same font and size Note Font and size changes will not be applied to the script until OK is clicked FINAL DRAFT 226 Elements Paragraph Tab Determines additional attributes for each element Basic Font Paragraph Alignment lt Spacing 1 Space before 1 Indents Left 1 50 lt gt lt Right 7 50 Align pop up list Offers the options Left Centered Right and Justified Default is Left Spacing pop up list Offers the op
206. hands He looks at the map glances up at the street sign down at the written directions in his appointment book and finally back to the map The triangle icon indicates that the deleted portion can be viewed or retrieved To view omitted scenes 1 Double click the triangle icon and a dialog appears 2 Click View A small window appears containing the omitted text For example 5 I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 5 f Omitted Scene pee 2 AE TURNPIRE a ha 1 Bryan grabs a watch which is sitting on He glances at it sees pills onto the shoulder driving past all of the stopped cars 3 Click the Close box when done FINAL DRAFT 200 Production Menu To retrieve omitted scenes 1 Double click the triangle icon and a dialog appears 2 Click Unomit The scene is restored Omitted text and its scene number can be permanently deleted from the script by selecting and deleting it This defeats the purpose of omits as scenes would have to be renumbered Revisions Allows the selection modification and creation of different revision styles each with separate characteristics Choose Production Revisions and the following appears Active revision set First Revision Name Revised text appearance co z Second Revision Underline Third Revision Fourth Revision C Word underline C Dotted underline
207. hanges to the original Other users will be able to open the file at the same time and will have to save changes under a different name similar to using File Save As About Final Draft Templates The Final Draft Template format allows template of any script or text document to be saved A Template contains all attributes of the script including the text It saves the Elements Page Layout Header and Footer Mores and Continueds Title Page SmartType Lists and Macros in one file A number of Templates are included with Final Draft see File New FINAL DRAFT 119 File Menu This is particularly suited for sitcoms and episodics as well as for specially formatted text doc uments xz Save Final Draft Template files the Final Draft gt Stationary folder This way they w will all be available when File gt New is chosen Save As PDF The Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format PDF is the de facto standard for exchanging documents between computers and on the Internet pdf extension 1 Choose File Save As PDF and the standard Save dialog appears 2 Navigate to where the file is to be saved 3 Click Save The Title Page will automatically be included at the beginning of the script default To have the Title Page excluded see Windows Tools Options Document or Mac OS File Menu Preferences Backup Allows archived versions of a script to be saved 1 Choose File gt Backup T
208. haracters or any selected text of the paragraph up to 32 char acters the insertion point is in become the default name Leave it as is or edit the text to name it FINAL DRAFT 166 Document Menu 3 Click OK to set the Bookmark Insert ScriptNote Creates a new ScriptNote a pop up note window that can contain ideas suggestions notes or script fragments without taking up space in the script To add insert a new ScriptNote 1 Position the insertion point where the ScriptNote Marker should be placed 2 Choose Document gt Insert ScriptNote A ScriptNote Marker appears at the current insertion point position and a new ScriptNote window appears Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills ScriptNote Lx SCRIPTNOTE ScriptNote Markers do not get printed and do not affect script length or pagina tion Which ScriptNote Marker is used is determined by Document ScriptNote 3 Enter or paste any text into the ScriptNote window The window can be resized or moved The font size or style of the text can be changed 4 Click the Close box to return to the script For more information see the ScriptNotes section FINAL DRAFT 167 Document Menu Insert Label For example writing standards for sitcom and episodic television require that the act number and or scene number appear in the Header at the top of each page Since label text can change when Act
209. he text into proper format and paginates it according to industry standards Reformatting is used to take text which is not formatted properly and transform it into correct script format i e the element is changed For example when unformatted text is pasted into Final Draft from another word processor or when one or more paragraphs are not formatted properly dialogue accidentally formatted as action etc Reformatting may be needed after a script is written on another word processor saved as text or RTF and opened in Final Draft The built in formatting logic should turn most if not all of the text into a correctly formatted script However since text can be laid out in many different Ways incorrectly formatted text may need to be reformatted There are a number of methods that may be used to reformat text Reformatting a Single Paragraph To change the element of a single paragraph 1 Place the insertion point within the paragraph to be changed Bryan stops walking With his back still to the Williams he SHOULD BE A cracks a sly conniving grin TRANSITION CUT TO 2 Choose the new element for the paragraph from the Element pop up list in the Toolbar Y eek Mac OS Choose the new element for the paragraph from the Format gt Change Elements To Submenu Pressing Ctrl Shift Windows or Command Option Mac OS be used to reformat the current paragraph p r Or Cho
210. he Top of Next Page text cont d FINAL DRAFT 159 Document Menu If either the Bottom of Page or the Top of Next Page checkboxes are not checked the respec tive text will not be displayed or printed Default for both is checked Automatic Character Continueds Automatically places cont d after the character s name if same character speaks repeti tively during a single scene This is used to alert the reader that the same character is con tinuing a speech when it is broken by some action Default is enabled cont d is added only when there is no other character s dialogue between the connect ing speeches by the same character cont d is never inserted if the speeches occur in dif ferent scenes Scene Breaks When scene is continued from one page to another Final Draft will type the Bottom of Page text CONTINUED at the bottom of the first page In addition the Top of Next Page text CON TINUED will appear at the top of the next page along with the scene number that is being continued If either the Bottom of Page or the Top of Next Page checkboxes are not checked the associ ated text will not be displayed or printed Default for both is disabled CONTINUED Adds 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 To change the text of any Mores and Continueds Edit the text in the
211. he officially accepted appearance of scripts This default font and size matches what was used on most typewriters Use a different font at your own risk Many industry professionals do not trust seeing scripts in a dif ferent font They feel you may be cheating the length of your script or worse are unprofessional Note Final Draft automatically informs you about possible misspelled or unknown words as you type and underlines them Using Element Shortcuts You could continue to write a complete correctly formatted script using just the Tab and Enter Return keys Final Draft has alternatives to using them called Element Shortcuts These combinations make use of the Control Ctrl key Windows or Command Apple key Mac OS Element shortcuts can be used to perform the same functions as the Tab and Enter Return keys and more For these element shortcuts you press the Control Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS plus another key simultaneously To view the current element shortcuts Hold down the Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS The following appears in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue B Transition 7 Shot The numbers i e 1 2 represent the keys to be pressed while simultaneously pressing the Control Command key These element shortcuts cause a new paragraph of the Element type indicated to be add
212. he script Sequence A group of connected scenes that moves a story forward A feature script usually has between seven and ten sequences Sitcom Situation Comedy Usually refers to a television comedy in which the humor is derived from situations or predica ments of the characters rather than on incidents or gags Shooting Schedule A production schedule for shooting a film with the scenes from a script grouped together and ordered with production considerations in mind Shooting Script See Production Script Shot The basic unit of a motion picture A moving image of objects persons buildings and or land scapes Slug Line FD See Scene Heading Smart Type FD Provides an automatic type ahead facility for entering a Character Name Location Exten sion Time and Transition in the script used to avoid repetitive typing Sound Effect SFX Special effects which require some type of technical sound reproduction or manipulation Special Effect EFX FX To creatively produce a scene different from what was originally shot by altering or manipulat ing the image digitally optically or chemically FINAL DRAFT 105 Tutorials Spec Script A speculative feature television or stage script not commissioned by a studio producer or other production entity and available for purchase SUPER Superimpose The effect of showing one image over another Always typed in capital letters Text File See ASCII Text
213. he standard Save dialog appears with the file s name plus today s date added 2 Navigate to where the script should be saved 3 Click OK Windows or Save Mac OS 0 Always use gt Backup before any major changes begun FINAL DRAFT 120 File Menu Revert Returns the script to its last saved state 1 Choose File gt Revert 2 Aconfirmation dialog appears 3 Click OK to undo all changes done since the last save WARNING You cannot Undo a Revert NE Page Setup Mac OS Causes a dialog box to be displayed containing options for printing from the currently chosen printer w NOTE f any changes to the paper size are made the script will be reformatted to take 2 the new page size into account and will affect page length Changing to a different printer laser printer to ink jet printer for example may also change the total page length Print Preview Allows the script to be viewed on screen as it will appear when printed 1 Choose File gt Print Preview The page that is currently on screen when Print Preview was chosen will be in view 2 Toview other pages Windows Click the Next Page or Previous Page buttons Mac OS Type a number in the Page text field or use the scroll bar Controls are available that allow you to Print view One Page at a time or Two Pages at once Note You cannot edit or change the script while File gt Print Preview 3 Click Close when done
214. her programs that are currently opened FINAL DRAFT 95 Tutorials BACK TO SCENE The camera reverts to its original shot position from another Background 6 Any action or 5 which is secondary to the main action and which appears far away to the main action and which serves as a backdrop for that action Always abbreviated in lower case letters with periods after each letter Backup Copy To guard against total loss of important information a duplicate copy of a computer file usu ally saved on a diskette or other removable media and placed in a safe separate place Mak ing two backup copies of important data should be a regular part of any computer use Beat In a screenplay this term is used to indicate a pause in a character s speech or action Also refers to actions or incidents within scenes Bit A single element 1 or 0 of computer information memory see byte kilobyte megabyte gigabyte Breakdown Breakdown Script Detailed analysis of a screenplay which is used to create the Shooting Schedule Organizes the script into related scenes locations sets characters and props Also used for determining all the expenses for a film s budget Bookmarks FD Placeholders within a Final Draft script whose placement is determined by the user Byte A unit of computer memory or storage composed of 8 bits One byte represents one character a letter a number etc Caret Insertion Point
215. hich Element will be created or what action will be taken when a specific key or key combination is pressed Here is an excerpt of a script which contains most of the basic script Elements except Shot SCENE HEADING EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY ACTION A WRITER and an AGENT are walking from the parking lot towards an office CHARACTER AGENT PARENTHETICAL whispers DIALOGUE Just follow my lead I know you re ready to do this pitch TRANSITION DISSOLVE TO The parts of a Scene Heading are SCENE INTRO EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY LOCATION TIME A Character Extension is used when appropriate CHARACTER EXTEN NARRATOR V O The Grand Canyon is one of the jewels of our National Park System For a complete discussion of elements see the Elements section FINAL DRAFT 40 Tutorials Using the Tab and Enter Keys You can automatically change Element paragraphs by using the Tab and Enter keys Windows or Tab and Return Enter keys Mac OS This allows you to type without worrying about proper formatting Final Draft has built in intelligence to place each Element in proper script format and it knows how to correctly space each of them Note n the following the Enter key Windows key Return key Mac OS are represented by Enter Return In general Press Tab to move to the next logic
216. hot to a close shot or the reverse usually achieved by manipu lating the camera s lens File Menu FINAL DRAFT 110 File Menu About the Menus Sections Final Draft s menus are explained from left to right in the menu bar so they can be easily refer enced Many menu commands are also covered in other sections of this User Guide while some are explained only in this chapter Note Final Draft is continually being updated and new features are added mostly from user feedback The menu structure and even the commands may change If you encoun ter commands that are not explained check for any Read Me or New Features files in the Final Draft folder These text files provide overviews of new features that were added Also check our Internet site at www finaldraft com for the latest information and download able files Preferences Mac OS For similar functionality in Mac OS X choose Final Draft Preferences for Windows refer to Tools gt Options Preferences are settings that allow control over how a number of Final Draft features operate Settings are saved between sessions To set Preferences 1 Choose Final Draft Preferences and the Preferences dialog appears Preferences Preferences f Application Auto Save Backup Application Auto Save Backup Auto Save Every 15 E Minutes v Show contextual menu after long click Mask before Aut
217. i te 93 Glossary DEA D eye om ed 95 esee lene cde bti 109 About the MenusSections m 110 Preferences Mac OS 00 ccc cece ec cence eee RR re 110 Application Preferences aes 111 Auto Save Backup Preferences 112 File ute sciente at tia I Ea a aE REEE RE 114 cea see AiG Ei 114 Operi sais aE ieee a ng nl ee HE es 115 Open Recent Submenu Mac OS 0 0 cee cece eee II 116 Close ener a oh CRI CR QE Gee Ul ie one ane 116 Save is edie ca eus UM ey he ae ety TIE EIS 116 AS ee ie eed aed iy Bek 116 About Final Draft Templates 0 118 Save AS PDE pat eels 119 Backup ced eat ef Rue DER RAE Rex eds hebt gee dey dU P E M o Rn 119 sete dune A TIN LN teda ac Mel RA Ra tad ea a 120 Page OS caes cut gare quent ttr gale gle dese ar Spe Rao bad ah ae 120 FINAL DRAFT 7 Table of Contents PREVI CW crederet deste decur DU e A E pe 120 DEI dac 121 ERUNT 123 acea 123 Recent Files Windows
218. ialog appears similar to eo Element Info DIT ELEMENT BUTTON Appears in the following scenes as Props nt Ext Set 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM Element Links When All Categories m Daily Racing Form appears in a scene these BRYAN should also appear ROCHELLE 0 BETTY pictures of the POST Hear lo Done Click the Edit Elements button and a dialog appears similar to Edit Element CATEGORY LIST _ res 9 paily Racing Form Edit the item s name and or use the Category List to change the item s category Click Update when done Click Done in the Element Info dialog Linking Elements One element may need to link to another element For example a blind character Cast Mem ber may always need a cane Prop etc To link one element with another Both elements need to have been previously tagged or added to their respective categories For example FINAL DRAFT 332 Tagger BRYAN IS A Element CBRYAN CAST MEMBER ROCHELLE Add Element Clear Element Add Element Clea Element ph of a youn WHITE CANE 15 A PROP 2 Double click on the first element you want to link For example double click BRYAN and the Link Element dialog appears ELEMENT THAT OTHER ELEMENTS WILL LINK TO BRYAN Edit Element Appears in the following scenes Int Ext Set Day mrs 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S AP
219. in the Cast List Choose Format gt Elements Click New Enter any name for this Element though Cast List would be best Set the Shortcut Enter Key to Action 2 Optional Change the Enter Key shortcut for Scene Heading Select Scene Heading from the Elements List Set the Shortcut Enter Key to this newly created element Click OK 3 Set Final Draft to automatically create a Cast List Choose Document Page Layout Options Choose this new element from the Cast List Elements pop up menu you name the new Element Cast List the Cast List Element will be set auto matically Click OK 4 Enter a Scene Heading in the script 5 Press Enter if Scene Heading s shortcut was changed Or Press Enter twice if Scene Heading s shortcut was not changed and select the Cast List element for the Elements List 6 Press Enter or other shortcuts to continue writing the script As characters are entered into the scene their names will automatically appear in the new Cast List element When a character is removed from a scene it will be removed from the Cast List for that scene FINAL DRAFT 157 Document Menu Saving PDF Files Instructs Final Draft to include or exclude the Title Page at the beginning of the PDF of the script when File Save As PDF is chosen Default is enabled When finished Click OK FINAL DRAFT 158 Document Menu Header and Footer Conta
220. inal Draft Help F1 Tile Ask the Expert 1 Untitled Screenplay Tip of the Day Final Draft on the Web Get Technical Support Program Updates Submit Feedback Register Online Deactivate Customer Support About Final Draft FINAL DRAFT 346 Shortcuts amp Menus Mac OS About Final Draft Preferences Services Hide Final Draft 7 Hide Others Show Quit Final Draft 7 90 Script Normal View v Script Page View Script Speed View v ScriptNotes v Ruler Invisibles 36 Navigator Index Cards Summary Index Cards Script Add New Card Cards Across Split Vertically Split Horizontally Swap Panels v Unsplit Panels Toolbars Zoom Production Scene Numbers Edit Scene Number lt Omit Scene Revisions Revision Mode Mark Revised 36 Clear Revised 36 Lock Pages Unlock A Pages Unlock All Pages Locking Tools gt New Open Open Recent Close Save Save As Save As PDF Backup Revert Print Preview Print Email Register Script Elements Change Element Set Font Font Size Style Color Highlight Alignment Spacing Space Before Insert Page Break Dual Dialogue Page Setup lt 36P 36N 360 36W FS gt 96 Zoom Window Minimize Win
221. indows Font Size Style Color Highlight Submenu Mac 05 These functions allow the font size style color and highlight color of the text to be changed Note Though Windows and OS programs present these options differently their functions are the same Windows contains all these items in a single dialog Mac OS offers them as submenus To change font attributes Choose Format Font Windows or Choose Format font attribute Submenu Mac OS Font Style Size standard options are available Default is Courier Final Draft 12 WARNING The reliance on Courier font 12 point size plain text style represents a holdover from the old days in what is the officially accepted appearance of scripts This default font and size matches what is used on most typewriters Use a different font at your own risk Many industry professionals do not trust seeing scripts in a different font They feel you may be cheating the length of your script or worse are unprofessional Mac 0S If the Edit Preferences WYSIWYG Menus is enabled the font names will appear in the submenu in their actual typeface Color Allows the color of the text to be changed Default is black To change text color Mac OS Select the color from the submenu To change text color Windows or Other colors for Mac OS 1 Click the color swatch Windows The standard Windows Color Palette appears Choose a color or click Other and
222. ing Started Registration Only registered Final Draft customers are entitled to the many services we provide including access to customer support and Final Draft updates Your Customer Number located on the back panel of the nstallation Guide included as part of the Final Draft package or Digital Order Email electronic download product is required for registration Registration can be accomplished any time online via mail or via fax IMPORTANT NOTE Even if you have previously registered an earlier version of Final Draft you will still need to register Final Draft 7 IMPORTANT NOTE Ifyou have previously registered Final Draft 7 do not do so again Skip this screen by clicking Register Later We highly recommend that you Remove one of the peel off Customer Numbers from the back panel of the Installation Guide and place it on the Registration Card If you received your copy of Final Draft electronically print out your Digital Order Email and put it in a safe place A WARNING Do not write the Customer Number on the CD as you may damage it 2 To register electronically vote NOTE Make sure you are online 5 To register fill in the information in the onscreen form Click Register or Click Register Later To register electronically at another time Run Final Draft and choose Help gt Register Online or m Go to the Final Draft website at www finaldraft com register click on Final
223. ins text which can appear at the top or bottom of every page of the script When a new script is created the default header contains a right justified page number PAGE NUMBER The page number is represented by a small rounded rectangle containing Page When dis played or printed the Page symbol is replaced by the actual page number for each page When the script is displayed on screen the header appears at the top of every page except the first page by default For information about the various special symbols and for details about using the Header and Footer in general refer to the Header and Footer section Mores and Continueds Determines the text and options for dialogue and scene continueds Mores and Continueds DIALOGUE BREAKS Dialogue breaks v Bottom of page MORE of next _ CONT D v Automatic Character Continueds SCENE BREAKS scene breaks Bottom of page CONTINUED of next CONTINUED CONTINUED 8 Font Courier Final Draft 12 Dialogue Breaks Final Draft will attempt to not break dialogue from page to page There are situations when dialogue must be split between two pages When that occurs the Bottom of Page text MORE is placed just 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 t
224. int Preview Command 63 120 Production Manager Scheduling MaelToolkit soo EE E ees 339 Production Menu 65 83 322 Clear Revised Command 204 Edit Scene Number Command 198 Lock Pages 205 Lock Pages Command 84 205 Locking Tools 207 Adjust Locked Page Command 207 Lock New Page Command 208 Relock Pages From Caret Command 207 Unlock Page Command 209 Mark Revised Command 203 Omit Scene 199 Revision Mode Command 202 203 Revisions 200 Scene Numbers Command 65 85 195 322 ener Ske tones 196 Unlock A Pages Command 206 Unlock All Pages Command 206 Production 102 Shooting 102 104 Q Question Interactive Television 181 Question Mark Button Windows 214 R RAI ons gate tabe re agian mrs ses 102 Recent Files Command Windows 124 Recent Items OSs sre tee ee peewee 111 WINdOWS 191 Redo Command 126 Reformat 249 Single 250 Reformat
225. inutes Recent items 4 Ask before Auto Save v Use F1 key for help Capitalize first word of a sentence fV Auto Backup Enabled Documents folder C XDocuments and Settings Colin my documents Backup Folder File Count 50 Auto Save Macirkosh HD Users frankcolin Library Application Support Final Draft Final Draft 7 Backup v Auto Save every 15 minutes C Select New Folder Ask before Auto Save Auto Backup Back up a maximum of 50 files Backup folder C Documents and Settings Colin 4pplication Data F f Cancel b AUTO SAVE AUTO BACKUP Auto Save Every pop up menu When this option is enabled Final Draft automatically saves scripts after the time indicated in the Minutes pop up has elapsed Default is enabled Windows To have Final Draft automatically save at a frequency other than what is on the pop up type a number directly into the Minutes box FINAL DRAFT 82 Tutorials With both Auto Save and the Ask Before Option enabled see below if any changes have been made since the last save when the specified time has expired a confirmation message will appear on your screen You will be prompted to either save the script or cancel the scheduled save 2 Note Even if the time has expired Final Draft will not interrupt your typing to save the script It will wait for approximately ten seconds of inactivity befor
226. ion A tall insertion point appears to indicate where the text will go As long as the mouse button is held down the insertion point will move to follow the mouse similar to BRYAN continuing What are you doing I said to be ready ndy holds up his index finger as to hne second He looks at himself with disgust INSERTION POINT INDICATES WHERE TEXT WILL BE DROPPED 3 Release the mouse button when the insertion point is where you want the block of text moved The text is moved to the new location Note Edit gt Undo is available to reverse undesired drag and drops Smart Drag and Drop When you drag a bit of dialogue from where you wrote it to somewhere else in the script the correct character element will be created automatically when the dialogue is dropped Smart Drag and Drop also recognizes other script elements and behaves correctly and predictably when you drag and drop them all over your script This also holds true for Edit Cut Copy and Paste Clear Used to delete the currently selected text It is only active when there is a range of text selected It performs the same operation as pressing the Delete key FINAL DRAFT 129 Edit Menu Select Causes the entire script to be selected Use this command to take some action on the entire script such copying the entire script into the Clipboard Select Scene The scene currently containing the insertion point or the beginning of a
227. ion V Character V Parenthetical v v v Dialogue Transition Shot 2 Choose any Elements s desired Searches will be performed in the checked Elements only To hide the additional options Click Less The options disappear When all searching and replacing is completed Click the Close box To access the Goto options 1 Click the Goto tab 2 The Goto options appear see next topic for details FINAL DRAFT 132 Edit Menu Goto Used to jump to another location in the script 1 Choose Edit Goto and the Goto dialog appears Find Goto Find Replace Go to Go to what Enter page number Scene Paragraph 2 Choose which item to go to from the Go to what list Windows or Goto pop up menu Mac OS Options change to be more specific for the item chosen 3 Click the direction to move in Next Previous or 4 If offered type in a specific location in the text field The Go button appears 5 Click Go If the desired location can be found the screen will scroll to it and any text at that location will be selected When finished Click the Close box To access the Find Replace options Click the Find Replace tab in the dialog The Find Replace options appear see previous topic for details Find Selection Takes the currently selected text and performs a Find Next without having the Find Replace dialog appear View Men
228. ion coordi nation is organized by scene number If new scenes are added they must use A and B designa tions to prevent possible confusion and costly reworking of the shooting schedule Though similar in concept to A and B pages maintaining the original scene numbering and creation of A and B scenes in Final Draft is a completely separate function from the creation of A and B pages Use the Scene Number Keep option to maintain original scene numbering and have A and B scenes created The various page Lock commands control how new A and B pages are numbered Scene Numbers Used to number or renumber scene numbers or other elements x Tip Traditionally scenes are not numbered until pre production begins If you are sub mitting a script we suggest that you do not number the scenes Note n Final Draft scene numbers are not automatically assigned as a script is entered or revised Production Scene Numbers must be used to number or renumber scenes In standard screenplay format and Final Draft default scene numbers are assigned to Scene Headings only If the script requires that a heading will not be assigned a scene number the Shot element or General element should be used instead of the Scene Heading element Final Draft also contains options for nonstandard numbering by permitting any element to be numbered if desired Nonstandard numbering may be used in animation interactive multime dia and other
229. ious scene in this script you will see that BRYAN and ANDY are having a conversation BRYAN has just spo ken so Final Draft s Auto Guess presumes that ANDY is going to speak again This is another optional function intended to save you unnecessary typing see Document SmartType Options If we did want him to speak again we d press Enter Return to accept the match 37 Instead type B FINAL DRAFT 53 Tutorials The pop up list appears with all the B names Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills Notice that BRYAN is entered in light gray If we did want him to speak you would press Enter Return to accept the match If we wanted another B name we could type the first few letters like E for BETTY and that name would be typed in or we could use the Up and Down Arrow keys to choose the character from the list Instead We do not want a B character We want to enter a new character named MARC 38 Press the Backspace key or delete key once 39 Type M The pop up does not appear because there are currently no M matches 40 Continue typing ARC We are now going to create a Character Extension which is used to describe where the speech is coming from off screen voice over etc In this case Marc is speaking from off screen 41 Type The Character Extension SmartType list appears 42 Choose O S for off screen and press Enter Return A new dial
230. is flexible so you can choose the best method for your writing style Let s save the sample script To save a script 21 Choose File Save and the standard Save dialog appears 22 Navigate to where the file is to be saved Type in the name for the script like Sample 23 Click Save FINAL DRAFT 50 Tutorials Zoom Magnification To continue the Tutorial we will use a sample script that was installed along with Final Draft To open the sample script 24 Choose File Open The standard Open dialog appears 25 Navigate to the Final Draft 7 folder 26 Open the Final Draft folder 27 Open the Tutorial folder 28 Open the script Out4Life fdr The script appears Final Draft has a Zoom magnification feature which allows you to see more or less of the script on a screen This permits you to set the optimal size for working on various monitors or laptop computers To view more of the script 29 Choose View gt Zoom gt 7500 Then 30 Choose View gt Zoom gt 125 As you can see this feature will be useful in different work situations especially if you are using a laptop computer Note Final Draft retains its settings between sessions Whichever magnification a script is in when you save it it will appear in the same magnification when it is next opened To view the script at normal size 31 Choose View gt Zoom gt 100 FINAL DRAFT 51 Tutorials If you wish take a
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232. ition is not a Scene Heading then it will add a new Scene Heading before entering the text NOTE Ifthe insertion point is positioned anywhere but at the end of a paragraph Final Draft will not split the existing paragraph FINAL DRAFT 290 Macros To specify the element for the selected macro Select the desired Element from the Macro Element pop up list Choose None to leave the element unchanged i e there will be no paragraph change Transition To pop up list Used to switch to another paragraph type after the macro text has been entered Some macros like DAY and NIGHT will only be used at the end of a Scene Heading This option saves the additional keystrokes of having to create a new paragraph To specify the element for the transition paragraph Select the desired Element from the Transition To pop up list or Choose None to leave the element unchanged i e there will be no paragraph added Macro Alias Since Macros can be invoked only with key combinations the number of macros is limited due to the relatively small amount of key combinations that can be created Macro Aliases are used to expand the number of macros available A Macro Alias is composed of regular text which can be considered a kind of abbreviation that is used to invoke a macro previously described functions are available plus a few more 7he default macros can also be invoked by an alias
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234. ke up Bryan noney Sharing BRYAN He grabs the remote control He grabs the remote switches off the TV and ger switches off the TV BRYAN Michelle Miche _ Michelle contro and ge BRYAN Mich ROCHE Enter Tab Action SELECTION INDICATOR INT BRYAN LERNER S APART A selection box appears around the active panel FINAL DRAFT 144 View Menu 3 Choose a different panel if desired by choosing View Index Card or View Navigator Navigator in the following example Out4Life fdr ce gt INT BRYAN LERNER T BEDROOM DAY 500302 000000 39 014 gt EXT STREET OUTSID S APARTMENT DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR P PHIA STREETS DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 1 BRYAN S CAR S BAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT BRYAN LERNER S APART INT HOUSE IN SAYE LE KITCHEN DUSK The CAMERA opens up on a p INT ANDY RIGHTMA IVING ROOM NIGHT the CAMERA pulls back rev pictures of the same young various male friends AD of the dresser In the ba an afternoon soap opera actually be happening here The room is sparsely furni large sheet acting as an daylight Scattered acros clothes jeans t shirts single mattress with no bo SPLITTER telephone and several op New Jersey Lying on the bed in his un man from the pictures
235. l Mirrors What makes us different from the competition is we make all the components ourselves That means we can sell directly to the consumer eliminating the middle man which in turn saves you money The bottom line is that I can cover your entire foyer with the best quality at the lowest price and that s really the most important thing isn t it Bob Bob nods his head in agreement DISSOLVE TO FIVE MINUTES LATER Bryan is still pitching to them about the wonders of the junky mirror with such intensity and emotion that the Williams are at his complete attention Even 2 4 gt Tab Character Enter Select Element No Scene 1of4 General FINAL DRAFT 256 Panels Script Page View Displays the text of the script on realistic looking pages with all active components page numbers dialogue breaks mores continueds headers and footers Script Page View is the default view for new scripts and text documents CONTINUED PAGE BREAK CONTINUED BRYAN As you know we re Contemporary Wall Mirrors What makes us different from the competition is we make all the components ourselves That means we can sell directly to the consumer eliminating the middle man which in turn saves you money The bottom line is that I can cover your entire foyer with the best quality at the lowest price and that s really the most important thing isn t it Bob Bob nods his head in agreement
236. l cycle through the items in the list starting with that letter instead of adding the letter to the line and doing a match of the combined letters INT EXT Creates Scene Headings If you type INT or EXT at the beginning of an Action paragraph it will automatically become a Scene Heading FINAL DRAFT 345 Shortcuts amp Menus Menus Windows File New Undo Typing Ctrl z Script Normal View Open led f v Script Page View Script Speed View Close Cut v ScriptNotes Save Ctrl C Invisibles Save As Paste Navigator Save As PDF Clear Backup Select All Ctr A Index Cards Summary R Select Scene Ctrl Shift A Index Cords Script Print Preview Find x Cards Across 4 _ Print Ctrl P Goto Ctr Spit Vertically Email Find Selection Ctrl E Split Horizontally Register Script v Unsplit Panels Toolbars 4 Zoom 4 mm T Page Layout Scene Numbers Elements Ctrl Shift E Header and Footer Edit Scene Number Ctrl Shift J Font Mores and Continueds Ora sane Title Page Revisions Alignment SmartType Ctrl Shift L Spacing Macros Mark Revised Bookmarks Clear Revised Ctrl Shift R Space Before 4 ScriptNotes Insert Page Break Eos d 9 ieu A Insert Bookmark Ctrl M ck A Insert ScriptNote Ctr 3 Dual Dialogue Insert Labb Locking Tools Cascade F
237. le on screen since they affect the formatting of the text e g carriage returns which cause the text to move down to the next line Default is Hide 1 Choose View Invisibles to make the special characters visible For example INDICATES A SPACE 34 Bob and Betty lean closer to the nirror trying to see the chemical for themselves BRYAN fcontinuing 4 a matter of fact it s the same stuff uses on the windows of the space shuttle to keep the space dust off 4 DISSOLVE TO 4 INDICATES A CARRIAGE RETURN A checkmark on the menu indicates that Show Invisibles is active Note f File gt Print is chosen while the special characters are visible they will not be printed or affect the script length 2 Choose View gt Invisibles again to hide the symbols Navigator The Navigator view provides a consolidated linear top to bottom ordering of the scenes The scene s Scene Heading and Scene Number if any are displayed In addition if any text has been entered in the Summary Card of a scene the first line of summary text may be viewed eoo Out4Life 2 fdr 2 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY TEXT FROM 2 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY Location 123 Main Street 1 E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE
238. lengthened or short ened Standard Elements The basic default Elements except Shot include SCENE EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY ACTION A WRITER and an AGENT are walking from the parking lot towards an office CHARACTER AGENT PARENTHETICAL whispers DIALOGUE Just follow my lead I know you re ready to do this pitch TRANSITION pI1SSOLVE TO FINAL DRAFT 219 Elements Scene Heading Slug Line Marks the beginning of a scene describing where and when the scene takes place They are always written in all capital letters Traditionally Scene Headings are the only element that have a scene number assigned to them They will not be orphaned at the bottom of a page but will be placed at the beginning of the next page to stay with the action that follows EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY SCENE INTRO LOCATION TIME Scene Intros indicate whether the scene is set inside or outside The default Scene Intros are INT interior EXT exterior interior exterior Location indicates where the scene is to take place Time indicates when the scene is to take place Action Represents screen direction which tells what is happening in the scene It may include physical and psychological action Character Always precedes dialogue to indicate who is doing the talking They are always
239. lick select the Summary Card whose scene heading is to be edited CARD SELECTED Out4Life fdr SELECTED INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM 1 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY p 2 CARD Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms Location 123 Main Street look clean Alert product placement team about fast food Dialogue needs adjusting flat hamburgers tag Cutlass Supreme 2 Click select the scene heading SCENE HEADING SELECTED SELECTED HEADING NT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms look clean Dialogue needs adjusting flat FINAL DRAFT 260 Panels 3 Edit the scene heading SCENE HEADING EDITED THE WORD APARTMENT HAS BEEN DELETED INT BRYAN LERNER S BEDROOM DAY p 1 Very messy and cramped Makes college dorm rooms look clean Dialogue needs adjusting flat 4 Click anywhere else in the panel to have the edited scene heading accepted ese Any changes made will be reflected in the script K WARNING There is no Undo Typing function when you edit card s scene heading Rearranging Scenes Because many scenes are viewed at once it s easy to rearrange them Scenes can be reposi tioned in either Summary or Script Card view by clicking on a card or range of cards and dragging and dropping them to a new l
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241. ls 2 Tutorials FINAL DRAFT 36 Tutorials Introduction Final Draft is a full featured word processor specifically designed for writing movies television and stage plays It combines powerful word processing with screenplay formatting intelligence allowing the writer to focus on what is being written instead of how it appears on the page If you have ever used a standard word processor most of the editing functions from selecting text to changing fonts and text alignment will be familiar to you Final Draft can also be used to write regular documents such as treatments letters resumes etc There are also dozens of sample templates included within the program including standard screenplay formatting stage play formatting and the formats of many of today s most popular television shows all of which will speed up the learning process To make entering your text as easy as possible the Tab and Enter keys Windows or Tab and Return keys Mac OS are used to perform most of the formatting functions specific to script writing These keys are supplemented by the use of a number of special element shortcuts and keystroke macros Once you have learned the basic key commands you will have all of the tools necessary to quickly and intuitively write a script in the correct format which the entertainment industry requires This tutorial will step you through creating a new script and entering the first few lines of text Af
242. ly or by auto save Default is enabled FINAL DRAFT 113 File Menu X This features allows you to recover when you have saved a script and realized that w you did not mean to do so The backup copy will be named date time filename fdr For example if we saved the script Out4Life on June 15 2005 at 1 37pm the backup would be named 2005061513370ut4Life fdr Note The backup contains the previous contents of the script Backup File Count Pop Up Sets the maximum number of files that will be saved in the folder at one time As you save older backups are automatically deleted so that you do not accumulate too large a number of backups Backup Directory Select New Folder Allows you to set the backup folder to a different location and name if desired For exam ple you could set it to save backups to another hard drive FINAL DRAFT 114 File Menu File Menu New Begins a new document 1 Choose File New and the New Document dialog appears WINDOWS OS New Document Stationery Categories Please select the type of new file that you would like to create a Text Documents TV Templates f Screenplay Cole and Haag fct f Screenplay Warner Brothers fd Cancel cance Select the type of document to be created from the list of document formats stored in the desired Stationery category Note n the Scripts category the Screenplay
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244. m Toolbars may be created To use a function from the Toolbar Click the button desired or choose an item from a pop up menu Functions that are not active are grayed out and cannot be selected To view a short description of a button or pop up menu in a Toolbar Move the mouse arrow over a button and a ToolTip Windows or ScreenTip Mac OS appears For example WINDOWS 100 EXER EJ Toolbars for Final Draft for Windows and Final Draft for Macintosh are slightly different They will be discussed separately FINAL DRAFT 299 Toolbars Toolbars Submenu Windows Located in the View menu this submenu permits access to any Toolbars that are active Default is File Format Script and Status Bar active Any Custom Toolbars created see following will also be available here Default Displays or hides the Default Toolbar which contains buttons that perform some file and edit ing tasks as well as some functions related to views File Displays or hides the File Toolbar which contains buttons that perform file and editing tasks as well as a Help button Default is enabled Format Displays or hides the Format Toolbar which contains buttons for a few text related formatting functions Default is enabled Script Displays or hides the Script Toolbar which contains buttons for text style controls Bookmarks ScriptNotes and other commands including Revert Paragraph Default is enabled SEPARATOR E
245. m will be removed and the Toolbar size adjusted i or Click Remove to completely clear the Toolbar 3 Click and drag Toolbar items one at a time to the Toolbar in any order desired For example tau G Scene Heading 4 2 100 amp Insert the Separator Bar where desired 4 Click the Close box when done To restore the Toolbar to its original appearance 1 Choose View Toolbar Customize Toolbar 2 Click Use Default Set in the Toolbar Editor dialog 3 Click the Close box CollaboWriter CollaboWriter Collaborate and discuss a project with writing partners over the Internet FINAL DRAFT 310 CollaboWriter CollaboWriter allows you to collaborate on and discuss a script with other Final Draft users anywhere in the world via the Internet One person initiates the session the Host The Host or another person can control the script the Controller while others view changes as they are made CollaboWriter also contains a chat window so ideas and critiques can be shared instantly MOTE Any participant can control the script Control can be changed at any time How ever only one participant can have control at any given time CollaboWriter can make use of any Internet connection dial up DSL cable modem etc If you and your associates with Final Draft can connect to the Internet you can all CollaboWrite Note Though CollaboWriter will work on any Internet co
246. macro enters the text DAY for us and creates an Action paragraph since Action normally follows a Scene Heading Final Draft Untitled Screenplay DER File Edit View Format Document Tools Production Window Help 8 x hanes BIU One ERE SO CO A a INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT The office is dark Hunched over the lesk staring intently at a computer sits a WRITER WRITER excited I sure hope my bid for that old manuscript on eBay was accepted INT STUDIO LOT DAY THE INSERTION POINT IS IN AN ACTION PARAGRAPH If we were to examine the SmartType Location list now this new location would be listed ready for reuse This also happens when new characters extensions times or transitions are entered See the SmartType section of the User s Guide for more details FINAL DRAFT 49 Tutorials 9 Macros and their behavior can be altered at any time See the Macros section As mentioned there is usually more than one way to perform most of the functions in Final Draft For example to enter DAY we could have used the SmartType Time list instead of a Macro 17 Backspace to the in 18 Press Tab The Time SmartType list appears 19 Type D The word DAY appears and is selected in the SmartType List 20 Press Enter Return to accept the selected word The insertion point is now in an Action paragraph As you can see Final Draft
247. mand 154 Page Number Special Symbols 243 Page Setup 120 Key desino rho 342 ios dE Reim des 102 Panels Index Card View 66 254 Navigator 66 254 Script View eee eee eee 66 254 Paper Index 5 140 Paragraphs Adding ceu v Ese d 340 Modifylrngi ies erre um Rees 340 39 102 219 Paste Command 127 FINAL DRAFT 352 Index Pchitbe c 117 Point of 102 Poll Interactive Television 181 Preferences Command 112 Auto SaVe E 112 Preferences Command Mac OS 126 132 82 Auto SaVe ate IS 112 Auto Save 05 111 Levels of Undo 111 Recent 5 111 Save PDF 5 111 Scroll Keys Mimic MS Word 111 Show Contextual Menus After Long Click 111 WYSIWYG Font Menus Mac 05 111 Preferences Command Mac OS Auto Save 81 Print 63 121 Pr
248. many conventions have developed about how to break down a script and then schedule a production The various production breakdown and scheduling pro grams all use these industry standard conventions in one way or another These specialized programs are designed to help Assistant Directors Production Managers Unit Production Man agers Directors and Producers take the information from a script and create everything from shooting schedules to Day out of Days reports to callsheets to production boards There is a fine art to breaking down scripts that cannot be learned overnight However Tagger makes it easy for anyone to tag a script and the export the information to any scheduling program In production breakdown and scheduling programs elements are added to scenes manually by typing them in The traditional process is to take colored markers and then highlight text by hand in a hard copy of a script Similarly Tagger allows you to select text from the electronic script and add any element with a click of the mouse in any category for that scene or for any or all scenes where that element appears The element text is highlighted and color coded and can be customized to suit the way you like to work In addition Elements from the script may be added to a category within a scene or many scenes at once FINAL DRAFT 319 Tagger An element which is not in the text of the script may be added to a category within a scene or many
249. mmands to the default shortcuts Click Reset FINAL DRAFT 304 Toolbars Modifying Toolbars The Default Script and any Custom Toolbars may have their contents changed To remove items from any toolbar 1 Choose View Toolbars Submenu Customize Toolbars tab 2 the Toolbar click and drag an item off the Toolbar 3 Release the mouse button The selected item will be removed and the Toolbar size adjusted For example BEFORE AFTER B I U Scene Heading 100 ES B I Scene Heading To revert the default Toolbars to their original contents 1 Choose View Toolbars Submenu Customize Toolbars tab 2 Select the Toolbar to be reverted 3 Click Reset The selected toolbar will revert to its default contents in their original order ore Custom Toolbars must be rebuilt manually they cannot be reset automatically Creating Custom Toolbars To create a new customized Toolbar 1 Choose View Toolbars Submenu Customize Toolbars tab 2 Click New and the word New Toolbar appears as the Toolbar Name New Toolbar Toolbar Name New Toolbar FINAL DRAFT 305 Toolbars 3 Enter a name in the text area In the following a toolbar was created named Quick The Customize dialog now appears as vV Quick Toolbar Name Quick The new empty toolbar appears 4 Click the Buttons tab 5 Choose the Category desired 6
250. n AA page and so on Likewise if there are multiple locked pages and you delete more than a page the multi page range that appears in the Header will reflect the page range that was deleted such as 7BB 9A FINAL DRAFT 206 Production Menu Unlock A Pages Reverts one level of Locking It is enabled only after Production gt Lock A Pages is used To unlock A pages 1 Choose Production Unlock A Pages A confirmation dialog appears 2 Click Yes The last Production gt Lock A Pages will be overridden and the appropriate pages will be unlocked This command may be chosen multiple times if applicable No matter how many times A pages are unlocked the menu still indicates A Unlock All Pages Completely unlocks the script and renumbers the pages removing all and pages To unlock all pages 1 Choose Production gt Unlock All Pages A confirmation dialog appears 2 Click Yes All pages will be unlocked All text will be repaginated so that the pages are renumbered con secutively FINAL DRAFT 207 Production Menu Locking Tools Submenu Relock Pages Relocks the script from the page containing the insertion point to the end of the script This is used when the locked script does not match the printed draft of the script exactly due to pages not being properly locked at some point before changes were made 1 Place the insertion point on the page
251. n This should only be necessary if a page is incorrectly numbered 1 Place the insertion point exactly where the new locked page is to begin 2 Choose Production gt Lock New Page A confirmation dialog appears 3 Click Yes The page will be locked FINAL DRAFT 209 Production Menu Unlock Page Unlocks a single page This should only be necessary if a page is incorrectly numbered or is improperly numbered as an A page 1 Place the insertion point on the page to be unlocked 2 Choose Production gt Unlock Page A confirmation dialog appears 3 Click Yes The page will be unlocked FINAL DRAFT 210 Production Menu Window Menu FINAL DRAFT 212 Window Menu Window Menu Offers controls for displaying the currently open scripts The bottom of the Window menu con tains a list of all currently open scripts To make a script in the list the frontmost active Select the script from the list It will be brought to the front and a checkmark will appear next to its name in the list Cascade Windows View all the currently open scripts stacked one on another This makes it easy to cut and paste text between different scripts Choose Window gt Cascade and all open scripts will be placed one upon the other Tile Windows View all the currently open scripts tiled onscreen Similar to Cascade it makes it easy to cut and paste text between different scripts Th
252. n alphabetical order but in the order they have been entered When finished Click the Close box Spell Checking with Contextual Menus Spell checking options are available from a contextual menu for use on words that Final Draft considers unknown For example here is some sample text with the misspelled word riting GEORGE Go away I m ritind To invoke the Spell Checker in the script window 1 Position the mouse pointer over a word that is unknown by Final Draft 2 Hold down the right mouse button Windows or the Control key mouse button OS The mouse pointer turns into an arrow and the contextual menu appears Style Ignore All Learn 1 rioting 2 writing 3 rating 4 riding 5 Riding 6 ratting 7 rotting 8 rutting GEORGE 9 retting 3 Select any of the alternative words Choose to have the spell checker Ignore or Learn the word Make the correction manually FINAL DRAFT Thesaurus The thesaurus can be used to find related words To select a word and to find related words 1 4 Click Replace Select the word for example Bryan stops walking cracks sly grin Thesaurus Word conniving 1 VERB present participle of connive to secretly favor or sympathize with something improper or illicit Synonyms blinking at winking at Related condone disregard ignore overlook tolerate Contrasting disallow disapprove disdain disfavor
253. n for script formatting errors Page Range Override Character Sides None E l Print character name on page f Preview f Save As PDF Cancel Princ Backwards Windows Back to Front Mac OS Prints in reverse order FINAL DRAFT 122 File Menu Print Title Page Prints the Title Page in addition to any specified pages of the script Print Revisions In Color Any revision text will be printed in color requires a color printer Print Text In Color Any colored text will be printed in color requires a color printer Print Which Windows or Page Range Mac OS When range is entered in this field that range will be used and the or From and fields of the Print dialog are ignored For example the following is a valid entry 11 24 55B 60 62 67A To learn more about A and B pages refer to the Production Menu section Character Sides Prints pages that only contain a specific character s dialogue Choose the character s name from the pop up menu Click the Print Character Name checkbox to have the name printed at the top of each page Scan for Script Formatting Errors default is enabled The Format Assistant will ask if you want to have the script examined for common format ting errors and fix them if desired or bypass the error s and print the script as is If any errors are found you will have the choice of correcting them first or printing without correctin
254. n slow down my computer No The technology of product activation runs only when you run Final Draft and has no effect on the overall performance of your computer How long does product activation take to complete Product activation is a one time process that is typically performed immediately after installa tion of the software Online activation typically takes 10 to 30 seconds to complete phone activation takes about 5 minutes What is deactivation and when should do it In a process similar to activation you may deactivate at any time For example if you want to install Final Draft on a new computer you should deactivate the old computer and then acti vate the new one in effect transferring the activation to the new machine Also if you plan to reformat the hard drive of the activated computer you should deactivate it first and then reactivate it after the reformat is complete If you upgrade your operating system you should also temporarily deactivate your computer FINAL DRAFT 33 Getting Started Customer Support Policies NOTE You must be registered in order to receive customer support Free Support Services Access to Final Draft s online Knowledge Base which contains over 700 answers to frequently asked customer support issues Go to www finaldraft com help For e mail support through the online Knowledge Base go to www finaldraft com support email php and fill out the form You will receive pers
255. nd B scenes and without Final Draft potential headaches for the writer Final Draft contains all the functions required to track the changes and meet the chal lenges that production brings to the script and the writer x We suggest that all scriptwriters understand what happens to a script when it goes w into production and we recommend reading the complete Production Menu section of the User Guide For this tutorial we will briefly explore three aspects of a production script and B scenes A and B pages and revisions Revisions keep track of all changes made to a production script After a few hundred copies of a script have been printed and distributed and then changes are made it is imperative that each modification be clearly identified When a line is changed here some dialogue changed there a new scene added etc Revision Marks clearly annotate the changes so they are obvi OUS There is the problem of revisions changing the pagination of pages which follow any modifica tions Consider what occurs when a paragraph or two is added to page 20 Normally Final Draft would repaginate the pages that follow to allow for the new text In production scripts this would cause a problem because the rest of the script would have to be reprinted to accommo date the new pagination Final Draft can Lock prevent the beginning of every page from changing If an added paragraph causes a page to overflow a new page is created to
256. nd click OK The new color will be displayed as the color swatch for that Marker To create a new marker 1 Click New A default name appears in the text field above the list A default Marker character appears in the Marker text field 2 Edit the name in the text field as desired The name in the list changes accordingly 3 Click in the Symbol text field 4 Replace the default number with any character desired Only one character may be entered When all changes have been made Click OK FINAL DRAFT 276 ScriptNotes Spelling amp Thesaurus Spelling amp Thesaurus How to check spelling and find synonyms antonyms etc FINAL DRAFT 278 Spelling amp Thesaurus Final Draft contains a complete spell checker which can identify misspelled words provides alternatives and maintains a User Dictionary with custom entries The interactive thesaurus contains hundreds of thousands of synonyms antonyms and related or contrasting words WARNING f the spell checker and thesaurus are moved from their installed location A their options in the Tools Menu will not be enabled NZ Note Final Draft comes with an American English Spell checker and Thesaurus Addi tional foreign language spell checkers and thesauri are available for various lan guages See Foreign Language Spell Checkers and Thesauri at the end of this section For ordering and pricing information check Final Draft Inc s website www finaldra
257. nging the pagination of pages which follow any modifications Consider what occurs when a paragraph or two is added to page 20 Normally Final Draft would repaginate the pages that follow to allow for the new text In production scripts this would cause a problem because the rest of the script would have to be reprinted to accommodate the new pagination Final Draft can Lock prevent the beginning of every page from changing If an added paragraph causes a page to overflow a new page is created to con tain the overflow text This page will be numbered with the previous page number and a letter starting with A and increasing as additional pages are added In the example of page 20 above the next page would be 20A followed by the old page 21 which will contain exactly what it previously had Page 21 would not need to be reprinted because it remains unchanged Again consider that several hundred copies of the script have been distributed When changes are made it would be a waste of money and resources to reprint the entire script over and over again It is smarter and much more economical to print only the pages that have changed Final Draft has the ability to print only the modified pages If a color printer is available revi sions can be printed in color See File Print FINAL DRAFT 195 Production Menu About A and B Scenes amp A and B Pages During pre production and production shooting schedules and most other product
258. nly the text without any for matting characteristics If one paragraph or less the text will take on the formatting characteristics of the inser tion point Once the text has been pasted it may then be reformatted using Tools gt Refor mat If the paragraph is an Action or Dialogue and an entire sentence or more is copied it will maintain its formatting if pasted into an Element of a different type If more than one paragraph Edit gt Paste will attempt to place the text in correct format Once the text has been pasted it may necessary to be reformat it using Tools gt Reformat Using Drag and Drop Drag and drop simplifies the relocation of text without having to use Edit Cut and Edit Paste Text may be dragged and dropped within a Final Draft script between Final Draft scripts from other programs to Final Draft Mac OS only from Final Draft to other programs Mac OS only To move text without drag and drop 1 Select the text to be moved 2 Choose Edit gt Cut The cut text is placed in the Clipboard a temporary holding area 3 Click where the text is to be placed 4 Choose Edit Paste from the Edit menu FINAL DRAFT 128 Edit Menu The text is inserted Drag and drop simplifies this task To move text using drag and drop 1 Select the text to be moved 2 While continuing to hold down the left mouse button Windows or the mouse button Mac OS drag the mouse toward the new locat
259. nnection for best results a broadband highspeed connection is recommended NETWORK NOTE If your computer is behind a firewall CollaboWriter may not function properly Contact the person in your organization responsible for maintaining your net work for possible ways you might be able to use CollaboWriter In brief one person hosts the CollaboWriter session Final Draft displays the address of the Host s computer The others type in the Host s address Once everyone is connected the Host sends the script to each participant so that everyone is using an identical draft Anyone can save the script at any time to their own computer The chat window works similarly to other Internet chat programs Text typed in the window is viewed simultaneously by all participants Before beginning a CollaboWriter session 1 The Host must inform all participants via email or phone about the time of the session and indicate the host computer s address see following 2 All participants must begin by launching the same version of Final Draft TE Note CollaboWriter does not work with the demo version of Final Draft 3 host must open the script to be viewed and discussed The script must be saved as a normal Final Draft script fdr Scripts saved as a Secure copy cannot be used 4 All participants must then connect to the Internet FINAL DRAFT 311 CollaboWriter To begin and host a Collabo
260. nother subject or setting without cutting the action Parenthetical Indicates dialogue should be delivered in a certain way an Element in Final Draft Should be no more than a few words Point of View P O V Camera position that views a scene from the viewpoint of a particular character Always abbre viated in capital letters with periods after each letter Production Script A script that includes scene numbers camera angles inserts and direction notes All page num bers and scene numbers remain unchanged no matter if any text is added or deleted from the script see A and B Pages Scenes Revised Pages RAM Random Access Memory see Memory Reformatting FD The process of changing Element paragraphs from one to another Removable Storage Storage on disks that can moved from computer to computer diskettes Zip disks Jaz drives Syquests etc FINAL DRAFT 103 Tutorials Revision s In Production Scripts any modified or new text revised text needs to be designated as such via marks in the margins like asterisks Revision Pages When a production script is being edited changes are distributed to the actors and crew on change pages which are generally a different color from the original pages of the script and follow a set hierarchy of color pertaining to the revision number Scene A single cohesive unit of narrative usually confined to one location at one particular time Scene Breaks Wh
261. nt Courier Final Draft OK Cancel 2 Choose the Notes to be included by checking the desired Markers 3 Choose the font to be used and click OK OUTALIFE SCRIPTHOTE REPORT Scene INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTWENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT P 7 Needs special lighting Statistics Report Contains the number of words and paragraphs the number of each element and their percent age of all elements various character statistics and scene statistics To create a Statistics Report 1 Choose Tools Reports Statistics and the Statistics dialog appears Statistics Report x Select which statistics to include in the report vi j Vv statistics Profanity statistics Font Courier Final Draft x eal 2 Choose the parameters to be included by checking or unchecking them FINAL DRAFT 180 Tools Menu 3 Choose the font to be used and click OK Some excerpts OUTALIFE STATISTICS REPORT GENERAL STATISTICS Number of words 1603 Number of paragraphs 98 ELEMENT STATISTICS Element Number Percentage General 0 0 Scene Heading 8 45 Action 35 71s Character 24 15 Parenthetical 4 0 Dialogue 24 215 Transition 3 0 Shot 0 0 CHARACTER STATISTICS AHDY Speaks 1 times 4 for a total of 16 words 4 Interacts most with BRYAN Appears in the following scenes INT ANDY RIGHTMAN S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT page 7 1 occurrence BETTY Speaks 2 time
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263. o Save Scroll keys mimic MS Word M Auto Backup Enabled lize first d of t Capitalize first word of a sentence a Se Levels of Undo 5 Macintosh HD Users frankcolin Library Application Support Final Draft Final Draft 7 Recent Items 15 be Select New Folder v Saving PDF includes title page 2 Click the desired tab and make any changes 3 Click OK to apply the settings FINAL DRAFT 111 File Menu Application Preferences WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get Font Menus Displays the font names in their actual typeface Default is disabled Once enabled it will not take effect until the computer is restarted Show Contextual Menus After Long Click Invoking contextual menus normally requires the pressing the combination Control key mouse button In the appropriate situation press and hold the mouse button to access the contextual menu Default is enabled See the Shortcuts section for details Scroll Keys Mimic MS Word Sets the appropriate keys to have the functionality of MS Word Default is disabled Capitalize first word of a sentence Automatically capitalizes the beginning of every sentence Default is enabled Levels of Undo pop up menu Sets the number of levels for Undo Redo Default is 5 Recent Items pop up menu Sets the number of recently opened files displayed in File Open Recent Default is 15 Save PDF Files includes title page Instruct
264. o card scene is selected the new card will be added at the beginning of the script Cards Across This command is only enabled when either of the Index Cards views is chosen It allows a spe cific number of columns of cards to be displayed horizontally The maximum is nine cards Default is two Keep in mind that the more cards that are displayed the smaller the cards will appear FINAL DRAFT 142 View Menu Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Panels Swap Panels These commands determine how different panels will be displayed and arranged on screen They are all parts of Final Draft s Panels System For complete details see the Panels section The contents of each panel is determined by the View Menu commands Script Index Card and Navigator see previous Any two panels may be displayed at once The exact size and position on screen of the panels may be changed When a script is saved the current Panels configuration is saved as well Split Horizontally Vertically Divides the script into two panels Some examples AR teet an FINAL DRAFT To Split panels 1 Choose View Split Horizontally or View Split Vertically 143 View Menu Whichever View is currently onscreen Script Index Cards Navigator will now appear in two panels For example if Script Page View was onscreen choosing View Split Vertically woul
265. ocation Any changes made will be reflected in the arrangement of the script To reposition scene s 1 Select the card to be moved 2 Hold down the mouse button and drag the card The cards move apart and arrows Windows or a black bar Mac OS appear indicating where the scene will be inserted 3 Release the mouse button The selection is moved to the desired location The other cards shuffle to reflect the new order FINAL DRAFT Changing Fonts and Font Size 261 Panels Index Cards may use any font and font size available on your computer of the script Note The default font for both Index Cards is Arial 12 Note Changing the font font size of the Index Cards does not effect the size IMPORTANT f the script is transferred to another computer the font font size may change due to unavailability of a particular font font size INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDR 1 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTME p 2 The CAMERA opens up on a photograph of a young man Slowly the CAMERA pulls back revealing a dresser containing several pictures ofthe same young man some with girls some D EFAU LT Fo NT with various male friends A Daily Racing Form hangs offthe edge ofthe dresser Inthe background we hear a love scene from an afternoon soap opera For all we know however it miaht actuallv be happening here He crosses the street and gets into his
266. ogue paragraph is created Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills MARC 0 5 43 Type in some text like Don t do that or anything you d like If you choose Document SmartType again to view the SmartType Character List you will see that MARC has been added FINAL DRAFT 54 Tutorials A Character Extension may alternately be added via a context menu For example 43a Click in a Character Name 43b Press the right mouse button Windows or Control mouse button Mac OS and the following appears MARCI Style 4 1 0 5 2 0 5 3 V 0 4 v 0 5 CONT D 43c Choose the Extension desired Feel free to add more text of your own Since you are close to the bottom of page 6 adding more text will demonstrate what happens when you cross a page boundary Final Draft will paginate the text appropriately keeping characters and their dialogue together adding Mores and Continueds where necessary and keeping your work looking professional FINAL DRAFT 55 Tutorials Names Database To help you name your characters Final Draft includes a 90 000 entry Names Database 44 Choose Tools Names Database The Names Database dialog appears Names Database Find that perfect name from our list of 90 000 names Type in the first few characters of the name and click Look Up Name prefix TEXT FIELD AREA Found 0 Look Up Add to SmartT ype Cl
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268. om the Format Elements Submenu Mac 0S or Choose the new element for the paragraph from the Element pop up list in the Top Toolbar or Use the Shift key with the desired Element s shortcut By default pressing a Ctrl key combination Windows or Command key combination Mac OS is used to change from one type of element to another Pressing Ctrl Shift 4 Windows or Command Option 4 can be used to reformat the current paragraph FINAL DRAFT 228 Elements Adding Paragraphs Final Draft offers a variety of methods for adding new paragraphs and switching elements so that a writer may choose the method that works best for their own typing style By default paragraphs can be added by using Ctrl 4 Windows or Command 4 OS key combination The Tab key The Enter key Windows or Return key Mac OS Refer to the Shortcuts section SmartType Smartlype Eases the need for repetitive typing by using lists of characters extensions locations times and transitions FINAL DRAFT 230 SmartType To ease the frustration of having to repetitively type the same names and phrases Final Draft provides an automatic type ahead facility called SmartType Lists are constantly maintained for the all the Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times and Transitions entered into the script When the insertion point is positioned in a Character Name Scene Heading
269. on esee d te ar oe ERES 39 105 220 sed educ dd 230 Treatment send opted 105 Tutorial 50 Tutorials 35 TV Templates New 114 Special ITV 5 181 TwosShOt ca s bleib odes Lede cae 105 U Undo Command 74 126 Unlock Pages Command 206 355 INDEX Unlock All Pages Command 206 Unlock Page 209 UnSplit Command 145 270 Up Arrow 343 User 279 281 V View Menu 133 Add New Card Command 141 265 Cards Across Command 141 265 Index Card Command 66 139 257 Index Cards Script Command 67 141 Index Cards Summary Command 138 141 Invisibles 141 eee 5 140 264 Navigator Command 68 69 Ruler Command 136 Script Normal View Command 134 255 Script Page View Command 68 135 256 Script Speed View Command 135 256 ScriptNotes 141 272 Speed View 135 256 Split Horizontally Command 142 267
270. on will be closed and return you to Final Draft FINAL DRAFT 61 Tutorials Using the Format Assistant Final Draft is designed to automatically format a script correctly But because formatting errors may accidentally occur while you are writing the Format Assistant can alert you if a script has Elements that begin with a blank space Empty elements Characters with no Dialogue Characters with two consecutive Dialogues A Dialogue without a Character preceding it The sample Out4Life script intentionally contains a few formatting errors Let s check the script make sure Out4Life is open To check for common formatting mistakes 65 Choose Tools Format Assistant The Format Assistant now searches for errors It initially finds that there is an extra space at the beginning of an Action element The Format Assistant dialog appears Format Assistant PR Rule violation ix VI OLATION Elements should not start with spaces Correction Delete the starting spaces CORRECTION Rules v element should not start with a blank space v element should not be empty v character should have dialogue v character should not have two consecutive dialogues v amp character should precede a dialogue The pertinent section of the script has been selected BOB No perfect timing We re just getting done feeding the baby Come on in BOB CONT D Any t
271. onal help from a support representative Response time during business hours is usually only a couple of hours Otherwise you should receive a reply by the end of the next business day For chat support through the online Knowledge Base go to www finaldraft com support chat php and fill out the form You will be connected to a support representative who will assist you via real time instant messaging This service is available 9 30am 4 30 pm M F PT Beginning from the date of registration you have 20 minutes of phone support time over the next 90 days for free see below Phone Support Phone support is available through a toll free number for U S and most Canadian residents 24 hours a day 7 days a week including holidays U S and most Canadian users should call 1 888 320 7555 Outside the U S and Canada users should call 1 818 906 8930 international toll fees may apply IMPORTANT Beginning from the date of registration you have 20 minutes of phone support time over the following 90 days for free After you use your 20 free minutes or 90 days has elapsed calls to the Customer Support Department will be charged at a rate of 2 50 per minute payable via credit card The first minute will be free we will use this time to verify your Customer Number and registration information You must have your Customer Number and credit card information available at the time of your call Our phone system will ask you to inp
272. onery Categories Please select the type of new file that you would like to create amp t Test Documents manuscript E Novel Scripts Text Documents TV Templates Outline Query Letter Text Document Treatment TV Templates manuscript fdt Novel fdt Outline fdt Query Letter fdt Text Document fdt gt Treatment fdt Cancel Ha eh heh en Cancel 3 Select a text document to use as a template 4 Click OK A blank document appears Many commands in the menus are disabled these functions are screenwriting specific and not needed for general word processing Any text document may also be saved as a Template see File Save As Reports are text documents which can be edited and saved as stand alone documents Toolbars Toolbars The Toolbars may be modified repositioned and customized FINAL DRAFT 298 Toolbars Located above the script window the default Toolbar contains buttons and pop up menus that perform file and editing tasks modify text attributes and offer Panels and other commands The main purpose of the Toolbars is convenience They allow access to commands without hav ing to pull down any menus or press key combinations Almost every Toolbar function can also be performed using menu commands and or key combinations The one function unique to the Toolbars is the Revert Paragraph button The Toolbars may be repositioned and modified and new custo
273. or choose another Click Next 7 The Ready to Install screen appears Click Next 8 Final Draft will be installed A screen appears stating that installation was successful FINAL DRAFT 21 Getting Started 9 Click Finish For your convenience Shortcuts to Final Draft 7 and Final Draft Tagger have been placed in the Start gt Programs menu FINAL DRAFT 22 Getting Started Macintosh IMPORTANT NOTE You must be logged in as Administrator to install Final Draft If you know the administration password log in with it If you do not know the password con tact the individual in your organization responsible for maintaining your network or computers IMPORTANT f you are installing on a computer that has a previous version of Final Draft installed do not install to the folder that the previous version is in If you are unsure simply install Final Draft to the default location given by the Installer 1 Place the Final Draft Install Disc in the CD ROM drive 2 The Final Draft 7 window appears 3 Double click the Final Draft 7 Installer 4 Thelnstaller Welcome window appears Click Continue 5 Accept the default destination folder recommended or choose another Click Install 6 Final Draft will be installed When finished the Final Draft 7 folder will appear with the contents visible FINAL DRAFT 23 Getting Started Launching Final Draft for the First Time Regist
274. or the latest information and downloadable files FINAL DRAFT 19 Getting Started Installation Launch Registration and Activation Overview Regardless of whether you have a Windows or Macintosh computer the process of installing launching registering and activating your computer will be similar Following is a description of each operation Note Your Customer Number included in your Final Draft package boxed product or J Digital Order Email electronic download product is required for activation and regis tration ENTER NEW INSTALL LAUNCH CUSTOMER REGISTER ACTIVATE BLANK NUMBER SCREENPLAY As with most software installation is the process that places the Final Draft application and its associated files onto your computer Launching is the process of starting the program for the first time and entering your Customer Number Only registered Final Draft customers are entitled to the many services we provide Your Cus tomer Number is required for registration Registration can be accomplished online via mail or via fax To run Final Draft for more than 15 days you must have the program activated The activation process verifies that your Customer Number included in your Final Draft package boxed prod uct or Digital Order Email electronic download product is legitimate and has not been acti vated on more systems than allowed by the Final Draft End User License Agreement Note When you install Final Draf
275. ormat Click Delete to delete the paragraph A WARNING There is no confirmation dialog and the deletion cannot be undone NE 4 When done click Close Note No typing can occur while the Reformat dialog is open Panels Panels View the script in different ways Create summaries outlines notes etc Interactively organize the script FINAL DRAFT 254 Panels In the Panels System the Script Index Cards and Navigator can be displayed individually or two at a time by splitting the screen vertically or horizontally INDEX CARDS amp SCRIPT SCRIPT amp NAVIGATOR Mower m PH m can emi a eset we M RM red mas rin TA ren ce sum em por LT Fett ena ote WI VO en nee eM crores of Min tin miin IEEE tee e eee EVAN GIMME APTA Sar Out ARYANS ENT MYANS CAR SHORTS Da V REVS CM DAY YANG STREET Di CX NT MOULIN arenas DORN NAN MAT 2 PANELS WITH THE SCRIPT 1 tiggerTop fdr ROGER Gat ia beret Boch of you Tack amd jean walk towards the conference roca TNT JACK S APARTMENT NIGET 5 lack esters bolding a toa of Bail turas
276. ose Let s say we wanted to find some name that started with Fr 45 Type Fr in the text field area 46 Press the Look Up button A list of alternatives appears If one is acceptable 47 Click to select the desired name 48 Click the Add to SmartType button The name is added to the Character SmartType list and it can now be used in the script 49 Click Close when finished FINAL DRAFT 56 Tutorials Spell Checking Let s check the spelling of the first sample script we wrote To switch to another open script 50 Choose Window sample script name m Choose File Open to open it again if you closed the file The script is now the active frontmost window To begin spell checking 51 Choose Tools Spelling The Spelling dialog appears Spell checking of the script will begin When a misspelled or unknown word is encountered it will appear in the Misspelled Word area A list of possible alternatives appears In our sample script the word eBay will be found by the spell checker as an unknown misspelled word Spell Check Options User Dictionary MISSPELLED WORD AREA Misspelled Word eBay Skip Change to Skip Suggestions Replace Replace All Leam Close We want eBay to be accepted as a correctly spelled word because we do not want the spell checker to repeatedly stop when we spell check again To instruct the spell checker to learn a word 52 Click Learn
277. ose Tools Reformat FINAL DRAFT 251 Reformat The Reformat dialog appears The current paragraph will be selected Reformat ___0 tt1Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 5 Dialogue 6 Transition Click the appropriate button for the new element the paragraph m Or Press the appropriate key shown in brackets for the new element for the paragraph The paragraph will be reformatted Bryan stops walking With his back still to the Williams he cracks a sly conniving grin CORRECTLY FORMATED xe Ifa large block of text needs to be broken up as well as reformatted break it into many paragraphs first Reformat cannot be used break up a large block of text Reformatting Many Paragraphs To change the element of many paragraphs 1 Choose Tools gt Reformat The Reformat dialog appears The paragraph containing the insertion point will be selected see above 2 Click the appropriate button for the new element for the paragraph om the appropriate key shown in brackets for the new element for the paragraph The paragraph will be reformatted The next paragraph in the script will be selected 3 Continue reformatting each paragraph as needed Click Next to skip a paragraph without any reformatting Click Previous to select the last paragraph FINAL DRAFT 252 Ref
278. other word processing programs with formatting retained rtf extension If the selected file is not a Final Draft file 1 Adialog appears asking whether the file is to be converted to script format or a text document 2 Click Script to have the file imported and converted as a script document 3 Click Text to import the file as a text document The document appears in a new window Note Even with Final Draft s built in preprocessing intelligence some files may require additional reformatting after conversion See Tools Reformat FINAL DRAFT 116 File Menu Open Recent Submenu Mac OS Lists the script files that have been previously opened The maximum number of files listed is determined in Edit Preferences Windows users have the same command see File Recent Files below Choose File gt Open Recent gt filename The selected script will be opened If the script is no longer where it was initially saved it will not appear NETWORK Note When a file is opened over a network server the first user who opens a file will be the only user who will be able to save changes to the original Other users will be able to open the file at the same time and will have to save changes under a dif ferent name similar to using File Save As Close Closes the frontmost window If any changes have been made since the last time the script was saved 1 Choose gt Close and the Save Changes dialog
279. oto to find the label text desired gom the insertion point where the label text was placed 2 Choose Document gt Insert Label The Label dialog appears 3 Edit or delete the text 4 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 247 Header amp Footer Header and Footer Options Click the Options tab in the Header and Footer window and the following appears Header and Footer Header Footer ptions v Show header C Header on first page C Show footer Starting page number 1 Show Header Determines whether the Header appears Default is enabled Header on First Page Indicates whether the Header is used on the first page Default is not enabled as tradi tional screenplay format dictates that no page number appears on the first page Show Footer Determines whether the Footer appears There is no footer in traditional screenplay format Default is disabled Footer on First Page Indicates whether the Footer is used on the first page Default is enabled Starting Page number Sets the number for the first page of a document Type any number desired in the text field Default is 1 When all changes have been made to the Header and Footer Click OK FINAL DRAFT 248 Header amp Footer Reformat Reformat Correctly format paragraphs and imported text FINAL DRAFT 250 Reformat Most of the time there is no need to reformat text As a script is typed Final Draft places t
280. panel is dis played To change the order of the panels Choose View Swap Panels and the panels will switch sides FINAL DRAFT 146 View Menu Toolbars Submenu Note Final Draft for Windows and Final Draft for Macintosh offer slightly different ver sions of the Toolbars Submenu with a few different functions They are both discussed in detail in the Toolbars section Toolbars Located above the script window the default Toolbars Windows or Toolbar Mac OS contain buttons and pop up menus that perform file and editing tasks modify text attributes and offer Split Unsplit and other commands The Toolbars may be customized to contain only specific functions Almost every Toolbar function can also be performed using menu commands and or key combinations To use a function from the Toolbar Click the button desired or choose an item from a pop up menu Functions that are not active are grayed out and cannot be selected Status Bar Located at the bottom of the script window the Status Bar displays Element Shortcuts and Macros when the appropriate keys are pressed For further details see the Toolbars section Zoom Submenu Allows the script to be displayed at various magnifications Default is 1009 o Note This is useful for working on laptop computers and computers with high resolu tion monitors Format Menu 6 Format Menu FINAL DRAFT 148 Format Menu Elements
281. port may be modified as desired See the Text Documents section Examples of each report follows Scene Report Contains the scene number location page number and page length for each scene To create a Scene Report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Scene Report and the Scene Report dialog appears Scene Report Sort report 2 Font Courier Final Draft 2 Choose how you want the information sorted 3 Choose the font to be used and click OK FINAL DRAFT 175 Tools Menu OUTALIFE REPORT SCEHE HEADING PAGE LENGTH INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY 1 1 4 8 ERYAW 3 ROCHELLE 1 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 1 8 I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY 2 3 8 I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 3 1 8 BRYAN 1 I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK 3 1 8 BRYAN 1 EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK 3 17 8 BRYAN 2 BOP 2 Location Report Contains each Location and the number of times it appears in a Scene Heading in the Script To create a Location Report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Location Report and the Location Report dialog appears Location Report Sort report by ETE Ene d Font Courier Final Draft 2 Choose how you want the information sorted 3 Choose the font to be used and click OK OUT4LIFE LOCATION REPORT ANDY RICHTMAN S8 APARTMENT LIVING ROOM 1 OCCURRENCE INT ilj I
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283. r computer at any time if desired Note If Deactivation fails you will be instructed to contact Customer Support and go through the Manual Deactivation process see next page FINAL DRAFT 29 Getting Started Manual Deactivation 1 Click Manual Deactivation The Deactivation Code for your computer will appear 2 Write down or otherwise note the Deactivation Code 3 Email the Deactivation Code to deactivate Qfinaldraft com As part of the email you must include The Deactivation Code Your name as you entered it when you registered Final Draft Your Customer Number which is included in the Final Draft package or Digital Order Email electronic download product or found by choosing Help Customer Support Once Customer Support processes your deactivation request you will receive an email confir mation and be able to activate another computer FINAL DRAFT 30 Getting Started Launching Final Draft After the First Time Windows 1 Click the Start button Choose Programs from the Start menu or Windows XP All Programs 2 Choose Final Draft 7 from the Programs submenu Go to step 3 below Macintosh 1 Open the Final Draft 7 folder 2 Open launch Final Draft 7 3 Ifyou have not activated A screen appears informing you of how many days you have left before Activation is required You may click Activate Now see previous pages Or Click Activate Later A new blank script window appe
284. r to print the corrected script you will have to choose File gt Print again To print without running the Format Assistant Click Print Now To run the Format Assistant automatically before printing Check the Do not ask checkbox To disable the Format Assistant Check the Turn Format Assistant off checkbox FINAL DRAFT 189 Tools Menu ScriptCompare Examines two scripts and displays their differences To compare two scripts 1 Open the first script 2 Choose Tools gt ScriptCompare The standard Open dialog appears 3 Choose the script to be compared and click Open After the two scripts are compared a new script appears It contains text from both scripts with the original text in blue and the changed text in red RED TEXT ache bo his pocket a ata thick bills BLUE TEXT Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills INDICATES ______ CHANGES This new document is named Scriptname Changes fdr and can be saved for future reference if you desire CollaboWriter Collabo Writer allows you to collaborate and discuss a script with other Final Draft users any where in the world via the Internet Note Though you can use a dial up connection DSL or better is strongly recommended for best results NETWORK NOTE f your computer is behind a firewall CollaboWriter may not function properly See the CollaboWriter section for complete
285. ration Activation and Deactivation Windows 1 Click the Start button Choose Programs from the Start menu or Windows XP All Programs 2 Choose Final Draft 7 from the Programs submenu Go to step below Macintosh 1 Open the Final Draft 7 folder 2 Open launch Final Draft 7 3 After the Final Draft splash screen appears the End User License Agreement appears Click Accept 4 The Welcome screen appears Enter your Customer Number 5 Click Continue Windows or OK Mac OS Windows The Activation screen appears followed by the Registration screen Mac OS The Registration screen appears followed by the Activation screen FINAL DRAFT 24 Getting Started Activation NOTE Any computer that was authorized for Final Draft 5 or 6 will need to be activated separately for Final Draft 7 NorE Any two computers that you own may be activated at any given time To Activate your computer 6 Choose Online Activation or Manual Activation mE Or m Within 15 days after you run Final Draft choose Help Activate Then choose Online Activation or Manual Activation To learn more about Activation see the Activation Registration and Deactivation FAQ below Online Activation Note Make sure you have an Internet connection though you do not need to be online initially This procedure does not require you to use your Internet Web browser 1 Click Online Activation 2 You will automatically be conn
286. rds Default is enabled FINAL DRAFT 263 Panels Printer Adjustment Contains controls to align and fine tune the placement of scenes on perforated index card paper Since all printers are different some experimenting and test prints may be necessary to get optimal results Printing Adjustments Please select the desired amount of adjustment to the horizontal and vertical positions that your cards will print out at Horizontal mmu Vertical 1 print Index Cards Note Only the side of the card that is currently displayed Summary or Script will be printed 1 Setthe options as desired 2 Click OK The standard Print dialog appears 3 Choose the number of copies to print page range etc 4 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 264 Panels Navigator The Navigator view provides a consolidated linear top to bottom ordering of the scenes The scene s Scene Heading and Scene Number if any are displayed In addition if any text has been entered in the Summary Card of a scene it may be viewed sim ilar to f Out4Life 2 fdr 1 INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY TEXT FROM 2 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY Location 123 Main Street SUMMARY CARD BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY 1 E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK I
287. re used when a script is placed into production Production scripts shooting scripts mean scene numbers revision marks revision pages A and B pages A and B scenes and without Final Draft potential headaches for the writer Final Draft contains all the functions required to track the changes and meet the chal lenges that production brings to the script and the writer x We suggest that all writers become familiar with the functions that production w scripts require Experiment with the commands in this menu to experience what can happen to a script as it goes into production We also suggest that you use the sample Out4life script or a copy of one of your own scripts Revisions keep track of all changes made to a production script After a few hundred copies of a script have been printed and distributed and then changes are made it is imperative that each modification be clearly identified When a line is changed here some dialogue changed there a new scene added etc Revision Marks clearly annotate the changes so they jump out at the reader There will continually be additional revisions Once the revised pages have been printed and distributed there is inevitably another set of revisions which will need to be printed and dis tributed too Final Draft allows for multiple Revision Sets with different characteristics so one set is easily distinguished from the next and the next Then there is the problem of revisions cha
288. riptNote Markers Default is Show For detailed information see the Script Notes section ScriptNotes are pop up note windows that can contain ideas suggestions notes or script frag ments without taking up space in the script These markers indicate where ScriptNotes are located ANDY into the phone 1 I have to go now my boy is here yeah okay bye hangs SCRIPTNOTE up the phone MARKERS BRYAN Come on get dressed I brought some friends along and they re ready to party Bryan reaches Jinto his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills A checkmark on the menu indicates that View ScriptNotes is active Note f File gt Print is chosen while the Markers are visible they will not be printed or affect the script length Ruler Hides or displays the Ruler RULER See ee hg INDENTATION MARKERS The ruler is measured in inches from the left edge of the page A checkmark on the menu indi cates that View Ruler is active Default is Show The Ruler can be used to adjust indentations margins The Indentation Markers triangles represent the left and right indents of the paragraph containing the insertion point or the first paragraph of a selection The Indentation Markers can be clicked and dragged to a new posi tion which changes the margins for the current paragraph or all paragraphs in a selection FINAL DRAFT 137 View Menu To use the Ind
289. rl Left Arrow or Ctrl Right Arrow key combinations Windows or Command Left Arrow or Command Right Arrow key combinations Mac OS will move the insertion point to the previous or next word in the script FINAL DRAFT 343 Shortcuts amp Menus Windows only The Alt Up Arrow and Alt Down Arrow key combinations scroll the screen up or down without moving the insertion point Windows only The key combinations Shift Left or Right Arrow Shift Home Shift End or Shift Ctrl either Arrow extends a selection Windows only Ctrl Home moves the cursor to the beginning of the script Ctrl End moves the cursor to the end of the script The Shift Arrow key combinations extend the selection one letter at a time The Shift Ctrl Arrow key combination Windows or Shift Command Arrow key combi nations Mac OS extend the selection one word at a time Mac OS only Shift Command Delete will delete a whole paragraph Numeric Keypad Windows active only when Num Lock is off Arrow Up 8 Key Arrow Down 2 Key Arrow Left Key Arrow Right 6 Key Page Up 9 Key Page Down 3 Key Home 7 Key End 1 Key Reformatting Occasionally a paragraph will be accidentally added as the wrong element Using Ctrl Shift combinations Windows or Command Option combinations Mac OS this may be easily corrected Pressing a Ctrl key Windows or Command key Ma
290. rouble finding the place 66 Click Fix FINAL DRAFT 62 Tutorials The error is corrected The next error is automatically found and selected BRYAN CONT D and all you have to do is sign right here and here BRYAN CONT D The Format Assistant dialog indicates Rule violation Characters must have dialogue Correction Delete the character 67 Click Fix The error is corrected Since there are no additional errors the Format Assistant dialog now indicates Rule violation No more errors found 69 Click Close By default the Format Assistant will automatically be run whenever you print You can disable this feature from the File Print dialog or from the Tools Format Assistant Options dialog See the Tools Menu section on the Format Assistant for complete details FINAL DRAFT 63 Tutorials Previewing the Script Before Printing At this point we want to see what the script will look like when it is printed 69 Select File Print Preview 70 Use the scroll bar to view other pages There are buttons that allow you to Print view One Page at a time or Two Pages at once or Close and return to the script window You cannot edit or change the script while in Print Preview 71 Click the Close button when done Printing the Script 72 Select File Print Depending on the printer you are using the appropriate print dialog is displaye
291. rts underwear sneakers and a bra single mattress with no box springs sits on the floor next to telephone and several open road maps of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Lying on the bed in his underwear sound asleep is the young man from the pictures He is BRYAN LERNER 26 good looking slender of average height with brown eyes brown hair and a dark complexion Sharing the bed also asleep is ROCHELLE a girl barely over the age of eighteen Suddenly the alarm clock BUZZES Bryan slowly stirs groping around for the clock It reads 3 00 PM His hand finally finds it and hits the snooze button The sound cuts off He stirs and glances over at the clock He sees the time and slowly sits up still half asleep BRYAN to hinself Wake up Bryan time to make sone noney He grabs the remote control which is lying on the bed switches off the and gently wakes up Rochelle BRYAN CONT D Michelle Michelle ROCHELLE It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen you ve gotta go I have to get ready for work bed take CD out of 2 thn Bryan rises from s jacket and 0 4 Tomam 1 of 6 No Scene Scene Heading Tab Action Enter Action 11 Double click the last scene in the Navigator and the script scrolls to that scene FINAL DRAFT 72 Tutorials eoe f Out4Life fdr INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY EXT STREET OUTSIDE
292. s INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM pn BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN 10 Use the down arrow to select BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS and press Enter Return Notice that this text too is entered in color and a revision mark was placed in the right mar gin Rather than continue to type we will 11 Choose Production Scene Number 12 Click the Add Numbers checkbox Note that Keep existing numbers is checked 13 Click OK Notice that the new scene is now correctly numbered 2 All other scenes have retained their original number FINAL DRAFT 86 Tutorials 2 INT BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS 2 3 I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS D Y 3 As you can see from this brief introduction there is a lot to be concerned with in production scripts But Final Draft can keep it all together for you FINAL DRAFT 87 Tutorials Additional Topics The following discusses a number of subjects we feel are important for every Final Draft user to learn Making Backups To guard against the loss of important information making backup duplicate copies of your Final Draft scripts and documents should be a regular part of your routine The importance of making ba
293. s The Character SmartType List for Out4life initially consists of SmartType Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name BRYAN BRYAN ROCHELLE BOB BETTY ANDY New Rebuild Alphabetize Delete When the insertion point is positioned in a Character Name element and a letter key is pressed the SmartType Character List is examined for any matching items If the search is successful all items beginning with that letter are displayed in a pop up window and the rest of the first matching item appears in a light gray color For example in the character paragraph below an A was entered Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills ARDY Only one entry matches ANDY because that is the only item starting with the letter The rest of Andy s name has been entered in gray allowing you to accept SmartType s choice or continue typing to add a new character As another example there are a few characters in the Out4life script that begin with the letter B When a new Character paragraph is created and B is typed the following appears Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills FINAL DRAFT 232 SmartType If more than one item begins with the same letter and the name initially suggested is not the desired item Press the same letter again to advance to the next name in the list EE Or ot Continue to enter mor
294. s 8 for a total of 7 words 2 Interacts most with BRYAN Appears in the following scenes INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK 4 2 occurrences SCENE STATISTICE INT BRYAN LERHER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY Page 1 453 words 285 Characters BRYAN ROCHELLE EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY Page 2 70 words 4 I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY Page 2 59 words 3 I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY Page 3 48 words 25 Characters BRYAN I E BRYAN S CAR SUBURBAN STREET DUSK Page 3 59 words 35 Characters BRYAN EXT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE DRIVEWAY DUSK Page 3 198 words 12 Characters BOB BRYAN INT HOUSE IN SAYERVILLE KITCHEN DUSK Page 4 553 words 34 Characters FINAL DRAFT 181 Tools Menu Avid XML Export This option creates a series of files that can be used by Avid editing systems equipped with Avid MetaSync MetaSync is a standard feature within the latest Symphony Media Composer XL 11 Film Composer XL Media Station XL Xpress NewsCutter Effects and NewsCutter XP on the Windows platform Please refer to www avid thirdparty developers MetaSync com for more information about this functionality and what versions of their software are required The Avid Export creates a series of files which may be utilized for purposes of inserting a dia logue text into an editing project for use in closed captioning subtitling etc It will crea
295. s extending the individual paragraph s indentation will allow it to fit on the bottom of the desired page 1 Place the insertion point in any paragraph the example below uses Action INDENTATION MARKERS M 0 3 001004010058 c to Toc B DISSOLVE TO TEN MINUTEj LATER Bryan is standing behind Bob and Betty pointing to some papers that are sitting on the table in front of Bob 2 Click and drag either the left or right marker and drag it to the left or right until positioned appropriately For example LSA WRENS RET TE SE BH DISSOLVE TO TEN MINUTES LATER Bryan is standing behind Bob and Betty pointing to some papers that are sitting on the table in front nf Although the paragraph in question is still considered an Action paragraph it has been assigned unique indentations which it will retain even if the Action indentations are changed in the Element dialog As with most operations in Final Draft this can be undone 3 Choose Edit Undo Paragraph Indent To change the indentation of a particular Element throughout the script 4 Choose Format gt Elements The Elements dialog appears It contains the controls for all aspects of each element It con tains a list of the current elements as well as all the indentation alignment spacing and stylis tic information for each Element FINAL DRAFT 75 Tutorials 5 Click to select the Dialogue elemen
296. s Final Draft to enable or disable whether the Title Page will automatically be included at the beginning of the script when File Save As PDF is chosen Default is enabled FINAL DRAFT 112 File Menu Auto Save Backup Preferences Auto Save Every When this option is enabled Final Draft automatically saves scripts after the time indi cated in the Minutes drop down has elapsed Default is enabled If changes have been made since the last save the specified time has expired and the Ask Before Option is enabled see below a confirmation message appears Final Draft Auto Save Do you wish to save Untitled Screenplay fdr C Do not ask me this again but keep Auto Save Turn Auto Save off Note Even if the time has expired Final Draft will not interrupt your typing to save the gt script It will wait for approximately ten seconds of inactivity before triggering an Auto Save To save Click Yes To not save at this time Click No To continue to Auto Save automatically Check the Do not ask checkbox To disable Auto Save Check the Turn Auto Save off checkbox Ask Before Auto Save When enabled a confirmation message appears when Auto Save is triggered see above When disabled the message does not appear and Auto Save is automatically performed at the appropriate time Default is enabled Auto Backup Automatically saves a backup copy of the script every time a script is saved manual
297. s are the distances between the edges of the physical Bottom 100 pere are the body ofthe or test Header Footer margins Header 0 50 Footer 0 50 Text Margins Top and Bottom Measured in inches from the top and bottom of the page these settings control the amount of space which is left blank at the top and bottom margin of each page By varying the amount of blank space at the top or bottom of the page the length of a script can be changed Defaults are Top 1 00 Bottom 1 00 Header Footer Margins Measured in inches from the top and bottom of the page these settings control the amount of space which is left blank above the Header and below the Footer Default is 0 50 for both To change any Margin settings 1 Click the up or down arrows next to the setting 2 Click OK to apply the new settings throughout the script Color Click the Page Layout dialog Colors tab and the following appears Page Layout Margins Colors Options Background Text mum Invisibles Z Use system colors Defaults are background white text black invisibles gray FINAL DRAFT 155 Document Menu To change any of the color options 1 Click the appropriate color swatch Windows The standard Color Palette appears Choose a color or click Other and the standard Color Picker appears Mac OS The standard Color Picker will appear 2 Choose the color desired and click OK
298. s to scene numbers and page numbers which must be kept held the same and not changed from their original number Key FD See Activation Keystroke Shortcut A keystroke or combination of keys that initiates a command or other function Kilobyte A unit of computer memory or storage composed of a little more than one thousand bytes LIGHTS UP Transition used in Stage format denoting the beginning and discovery of a scene by the illu mination of lights onto a particular area of the stage Location The actual physical setting for a production a part of a Scene Heading which describes where the scene takes place LONG SHOT Camera shot that is taken at a considerable distance from the subject usually containing a large number of background objects Always spelled out in capital letters FINAL DRAFT 101 Tutorials Macro FD Text which can be entered with a single keystroke usually containing words or phrases that are frequently repeated Margin The amount of space left unused at the top and bottom and right and left of a printed page MEDIUM SHOT MED SHOT Camera shot often used to describe a shot of character approximately from the waist up Megabyte A unit of computer memory or storage composed of one million bytes Menu Computer display of choices commands Memory Refers to a computer s random access memory RAM the temporary storage area used by a program and its associated data MONTAG
299. same as the script itself 3 Choose whether the report will be generated as a text document or script document 4 Choose the font to be used 5 Click OK The following reports contain Scene Headings Characters and Dialogue As a Text document OUTALIFE SCRIPT REPORT INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY BRYAN Wake up Bryan time to make some money BRYAN CONT D Michelle Michelle ROCHELLE It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen you ve gotta go I have to get ready for work EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY BRYAN Not As a Script document OUT4LIFE SCRIPT REPORT INT BRYAN LERNER S APARTMENT BEDROOM DAY BRYAN Wake up Bryan time to make some money BRYAN CONT D Michelle Michelle ROCHELLE It s Rochelle BRYAN Sorry Listen you ve gotta go I have to get ready for work EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY I E BRYAN S CAR PHILADELPHIA STREETS DAY I E BRYAN S CAR TURNPIKE DAY BRYAN FINAL DRAFT 179 Tools Menu ScriptNote Report Contains the page number scene heading marker character and complete text of each Script Note To create a ScriptNote Report 1 Choose Tools Reports ScriptNote Report and the ScriptNote Report dialog appears ScriptNote Report ScriptNotes to include 7 Suggestion Fo
300. scripts To number scenes using the default settings 1 Choose Production Scene Numbers 2 Click the Add numbers checkbox Windows or Number Renumber checkbox Mac OS FINAL DRAFT 196 Production Menu By default the Scene Heading element is selected 5 5 Numbers Options Add numbers Remove numbers Element Scene Heading Starting number 1 Number from current scene Keep existing numbers 3 Click OK Every Scene Heading will be assigned a scene number starting with the number entered in the Starting Number field the default is one and incrementing by one Note the Keep Existing Numbers option is unchecked and numbering has previously occurred a confirmation message will appear when OK is clicked Numbers Elements pop up Determines which element is to be numbered Only one element may be numbered at a time Default is Scene Heading Starting Number Begins re numbering starting with the number entered in this text field Default is one Number From Current Scene Causes the re numbering to begin with the scene corresponding to the current insertion point position Default is disabled Keep Existing Numbers Locks existing scene numbers New scenes which have been inserted between previously numbered scene headings will be assigned A and B scene numbers Default is disabled To use the Numbers Options
301. separate category called Synopsis Once imported into a scheduling program you can either use this field as is or retype the data into the regular Synopsis field FINAL DRAFT 337 Tagger Export to XML This command saves the Tagger file in a form that some breakdown programs utilities and database programs can use Exit Windows Quit Mac OS Closes Tagger file and quits Final Draft Tagger 1 Choose File Exit Windows or Final Draft 7 Quit Final Draft 7 Mac OS X A Tagger file which contains unsaved changes displays the Save Changes message 2 Click Save to save changes Print Menu Scene Report Choose this command to print a report detailing all the tagged elements scene by scene Element Report Choose this command to print a report indicating in which scene each tagged element appears element by element About Final Draft Tagger OS This command appears in the Final Draft Tagger Menu Windows This command appears in the Print Menu View information about the version installed on your computer Preferences Note Mac OS This command appears in the Final Draft Tagger Menu Windows This command appears in the File Menu FINAL DRAFT 338 Tagger Preferences are settings that allow control over how a number of features operate Settings are saved between sessions When this command is chosen the Preference dialog appears i Preferences Confirmation
302. set an actor s voice 1 Click the Actors tab and the following appears Assign Voices Voice Microsoft Mike Pitch Woman Slow Fast New 2 Select the Actor whose voice is to be modified 3 Select a voice from the Voice pop up menu 4 Make any changes desired to the pitch and speed If desired click the Preview button to hear the Voice audition When finished Click OK Enabling Text to Speech Windows Text to Speech extensions APIs are installed automatically as part of the Final Draft installa tion process Mac OS Text to Speech is enabled automatically It cannot be disabled FINAL DRAFT 174 Tools Menu Reports Submenu The various reports present information from the script filtered in different ways Though the report formats cannot be changed the information in the reports may be edited saved and printed You may also choose in which font the reports are printed Note The order of the reports in the submenu are in a different order on Windows and Mac OS but both contain all the reports The following uses the Windows order To create a report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports Submenu gt report name gt 2 Adialog appears offering options which differ depending on which report is chosen 3 Once options are set click OK A Text Document window containing the report appears The standard Text Document menu commands are available so the re
303. sts Use of SmartType Lists eliminates having to repetitively enter names and phrases over and over again The following example is taken from the sample Out4life script SmartType Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name BRYAN BRYAN ROCHELLE BOB BETTY ANDY New Rebuild Alphabetize Delete All the characters extensions scene intros locations times and transitions used in a particular script can be viewed changed reordered and alphabetized Any list can be rebuilt by instruct ing Final Draft to scan the entire script and reconstruct the list from its contents SmartType options include control over whether lists appear automatically and how to handle special situations for entering characters For more information refer to the SmartType section Macros Presents controls for managing and defining Macros shortcut key combinations for text which is entered repeatedly throughout any script Macros Action Name _ Shortcut Macro element Cu 1 Scene Heading Macro text INT HT SUNRISE Transition to New Alias Alas Activate in Banani 7 Smart replace Confirm macro Word only Match case FINAL DRAFT 163 Document Menu The Macro Name is an abbreviation displayed in the Status Bar at the bottom of the script win when either the Ctrl Alt number Ctrl Alt Shift
304. t 6 Click the Paragraph tab Elements Element name Basic Font Paragraph General Alignment EN Scene Heading Action Spacing Character Parenthetical Space before Dialogue Transition Indents LEFT INDENT tare SETTING Right Apply a Template OK Cancel 7 Change the Left indentation to 2 00 by clicking the down arrow four times 8 Click OK All the dialogue indentations have been changed If you wish choose the Elements dialog again and set the Dialogue Left Indent back to 2 50 FINAL DRAFT 76 Tutorials Text Document Though primarily designed for writing screenplays Final Draft can be also used for writing reg ular word processed documents As an example a sample treatment has been provided To open the sample text document 1 Choose File Open The standard Open dialog appears 2 3 4 5 Navigate to the Final Draft 7 folder Open the Final Draft 7 Stationery folder Open the Text Documents folder Open the document Treatment The document appears Examine the menus Notice that many of the commands have been dis abled These are all screenwriting specific functions not needed for general word processing Feel free to edit the document to see for yourself that Final Draft can be used as a normal word processor FINAL DRAFT 77 Tutorials Text to Speech This feature allows a script to be read back to you by di
305. t the Installer will walk you through each step of the process NOTE You can register the first time you launch Final Draft or at a later time wore NOTE Tagger a separate application will be installed when you install Final Draft See the sections that follow for complete details FINAL DRAFT 20 Getting Started Installation Windows s IMPORTANT NOTE Windows XP You must be logged in as Administrator to install Final J Draft If you are not an Administrator contact the individual in your organization responsible for maintaining your network or computers IMPORTANT f you are installing on a computer that has a previous version of Final Draft installed do not install to the folder that contains the previous version If you are unsure simply install Final Draft to the default location given by the Installer To install if Windows CD Auto Play feature is enabled 1 Place the Final Draft Install Disc in the drive Autorun starts 2 Double Click Install Final Draft Go to Step 5 below To install if Windows CD Auto Play feature is disabled 1 Place the Final Draft Install Disc in the drive 2 Open double click My Computer The My Computer window appears Windows XP Choose Start My Computer 3 Browse to the Final Draft Install Disc 4 Open double click Setup exe 5 Thelnstaller Welcome window appears Click Next 6 Accept the default destination folder recommended
306. te a file named for each character in the script containing the character report for the character An XML file called MASTER xml is also created which contains the proper XML fields to inter face the character reports with the Avid MetaSync software Note You must use an Avid editing system equipped with MetaSync to access these files You cannot do so through Final Draft To perform an Export for use in Avid MetaSync 1 Choose Tools Reports Avid XML Export and the standard Save dialog appears 2 Navigate to where the files to be saved 3 Click Save ScriptNotes Export This option enables writers to annotate their scripts with content for interactive television pro gramming Interactive elements annotated with ScriptNotes can be exported for use with GoldPocket Interactive s ITV Interactive Television technologies which enables television pro ducers and networks to rapidly create and deliver interactive television programming Using Special Interactive Television ITV Script Templates To help ease the process of annotating interactive elements in a script we have created a Final Draft script template TV Script Template that contains special ScriptNote Markers for the requirements of interactive television L Leaderboard P Poll 0 Question S Statistic T TextBlock FINAL DRAFT 182 Tools Menu You do not need to use the special ITV template You can use any ScriptNotes
307. terwards it will guide you through a number of features and functions that are common to writing any script It will also introduce you to a few of its many features some unique to Final Draft that have made it the number one choice for scriptwriters throughout the world There are a number of different methods you can choose to perform most of the functions in Final Draft This gives you the flexibility to choose the method that best fits your writing style The best way to learn is to do It will help if you actually perform the steps outlined in these tutorials to create your first script with Final Draft and to experiment with the sample script and treatment which have been provided FINAL DRAFT 37 Tutorials Starting Final Draft Windows 1 Click the Start button 2 Choose Programs from the Start menu or Windows XP All Programs 3 Choose Final Draft 7 from the Programs submenu Macintosh 1 Open the Final Draft 7 folder 2 Open launch Final Draft 7 IMPORTANT NoTE You can activate your computer so that you can run Final Draft with J out restrictions See Launching Starting Final Draft 7 for the First Time in the Getting Started section A new blank script window appears ready for you to start typing Note f you now choose gt Open to open an existing document the untitled blank document will automatically be closed FINAL DRAFT 38 Tutorials
308. the paragraph containing the error is highlighted Format Assistant Rule violation VIOLATION Elements should not start with spaces Correction CORRECTION Delete the starting spaces m 21 a element should not start with a blank space element should not be empty RULES character should have dialogue character should not have two consecutive dialogues character should precede a dialogue OPTIONS lt s s s fs In this case it found an element with a space at the beginning Text in the Violation area will inform you of which formatting rule was broken Text in the Correction area will inform you of how the error will be corrected FINAL DRAFT 187 Tools Menu To correct an error Click Fix The error will be corrected The search for additional errors continues To disregard an error and continue checking for more errors Click Ignore To disregard an error and remember to disregard it until the script is closed Click Ignore To change the Format Assistant s Rules Uncheck or check the checkbox next to the desired Rule The Rules will be changed and retained for the current script only When there are no additional errors the Format Assistant dialog will indicate Rule violation No more errors found When finished Click Close Format Assistant Options These options determine whether and how to use the
309. the script and do not affect script length or pagination ScriptNote Markers may be displayed or hidden See View gt ScriptNotes Adding Inserting ScriptNotes To add insert a new ScriptNote 1 Position the insertion point where the ScriptNote Marker should be placed 2 Choose Document gt Insert ScriptNote A ScriptNote Marker appears at the current insertion point position Which ScriptNote Marker is used is determined by Document ScriptNote see below FINAL DRAFT 273 ScriptNotes The new ScriptNote window appears Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills 3 Enter or paste text into the ScriptNote window The ScriptNote window can be resized or moved The font size or style of the text can be changed Text can be copied from a script and pasted into a ScriptNote Mac OS only Edit gt Find Tools gt Spelling and Tools gt Thesaurus are available Do not hesitate to enter as much text as required To close the ScriptNote window Click the Close box Click anywhere in the script and the window will close automatically To open an existing ScriptNote Double click the ScriptNote Marker The ScriptNote window appears containing the text of the note The note can be edited The window can be resized or moved To delete a ScriptNote and its Marker 1 Select the ScriptNote Marker Place the insertion point just after the ScriptNot
310. tions 1 1 5 2 and 3 Default is 1 Space Before pop up list Allows changes in the spacing before the paragraph the insertion point is currently in or for each paragraph contained in a selection Options include 0 1 2 and Other where you can enter a value up to 30 Left and Right Indents Measured in inches from the left edge of the page these settings control the indents of each element To change the Left or Right Indent settings for an element 1 Choose the element desired from the Element List 2 Click the up or down arrows next to the setting FINAL DRAFT 227 Elements Identifying Elements in a Script The Element pop up list and Element Label indicate the Element for the current insertion point position There is an Element pop up list in the Top Toolbar On the Status Bar at the bottom of the win dow there is also a text area called the Element Label WINDOWS ELEMENT LIST Heading 1 of 1 Scene Heading ELEMENT LABEL Mac OS ELEMENT LIST 5 1071 No Scene Scene Heading ELEMENT LABEL Changing a Paragraph s Element Occasionally there is a need to change a paragraph s element after it has been entered To reformat an individual paragraph to a different element 1 Place the insertion point within the paragraph or select a word or a block of text to be changed 2 Choose the new element for the paragraph fr
311. tno rag 170 Speech Control i eR 170 ASSIGN VOICES e iP dialed che Gh eG eL Ld e a 172 Enabling Text to Speech siani iicaiieo 173 Reports Submenu raa edt te teres ct dic 174 Scene ReporE i sce coax RR M Up eee rey GUY REN RE ER 174 FINAL DRAFT 9 Table of Contents Location Report a E eR AQ LER eS aa RR 175 Character Report un Xp oe aed eta 176 Cast Reporte URSUS EU aia REND 177 SCHptIBeport nocet enu eR DP RE 177 ScriptNote cell ee eee eee a eae IRR 179 Statistics Report __ eae 179 Avid XML Export iz ALLE IU BASH EE EUER ts 181 ScriptNotes EXpOLT uen RII bt ror dl e Dre Doe A Rt s 181 Names Database i IS IREQEEQCRERREREEUCI RELEASE Ure pte Rabe 184 185 Format Assistant LR RU es 186 Format Assistant Options runaunara naana anaana anaa 187 Printing and Format Assistant en 188 SeriptCompale pU E acc a deg eek D dep rea 189 Colabo Write naeia fer uer EUER VIN DUE UR ear Oe D Ee ye 189 Customize Windows RR 190 Options WIndoWS inae t Ra 190 G
312. to enter text FINAL DRAFT 288 Macros Macros are key combinations for entering text Final Draft comes with twenty built in macros for entering the most frequently used scriptwriting terms INT EXT DAY CUT TO etc When the appropriate keys are pressed the associated text will be typed into the script as if it was entered manually Macros can also be set to create specific element paragraphs before and after their text is entered Macros may be modified and their behaviors changed Final Draft for Windows and Final Draft for Macintosh offer slightly different versions of the Macros feature with a few different functions They will be discussed separately Windows To view or modify macro settings Choose Document gt Macros and the following appears Action Shortcut Macro element Ctrl Alt 1 Scene Heading Smart replace Confirm macro Word only Match case Apply Macros from Name text area Contains the text name usually abbreviated which is displayed in the Status Bar at the bot tom of the script window when the appropriate shortcut keys are pressed Shortcut area Shows the key combinations for the macro selected in the list which may consist of Ctrl lt any key gt Ctrl Shift lt any key gt Ctrl Alt lt any key gt Ctrl Alt Shift lt any key gt That is any combination that is not assigned to a menu command In addition a F
313. ts with the text from Out4Life in blue and the Changed text from Out4Life2 in red RED TEXT eut a thick _wadof BLUE TEXT Bryan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a thick wad of 20 bills INDICATES CHANGES This new document is named Out4Life2Changes and can be saved for future reference if you desire We won t save it at this time 82 Choose File Close and click No to the Save Changes dialog FINAL DRAFT 65 Tutorials Scene Numbering Traditionally scenes are not numbered until pre production begins If you are submitting a script we suggest that you do not number the scenes However we suggest that you become familiar with the scene numbering process as well as explore other features of a production script To number scenes 83 Choose Production Scene Numbers The Scene Numbers dialog appears Scene Numbers Numbers Options Add numbers Remove numbers 84 Click the Add Numbers checkbox Windows or the Number Renumber checkbox Mac OS Leave the other default settings as they are 85 Click OK Following standard screenplay format scene numbers are assigned to the Scene Headings only 2 EXT STREET OUTSIDE BRYAN S APARTMENT DAY 2 He crosses the street and gets into his big beat up green 1979 Cutlass Supreme sits down puts on his seat belt and unbuttons the top button of his pants grabs a piece of cheving gum off
314. u View Menu FINAL DRAFT 134 View Menu IMPORTANT The commands that follow the three Script Views Navigator the two Index Cards Views as well as Split Vertically Split Horizontally Unsplit and Swap are all parts of Final Draft s Panels System For complete details see the Panels section Script Normal View Displays the text of the script with all active components page breaks as a line page num bers dialogue breaks mores continueds headers and footers CONTINUED PAGE BREAK CONTINUED BRYAN As you know we re Contemporary Wall Mirrors What makes us different from the competition is we make all the components ourselves That means we can sell directly to the consumer eliminating the middle man which in turn saves you money The bottom line is that I can cover your entire foyer with the best quality at the lowest price and that s really the most important thing isn t it Bob Bob nods his head in agreenent DISSOLVE TO FIVE MINUTES LATER Bryan is still pitching to them about the wonders of the junky mirror with such intensity and emotion that the Williams are at his complete attention Even v 4 gt Tab Character Enter Select Element NoScene 104 General ZA FINAL DRAFT 135 View Menu Script Page View Displays the text of the script on realistic looking pages with all active components page numbers dialogue breaks mores
315. umber of levels for Undo Redo Default is 5 FINAL DRAFT 191 Tools Menu Recent Items Sets the number of recently opened files displayed File Menu Windows or File gt Recent Files Mac OS Default is 4 Use F1 key for help Allows the F1 key to be used to invoke Help Default is enabled Uncheck this if you want to assign the F1 key to be a keystroke shortcut Capitalize first word of a sentence Automatically capitalizes the beginning of every sentence Default is enabled Documents Folder Allows you to set the Documents folder to a different location and name if desired Auto Save Every When this option is enabled Final Draft automatically saves scripts after the time indi cated in the Minutes drop down has elapsed Default is enabled If changes have been made since the last save the specified time has expired and the Ask Before Option is enabled see below a confirmation message appears Final Draft Auto Save Do you wish to save Untitled Screenplay Do not ask me this again but keep Auto Save on Turn Auto Save off Note Even if the time has expired Final Draft will not interrupt your typing to save the script It will wait for approximately ten seconds of inactivity before triggering an Auto Save To save Click Yes To not save at this time Click No To continue to Auto Save automatically Check the Do not ask checkbox FINAL DRAFT 192 Tools Menu To
316. unction key may be used by itself or in combination with Ctrl Ctrl Shift Ctrl Alt Ctrl Alt Shift FINAL DRAFT 289 Macros Macro Text area Contains the text that will be entered when the macro is invoked To modify an existing macro 1 Select the macro from the list to be changed 2 Type the new name in the Name text area Use as short an abbreviation as possible 3 Click the Macro Text text area and type the text to be entered when the macro is invoked Note f any but the default shortcut key combinations or Function keys are used the macro name will not appear in the Status Bar with the other default macros To create a new Macro 1 Click the New button 2 Anitem named New appears in the Macros List 3 Setall attributes When finished Click OK Advanced Features Macro Element pop up list Used to indicate what type of paragraph the insertion point should be in when the Macro Text is entered If the macro is invoked when insertion point is not currently in this type of para graph which has text a new paragraph will be created If the macro is invoked when insertion point is not currently in this type of paragraph which has no text the paragraph will be changed appropriately For example the first default macro INT is a word which begins a Scene Heading and its Macro Element setting indicates this If the macro is invoked and Final Draft finds that the cur rent insertion point pos
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318. ut that information via your touch tone keypad FINAL DRAFT 34 Getting Started Differences Between Final Draft Version 7 and Version 6 Please refer to the individual sections in the User Guide for details Any script file written in Versions 5 and 6 can be opened in Version 7 No Need for CD The Final Draft CD will no longer unlock the program if a computer is not activated New Features Panels The old Scene Navigator feature has been expanded to include the ability to type summaries or notes on the back of the Index Cards Multiple views of the script Navigator Summary Cards and Index Cards are available All of the commands related to Panels are contained in the View Menu Tip We suggest you read the Panels section of the User Guide or the Help section in the w program to gain a complete understanding of this extremely useful feature Tagger Tagger is a separate application included and installed with Final Draft 7 that enables you to break down a Final Draft script into its various elements components and then export the results into various movie scheduling and breakdown programs Ask the Expert Besides scriptwriting hints from Syd Field it now includes information about writing for televi sion and theater It also contains the Creative Handbook and a number of sample contracts from the Writers Guild of America west Templates Two dozen new TV show templates are included Tutoria
319. which does not fall within any of the standard elements FINAL DRAFT 221 Elements Modifying Elements and Creating New Elements Most scripts can be written with just the default set of elements Elements can also be modi fied and expanded allowing complete customization of the look of any script To modify the Elements 1 Choose Format Elements and the Elements dialog appears Elements Element name Basic Font Paragraph p Behavior General ELEMENT LIST Start new page Action Character Paginate as Parenthetical Dialogue Shortcuts Transition Shot Shortcut key Ctrl 1 Enter key Action Apply a Template The Elements dialog contains the controls for all aspects of each element It contains a list of the current elements as well as all the keystrokes margins alignment spacing and stylistic information for each Element 2 Make changes to any Element s 3 Click OK The script will be changed appropriately FINAL DRAFT 222 Elements Basic Tab The Elements List contains the elements that are defined for the currently open script The cur rently selected element s characteristics Scene Heading in the picture above are determined by the options set in the Basic Font and Paragraph tabs of the Elements dialog Behavior Options Determines what happens when an element is added or inserted in the script Start New Page checkbox When checked a new page will begin
320. wn at the same time When disabled only the active revision marks will be displayed Default is disabled Revision Mode When enabled causes any text that is entered to be marked as revised Default is disabled Use this feature when any changes should be marked as revised It is easier to turn on Revi sion Mode than to manually mark every change after the fact using Production Mark Revised see below Everything typed will be marked as revised and displayed in the cur rent revision style This option performs the same function as Production Revision Mode see below FINAL DRAFT 203 Production Menu Mark Location Sets the margin for the Revision Mark measured from the left edge of the page Default is 7 75 To change the margin setting Click the up or down arrow To apply the Options Click OK Revision Mode A toggle command which allows all added or edited text to be marked as Revised It is marked with a checkmark when enabled and is not checked when disabled Use this feature when all subsequent changes should be marked as revised It is easier to turn on Revision Mode than to manually mark every change after the fact using Production Mark Revised see below Everything typed will be marked as revised and displayed in the active revision style This option performs the same function as Production Revision Options Revision Mode Mark Revised Causes all currently selected text to be marke
321. x springs sits on the floor next to a BRYAN 1 i AT and several open road maps of Pennsylvania and New ROCHELLE Lying on the bed in his underwear sound asleep is the young man from the pictures He is BRYAN LERNER 26 good looking slender of average height with brown eyes brown hair and a dark complexion Sharing the bed also asleep is ROCHELLE girl barely over the age of eighteen Suddenly the alarm clock BUZZES Bryan slowly stirs groping around for the clock It reads 3 00 PM His hand finally finds it and hits the snooze button The sound cuts off stirs and glances over at the clock He sees the time and slowly sits up still half asleep BRYAN to himgelf Add Element Clear Element Wake nn Rrvan tima t make AUTOMATICALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CAST MEMBER AUTOMATICALLY TAGGED AS CAST MEMBERS ELEMENT S COLOR If a Cast Member is present in a scene but it is not explicitly written into the script they can be tagged in the scene too see Adding Elements Not Explicitly in a Scene below FINAL DRAFT 325 Tagger Scene List The Scene List displays all the Scene Headings and indicates information about each scene You can view the contents of any scene by selecting it To sort by any of the Scene List s columns 1 Click the column headings and the Scene List is reordered alphabetically in that column A Sort by Script Order button also appears ANY OF THE COLUMNS MAY BE SORTED B
322. y side initially is blank and avail able for text to be entered for development ideas scene summaries outlines sequence or act markers comments anything you feel is applicable The Script side contains the actual text of a particular scene The Panels System gives you the flexibility to individually tailor the screen display to the way you want to work It can also introduce you to new ways to view your script and your work You are not limited by the fact that you can only view the script in script form Some exam ples Summary Index Cards may be used to help you develop or expand your story by viewing Act and Act III of the script at the same time you can make sure a secondary character s dia log is consistent Script Index Cards can easily be rearranged via drag and drop because many are viewed at once Summary Index Cards may be used by a director to indicate possible loca tions blocking or shooting notes etc In the following we will examine each of the Panels and then discuss how they can be used We strongly suggest that you take time to experiment with the Panels System so you can dis cover how best to utilize it for the way you work Script Normal View Displays the text of the script with all active components page breaks as a line page num bers dialogue breaks mores continueds headers and footers NH 11 7 3 04 5 5 72 MN CONTINUED 4 CONTINUED BRYAN As you know we re Contemporary Wal

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