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1. 58 Normal View display mode of Script panel116 240 numbering SCENES 0 eee eee eee eee 61 0 omitting scenes 0 00 eee eee 177 On Launch option Windows o oo o o 169 preference Mac OS X oooooo 87 opening See also importing document din dd 92 recent documents 00 95 103 template atlas 93 options Windows oo oooooo 167 options toolbar Windows 308 Order column in Scene Navigator 277 P page break Tikcga Te per 193 removing ioe eni a a eee eee 193 page numbers in header and footer u un 227 IE PA so su eee a antn 231 Page View display mode of Script panel 117 241 pages GOlOEz tht eat Ae d e te pa p a syle 133 IE 132 locking i oes tees tate SA Cae 66 183 MAI Ss ted 70 page SCCUD is arial rip da 98 relocking ici ana od 69 184 unlocking all 0 eee eee eee eee 184 unlocking single page 69 187 pages renumbering 20000 71 panels SWAPPING 60 eee eee I 128 268 unsplitting 0 eee eee eee 128 268 paragraph adjusting indents 0008 53 paragraphs formattngaz dece sepes pv ed 193 inserting oss eats tein Ses bes 222 344 reformatting as element 190 234 parenthetical tai a 16 215 pasting into Scene panel oooooooccccccccoo 260 into eer poate Ge DAL 108 FINAL DRAFT
2. 110 Edit Menu 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 X drag the mouse toward the new location 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 CARA I read you the pixies yesterday Q I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls 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 drop operations 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 is 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 The same also holds true for Edit gt Cut Copy and Paste Clear The Clear command deletes 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 Select All The Select All command causes the entire script to be selected
3. 27 Tutorials The word DAY appears and is selected in the SmartType List 7 Press Enter Return to accept the selected word The insertion point is now in an action paragraph As you can see Final Draft is flexible so you can choose the best method for your writing style Let s save the sample script To save a script 1 Choose File gt Save and the standard Save dialog appears 2 Navigate to where the file is to be saved 3 Type in the name for the script like Sample 4 Click Save FINAL DRAFT 28 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 1 Choose File gt Open The standard Open dialog appears 2 Navigate to the Final Draft 8 folder 3 Open the Final Draft folder 4 Open the Tutorial folder 5 Open the script The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx 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 1 Choose View gt Zoom gt 75 Then 2 Choose View gt Zoom gt 125 As you can see this feature could be useful in different work situations especially if you are using a laptop computer Nore Note Final Draft retains its settings between sessions Whichever magnification
4. PDF saving documents aS 97 101 placeholder fields in header and footer 227 preferences Mac OS X See also options Windows application preferences 86 Setting iz ELLA IRR ATI E Red 86 print preview lesse IA 98 print Setup d ise rt nae wea VT 98 printing index card options 000 250 index Cards tica ada 249 251 Scene panels dcir ck ans A tide acta tn 257 SCHIPES io Due EDDIE 43 99 printing to PDF See saving scripts as PDF R reading the script text to speech 58 rearranging SCeNeS 20 eee eee ee eee 259 recent files opening Windows 103 Recent Items option Windows o o o oo 168 preference Mac OS X o oo o 87 A Sue whet enge DP Y edd 108 reformatting about ith cates es epos diasfoedtact ast 161 keyboard shortcuts 0000 346 paragraphs as element 190 234 registering scripts 102 registration AAA Ve E RU MERO Sat 200 relocking pages nuunuu 69 184 removing command from a toolbar Windows 306 forced page break 000 193 renumbering pages sssssssssssseee 71 renumbering scenes 20006 67 68 replacing allzu occi eter e ah toa 112 E ee trina e Pda 112 replacing a misspelled word 285 POP OMS ccs ones ooi an eee rere asta 151 reverting changes to documents 97 d
5. you can follow action with either another action a character a transition or a scene heading There is no usual element paragraph that follows action Note Press Enter Return in a blank paragraph and the popup Element list appears Choose the element desired and press Enter Return FINAL DRAFT 345 Shortcuts amp Menus Element Shortcuts An alternative method of adding new paragraphs is using the Control Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS X combinations The defaults are Ctrl Command 0 adds a new general paragraph Ctrl Command 1 adds a new scene heading paragraph Ctrl 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 X Press Shift Return key Typing this key combination puts a carriage return at the insertion point and breaks the line It can be used to format special types of paragraphs such as poems lyrics etc Tab Key The Tab key supplements th
6. 0 49 125 265 starting See launching Statistics report er hes wate gan ode eee 158 Status Dari ecce ett te REN ce E 15 19 141 submitting feedback 000 200 summary scene 3bOUE usu O OE RU kee 281 copying to script ee eee eee ee 252 hiding showing in Scene panel 255 257 swapping panels 000 128 268 T Tab key element transitions 345 Tablet options 0 cece eee oo 170 Tagger automatic tagging of cast members 326 Auto Save option 00 e eee 340 eciam 339 closing files see closing Tagger files Element report 00 e eee eee 339 exporting to schedule 338 importing revisions 0005 338 linking elements 0 2000 333 preferences c area di Eure TAS 339 Scene report zi uosce pa 339 tagging elements 00005 328 tagging elements Tagger 328 templates iubes preia a ss 03 91 103 Operiingis ceci aote ur i id ata 93 SAVING aS ic ihe eden tete Es 95 A brxRDADIE NRI p 92 text documents 92 TV templates cx Rebels 92 text COPYING ereere dano ado 108 CUGINO ias D ARLASULS AS 108 PINGING s o ee E siete retur Er ESI oak 111 marking as revised 00 eee eee 182 replacitig ao rete lane tee mea 112 text documents Creatibgi eR SEDI Vu SIR 302 OPENING s si rus d te ape edes eal e 55 templates sees 92 text files
7. 67 Tutorials The script now appears as CARA I m not reading your dumb stupid stupid head book anymore I m gonna play with my Cool American Teenager dolls The Swans of Brooklyn 1A ALLIE Cara called me stupidi REVISION MARKS Notice that the new text is in blue 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 The page header has also updated to reflect the revision information on page 1A Once A pages are created in your script you will also need to Lock A Pages in order to keep those pages from changing as well You can use the Lock A Pages function in the Production menu for those situations You will need to lock A pages for every level of A pages you create For example if you create a 2A and 2B and then add content to 2A causing items to spill over to another page you will have created 2AA That new level will need to be locked separately each time Renumbering Scenes As often happens in production we will now create a new scene in between two pre existing scenes and renumber it to the correct number 1 Scroll down to page 2 and position the insertion point at the end of the text of scene 2 CARA You can t You re too little and d PLACE INSERTION POINT e a HERE 2 Press Ctrl 1 Windows
8. FINAL DRAFT 240 Panels Script Panel The Script panel is the standard textual view of the script The Script panel has three different display modes Normal View Page View and Speed View Script Normal View You can choose the Normal View display mode to display the text of the script with all active components page breaks as a line page numbers dialogue breaks mores continueds head ers and footers The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx PAGE BREAK I wanna play Teenager dolls toc CARA You can t Ycu re too little and id mess backspaces girls to the park FINAL DRAFT 241 Panels Script Page View The Page View display mode of the Script panel displays the text of the script on realistic look ing pages with all active components page numbers dialogue breaks mores continueds headers and footers The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx PAGE BREAK Script Speed View The Speed View display mode of the Script panel displays only the text of the script as if it were a single continuous page which means more of the text appears on screen Speed View also improves program performance since page breaks are not calculated and active compo nents like headers and footers are not displayed Speed View looks like the Normal View display mode but without any of the active components If the Script panel is in Speed View the words Speed View appear at the bottom o
9. FINAL DRAFT 296 Macros graph which has text a new paragraph is created If you invoke the macro when the insertion point is not currently in this type of paragraph which has no text the paragraph is 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 you invoke the macro and Final Draft finds that the current insertion point position is not a scene heading then it adds a new scene heading before entering the text NOTE fthe insertion point is positioned anywhere but at the end of a paragraph Final Draft does not split the existing paragraph To specify the element for the selected macro Select an element from the Macro Element popup list or Choose None to leave the element unchanged i e there is no paragraph change Transition To The Transition To option is used to switch to another paragraph type after the macro text has been entered Some macros like DAY and NIGHT are only 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 an element from the Transition To popup list Or Choose None to leave the element unchanged i e there is no paragraph added Macro Alias Since you can invoke a macro only with a key combination the number of macros is limited due to
10. Redo The Redo command redoes what the last Edit Undo undid If Edit gt Undo was used to undo something Redo will revert the script to how it was before the Undo was performed Depending on the last action the text of the Edit gt Redo menu com mand contains 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 disabled Cut The Cut command 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 The Copy command causes 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 Paste The Paste command pastes places the text contents of the Clipboard into the script The text is inserted at the current 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
11. Selecting Scenes You can select more than one scene using the mouse by holding down the Shift or Ctrl Win dows Command Mac OS X keys when you click on a scene To select a range of scenes using the mouse 1 Click on a scene you want to be either the start or the end of the range of scenes you wish to select 2 Hold down the Shift key and click the scene you want to be the other end of the range of Scenes you wish to select The range of scenes between and including the two scenes you clicked on become selected To add a scene to the set of selected scenes Hold down the Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS X and click an unselected scene The scene you clicked on is added to the set of selected scenes To remove a scene to the set of selected scenes Hold down the Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS X and click a selected scene The scene you clicked on is removed from the set of selected scenes The Edit Select All command selects all the scenes in the script You can also select scenes using the keyboard see Keyboard Navigation on page 260 Rearranging Scenes Because many scenes are viewed at once it s easy to rearrange them Scenes can be reposi tioned by selecting a scene or scenes then dragging and dropping them to a new location Any changes made will be reflected in the arrangement of the script To reposition scene s 1 Select the scene or scenes to be moved 2 Hold down the mouse butto
12. THE SWANS OF BROOKLYN SCRIPT SCRIPTNOTE REPORT Scene INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY P 1 cut some lines here too long Scene INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY P N getting redundant Statistics Report You can use the Statistics Report command to generate a report of various statistics of your script The Statistics report can include the number of words and paragraphs the number of each element and their percentage of all elements various character statistics and scene statis tics FINAL DRAFT 159 Tools Menu To create a Statistics report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Statistics and the Statistics dialog appears Statistics Report Select which statistics to include in the report v Character statistics v Scene statistics C Profanity statistics Font Courier Final Draft 2 Check the parameters to include 3 Choose the font to use and click OK Here is an example of a Statistics report that includes character statistics THE SWANS OF BROOKLYN SCRIPT STATISTICS REPORT GENERAL STATISTICS Number of words 2144 Number of paragraphs 304 ELEMENT STATISTICS ement Number Percentage General 0 0 Scene Heading 18 5 Action 50 47 Character 107 5 Parenthetical 13 1 Dialogue 109 38 Transition 1 0 shot 6 0 CHARACTER STATISTICS ALLIE Speaks 11 times 10 for a total of 49 words 5 Interacts most with CARA Appears in the following sce
13. 154 Tools Menu To create a Character report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Character Report and the Character Report dialog appears Character Report Select a character CARA AND ALLIE GIRL MOTHER JILL Font Courier Final Draft 2 Choose the character you want to generate a report for by selecting the character s name in the list 3 Choose the font to use and click OK W F BR T CHARACTER REPORT FOR ALLIE APPEARANCE SUMMARY ALLIE speaks 11 times 10 for a total of 49 words 5 ALLIE interacts most with CARA SCENES amp DIALOGUE cene INT APARTMENT LIVI Ri DAY P 1 2 ALLIE Oh Read about the pixies ALLIE I m a big girl ALLIE No I m not ALLIE I wanna play with the Cool American Teenager dolls too Cast Report You can use the Cast Report command to generate a cast report for your script The Cast report contains each character and how many times he or she appears FINAL DRAFT 155 Tools Menu To create a Cast report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Cast Report and the Cast Report dialog appears Cast Report Select which character information to include Number of speaking scenes Total scene appearances Total dialogues Sort report by Alphabetical order v Font Courier Final Draft v 2 Choose whether or not to include a column for e The number of scenes each character has a dialogue in speaking scenes e The number of scenes each
14. CARA I read you the pi I m sick of pixie are stupid So a They re for littl ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not yo and you re stupid ALLIE No I m not Girls Cara sto your sister Ic anymore CARA I m not reading yla stupid head book nn INT APARTMENT LIVING R CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a CARA Caer is a beauti gold jewelry land It s in D ALLIE Oh Read about Cara throws the book on th CARA I read you the p I m sick of pixi are stupid So They re for litt ALLIE I m big girl CARA No you re not yi and you re stupi ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating h No I m not MOMMY Girls Cara st your sister I anymore CARA I m not reading 4 stupid head book 100 y 7 of 13 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot 2 Select one of the panels by clicking in it the left panel in the example SELECTION INDICATOR eee ee ae EE JEXT PARK SLOPE BROWN It s spring and the t FINAL DRAFT 127 View Menu A selection box appears around the active panel 3 Choose a different panel if desired by choosing View Index Card EXT PARK SLO p 1 establish beautiful T INT APARTMENT LIVING Ri street hey re readin ARIS CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a CARA Caer is a beauti disguises hersel will
15. 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 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 20 Tutorials Typing a Sample Script With Final Draft open to a blank untitled screenplay document 1 Type I The letter is automatically capitalized as scene headings contain only capital letters The Scene Intro SmartType list appears with INT the abbreviation for Interior highlighted IPT SmartType INT You can use SmartType lists to ease repetitive typing They are discussed in greater detail in later in this tutorial 2 Press Tab to accept the item and automatically add a period and a space Now type in a location 3 Type DARK OFFICE 4 Press Tab A space then a dash then another space are added automatically and the Time Smart Type list appears MOMENTS LATER FINAL DRAFT 21 Tutorials 5 Type N The SmartType list narrows down to just those items that start with N The word NIGHT becomes highlighted 6 Type Enter Return to accept NIGHT and complet
16. LIVING ROOM DAY CARA Caer is a beautiful fairy who disguises herself as a swan You will know a swan is Caer if it has gold jewelry Caer comes from Ear land It s in Delaware ALLIE Oh Read about the pixies CARA I read you the pixies yesterday I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls As a Script document THE SWANS OF BROOKLYN SCRIPT SCRIPT REPORT EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY CARA Caer is a beautiful fairy who disguises herself as a swan You will know a swan is Caer if it has gold jewelry Caer comes from Ear land It s in Delaware ALLIE Oh Read about the pixies CARA I read you the pixies yesterday Q I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls ScriptNote Report You can use the ScriptNote command to generate a ScriptNote report of your script The ScriptNote report contains the page number scene heading marker character and complete text of each ScriptNote in your script FINAL DRAFT 158 Tools Menu To create a ScriptNote report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt ScriptNote Report and the ScriptNote Report dialog appears ScriptNote Report x ScriptNotes to include Information Suggestion Font Courier Final Draft v 2 Check the types of ScriptNotes to include in the report 3 Choose the font to use and click OK
17. Revisions Format Assistant General Smart Type Spelling Document Levels of undo v Use F1 key for help Recent items v v Capitalize first word of a sentence Documents folder C Documents and Settings milici My Documents aJ On launch New document O Last documents open Auto Save C Auto Save every Auto Backup Back up a maximum of 50 files Backup folder C Documents and Settings milici Application Data F d Tablet 2 Click the desired tab and make any changes 3 Click OK to apply the settings General Tab Levels of Undo You can set the number of operations you can undo or redo Recent Items You can set the number of recently opened files displayed in File Menu Windows or File gt Recent Files Mac OS X Default is 4 Use F1 key for help You can specify whether or not to use the F1 key to invoke Help Uncheck this if you want to assign the F1 key to a keystroke shortcut FINAL DRAFT 169 Tools Menu Capitalize first word of a sentence You can specify whether or not to automatically capitalize the beginning of every sentence Documents Folder You can set the Documents folder to a different location and name On Launch You can specify what opens when you launch Final Draft If you select Open last documents the documents you have open when you quit Final Draft open automatically the next time you launch Final Draft If you select New document a new document opens with th
18. or Command 1 Mac OS X to create a new scene heading 3 Type I Press Tab twice FINAL DRAFT 68 Tutorials The Location SmartType list appears APARTMENT LIVING ROOM APARTMENT OFFICE PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE PROSPECT PARK PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE BROWNSTONE APARTMENT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM 4 Use the down arrow to select PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE and press Enter Return Notice that this text too is entered in color and a revision mark is placed in the right margin Now that we have a new scene we will proceed to change its number Since it is a new scene between scene 2 and scene 3 and scene numbers are locked we want to change the new scene s number to 3A To renumber a scene 1 Choose Production Scene Numbers 2 Check Add Numbers Note that Keep existing numbers is checked 3 Click OK Notice that the new scene is now correctly numbered 2A All other scenes have retained their original numbers 2A INT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE 2A 3 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 3 You may find that on occasion you want to renumber a scene to fit some alternate numbering format requested by someone in production You can manually adjust individual scene num bers as well To manually renumber an individual scene 1 Place your cursor in the scene heading you wish to edit 2 Choose Production Edit Scene Number FINAL DRAFT 69 Tutorials 3 In the Edit Scene Number Dialog you can
19. 005 328 transition csse 16 215 email SCIPS erste Glos Ae Re ee 102 Enter key transitions o o o oooo 344 exporting to Avid Script Based Editing format 96 to File Converter file 96 to HIML s uer rh t Re re Ress 96 to Movie Magic Scheduling format 96 to older Final Draft Formats 96 To plalnitext isi oue oe ipea 96 to Rich Text Format 000 96 to schedule Tagger 338 to ScriptNotes for GoldPocket 97 104 to text with lay0Ut oo oo 96 extending selection in Script panel 242 extension See character extension F fields in header and footer 227 File Converter format exporting a script to 00 96 importing cc cota di gebe BS v 93 finding See also replacing insSelectiOD voice be dated Mee tds 114 next occurrence of teXt 112 O on en b ON eerta 111 font changing styles 00 2000 191 FINAL DRAFT footer See header and footer foreign spell checkers 20005 291 Format Assistant changing rules 0 eee eee eee 164 correcting an error in 005 163 OPENING ss ene te an dente 163 preferences c tied faces det ether cts 90 scanning for errors when printing 165 tutorial Il ete rios 4l formatting paragraphs ssssssse 193 full revision e ae 71
20. Application Auto Save Backup Format Assistant M Scan for formatting errors before printing Mi Always ask me before printing Cancel ok gt These options determine whether and how to use the Format Assistant before printing Scan for formatting errors before printing Check this option to have Format Assistant check your script before it prints 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 File Menu New The File New command creates a new document from the last template you chose The default template is Screenplay FINAL DRAFT 91 File Menu New From Stationery The File gt New From Stationery begins a new document from the template you choose To start a new document from a template 1 Choose File gt New From Stationery and the New Document dialog appears WINDOWS Please select the type of new file that you would like to create Graphic Novels Scripts Text Documents TV Templates Mac OS X Stationery Categories Graphic Novels Text Documents ei BBC Screenplay for TV fdxt BBC Screenplay fdxt BBC Taped Sitcom fdxt BBC Three Camera Show fdxt Broadway Musical fdxt Dramatists Guild Modern Stageplay fdxt Dramatists Guild Musical fdxt Dramatists Guild Traditional Stageplay fdxt Mnlf Lies Ciremmn Feise Y pa E E E E E H
21. Hide Show Action Sia 124 Hide Show Scene Title 0000 0c cece eee cee eee RR Ill 124 HidefsShow SUMMAN oes sce celeron me Puce rel bolts e EU Rr eut 124 Panels Commands iuis ends hio LECCE Lie ale ERIS RR us ses 125 Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Panels Swap Panels 2 220 0000 125 Split Horizontally Vertieally 4 cete me er Ai ed rix 125 UnSplit Panels 2225 Ln A ER IR E REED ERE Ep 128 Swap Panels usse tr eet et e tq E tb He HF re Rd ob b era 128 Toolbar COmMan dss crs 22h A ae eet EINE A LM e A tats d 128 Toolbars Submenu Windows 2 000 cece eee eee RR 128 FINAL DRAFT viii Table of Contents Show Hide Toolbar Mac OS X 00 cece cece eee RR IIl 128 Customize Toolbar Mac OS X 0 cece ec RR II tl 128 Zoom Subrrienul 3 5 etr rct ebd c ee ce UE RR UR ERR 128 DOCUMENT MI CCP 131 Page Layout 05 os s E LOI ul eie E ERU eit e dd tee tad tuat 132 Header and Footer ioter e qe ted Rey fru fert ere lt De lue edo 136 Mores and Contin eds cui eee tasers te 137 Title Page ce peek ERE Rete ew pee e tuu a Ea 138 Sifiartlype oes a e PU E tts 139 MAaGrOS eod eot LI Hae ER ER AH euh drea aus diese d I ee ad ta 140 Bookmarks utu eed e hPa io oe aM ATUS wih ER ne e e bog ate S 141 SeriptNotes cua o ek 3 AER RP Gp RIDGE Gr KORR UR A CURE Rc ac Reus 143 Insert Commands a beue eroe sedi ds aa ee ODE On Pub aug 143 Insert Bookmark cese U ERE ROUEN De XD ERU ERG
22. Providing a color for a scene or group of scenes lets you organize your scenes into groups or categories You can then sort the scenes by color in the Scene Navigator and see all the scenes of each color together The Scene and Index Card panels also display the scene colors If multiple scenes are selected in the active Script panel then the title and summary text boxes are unavailable Thus you cannot change the title or summary of multiple scenes at once How ever if multiple scenes are selected in the active Script panel and all the selected scenes have the same color then the color drop down displays that color On the other hand if the selected scenes have different colors then the Color drop down is blank In the Script panel if the selection highlight extends across the start of a scene heading then both the scene previous to the scene heading and the scene that contains the scene heading are selected To change the scene title or scene summary in the Scene Properties Inspector 1 Click in the appropriate edit field and enter or change the text of the title or summary 2 Click anywhere outside the edit field to apply the change to the script To change the scene color Select a color from the Color drop down which immediately applies the new color to the script FINAL DRAFT 282 Scene Navigator If multiple scenes are selected the new color applies to all of the selected scenes Spelling amp Thesauru
23. THESAURUS Command REFORMAT Command R EDIT SCENE NUMBER Command SHIFT J MARK REVISED Command CLEAR REVISED Command HELP Command MINIMIZE Command M SCENE HEADING ACTION Command 1 Command 2 FINAL DRAFT 350 Shortcuts amp Menus CHARACTER Command 3 PARENTHETICAL Command 4 DIALOGUE Command 5 TRANSITION Command 6 SHOT Command 7 ELEMENT TAB ENTER KEY SHORTCUTS To Go From To Hit Scene Heading Part 1 Scene Heading Part 2 TAB Scene Heading Part 2 Scene Heading Part 3 TAB Scene Heading Part 3 Action ENTER Scene Heading Part 2 Action ENTER Action Action ENTER Action Character ENTER TAB Action Shot Command 7 Action Transition Command 6 Action Scene Heading Type int or ext Character Dialogue ENTER Character Parenthetical TAB Parenthetical Dialogue ENTER Dialogue Action ENTER Dialogue Character TAB ENTER Dialogue Scene Heading Command 1 Dialogue Transition Command 6 Dialogue Shot Command 7 Page Up Down Home Key End Key Command Right Arrow Command Left Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow Shift Right or Left Arrow Shift Command Right Arrow Shift Command Left Arrow Shift Command Delete SPECIAL KEYS Pages up or down one screen full of text Moves cursor to beginning of document Moves cursor to end of document Moves cursor to beginning of next word Moves cursor to beginning of previous word Moves cursor up a line Moves cursor down a line Extends hi
24. The Label dialog box appears 3 Edit or delete the text 4 Click OK Collated Revisions Field The Collated Revisions placeholder field causes the header or footer to display the name of the last revision on the page By the last revision we mean the revision of the revision type that is furthest down in the list of revision types which is typically the last revision a script goes to For example in the default Screenplay script template there are four revision types First Revi sion Second Revision Third Revision and Fourth Revision in that order Suppose you put the Last Revision label in the header If you then make a revision on a page when First Revi sion is the active revision and you make no other revisions then the header displays First Revision for the Last Revision field If you then change the active revision to Second Revi sion and make another revision on that page the header now displays Second Revision for FINAL DRAFT 231 Header amp Footer the Last Revision field If a page has no revisions on it the Last Revision field displays nothing in the header For more information about revisions see Revisions on page 178 Page Numbers on the Title Page You can put page numbers on the title page these numbers are a separate sequence from those in the script itself They are also in a lower case roman numeral format i e they go i ii iii iv etc Header and Footer Options Clic
25. To display either placeholder label in the header 1 Select Document gt Header and Footer to open the Header and Footer dialog box Header and Footer EE Header ETT m ic gt sal 2 Place your cursor at the appropriate place in the header where you want the label to appear FINAL DRAFT 66 Tutorials 3 Click on the appropriate label placeholder Header and Footer Header SS a Ct gt a sca Peed eee LEER AL Bb DA ler Y Bes 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 Locking Pages and Revision Mode Now 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 To lock pages and enter revision mode 1 Choose Production Lock Pages A message appears asking if we wish to enable revision mode 2 Click Yes Now we will type something and create an A page 1 Position the insertion point at the end of Cara s last speech on the first page CARA I m not reading your dumb stupid stupid head book anymore I m gonna play with my Cool American Teenager dolls PLACE INSERTION POINT HERE 2 Type the Return key then type ALLIE to make a new character paragraph for Allie Then type Return again and type Cara called me stupid the new paragraph is already formatted as a dialogue FINAL DRAFT
26. and then export the results into popular movie scheduling and breakdown programs including EP Schedule from Entertainment Partners Movie Magic Scheduling 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 breakdown and scheduling programs vic TIP As with the commands in the Production Menu of Final Draft though most writers NI e 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 The Swans of Brooklyn shooting script script or a copy of one of your own scripts Over the years in Hollywood 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 overnig
27. each with separate characteristics Choose Production Revisions and the Revisions dialog box appears Revisions Active revision set Blue mm dd pyyy v Edit revision set labels Revised text appearance Blue mm dd yyyy Color ETXTXUSSEENN A une Pink mm dd yyyy sila Yellow mm dd yyyy Word underline Green mm dd yyyy Goldenrod mm dd yyyy C Dotted underline Buff mm dd yyyy Salmon mm dd yyyy C Strike out Cherry mm dd yyyy Revision mark Tan rmm dd yyyy 2nd White mm dd yyyy Mark 2nd Blue mm dd yyyy 2nd Pink mm dd yyyy v Full draft Revised pages only Options OK T options ox Revision Style When entering revised text See Revision Mode on page 182 or marking revised text See Mark Revised on page 182 the revised text has the characteristics and color of the active revision style indicated by the name in the Active Revision drop down Every revision style has FINAL DRAFT 179 Production Menu its own set of characteristics One benefit of having multiple revision styles is that it is easy to differentiate between recent revisions and earlier ones When you print the script the revised text prints in its designated style and color if a color printer is used The only initial difference between the revision styles in the Screenplay template is their name and color To change the active revision style Select the style from the Ac
28. wore Note 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 E Note The host can only send the script that was open when the host started the ses WEB sion 2 The Host clicks the CollaboWrite button The script is sent to everybody who has joined the session note IMPORTANT NOTE Once the script is sent no one else can join the session To converse 1 Type any comments in the Chat field 2 Press the Enter Return key to send the text FINAL DRAFT 320 CollaboWriter The comments appear in all the participants Chat window preceded by the name of the person who wrote them To change who controls the script 1 The participant who wants control clicks Control A message appears on the controller s computer indicating who is requesting control 2 The controller clicks OK to transfer control To edit the script When the controller types in the script the other participants see the changes as they 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 Tagger FINAL DRAFT 322 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
29. 1 Select the text INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT A 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 2 Choose Production gt Mark Revised A revision mark typically an asterisk appears to note the text as revised The text appears in the color and font style set for the current revision style For example with the current revision style set to use asterisks as a mark and underline words as the font style revised text appears as INT DARK OFFICE NIGHT A 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 You can use the Clear Revised command to delete any revision marks and revert revised text to normal To clear text which has been marked as revised 1 Select the revised text FINAL DRAFT 183 Production Menu 2 Choose Production gt 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 Lock Pages Use the Lock Pages command to override normal script pagination so that any changes to the script that cause pages to overflow creates A and B pages Normally the script repaginates whenever you add or delete text Script locking keeps each page consistent with
30. 13 RED TEXT INDICATES Mommy walks towards the subway entrance the girls follow CHANGES her dancing and leaping Allie pirouettes and is about to fall but Cara catches her before she hits the ground Cara kisses Allia s cheek and takes her hand as they sta t go down BLUE TEXT the stairs FADE QUT FINAL DRAFT 45 Tutorials This new document is named The Swans of Brooklyn script2Changes and can be saved for future reference if you desire We won t save it at this time FINAL DRAFT 46 Tutorials Index Cards You can view your script as Index Cards where each scene is represented by a card If it is not open open the sample Tutorial script The Swans of Brooklyn script To view the script in Index Card view Choose View Index Cards Summary and the screen appears as some notes have been entered for the first two scenes EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY establish beautiful street INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY p 6 cara checks the book the swan woman from the park is the woman in the picture in the book INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot These are Index Cards There is one card for each scene The top line of each card contains the scene heading scene number if any and page number The cards are available for text to be en
31. 141 gO TO cinco ne ore e E 142 351 INDEX C carriage return inserting 6 345 cast list creating oooooooooooooo 135 cast members automatic tagging of Tagger 326 CasCTeDOEL cenie sete chet eee pac ees 154 changing See also editing modifying accelerator keys n nananana naaa 307 SCENE Colok cts sss ha ar due EAT 262 Scene Navigator column width 278 character character extension See character extension element sete eu a Pus 16 215 Smartlypeslists Lee ed tbt de 30 character extension adding via context menu 31 in character element 0 215 in Smartlype core opem ete Ret 204 Character report 0 cece ee eee 153 character sides print option 100 cheating See leading clearing revisions 0 eee eee eee 182 closing documents tee tee SE eS 95 Taggels cnet ete eg rer tie rn 338 339 Tagger tiles hood TI XP PPM 338 CollaboWriter about coe eon cum on DNA Y VAS 166 changing control eee ee eee 320 firewalls asse nate pe em Red 314 hosting a SESSION 00 e eee eee 317 joining a Session 1 eee eee ee eee 318 collated revisions 0oooooooooooooo 228 Color column in Scene Navigator 277 calor page s cx etme il ee Lopes oe 133 color scene 8DOUE ATA 281 editing in Scene properties Inspector 281 coloring SCeNeS e aas ako n ia ai e 262 comp
32. 179 G general element 0005 216 glossary of terms 0 eee eee eee ee 76 go to bookmark 2 cen es oe ote xag 142 Idm 230 SCene vrl aes e 262 going to another location in the script 113 GoldPocket Interactive ITV export for 104 H hard return inserting 00 345 header and footer about ir corte hess vi T rS 226 active revision in 0 eee eee 228 collated revisions field in 228 230 Catania eerie tee Sea Id 227 inserting a field in 000 228 label oo a 228 229 MANAGING At dia 136 margins cto 132 page number in 227 placeholder fieldSiN 227 scene numbers in ooo 228 setting up for production 63 64 TULOPI Al coim Coe eT 36 TYPING ina ciu o ERR 227 header See header and footer Pel Pi sacs etn centered a ieri M EE 200 hidden characters See invisibles hiding See showing hiding horizontal Split o o 125 265 HTML saving a script as o 96 ignoring a misspelled word 285 importing File Converter files 0 0000 93 plain text files 93 353 INDEX revisions Tagger 0 00 0c eens 338 Rich Text Format files 93 indent Marker cunas uS 118 indents paragraph o oooocccccccccccco o 53 Index Card panel See also Scene panel cards across es eese 123 252 context menu cco
33. 259 renumberirig S etre UI Dd 68 A este ee bei 281 AAA EU pee 110 259 summary See summary scene title property See title scene Script panel changing display mode 241 context menu secos et 346 deseriptlOmn si koe mere tr te 240 display modes 240 extending selection in 242 keyboard navigation 242 244 Normal View display mode 116 240 Page View display mode 117 241 Speed View display mode 117 241 SOPLETE DOE eee dae a ee 155 ScriptNote report 0 eee eee eee 157 ScriptNotes creating iic aco as dard v peru p hU 144 definition c seine cs EYE DS 270 hiding showing markers in script 118 ifiserlg aid DRE o 271 Managing ee eee eee eee 143 273 ScriptNotes Export 0000 97 104 scripts backing up ute nte bees 72 comparing 6 eee eee eee 44 165 elements Inest Baas TCI 221 emailitig z ies tiara UII VET 102 PINTO irlandes 43 reading text to speech 58 registering 102 saving as other formats See exporting templates serene CREE RM 92 Scroll Keys Mimic MS Word preference 87 searching see Finding selecting entire document 0c eee eee 110 SCCM ES felis cere erede E 110 259 selection extending in Script panel 242 send summary to script 06 252 setting preferences Mac OS X 86 sh
34. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 6 2 8 Top 8 EXT BROWNSTONE APARTMENT DAY 6 7 8 re Special Effects 9 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM NIGHT 7 3 8 Costumes 10 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM DAY 7 1 8 DA Tagging Elements To tag an element that is in the script 1 Select the text to be tagged similar to 1 EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY Y 1 8 Cast Members 2 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 1 1 1 8 zxkras 3 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 2 5 8 4 EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY 2 2 8 Stpnts 5 EXT PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE DAY 2 3 2 8 Vehicles 6 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 6 2 8 erbos 7 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 6 2 8 P 8 EXT BROWNSTONE APARTMENT DAY 6 7 8 v1 Sppcial Effects 9 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM NIGHT 7 3 8 3 coktumes 10 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM DAY 7 1 8 M makeup Lipestock INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY Animal Handler Mubic CARA 8 and her sister ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa Cara s sohna reading to Allie from a book it fairies of the world Sek Dressing Grpenery CARA Sppcial Equipment Caer is a beautiful fairy who urit qe disguises herself ad a swan You Y will know a swan is Caer if it has Adfiitional Labor aold iewelrv Caer comes from nmpiral FY AE CURRENT CATEGORY 2 Click the selected text with the right mouse button Ctrl Click for Mac OS X The Add Element dialog appears similar to asian Element to this Scene 00000000000 Int Ext Location Day Night Page Length 2 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM D
35. Adobe and on Mac OS X is appears in Preview Ask the Expert The Ask the Expert command launches the Ask the Expert program which provides guidance tips and insights from scriptwriting guru 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 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 Television Contracts finaldraft com Check for 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 Tip For technical support the Online Knowledge Base is available 24 hours a day 7 days e a week This is the first place to go to get information when you have questions Register Online Select the Register Online command to register your copy of Final Draft over the internet See the Getting Started chapter for details Activate Deactivate Choose the Activate command to activate your computer to run Final Draft without restric tions on your computer Once activated you can deactivate it so that the activation can activate a different computer You can activate your computer online or over the phone WARNING Ifyou reformat your hard drive before removing the activatio
36. All 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 ALL ELEMENTS SCENE LIST LIST CATEGORY LIST CURRENT SCENE ELEMENT LIST Managing Elements The best way to explain and explore Tagger and its features is to tag a script We will use the tutorial The Swans of Brooklyn script script as an example Feel free to use your own script instead make sure you use a backup FINAL DRAFT 325 Tagger As is usually the case before elements are tagged the scenes in the script should be numbered Numbering Scenes 1 Open Final Draft 2 Choose File gt Open Navigate to the Final Draft 8 folder gt Tutorial folder 3 Select The Swans of Brooklyn script or 3 Navigate and select a script of your choosing 4 Click Open The script appears 5 Choose Production gt Scene Numbers The Scene Numbers dialog appears Scene Numbers Ear lumbers Options C Add numbers 6 Click the Add Numbers check box Leave the other default settings as they are 7 Click OK Following standard screenplay format scene numbers are assigned to the scene headings only 8 Choose File gt Save As and save the script under another name like The Swans of Brooklyn script2 in a location that makes sense for you 9 Launch Tagger see above FINAL DRAFT 326 Ta
37. Backup Test fdx f l Do not ask me this again but keep Auto Save on C Turn AutoSave off Don t Save Save Note Even if the time has expired Final Draft will not interrupt your typing to save the script It will wait for approximately 10 seconds of inactivity before triggering an Auto Save ES To save Click Yes To not save at this time Click No To continue to Auto Save automatically Check the Do not ask check box To disable Auto Save Check the Turn Auto Save off check box Auto Backup If you check Auto Backup Final Draft creates a backup copy of your document every time it is saved manually or by auto save The backup copy is named date time filename fdr For example if we saved the script The Swans of Brooklyn script on June 15 2005 at 1 37pm the backup is named 200506151337The Swans of Brooklyn script fdr Backup Folder File Count You can enter the maximum number of backup files that Final Draft creates in your backup folder at one time As you save older backups are automatically deleted so that you do not accumulate too large a number of backups FINAL DRAFT 90 File Menu Backup Folder Select New Folder You can set the backup folder to a different location and name For example you could set Final Draft to save backups to another hard drive Format Assistant Preferences The third tab of the Preferences dialog is Format Assistant preferences Preferences
38. DAY 1 1 8 f 2 INT APARTMENT L DAY 1 11 8 3 INT APARTMENT DAY C 2 5 8 I 4 EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY _ 2 2 8 5 EXT PROSPECT PAR DAY 2 3 2 8 6 INT APARTMENT L DAY 6 2 8 I 7 INT APARTMENT L NIGHT 6 2 8 8 EXT BROWNSTONE DAY 6 7 8 9 INT APARTMENT NIGHT 7 3 8 10 INT APARTMENT DAY Aa 7 1 8 11 EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY _ 7 2 8 i 12 INT APARTMENT L NIGHT 7 7 8 13 INT APARTMENT DAY sd 8 6 8 t 14 INT APARTMENT L DAY 9 5 8 15 EXT LINCOLN CENTER MAGIC o 9 2 8 16 INT LINCOLN CENT DAY _ 10 2 8 17 INT LINCOLN CENT nay 10 AIR The Scene Navigator is visible by default the first time you start Final Draft To hide the Scene Navigator Choose Tools gt Hide Navigator or i Click on the Close border icon of the Scene Navigator window To show the Scene Navigator Choose Tools gt Show Navigator Whether the Scene Navigator window is shown or hidden is stored as an application preference In other words if you quit Final Draft when the Scene Navigator is hidden it will not be visible the next time you start Final Draft The size and position of the Navigator window is also stored as an application prefer ence In other words if you move the Navigator window and you quit Final Draft the Navigator will appear in the new position the next time you start Final Draft In addi FINAL DRAFT 277 Scene Navigator tion if yo
39. Final Draft reaches the end of the script it asks if you want it to continue searching from the beginning FINAL DRAFT 112 Edit Menu 4 Ifthe searched text is found searching stops and the found text is selected 5 If no text is located a message appears to indicate that it was not found To find the next occurrence of the same text Click Find Next again Use the History popup menu to view a list of the last 10 words or phrases that were requested To transfer one of the words in the History popup to the Find What text field Select the desired word from the History menu It appears 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 All The text that was found is replaced with the text in the Replace text field Replace All You can search the entire document and replace all occurrences of the text that is being searched for A WARNING Be careful when using Replace All it cannot be undone Additional options Down Windows Forwards Mac OS X Selecting one of these options causes the search to begin at the insertion point and go to the end of the document Up Windows Backwards Mac OS X Selecting one of these options causes the search to begin at the insertion point and go to the beginning of the document Whole Words Only Checking this options causes the search to check for matche
40. Frank Colin and Tony Milici with assistance from Kirsten Thayer Special thanks to the Final Draft Product Usability Team especially David Schladweiler and testing interns David Meade and lan Cornelius Final Draft software and Tagger software are trademarks of Final Draft Inc Macintosh Mac OS and Mac OS X are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Microsoft Word Windows XP and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Inc The Proximity Merriam Webster Linguibase Copyright 1992 Merriam Webster Inc and Copyright 1992 Proximity Technology Inc All rights reserved 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 are Copyright 2002 Writers Guild of America west Inc All rights reserved Courier Final Draft font Copyright 2001 Final Draft Inc Avid is a trademark of Avid Technology Inc EM Production Suite EM Content Producer and EventMatrix are trademarks of Goldpocket Interactive Inc rev 040809 FINAL DRAFT INC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT By installing this software you indicate your acceptance of the following Final Draft Inc End User License Agreement This is a legal document which constitutes an agreement between you whether you are the end user or the purchaser and Final Draft Inc Carefully read all the terms and conditions of th
41. Heading Slug Line on page 214 The Intro column displays the scene intro the Loca tion column displays the location and the Time column displays the time of day The Color column displays the scene color You can assign a color to each scene to make scenes easier to group and sort See the section below on the Scene Properties Inspector for how to change the scene color FINAL DRAFT 278 Scene Navigator The Scene column displays the scene number for each scene if scene numbers have been generated See Scene Numbers on page 173 for information on how to generate scene num bers The Length column displays the length in pages to the nearest 1 8th of a page of each scene The Page column displays the starting page number for each scene Changing the way the columns display You can choose which columns to display in the Scene Navigator By default only the Order Title Location Color and Page columns are visible You can choose to show or hide any column except the Order column To show or hide a column in the Scene Navigator 1 Right click on the header of any column which shows the Scene Navigator context menu Each column available to display in the Scene Navigator has a corresponding menu item If a column is currently visible its menu item is checked 2 Select a column s menu item to hide or show it If you hide the column that the Scene Navigator is currently sorted on the sort order will revert to the de
42. Mac OS X 3 Navigate to where the file is to be saved 4 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 the GoldPocket web site Edit Menu FINAL DRAFT 108 Edit Menu Edit Commands Undo The Undo command reverses the last editing action in the current script Most editing font changes and other functions may be undone Depending on the last action the text of the Edit gt Undo menu command contains the type of action to be undone such as Undo Typing Undo Cut etc If there is no undoable action Edit gt Undo is disabled
43. Marker appears at the current insertion point position and the ScriptNote win dow appears You can select which type of ScriptNote that is inserted in the ScriptNotes dialog box see ScriptNotes on page 143 ee NOTE ScriptNote markers do not print and do not affect script length or pagination 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 145 Document Menu Insert Label The Insert Label command inserts a new header label marker into the script at the current insertion point position 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 is completed the insertion of a Label with Act II as the label text insures that these requirements are met z For detailed information about placing the Label symbol in the header footer refer to the Header and Footer chapter NOTE A special symbol named Label must be placed in the Header Footer window to represent the position where any label text will be placed 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
44. POINT ELEMENT POPUP SCENE NUMBER PAGE NUMBER ZOOM POPUP FINAL DRAFT 15 Tutorials nore Note If you now choose File gt Open to open an existing document the untitled blank document automatically closes 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 On Windows there is an Element drop down on the toolbar At the bottom of the window there is also a text area called the Element label These indicate the element the current insertion point is in On Mac OS X there is an Element popup and a Zoom popup in the status area of each panel The Element popup and Element drop down initially indicate Scene Heading By default Final Draft starts off with a scene heading also known as a slug line 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 which element will be created or what action will be taken you press a specific key or key combination FINAL DRAFT 16 Tutorials Here is an excerpt of a script which contains most of the basic script elements SCENE HEADING EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY ACTION A WRITER and an AGENT a
45. Script If you select this option all revisions after the full revision including revisions from the full revision appear as revised text on the page Show All Revisions Sets You can select this option to show all revisions at the same time Show All Revision Text You can check this option to show all revisions as revised text at the same time When this option is unchecked all revision display a normal text Show All Revision Marks You can check this option to show all revision marks at the same time When this option is unchecked no revision marks are displayed Revision Mode Checking this option performs the same function as the Revision Mode command see below Mark Location You can set the margin for revision marks measured from the left edge of the page FINAL DRAFT 182 Production Menu To change the margin setting Click the up or down arrow To apply the Options Click OK Revision Mode Use the Revision Mode command to toggle revision mode on and off When the script is in revision mode all text you add or edit is marked as revised It is easier to turn on revision mode than to manually mark every change after the fact using the Mark Revised command see below Everything you type is marked as revised and displayed in the current revision style Mark Revised The Mark Revised command causes all currently selected text to be marked as revised using the active revision style To mark revision text
46. The Spelling dialog closes NOTE You can halt spell checking at any time and close the Spelling dialog box by click ing the Close button FINAL DRAFT 285 Spelling amp Thesaurus When the spell checker encounters a misspelled or unknown word it selects it in the script and the word appears in the Misspelled area in the Spelling dialog box along with a list of possible alternatives The first item in the Suggested list appears in the Change To text field For exam ple suppose the spell checker finds gonna as a misspelled word Spelling Spell Check Options User Dictionary Misspelled Word gonna Change to gonia Suggestions M goanna Genoa donna Gina Gana gena Genua 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 checking resumes To disregard the word considered misspelled and continue Click Ignore To disregard all instances of that word in the document Click Ignore All To substitute an alternate word 1 Select click the suggested word It appears in the Change To text field 2 Click Replace Note You can edit the word in the Change To text field FINAL DRAFT 286 Spelling amp Thesaurus Alternately Double click the suggested word In the script the new word replaces the misspelled word and spell checking continues Spelling Options Cl
47. To hide the first line of the scene s action Choose View Hide Action from the main menu Or Select Hide Action from the Scene panel context menu SCENE PANEL SCENE TITLE SUMMARY AND ACTION HIDDEN EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY p 1 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY p 1 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY p EXT PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE DAY INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY p 6 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT p EXT BROWNSTONE APARTMENT DAY INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM NIGHT p 7 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM DAY p 7 EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY p 7 You cannot hide the scene heading in the Scene panel Editing Scene panel fields You can edit the scene heading and Title in the Scene panel To edit the scene heading of a scene in the Scene panel 1 Select the scene you wish to edit 2 Click on the scene heading 3 Enter or change the text 4 Click anywhere else in the panel to apply the changes to the script To edit the Title of a scene in the Scene panel 1 Click on the Title 2 Enter or change the text 3 Click anywhere else in the panel to apply the changes to the script FINAL DRAFT 257 Panels You cannot edit the action in the Scene panel Tab key You can edit the next or previous editable area in the Scene panel by typing the Tab key or Shift Tab key combination If you have made changes in the current e
48. Tutorials 2 Tutorials FINAL DRAFT 12 Tutorials Introduction Final Draft is a full featured word processor specifically designed for writing movies television scripts and stage plays It combines powerful word processing capabilities with screenplay for matting features 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 should be familiar to you You can also use Final Draft to write regular documents such as treatments letters resumes etc There are 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 you typically use the Tab and Enter keys Win dows or Tab and Return keys Mac OS X to perform most of the formatting functions specific to scriptwriting These keys are supplemented by 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 guides you through creating a new script and entering the first fe
49. Use this command to take some action on the entire script such copying the entire script into the Clipboard Select Scene The Select Scene command selects the entire scene currently containing the insertion point or the beginning of a selection range FINAL DRAFT 111 Edit Menu 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 gt Select Scene to take some action on an entire scene such as changing the font or dragging and dropping it to another location Find You can use the Find command to search for specific text within your document and possibly replace the found text with different text note 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 Or Sur Press Ctrl Home Windows or Command Home Mac OS X Choose Edit gt Find and the Find Go To dialog appears with the Find Replace tab visible Find Goto Find Replace Go to Find what Find Next Replace with Replace C Match whole word only Direction Replace All C Match case O Up Down MS 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
50. 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 XML Extensible Markup Language The Extensible Markup Language is a general purpose markup language that allows its users to define their own elements Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of structured data across different information systems particularly via the Internet FINAL DRAFT 84 Tutorials File Menu FINAL DRAFT 86 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 Preferences Mac OS X 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 gt Preferences and the Preferences dialog appears Preferences LA Application Auto Save Backup Format Assistant f 1WYSIWYG Font Menus M Show contextual menu
51. Windows s ereere eee cheer bee TEE Ea whan bad wie wha Pee eaters 198 ZOOM AMEE OS X cb ertet EDU Dee e ERE Ft ea e a nee 198 Minimize Window Mac OS X 0000 ccc eee e RRRRRRRRRRRRRRI MM Ill 198 Bring AIPtoFront4Mac OS Xe iet lx ru sexe cM S EE te tas besten hd Broly 8 198 Help Menu ii eR AES ea pet eee e pp aav 199 HelpxMenu screed ek ed ee eee A Ee eae eae baw kaw aang gd 200 Final Draft Help ener dace e a da D D 200 Ask the Expert s ere r a Eus Ros toes eee E tds 200 finaldraft com Check for Updates Submit Feedback sssseeelluuuess 200 Register Online ce nane td dead PET E 200 Activate Deactivate s t ia a cece eee eee eee eee li 200 CustomerSupport sccsacenis sehen te EY EE TEE Wiad oat aie oie npe at 201 About Final Draft Windows 00 000 cece eee RR RRRRRRRRRRERRIRRMI ll 201 Smart lype ie ite Aa A 203 Entering SmartType Items in the Script 20 00 e eee eee cette 204 Entering New SmartType Items On the Fly 2 2 0 2 ec cee eect eee 207 More About SmartType Matching 00 eects 207 Managing SmartType Lists 0 IH e 207 Simartlype Options ne oic a n Rede eub Va Ga a e gd 210 Scene Heading Separators sssesseseseeeseeeeee naana 211 Elements A E A hae 213 Standard Elements aii A Deer cer ERE 214 FINAL DRAFT xi Table of Contents Scene Heating slug Line cea aoe xt A haa area a 214 ACUON tax Sie ed uet vtr Dac tb Pec ees true PLE eee ine Si
52. adnan 165 Navigator and Scene Properties Inspector Commands 00 cece eee eee eee 166 Show HideNavigator Binet hie ee etc ta eg tetto os Du te edad ite eat 166 Show Hide Scene Properties RW Y Ro STER SR 166 CollabOWFIteb See Sus arose Dru Lr racc A AT E ELM cid LE 166 Customize WindOWS kv eise A tea ad 167 Options Windows 22 2 a chk cu phos petia Rak aM EA Dat M Rk MEE ke 167 General Tab a2 224 3 2000 3 0i RO bU eke M erudite Pee ted 168 Production MENU a tene ean ee aa ee ace acea Oe eae 171 About A and B Scenes and A and B Pages 00 c cece eee e eee 173 Scene NUDE dos deo tas e DEBERE are ba eta bius 173 Numbers ID t e ae o AU e ERE EET 174 Options Tab airada 175 Edit Scene Number s ont e e e a a aea aa a e ret ettet 176 Onmit SCENE eonim o e EH a d ee rated A a a AEA 177 REVISIONS casetas cm Un LEE Af at due EE inc tM Penn e da 178 REVISIONS licita a e ure I RR MEA iata eee dua 178 REVISIONS O PROMS 1235 5 rn io SUO oat cete 180 REVISION Modes s eco LLLA eee ER aE deren ect e erc eed 182 Mark Revisedt corto mre etree tesa sks of Rae e sure ae sepa teat high POR Re TEE NEAR DLE 182 Clear Revised uoo eet eG ea A evel bI eri a DI es EPOR 182 Locke Pages so no Eras he Tac boe pete e eret 183 Lock A Pages espe e Ue ce cU DUE RUERUERRUG RR hea hinder 183 Unlock A Pages Los A ris XEM ebbe A Lavage P rises teers 184 Unlock All Pages via 6s vias Mae bie er RE ORE GURA ae uk Dac ds 184 Locking Tools Subm
53. character appears in speaking or not e The total number of dialogues each character has 3 Choose which column to sort the report by 4 Choose the font to used and click OK THE SWAN F BROOKLYN RIPT CAST REPORT ALLIE 11 4 10 CAER 9 1 2 CARA 42 6 11 CARA AND ALLIE 1 1 2 DADDY 15 4 6 GIRL 0 0 1 JILL 12 1 3 MOMMY 15 6 7 MOTHER 2 1 3 Script Report You can use the Script Report command to generate a Script report for your script The Script report contains the text from specified elements presented in screenplay format FINAL DRAFT 156 Tools Menu 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 ia Script document pee Heading O Text document Y Action Y Character Parenthetical Dialogue Transition Shot Font Courier Final Draft v 2 Check the elements you want to include in the report NoTE Choosing all the elements will generate a report that is exactly the 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 use 5 Click OK The following reports contain scene headings characters and dialogue FINAL DRAFT 157 Tools Menu As a Text document THE SWANS OF BROOKLYN SCRIPT SCRIPT REPORT EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY INT APARTMENT
54. contain 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 173 Production Menu About A and B Scenes and A and B Pages 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 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 vario
55. den die uim er OE 184 single page eee eee eee eee 69 187 unsplitting panels 000 128 268 User Dictionary abOUt coc hte rem vr 287 adding words to 285 287 changing words in 0 eee ee 287 deleting words from 00 288 V versioning 6 6 eee eee II 72 vertical split corse Eus 125 265 voices assigninQ oooooooooooo o 56 148 Z ZOOM a Eye RU CS EE EY 28 128 245 FINAL DRAFT 358 Index
56. dialog appears 2 Windows Open the Text Document folder in the Final Draft Stationery folder or 2 Mac Click the Text Document Templates category 3 Select a text document to use as a template 4 Click OK A blank document appears Many commands in the menus are disabled All 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 All Reports are text documents which can be edited and saved as stand alone documents Toolbars FINAL DRAFT 304 Toolbars On Windows by default the toolbar is part of the main window just below the menu You can undock it and make it a floating toolbar On Mac OS X each document window has its own toolbar and you can t make it a floating toolbar The main purpose of toolbars is convenience They allow quick and easy access to commands without having to pull down any menus or press key combinations Almost every toolbar func tion can also be performed using menu commands and or key combinations You can modify the set commands that appear on the toolbar on both Windows and Mac OS X On Windows there are multiple toolbars each of which you can choose to show or hide or reposition Toolbars for Final Draft for Windows and Final Draft for Mac OS X are different and are dis cussed separately Toolbars Windows A toolbar in Windows is either docked in the toolbar area
57. dialog box To save the print output of your document as a PDF file from the Print dialog box 1 Click Print to PDF Windows or 1 Select Save as PDF from the PDF popup button Mac OS X The Save As dialog box opens 2 Select where you want the PDF document to be saved and enter a name 3 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 102 File Menu A PDF document of your script is created All the settings you selected in the Print dialog box apply to the PDF file Email The File gt Email command allows you to email the script from within Final Draft NOTE You must have already established an Internet connection ore Note The recipient must have a copy of Final Draft or the Final Draft Viewer in order to read the script To email a 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 Your script is emailed as an attachment using your computer s designated email program nore Note f your designated email program does not appear after you click Send refer to your email program s documentation about how to configure it properly Register Script You can register the currently open script via email with the Writers Guild of America West s Registry Service wore NOTE You do not need to be a member of the WGA to use this service To register a script 1 Choose File gt Register Script You are sent to a sp
58. document To backup your document 1 Choose File gt 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 Windows or Save Mac OS X T s Tip Always use File gt Backup before any major changes are begun Revert The File Revert command returns your script to its last saved state FINAL DRAFT 98 File Menu 1 Choose File gt Revert 2 Aconfirmation dialog appears 3 Click OK to undo all changes done since the last save A WARNING You cannot Undo a Revert NE Page Setup Mac OS X The File Page Setup command displays a dialog box to be displayed containing options for printing from the currently chosen printer Note If any changes to the paper size are made the script will be reformatted to take J 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 The File gt Print Preview command displays your document exactly how it will appear when you print it To view the script on screen as it will appear when printed Choose File Print Preview The page that is currently on screen when Print Preview was chosen will be in view To view other pages e Windows Click the Next Page or Previous Page buttons Or e Mac OS X Type a number in the Page text field
59. eo I1 dej K Separator Space Flexible Space Customize or drag the default set into the toolbar Jo E ux 7 O O Save Print Spelling ScriptNote New Scene Title Page Split Scene Properties Navigator Show Icon Text B M Use Small Size Done 2 Drag toolbar items from the toolbar into the Customize Toolbar sheet to remove commands from the toolbar 3 Drag toolbar items one at a time to the toolbar in any order desired to add commands to the toolbar To restore the toolbar to its default set of items 1 Choose View gt Customize Toolbar to display the Customize toolbar sheet 2 Drag the default set to the toolbar To edit toolbar preferences 1 Choose View Customize Toolbar to display the Customize toolbar sheet 2 Select an item from the Show popup menu If you select Icons and Text both the icon and the caption for each toolbar item displays on the toolbar You can also select Icon Only and Text Only from the Show popup menu Or FINAL DRAFT 311 Toolbars 2 Check Use Small size to display the toolbar items with small icons Any changes you make to a toolbar on one document window apply to all document windows of that type Script or Text wee The toolbar for Script documents and the toolbar for Text documents have different p commands available FINAL DRAFT 312 Toolbars CollaboWriter FINAL DRAFT 314 CollaboWriter CollaboWriter allows you to collab
60. have a scene number assigned to them They are never orphaned at the bottom of a page but are placed at the beginning of the next page to stay with the action that follows EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY SCENE INTRO El LOCATION TIME FINAL DRAFT 215 Elements Scene intros indicate whether the scene is set inside or outside The default scene intros are INT interior EXT exterior I E interior exterior Location indicates where the scene is to take place Time indicates when the scene is to take place Action Action represents screen direction that tells what is happening in the scene It may include physical and psychological action Character A character always precedes dialogue to indicate who is doing the talking Characters are always written in all capital letters CHARACTER EXTENSION NARRATOR V O CHARACTER NAME The Grand Canyon is one of the jewels of A character extension indicates where the speech is coming from off screen voice over etc Parenthetical Parentheticals provide 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 t
61. importing essere cel Ee Rene 93 saving a scriptas eee eee eee eee 96 text to speech cunc a a E Ea 57 assigning voices ee eee eee 56 148 narrator coeur eR ee ye native bathed 58 reading the script 00 eee 58 speech Control c3 ee one Sa 148 357 INDEX ThesauruS 0 00 c cece eee eee 148 289 time in scene heading about ote ad etal ty el pete S 215 example duo et dte titre exa 16 SmartIype list us reete s 204 Time column in Scene Navigator 277 Title column in Scene Navigator 277 title page ACCESSING paene n 138 page numbers in 231 printing eset tti ea tas 100 title scene about x Fekete ee A 281 editing in Scene panel 256 editing in Scene properties Inspector 281 hiding showing in Scene panel 254 257 toolbar adding a command to Windows 305 customizing Mac OS X 128 309 customizing Windows 305 editing preferences oooooocccoccocoo 310 individual toolbars on Windows 304 Option Se 2c rid add rocio 308 removing a command from Windows 306 resetting a toolbar s configuration 306 showing hiding 128 304 306 309 tracking Versions 0 cece eee ee ee 72 transition a a re AAS 16 Transition element 20005 215 U UNDOING ser ep eges 108 unlocking allpagesz sese PR 184 A pages 2 sx omo
62. in it may be used in other computer programs Exterior EXT A scene intro which indicates that a scene takes place or is supposed to take place outside Always abbreviated in all capital letters FADE IN 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 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 Header FD Text that appears at the top of a page such as page numbers 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 indent 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 FINAL DRAFT 79 Tutorials Index Cards Views These views mimic the traditional way that scripts have been developed fleshed out and anno tated Each card contains one scene Cards are ordered in a left to right top to bottom fash ion There are two sides to every card The Summary side initially
63. in order to receive a Response Code to activate your software There is no charge for the manual activation service Note Make sure you have your challenge code on your screen and your customer num ber available when you call 3 The customer support representative will give you a response rode 4 Enter the response code and click Activate A confirmation window will appear after your computer is activated Deactivation After Final Draft is activated on your computer you may need to remove the activation For example you may need to reformat your computer s hard drive or you may get a new com puter WARNING Ifyou reformat your hard drive before removing the activation that activa A tion will be lost To deactivate your computer 1 Launch Final Draft and choose Help gt Deactivate h Note Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet If you do not have an Inter net connection follow the Manual Deactivation steps on the following pages 2Click Online Deactivation FINAL DRAFT 7 Installation Your computer will be deactivated Your account will be credited so you can activate another computer at any time if desired Note If online deactivation fails you will be instructed to contact Customer Support and follow the manual deactivation steps on the following pages Manual Deactivation If you do not have an Internet connection or your online deactivation fails follow the steps be
64. 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 you can use to reformat text Reformatting a Single Paragraph To change the element of a single paragraph 1 Place the insertion point within the paragraph you want to reformat Mommy walks towards the subway entrance the girls follow her dancing and leaping Allie pirouettes and is about to fall but Cara catches her before she hits the ground Cara kisses Allie s cheek and takes her hand as they start down the stairs SHOULD BE A TRANSITION FADE OUT 2 Choose the new element for the paragraph from the Element popup list in the toolbar or e 2 Mac OS X Choose the new element for the paragraph from the Format gt Change Elements To Submenu Or 2 Pressing Ctrl Shift Windows or Command Option Mac OS X can be used to reformat the current paragraph Or 2 Choose Tools gt Reformat FINAL DRAFT 235 Reformat The Reformat dialog appears The current paragraph is selected DERE Reformat 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot 3 Click the appropriate button f
65. its formatting characteristics element type margins font styles etc FINAL DRAFT 109 Edit Menu Text that is copied or cut from another program will contain only the text without any for matting characteristics If one paragraph or less os pasted the text will take on the formatting characteristics of the insertion point Once the text has been pasted it may then be reformatted using Tools gt Reformat If the paragraph the text was copied from 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 is pasted Edit gt Paste attempts 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 e within a Final Draft script e between Final Draft scripts e from other programs to Final Draft Mac OS X only e from Final Draft to other programs Mac OS X 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 The text is inserted Drag and drop simplifies this task FINAL DRAFT
66. know a swan gold jewelry C land It s in SPLITTER i ALLIE Oh Read about Cara throws the book on thi CARA I read you the p I m sick of pixi are stupid They re for litt ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not yi and you re stupi ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating h No I m not MOMMY Girls Cara st your sister I anymore stupidchead boxe RESIZE WINDOW 4 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition m Shot A Box The contents of the left panel have changed to the chosen view 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 configura tion Note When a script is saved the current panels configuration will be saved as well whether it is a single panel or multiple panels FINAL DRAFT 128 View Menu UnSplit Panels The Unsplit Panels command 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 is hidden Swap Panels The Swap Panels command reverses the position of the displayed panels This command is dis abled if only one panel is displayed To change the order of the panels Choose View gt Swap Panels and the panels switch
67. manually overwrite the number 4 Click OK Unlocking Pages You may also find that you want to delete some content on pages once they are locked and as a result you have a number of orphan pages It is common to combine the page numbers and put all the remaining script contents on a single page to cut down on paper and confusion There are two ways content can be moved around unlocking a page or deleting all the con tents on a single page to create a page x y on the prior page Unless you don t expect to need to use a page number again we don t advise unlocking a page once your pages are locked and suggest the second method described below in merging pages However sometimes it is impossible to get the results you are looking for without unlocking your pages To manually unlock an individual page 1 Place your cursor in front of the first contents at the top most position of the page you wish to unlock in order to have its contents move up to the prior page 2 Choose Production gt Locking Tools gt Unlock Page 3 A Dialog will ask you to confirm whether you want to unlock the page at the insertion point Click Yes The contents from the page move up to the prior page filling any available space on the prior page Repeat steps 1 4 on any other pages you wish to unlock and move up to other content For example if you have an empty page 1A 2 and 3 and want to merge them all together with page 1 Once you have unlocked
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69. of the main window default or is a free floating window X Final Draft Untitled Screenplay File Edit View Format Document Tools Production Window Help HSE 8B ni f Bil sedo xL 100 mpoeesnus Standard ETE Xx aX amp H DES AP B i U sceneHeading z 1005 ama Q Qa Toolbars Submenu Located in the View menu the Toolbars submenu contains menu items to show and hide the available toolbars See Toolbars Tab on page 306 and the status bar Note If you show many of the toolbars at once there will be some duplication of func tions To Hide or Show any of the toolbars Choose View gt Toolbars gt name The designated toolbar either disappears or reappears A check mark on the menu indicates that a toolbar is visible FINAL DRAFT 305 Toolbars Customize Dialog Box Select the Customize command in the Toolbars submenu to show the Customize dialog box In the Customize dialog box you can customize the contents of each toolbar and even create new ones To customize the toolbars Choose Tools gt Customize The Customize dialog box appears and the Commands tab is selected Commands Tab The Commands tad contains a list of toolbar categories and a list of commands for the category you select When the Commands tab is visible you can add commands to a toolbar and remove commands from a toolbar that is visible Customize Commands Toolbars Keyboard Options _ Categories Com
70. 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 in File gt Print Preview FINAL DRAFT 99 File Menu Print The File gt Print command prints out part or all of your document according to the current Page Setup Many Final Draft specific options are offered To print a document 1 Choose File gt Print Depending on the printer you are using the appropriate print dialog is displayed 2 Enter the number of copies and a page range or a scene range in the appropriate text fields 3 Choose the Final Draft options desired Print Script Printer HP Laserjet P2055dn 60CF9C 18 fa Ready Presets Standard 8 HP LasesJet P2050 Senes POLE IP 172163052 Copies 1 M collated gt Comment Pages e All E pines OFrom 1 to 1 A Final Draft IZ O Page Print Range HG Pages Print Al pages in range O Scenes Character Sides Print All pages in range EI wise Character Sides r1 Dine Bassa ol plas Name No character sides H Scrpt options PRUNE i Entire script O Revision OA p O Untevised Script Options Entire script ORevision C Print revisions in color O Sean for script formatting errors OAI revised pages O Unrevised pages O Prnt text in color include tile page a a Z Include Title Page Revisions in color Text in color Pini to POF Cancel M Back to front Scan f
71. s title page FINAL DRAFT 139 Document Menu When you print your script you can choose whether or not to print the title page along with it WINDOWS Mame Saue Ready Type HP Lasexiet P2050 Senes POLE Whee IP 172163052 Comenart Pur range GA OP O Scene Punt Ad pages ni ange Character Side Character Marce O Pret character name on page jet options O Erben scho Printer HP Laserjet P2055do 6DCF9C 34 fa Presets Standard ot Copies 1 FA cottates S Pages OAN Orrom 1 to 1 Vinal Draft E Print Range O Pages O scenes Print All pages in range et Character Sides Name No character sides aw Script Options omine script OA revised pages include Title Page Fi tack to front J O Ali revised pages O Pent revisions in colur E Print tent in color mmeror OPTION TO PRINT TITLE PAGE SmartType The SmartType command shows the SmartType dialog box which allows you to inspect modify and create of items in the SmartType lists Use of SmartType Lists eliminates having to enter names and phrases over and over again The following example is taken from the tutorial script The Swans of Brooklyn script REDE Characters Extensions Scene intros Locations Times Transitions Name CARA zr L gt CARA ALLIE DADDY CAER MOMMY CARA AND ALLIE GIRL MOTHER 3 FINAL DRAFT 140 Docu
72. selection method used once you have selected the item you want Press the Enter Return key The item appears in the script and the SmartType popup window disappears Consider this list RRA SmartType CARA CAER CARA AND ALLIE FINAL DRAFT 207 SmartType In order to have SmartType enter CARA AND ALLIE Press the C key three times or Use the Arrow Keys to move within the list and select the proper item or Press the End key to scroll to the end of the list or Type in the complete name CARA AND ALLIE as no fewer keys uniquely identify this charac ter Entering New SmartType Items On the Fly New items are added to SmartType List automatically when you type them into the script In he Swans of Brooklyn script there are no items in the Character SmartType list that begin with R Consequently if you type the letter R into a character paragraph the SmartType window does not appear If you then type the rest of the name ROBERTO and then type the Enter Return key to create a paragraph SmartType automatically adds ROBERTO to the Character SmartType list More About SmartType Matching The SmartType popup window appears if there is a match of the first letter typed in a character name character extension location time or transition You probably do not want SmartType matching to occur when the item you want to type is a subset of an item already in the Smart Type list For example if the Charac
73. submenu Or 2 On Windows click the color swatch or for other colors on Mac OS X or choose Format gt Highlight Other On Windows the standard Windows color palette appears Choose a color or click Other to open the standard color picker or On Mac OS X the standard color picker appears 3 Choose a color 4 Click OK The text becomes highlighted with the chosen color To highlight text as you type 1 Position the insertion point 2 Choose the highlight color as described above FINAL DRAFT 193 Format Menu All text you type from the insertion point position until you create new paragraph or click on a new position is highlighted with the chosen color Paragraph Format Commands The following commands operate on a paragraph by paragraph basis The selected command applies to the entire paragraph containing the insertion point If multiple paragraphs are selected then every paragraph in the selection range changes Alignment Submenu The Alignment submenu allows you to change how text is aligned to left aligned centered right aligned or fully justified Spacing Submenu The Spacing submenu allows you to change the spacing between each line of a paragraph to either 1 1 5 or 2 lines Space Before Submenu The Space Before submenu allows you to change the spacing before a paragraph to 0 1 2 or 3 You can manually enter a different space before by selecting the Format gt Space Before gt Other com
74. the end of a dialogue typing Enter Return creates a new action At the end of a transition typing Enter Return creates a new scene heading Note The reason Enter Return doesn t change elements after typing action is because you can follow action with either another action a character a transition or a scene heading There is no usual element paragraph that follows action When you are starting a new paragraph pressing Enter Return brings up the Elements window G General S Scene Heading A Action C Character P Parenthetical D Dialogue T Transition You can select the element type for a new paragraph by selecting an element in the Elements window To select an element in the Elements window Type the first letter of the desired element This letter is displayed in brackets in the dialog Or Type the Up or Down Arrow key to move and highlight the desired element in the window and type Enter Return or Tab Or Click the desired element with the mouse FINAL DRAFT 19 Tutorials In a character element you can type a character extensions manually or with the context menu To use the context menu to add a character extension to a character right click when you have finished typing the character name The context menu appears and contains a list of character extensions If you select a character extension from the context menu it is automatically inserted at the end of the character
75. the relatively small amount of available key combinations 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 All previously described functions are available plus a few more Note The default macros can also be invoked by an alias FINAL DRAFT 297 Macros 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 you can create an alias to correct it automatically Keep these two examples in mind as we present the following steps for creating macro aliases The number of options may seem complicated but they all have a logical purpose The use of macro aliases will save you more typing time Alias The Alias edit field indicates the text that is entered in the script that invokes the selected macro This is where you would enter abs or thier Activate In Indicates which element s an alias is triggered in Elements may be excluded from being considered from using a specific alias For example you can set abs to be used onl
76. the script in both panels you can see for example Act and Act Il or page 3 and page 78 at the same time Index 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 FINAL DRAFT 52 Tutorials 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 P Again we strongly suggest that you read the complete Panels section of the User uide to be able to determine how to adapt the system to your way of working a Ti V c FINAL DRAFT 53 Tutorials Adjusting Paragraph Indents Each element paragraph has its own margins and indents which enables Final Draft to auto matically format the script as you write An occasion might arise where you might 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 words extending the individual paragraph s margin 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 INDENT MARKERS EXT PARK 2 Click and drag either the left o
77. used to add or insert the selected element It also indicates which element is automatically created when you type the Enter Return key at the end of a paragraph Control Key Windows Command Key Mac OS X This option contains the keystroke combination that creates a new paragraph of the selected element type To change an element shortcut 1 Choose the element desired from the Element List FINAL DRAFT 218 Elements 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 Enter Key Windows Return Key Mac OS X popup menu This option specifies which element is automatically created when you type the Enter Return key at the end of a paragraph To change which element is automatically created when the Enter Return key is pressed Choose the element desired from the popup menu To create a custom element 1 Click New 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 and Paragraph tab options are set to default for those of the action element 3 Make any changes desired To delete a custom element 1 Select a custom element The Delete button becomes enabled 2 Click Delete FINAL DRAFT 219 Elements On Windows to load the elements from another script or
78. 13 CAER 9 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 6 2 8 Location Report Use the Location Report command to generate a Location report for your script The Location report contains each location and the number of times it appears in a scene heading in the script FINAL DRAFT 153 Tools Menu To create a Location report 1 Choose Tools gt Reports gt Location Report and the Location Report dialog appears Location Report Sort report by EVs lariat re Font Courier Final Draft 2 Choose how you want to sort the information 3 Choose the font to use and click OK THE SWAN F BROOKLYN RIPT LOCATION REPORT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM 5 OCCURRENCES INT 5 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 3 P 1 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 2 P 6 APARTMENT OFFICE 2 OCCURRENCES INT 2 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 2 P 2 APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM 2 OCCURRENCES INT 2 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM DAY 1 P 7 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM NIGHT 1 P 7 BROWNSTONE APARTMENT 1 OCCURRENCE EXT 1 EXT BROWNSTONE APARTMENT DAY 1 P 6 Character Report You can use the Character Report command to generate a Character report for your script The 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 FINAL DRAFT
79. 38 Y A Font Courier Final Draft 12 Set Font Draw Number on Left and Draw Number on Right checkboxes You can specify whether or not to display numbers to the left and or right of paragraphs Left and Right Location Settings You can set the position of the numbers measured in inches from the left edge of the page To change the left or right location settings Click the up or down arrows next to the setting FINAL DRAFT 176 Production Menu Note Once changed these settings remain for future re aumberings no matter which element is selected in the Element popup Font You can choose the font and font size of the numbers To set Font attributes 1 Click Set Font A font dialog appears 2 Make any changes desired and click OK Edit Scene Number You can use the Edit Scene Number command to manually change individual scene numbers ore NOTE This applies to scene numbers for scene headings only you cannot change num bers for other elements manually To modify a scene number 1 Position click the insertion point within the scene whose number you want to change 2 Choose Production gt Edit Scene Number The Edit Scene Number dialog appears containing the scene number for the insertion point position Edit Scene Number Change scene number to 3 Enter a new number 4 Click OK The current scene s number changes to the new number FINAL DRAFT 177 Production Menu ere
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81. A INT APARTMEN OFFICE EXT PROSPECT RK EXT PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM EXT BROWNSTONE APARTMENT INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM INT APARTMENT CARA 8 and her sister ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa reading to Allie from a book about fpiries of the world LIVING ROOM DAY Day Night CARA Caer is a beautiful fairy ho disguises herself as a swah You will know a swan is Caer if it has gold jewelry Caer comes from TAGGED TEXT 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 SIGN INDICATES THERE ARE TAGGED ELEMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY LISTS TAGGED ELEMENTS IN THE SELECTED CATEGORY FOR THE CURRENT SCENE Category Cast Menbers Extras Stunts Vehicles Props Costumes Makeup Livestock Animal Handler Music Sound Set Dressing Greenery Special Equipment Security Additional Labor Optical FX book about fairies Page Length O Cara s te Category Category Cast Members Extras Stunts Vehicles Props Special Effects Costumes Makeup Livestock Animal Handler Music Sound Set Dressing Greenery Special Equipment Security Additional Labor sd Optical FX Y CURRENT CATEGORY FI
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83. AY 1 1 1 8 Mark the text book about fairies Choose a Category Create a new element CURRENT CATEGORY s seme SELECTED TEXT Vehicles E Es rops CARA AND ALLIE Special Effects DADDY Costumes al MOMMY Makeup Livestock Animal Handler Music sound Set Dressing Greenery Special Equipment Security MOTHER aire OK amp Continue OKC Cancel FINAL DRAFT 329 Tagger Because the current Category was Cast Member before the text was selected it is the default category in the Add Element dialog 3 Change the category by clicking it In this case the category we want is Props CURRENT CATEGORY Add an Element to this Scene 2 DS APARTMENT LIVING ROOM Mark the text book about fairies Choose a Category Create a new element cast members SELECTED TEXT Stunts Vehicles or choose an el rops Costumes Makeup Livestock Set pressing Greenery Special Equipment security 4 Click OK or double click the category name The Confirm dialog appears 5 Click Yes Confirm Mark book about fairies as Props in this scene Cu e FINAL DRAFT 330 Tagger The tagged text now appears in whatever color the chosen category is set to A plus sign appears next to the Props category indicating that an element in this scene has been tagged as a Prop The sample now appears as Int Ext Location EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE P LI OM AP
84. Assistant automatically before printing Check Do not ask To disable the Format Assistant Check Turn Format Assistant off ScriptCompare The ScriptCompare command launches the ScriptCompare feature which examines two scripts and displays their differences To compare two scripts 1 Open the first script 2 Choose Tools gt ScriptCompare FINAL DRAFT 166 Tools Menu The standard Open dialog box 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 13 Mommy walks towards the subway entrance the girls follow her dancing and leaping Allie pirouettes and is about to fall but Cara catches her before she hits the ground Cara kisses Allie s cheek and takes her hand as they stast go down the stairs FADE OUT INDICATES CHANGES This new document is named Scriptname Changes fdr and can be saved for future reference Navigator and Scene Properties Inspector Commands Show Hide Navigator Show Navigator shows the Scene Navigator and Hide Navigator hides the Scene Navigator For more information about the Scene Navigator see Scene Navigator on page 275 Show Hide Scene Properties Show Scene Properties shows the Scene Properties Inspector and Hide Scene Properties hides the Scene Properties Inspector For more information about the Scene P
85. CKTO 7 MATCHCUT 8 JUMPCUT 9 FBLACK 0 SHIFT Note Macro options for Windows and Mac OS X are different For more information see the Macros chapter Bookmarks The Bookmarks command shows the Bookmarks dialog which contains options for managing Bookmarks Bookmarks are placeholders within a script and may be set anywhere To learn how Bookmarks are created and placed in a script see Insert Bookmark on page 143 below Bookmarks Bookmark name HINT APARTMENT OFFICE To change the name of a Bookmark 1 Select the bookmark in the list 2 Edit the name of the bookmark FINAL DRAFT 142 Document Menu 3 Click OK to apply any changes to the script To go to a Bookmark 1 Select the bookmark in the list 2 Click Goto Or 2 Double click the bookmark in the list Alternatively 1 Choose Edit gt Goto 2 Select Bookmarks from the Goto list Windows or Goto popup menu Mac OS 3 Click the Bookmark name or 3 Click Goto The script scrolls to the bookmark s location and selects the paragraph containing the book mark To delete a Bookmark 1 Select the bookmark in the list 2 Click Delete The bookmark is removed from the list 3 Click OK to apply any changes to the script FINAL DRAFT 143 Document Menu ScriptNotes The ScriptNotes command shows the ScriptNotes dialog box which contains items relating to ScriptNotes ScriptNotes are popup note windows that can c
86. DUE UE CUL Ue URP IR Y RO EO XU RU gta e epus 108 PAS UC rank roo EE PERPE DETERIUS 108 Using Drag and Drop issssssssse IRI nnes 109 Smart Drag and Drop soe oie use ote ORE tae pe EATER ae 110 Gledal erect Ae cine ake al ed i nue er eei a Erde Mero UI dU t aea 110 Select Ali iile Bee ARRIERE ET HEP eM EN resinae e 110 SOE CUS CEM Gee unm unm sc croi DR Ls rtr cad E aod PEL E 110 Fido st ae tt ter te e ere atre Dee ded derent avete eed p Bae aca e 111 GOAL scho ert Semen ree tne e o US LL EMILE DE tea E tan 113 Find Selection ied eeu Eee I Eni AME IE 114 View Menu serani ora a mc Shae a S wa RU Die E ea dra de E D CA Ries Te 115 Script Commands er rniii n e tu RA PRAG AI Edad Pa deg doe pea goa 116 Script Normal View creste poenta p pe is Wad IP pad Ang ahead a a a 116 Script Page VIEW siasii ad aa bx p eee Way Baw ae eee Ga aces 117 Script e Speed VIEW ure atys a e be pe op E TR wes 117 SGHptNOteS s els UE bebidas Weeds MERCIER ER e Debes aA 118 Rule oss dua ire eles atta su not ee e amd SAT t atl areata eNO nee fi cet abe 118 IAVISIDIGS drenado ean rm do modal Lh rr ea eco frati do td de tet teme e rta Md tian oe 119 Index Card Commands tt br obrem PES Fak E Pa a ee 120 Index Cards Summary i coii A egg EC elds SHS 122 Index Cards Script escis ere RR RR ehe De Yu ra da ig id Da n 122 Cards ACOSO A C n Cere teet ecc at PLE 123 Scene Panel Commands 0 0 cc cece cee m rns 123 SCENE VIEW Lerdo bea sisi tene bua ce ES 123
87. EAS When ALLIE white cane LINK List appears in a scene these should also appear Props bag of crumbs book about fairies computer laptop picnic blanket WORD PROCESSOR CLICK TO TRANSFER ELEMENT TO LINK LIST 5 Click OK to link the elements To unlink elements 1 Element dialog appears Double click on the element you want to have elements unlinked from and the Link FINAL DRAFT 336 Tagger 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 LIST leen Greenery Additional Labor v Add Category I Delete Category NOTE f you are using Movie Magic Scheduling 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 To add a new category 1 Click the Add Category button and the Add Category dialog appears Add Category i Color Bold Underline E 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 type style desired 5 Click OK The new category will appear at th
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90. N UU eee veiw aa ana 43 Comparing Scripts sc ios rures et trece e a e dea e RR PE ra Dra Dre m er wera EAE 44 Index Cards cs seno A Ch net NE 46 Scene Panel 2s tmb ER ERA ERR M Es rur d E e oe on rn ia 48 Split Panels x2 ouo RI IRE YITEXRReSRISRI el ieee ARE did 49 Adjusting Paragraph Indents 0 0 ccc cece eee em 53 FINAL DRAFT vi Table of Contents Text DOCUMENT 354 os eoe erste tectus sien Pa Pel rated eb ME dera e nln laa ae 55 Textsto Speech AA aaa aA cad 56 Production Features Overview issnin ran cece cee eee cece RR aa 60 Preparing a Script For Production 0 00 cece eee ett I 60 BUILREVISIONS crc tet A Srce dte e e ee AU rer cc Are a ELM eer ed 71 Additional Topics ii iere Rer yo e Pe RR ROI Dre m Yd Ford ruris 72 Making Backups sie pa eco E HH e e Eo e RR E RUE Rn 72 Tracking Versions iue coe en ie stew bine ru ere e go Re Re en Rt 72 Don t Stop Here o eio IIS a seh Oa DA OAS RAS DO de M pre ps 74 SA Eh PR dts erotica niil ule Fa e race esi etra 76 Elle Men 2 aaa SEE eani ali ed e s alee ST n iva ioa eram d 85 About the Menus Sections liess RR ras 86 Preferences Mac OS X o 86 Application Preferences Tab lsssessessssssessseee aaa 86 Auto Save Backup Preferences covsoyrega aate aeq A pe au c uet ta tub by S Vp Y Mta 88 Format Assistant Preferences avrei EVE IDEE a b mee EE 90 File Menus eee NO 90 Wm A A O CT er ere ca eke e d a Act 90 New From Statlohery iio ee fa ate nae Eus
91. NAL DRAFT 331 Tagger Toggling the All Elements List Click the Toggle Contents button The list cycles through three settings All elements in the current scene All selected category in the script and All elements in the script All elements in the current scene All Cast Members in the script All elements in the script ALLIE ALLIE ALLIE CAER CAER CAER CARA CARA CARA DADDY CARA AND ALLIE CARA AND ALLIE DADDY DADDY JILL JILL MOMMY MOMMY MOTHER MOTHER book about fairies 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 Cast Members in current scene ALLIE CARA ALLIE Oh Read about the pixies Cara throws the book on the floor CARA I read you the pixies yesterday I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not you re a little girl and you re stupid ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating her Add Element Delete Element 4 ADD ELEMENT BUTTON FINAL DRAFT 332 Tagger The Add Element dialog appears Add an Element to this Scene Int Ext Location Day Night Page Length wr APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 4 5 8 Choose a Category Create anew element BLANK CREATE NEW edis SERERE Gai ELEMENT FIELD CURRENT CATEGORY uA A Car Come
92. NS 0 eee ee eee eee 278 navigating to a scene 279 showing hiding 166 276 showing hiding columns 278 sorting by columns 004 279 scene numbers about v Ie VEA AMI 173 Eo o TAC Ar dte hr EXE OE 61 editing aiuti eq eR 68 176 in header and footer 228 PAQG CLS cert re ebore REPRE US 325 Scene panel context menu 2 eee eee eee 257 description 0 ccc eee eee 254 editing fields in 0 eee ee eee 256 going to scene 0 eee eee ee eee 262 inserting scenes usui 262 keyboard navigation 260 261 FINAL DRAFT 356 Index pasting INtO 6 eee eee eee 260 printing toda iii 257 rearranging SCeneS 0 ee ee eee 259 selecting scenes IN 259 showing hiding fields in 124 257 Scene Properties Inspector changing scene color iM 262 multiple selected scenes 281 properties in 280 282 showing hiding 166 279 280 Scene report 6 eee eee 152 Scene report Tagger ooooooocooo 339 scenes changing color eee eee eee 262 color property See color scene COPYING skate ias aaa some RETE 260 CUTTING sere no Sa ales e rris A 260 ilisertitig x Ga ee we ee ees 146 262 numbers See scene numbers OMIN ee Sele iat ow eae eae Sd 177 rearranging in Scene panel
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94. Note Ifthe scene has yet to be numbered the dialog appears blank Omit Scene Once scenes are numbered you can use the Omit Scene command to indicate that a scene has been deleted Since the scene numbers must not change the term omitted replaces the text of the deleted scene To omit a scene 1 Place the insertion point within the scene to be omitted 2 Choose Production gt Omit Scene The scene is cut out and stored see below The scene heading text becomes OMITTED and the scene number remains similar to It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms OMITTED SCENE 2 OMITTED P a 3 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 3 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 scene s text FINAL DRAFT 178 Production Menu 3 Click the Close box when done To retrieve omitted scenes 1 Double click the triangle icon and a dialog appears 2 Click Unomit The scene is restored Note You can permanently delete an omitted scene s text and scene number the script by selecting and deleting it Deleting an omitted scene defeats the purpose of omitting it as scenes would have to be renumbered Revisions The Revisions command show the Revisions dialog box which allows you to select modify and create different revision styles
95. Notice that the Add Element field is blank 2 Type 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 SELECTED ELEMENT unen tie CLEAR ELEMENT BUTTON 3 Click the Clear Element button A confirmation dialog appears FINAL DRAFT 333 Tagger 4 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 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 1 Double click the item in the Elements List The Element Info dialog appears similar to fO Element Info Links mt Links SELECTED ELEMENT book about fairies Appears in the following scenes as Props Edit Element 2 EDIT ELEMENT BUTTON Int Ext Location Day Night 2 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM Done 2 Click the Edit Elements button and a dialog appears similar to Edit Element Props 3 book about fairies 3 Edit the item
96. OMMY Girls Cara sti your sister I anymore MOMMY Girls Cara sto your sister I c CARA I m not reading 14 stupid head book 1 100 y Yo 13 No Scene Scene Heading 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot I m not reading Ya stupid head book gonna pla hm Rh 3 Choose View gt Index Cards Summary FINAL DRAFT 50 Tutorials The screen now appears with the Index Cards in the left panel and the script in the right panel INT APARTMENT LIVING ROQ CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a bod CARA Caer is a beauti disguises hersel will know a swan gold jewelry C land It s in D ALLIE Oh Read about cara checks the book Cara throws the book on th the swan woman from egt omite c CARA I read you the p I m sick of pixi are stupid So They re for litt ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not yt and you re stupii ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating h No I m not MOMMY Girls Cara st your sister I anymore CARA I m not reading 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot You can change the relative widths of the panels by moving the splitter between the two pan els back and forth To move the panel splitter 1 Move the cursor to the line dividing the two panels and it becomes a splitt
97. OS X only Check this option if you want the SmartType window to automatically position itself so that it does not block the view of the text you are typing SmartType Color You can select the text color for Smartlype matches To change the color 1 Click the color swatch On Windows the standard Windows color palette appears Choose a color or click Other to show the standard color picker or On Mac OS X the standard color picker appears 2 Choose a color and click OK The new color is displayed as the color swatch When you are finished Click OK Scene Heading Separators You can change the characters used to separate sections of the scene heading In Hollywood and in the Screenplay template the defaults are a period separating scene intro and loca tion 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 In the SmartType dialog box select either the Scene Intro or Time SmartType list 2 Type the separator character in the Separator text area FINAL DRAFT 212 SmartType 3 Click OK Elements 13 Elements FINAL DRAFT 214 Elements Scripts are composed of different types of information scene headings characters dialogue transitions etc Traditional screenwriting conventions dictate that each has separate indents alignment spacing casing etc Final Draft call
98. Read about t Cara throws rhe book on the CARA I read you the pi I m sick of pixie are stupid Soa They re for littl ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not yo and you re stupid No I m not MOMMY Girls Cara your sister anymore INT APARTMENT LIVING R CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a boc CARA Caer is a beauti disquises hersel will know a swan gold jewelry C land It s in ALLIE Oh Read about Cara throws the book on th CARA I read you the p I m sick of pixi are stupid So They re for litt ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not y and you re stupi ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating hi No I m not MOMMY Girls Cara st your sister I anymore CARA I m not reading 54 stupid head book do pla h FINAL DRAFT 267 Panels 2 Select one of the panels by clicking in it the left panel in the example SELECTION INDICATOR JEXT PARK SLOPE BROWN A selection box appears around the active panel 3 Choose a different panel if desired by choosing View Index Card INT APARTMENT LIVING Ri CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a CARA Caer is a beauti disguises hersel will know a swan gold jewelry C land It s in ALLIE Oh Read about SPLITTER Cara throws the book on th CARA are stupid They re for litt ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not yi and you re stupi ALLIE No I m n
99. Right Arrow key combinations Mac OS X if the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference is checked moves the insertion point to the previous or next word On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked Command Right Arrow moves the insertion point to the end of the current line and Command Left Arrow moves the insertion point to the start of the current line The Shift Left or Right Arrow key combinations extend the selection by one character to the left or right The Shift Ctrl Left or Right Arrow key combination Windows or Shift Command Left or Right Arrow key combinations Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked extend the selection one word at a time On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked Shift Command Right Arrow extends the selection to the end of the current line and Shift Command Left Arrow extends the selection to the start of the current line FINAL DRAFT 243 Panels The Up Arrow key moves the insertion point up one line keeping approximately the same posi tion in the line The Down Arrow key moves the insertion point down one line keeping approx imately the same position in the line The Ctrl Up Arrow key combination Windows or Command Up Arrow key combination Mac OS X if the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference is checked moves the insertion point to the start of the current paragraph If the insertion p
100. SCRIPTNOTE I read you the pixies yesterday I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies MARKER are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls ALLIE I m a big girl A check mark next to the ScriptNotes command indicates that ScriptNote markers are visible Ruler The Ruler command hides or shows the ruler Note f you print the script while the ScriptNote markers are visible they are not printed and do not affect the script length or pagination RULER 9HM 03000002 7 0003 rta INDENT MARKERS The ruler measures inches from the left edge of the page A check mark next to the Ruler com mand indicates that the ruler is visible You can use the ruler to adjust indents and margins The indent markers triangles in the figure represent the left and right indents of the paragraph containing the insertion point or the first FINAL DRAFT 119 View Menu paragraph of a selection You can click and drag the indent markers to a new position which changes the margins for the current paragraph or all paragraphs in a selection To use the indent 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 EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms 2 Click and drag either the left or right marker and drag it to the left or right until positioned appropriately F
101. Scene Properties Inspector e or 2 Right Click on the panel and select a color from the context menu The selected scene now displays in that color FINAL DRAFT 263 Panels You can change the color of multiple scenes at the same time To color multiple scenes 1 Select more than one scene in the active Scene panel or Index Card panel see Selecting Scenes on page 259 2 Select Tools gt Scene Properties to show the Scene Properties Inspector if it is not already showing 3 Select a color from the color chooser in the Scene Properties Inspector Or 2 Right Click on the panel and select a color from the context menu All of the selected scenes now display the new color FINAL DRAFT 264 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 the two Index Card commands and the Scene command 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 When you have two panels visible and one of the panels is an Index Card panel or a Scene panel you can navigate to a scene in the other panel by double
102. Shortcut key Ctr 0 Enter key General New FINAL DRAFT 217 Elements 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 is changed appropriately Basic Tab The Elements List contains the elements that are defined for the currently open script The cur rently selected element s characteristics are determined by the options set in the Basic Font and Paragraph tabs of the Elements dialog Behavior Options These options determine what happens when an element is added or inserted in the script Start New Page When Start New Page is checked a new page begins where the element is added or inserted Paginate As The Paginate As option instructs Final Draft how to break pages when the selected element text overflows between pages You can select the page breaking rules for one of the screenplay elements listed or you can select nothing special None For example suppose you are writing a musical and have created a special Lyrics element for use when charac ters are singing You can then set the Lyrics element to paginate as dialogue which ensures that it is never orphaned from its associated character paragraph Shortcuts The Shortcuts options determines which keyboard shortcuts are
103. TER CONTROL 3 PARENTHETICAL CONTROL 4 DIALOGUE CONTROL 5 TRANSITION CONTROL 6 SHOT ELEMENT CONTROL 7 NEW DOCUMENT CONTROL N OPEN CONTROL O SAVE CONTROL S PRINT CONTROL P UNDO CONTROL Z REDO CONTROL Y CUT CONTROL X COPY CONTROL C PASTE CONTROL P SELECT ALL CONTROL A SELECT CURRENT SCENE CONTROL SHIFT A FIND CONTROL F GO TO CONTROL G INSERT BOOKMARK CONTROL M INSERT SCRIPTNOTE CONTROL J SCENE NAVIGATOR SPELLING THESAURUS EDIT SCENE NUMBER MARK REVISED CONTROL SHIFT S CONTROL D CONTROL SHIFT D CONTROL SHIFT J CONTROL R FINAL DRAFT 348 Shortcuts amp Menus CLEAR REVISED CONTROL SHIFT R FINAL DRAFT HELP F1 ELEMENT TAB ENTER KEY SHORTCUTS To Go From To Hit Scene Heading Part 1 Scene Heading Part2 TAB Scene Heading Part 2 Scene Heading Part3 TAB Scene Heading Part 3 Action ENTER Scene Heading Part 2 Action ENTER Action Action ENTER Action Character ENTER TAB Action Shot CONTROL 7 Action Transition CONTROL 6 Action Scene Heading Type int or ext Character Dialogue ENTER Character Parenthetical TAB Parenthetical Dialogue ENTER Dialogue Action ENTER Dialogue Character TAB ENTER Dialogue Scene Heading CONTROL 1 Dialogue Transition CONTROL 6 Dialogue Shot CONTROL 7 Page Up Down Home Key End Key CONTROL Home Key CONTROL End Key CONTROL Right Arrow CONTROL Left Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow ALT Up Arro
104. The Insert Label dialog appears Insert Label Label name 3 Enter the text desired 4 Click OK The label text will appear in the header footer or Note f the insertion is not at the top of the page the label will begin on the following page To go to a Label 1 Choose Edit Goto FINAL DRAFT 146 Document Menu 2 Select labels from the Goto list Windows or Goto popup menu Mac OS X 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 or 1 Position 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 Insert New Scene This command is only enabled when either the Index Card panel or Scene panel is active Select it to insert a scene after the last currently selected scene If no scene is selected the new scene inserts at the end of the script Send to Script This command is only enabled in Index Card panel Select Send to Script to copy the summaries of the selected scenes into the script text see Send to Script on page 146 Tools Menu Tools Menu FINAL DRAFT 148 Tools Menu Spell Check Commands Spelling The Spelling command opens the Spelling dialog box for spell checking the script Refer to the Spelling and Thesaurus chapter for deta
105. Y E VES o ere Eu SOR 143 Insert Script NOte 2 scere egin n gies Das t DIN Sy eee EET ES 144 Insert Label i e ERE Eu eA a pa exc eee hs Ea RA aded 145 Insert New SQenieio A Atha eat 146 Send to Seripe um LP I IRAN RESET peer Pedals 146 Too MENU zelo io ese set oe A Stele eee eee us 147 Spell Check Commands a cette eee nnn 148 Spellitig im che heii te EE lah EN Ad bee ete DOE eke Sindee 148 WMESAUPUS o oie Te nha a a e Dra REC 148 Text To Speech Commands ooo 148 Speech Control zi vz reset ERE TIT EYE X et oa nite Det es 148 ASSIQN VOICES ise cire bn ee Uer ERI a QUA DUE ROUX eae 148 Reports SUBMENU s p ER pix EE Mx rhe doen ok i dont P np Dp eg t ates 151 Scene Report eios cup UE EE LIUM die ae e e e a eb eed 152 Location Report cs erena an an aE ob PES eed e eae ei ede em AIDE ws 152 Character Report za opes E hk ur a be O a 153 Cast Report ii euin bre Reb ein tla aaah ba how EE E e A 154 Script Report sted eee sw oh iain ad et OG Ae eR LEE E E Et p 155 ScriptNote Report 2 22 eas ahs lene ti eed EY c ee eee tea 157 Statistics Report E Sd E ie ae EU Eug ret iere erts 158 Names Database t erocurabiur e Sette 160 auri EMT 161 Format Assistant VE a Poa Cep e ERU EXON EU Des s Pa EUR gt 162 Format Assistant Options sssssssssese eens 164 Printing and Format Assistant ssssssssssse nen 165 FINAL DRAFT ix Table of Contents SeriptCompatre sires eds oe bee e ee der a PRAE a EG bang een
106. 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 1 Choose View gt Zoom gt 100 FINAL DRAFT 29 Tutorials If you wish take a few moments now to view or read the sample script The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx 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 that appears in the upper right hand corner of every page except the first page since scripts rarely have their first page numbered Before we continue make sure the insertion point is at the end of the script FINAL DRAFT 30 Tutorials SmartType Character List To view SmartType lists 1 Choose Document gt SmartType The SmartType dialog shows the Character list when you first open it It indicates that the script currently has several characters qas n Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name ALLIE DADDY CAER MOMMY CARA AND ALLIE GIRL MOTHER NI To examine the contents of the other Smart Type lists 1 Click the tabs Windows or choose items from the popup menu Mac OS X 2 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 page 12 1 Press Enter to create a new character paragraph after the dia
107. actual text of a particular scene FINAL DRAFT 123 View Menu Cards Across The Cards Across command is only enabled when either of the Index Cards views is chosen It allows a specific number of columns of cards to be displayed horizontally The maximum is nine cards NOTE Keep in mind that the more cards that are displayed the smaller the cards will appear Scene Panel Commands Scene View The Scene View command switches the current panel to a Scene panel which enables you to develop a script the traditional way In the Scene panel each row contains one scene The rows of the Scene panel are shorter than Index Cards allowing you to see more scenes at a time within the panel FINAL DRAFT 124 View Menu When you choose View gt Scene View for the first time in a script the Scene panel displays the scene heading the scene title the first line of scene summary and the first line of the scene s action i EY INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY Cara Allie and Daddy enter Cara heads straight for the bookshelf finds the fairy book and flips through cara checks the book the swan woman from the park is the woman in the picture in the book p 6 it LIV pS E T 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot Hide Show Action The Hide Show Action command hides or shows the first line of action in the Scene panel Hi
108. after long click F Scroll keys mimic MS Word M Capitalize first word of a sentence Levels of Undo 5 E Recentitems 15 E On launch New document Last documents open 2 Click the desired tab and make any changes 3 Click OK to apply the settings Application Preferences Tab The first tab of the Preferences dialog is for general application preferences FINAL DRAFT 87 File Menu WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get Font Menus If you check the WYSIWYG Font Menus option the Font submenu displays the font names in their actual typeface Note 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 of Control key mouse button or right clicking If you check the Show Contextual Menus After Long Click option then in the appropriate situation pressing and holding the mouse button accesses the contextual menu Scroll Keys Mimic MS Word If you check the Scroll Keys Mimic MS Word option then various keyboard navigation and scrolling functions behave according to Windows conventions rather than Mac OS X con ventions See the Panels chapter for more details Capitalize First Word of a Sentence If you check the Capitalize First Word of a Sentence option Final Draft automatically capi talizes the beginning of every sentence Levels of Undo popup menu You can set the number of level
109. al 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot There is one row for each scene Each row contains the scene heading the title the summary and the first line of action for each scene The scene heading and Title are editable You an also choose to hide any of the title summary and or action FINAL DRAFT 49 Tutorials Split Panels You can have two panels on screen at once 1 Choose View Script Page View to return to the Script panel 2 Choose View gt Split Vertically A second panel containing the script is added and the screen now appears similar to INT APARTMENT LIVING ROO INT APARTMENT LIVING CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a boo CARA 8 and her sister reading to Allie from a CARA CARA Caer is a beautif Caer is a beauti gold jewelry land It s in gold jewelry land It s in De ALLIE ALLIE Oh Read about t Oh Read about Cara throws the book on the Cara throws the book on th CARA I read you the p I m sick of pixi are stupid So They re for litt are stupid Soa They re for SPLITTER ALLIE ALLIE I m a big girl I m a big girl CARA No you re not y and you re stupi CARA No you re not yo and you re stupid ALLIE No I m not ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating h No I m not CARA imitating h No I m not M
110. all the pages you want merged together you will now need to relock the new page so that any subsequent changes you make to the script will maintain the proper pagination and page numbering To manually re lock an individual page 1 Place your cursor in front of the first contents at the top most position of the page you wish to relock 2 Choose Production gt Locking Tools gt Lock New Page FINAL DRAFT 70 Tutorials 3 A Dialog appears asking you to confirm whether you want to lock the page at the insertion point Click Yes The contents on the page are now locked Continue these steps for any other pages that you still have remaining that were created as a result unlocking pages NoTE You do not need to lock pages beyond any that were affected by the unlock pro cess So for example if you unlocked pages 1A 2 and 3 whatever and merged them all into a single page you only need to relock that single page You will not need to lock pages 4 and after Merging Pages There will be occasions where you no longer need information on a given page or wish to move up information from one page to another For example you only have once dialog left on a page and you wish to move it up to the prior page You can do so by deleting all the contents on the page and then pasting it on the prior page The application by design will not allow you to delete the page break so you will need to follow these instructions To deletin
111. 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 BY CLICKING THEIR COLUMN HEADING SCRIPT ORDER BUTTON COLUM N Save Changes Sort by Script Order HEADINGS 7 Int Ext LOCAL e Day Night Page Length 12 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 7 7 8 LIVING ROOM 14 INT APARTMENT 5 8 LIVING ROOM DAY 9 6 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 6 2 8 2 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT 6 2 8 3 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 2 5 8 13 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 8 6 8 9 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM NIGHT 7 3 8 A 10 INT APARTMENT THEIR BEDROOM DAY 7 1 8 R RYT RROWNSTONE APARTMENT nav I A M FINAL DRAFT 328 Tagger 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 Save Changes Sort by Script Order 1nt Ext iiocationve Day night Page Length Category 1 EXT PARK SLOFE BROWNSTONE DAY 1 1 8 Cast Members z INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 1 1 1 8 extras 3 INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 2 5 8 4 EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY 2 2 8 Stunts 5 EXT PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE DAY 2 3 2 8 Vehicles 6 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 6 2 8 Scene 7 INT
112. another piece of software and you know a different available port number For most users this port should work just fine FINAL DRAFT 318 CollaboWriter 2 Click OK when done The CollaboWriter chat window appears INDICATES INTERNET 0 CollaboWriter ADDRESS OF THE HOST H25 122 16 30 129 5001 INDICATES PORT COMPUTER Erik 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 f ollaboWritt Contro Disconnect SCRIPT The CollaboWriter Chat window indicates who has joined the session who is in control and displays any communications between CollaboWriters CollaboWriter is ready for others to join the Host To join a CollaboWriter session 1 All participants must have the same version of Final Draft FINAL DRAFT 319 CollaboWriter 2 Choose Tools gt CollaboWriter gt Join Session and the Join Session dialog box appears Enter your name and the host computer s IP address O 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 ENTER THE INTERNET unavailable the host will notify you to ADDRESS OF THE HOST change the Port field ee COMPUTER ENTER NAME fP Address 1 72 16 30 110 Port 5001 A 3 Click OK The CollaboWriter chat window appears
113. any time may be changed Index Cards may be viewed along with the Script see following Note Most functions and commands that are used to write or edit the script are not available in the Index Card panel You must use the Script panel to access them FINAL DRAFT 247 Panels Index Card Panel Display Modes The Index Card panel has two display modes Script and Summary which simulates cards that have two sides The Summary display initially is blank and available for text to be entered The Script side contains the actual text of a particular scene INDEX CARDS SUMMARY EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY pi It s s pring and the trees are full of blossoms To change the display mode of an Index Card panel Select View gt Index Cards Script or View gt Index Cards Summary from the main menu 0r Select Script View or Summary View from the Index Card panel context menu FINAL DRAFT 248 Panels Summary Display Mode In addition to the scene heading scene number and Page Number the Summary display mode contains the scene summary To add summary text to an Index Card 1 Click the summary area of an Index Card The insertion point appears in the summary text area of the Index Card 2 Type in any text 3 Click anywhere else in the panel to apply the changes to the script Script Display Mode In the Script display mode you cannot edit any of the script text except for t
114. are a number of options specific to Final Draft None of them need to be set at this point 2 Click OK to begin printing nore Note The Print dialog initially defaults to having the Format Assistant run before any thing is printed If errors are found they can be corrected before printing Once any errors are corrected File gt 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 44 Tutorials Comparing Scripts It is often useful to see the differences between versions of a script Let s change some text in The Swans of Brooklyn make sure The Swans of Brooklyn script is open We ll work on the last page of the script To compare The Swans of Brooklyn script to another script 1 Scroll to the end of the script 2 Select stairs in the last paragraph and delete it Now save the script under a different name 3 Choose File Save As 4 Change the script s name to something like The Swans of Brooklyn script2 5 Click Save 6 Choose Tools gt ScriptCompare The standard Open dialog appears 7 Choose the script the current script is to be compared with in this case The Swans of Brooklyn script and 8 Click Open After the two scripts are compared a new script appears It contains text from both scripts with the text from The Swans of Brooklyn script in blue and the changed text from The Swans of Brooklyn script2 in red
115. aring scripts nanaonan 44 165 context menu character extension items 31 Index Card panel 000000 252 Scene panel osc nee hate eee ok PAY dere 257 Script panel 0 0 eee eee eee 346 spellcheck ghia Si t s 288 continueds See mores and continueds copying scene summary to script 252 Edi cce 260 FINAL DRAFT 352 Index Courier Final Draft font 22 creating b okmatks citer TER Done ey 143 dual dialogue 0 eee ee eee 194 labels e eb ed e te teen 145 new document coco 90 new document from template 91 paragraphs 0 00 17 222 344 SCENES DT 146 ScriptNotes cee eee eee 271 text documents occ 302 Current scene qx acces Bevan nde uem Eae 260 customizing the toolbar MacOS Xeon ere ED RE RES 128 309 WindOWS wc oe eel eet Ii EIER 305 cutting SCONES d scs chem VERUM bI eec tus 260 eXU etn e es exec pass 108 D date in header and footer 227 deactivation iioi hee pre IR PH 7 manualidad yi deleting See removing dialogue icis eere e vetu 16 215 dialogue breaks 0 cece ee eee 137 dictionaries See also User Dictionary foreign languages 0045 291 documents Closing ce Sas doe eae ee ROS oe had ee 95 creating NCW es anda Redes 90 creating new from template 91 openilgi aces oet doe tee PETRA 92 opening recent na
116. ary process that also entitles you to customer support product updates and special offers from Final Draft How do move my activation to another computer To move an activation to another computer you must first deactivate your software on the machine you will no longer be using Follow the instruction outlined in the deactivation sec tion on the previous pages Once completed you may activate your software on the other computer Follow the instructions outlined in the activation section on the previous pages What is Deactivation and when should do it Deactivation disables Final Draft software on a particular computer You should deactivate your software if you plan to Transfer your software to another computer Reformat your hard drive Upgrade your operating system My computer crashed or was reformatted and lost my activation Contact Customer Support at 1 818 789 6281 M F 9am 5pm PST or 1 818 906 8930 all other times to speak to a Customer Support representative Final Draft suddenly tells me that it is not activated Contact Customer Support at 1 818 789 6281 M F 9am 5pm PST or 1 818 906 8930 all other times to speak to a Customer Support representative Final Draft tells me that it cannot Activate Deactivate online If you are having difficulties using the online process follow the Manual Activation or Manual Deactivation steps outlined in the previous pages FINAL DRAFT 10 Getting Started
117. ates are is particularly suited for sitcoms and episodics as well as for specially formatted text documents x DP Save Final Draft Template files in the Final Draft gt Stationary folder This way they w will all be available when File gt New From Stationery is chosen Avid XML Export You can export your script to 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 FINAL DRAFT 104 File Menu NewsCutter XP on the Windows platform Please refer to the Avid MetaSync documentation 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 create 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 J files You cannot do so through Final Draft To perform an Export for use in Avid MetaSync 1 Choose File gt Export and the standard Save As dial
118. ature is used to alert the reader that the same character is continuing a speech when it is broken by some action Final Draft inserts the character continued text only when there is no other character s dialogue between the connecting speeches by the same character FINAL DRAFT 138 Document Menu Scene Breaks When a scene is continued from one page to another Final Draft will insert the Bottom of Page text CONTINUED at the bottom of the first page In addition the Top of Next Page text CON TINUED appears at the top of the next page along with the scene number that is being con tinued If either Bottom of Page or the Top of Next Page are not checked the associated text is not dis played or printed CONTINUED If the CONTINUED option is checked Final Draft adds a number after the CONTINUED e g 2 3 etc at the top of each continued page indicating how many pages are included in the same scene To change the text of any mores and continueds Edit the text in the appropriate text field Font The text indicates the current font and size setting that the mores and continueds will use when they are displayed and printed To set Font attributes 1 Click Set Font The standard font dialog for your computer and operating system appears 2 Make any changes desired and click OK When finished Click OK to have any changes applied in the script Title Page The Title Page command displays the script
119. bottom of the script window when the appropriate shortcut keys are pressed Shortcut The Shortcut edit field contains the key combinations for the macro selected in the list which can consist of FINAL DRAFT 295 Macros Ctrl any key Ctrl Shift any key Ctrl Alt any key Ctrl Alt Shift any key That is any combination that is not assigned to a menu command In addition you can use a Function key by itself or in combination with Ctrl Ctrl Shift Ctrl Alt Ctrl Alt Shift Macro The Macro edit field contains the text that is inserted into the script when you invoke the macro To modify an existing macro 1 Select the macro from the list to be changed 2 Type the new name in the Name edit field 3 Enter the text to be inserted in when the macro is invoked in the Macro edit field mere 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 An item named New appears in the Macros list 2 Setall attributes When finished Click OK Advanced Features These features are only available on Windows Macro Element popup list You can select what type of paragraph the insertion point should be in when the Macro Text is entered If you invoke the macro when the insertion point is not currently in this type of para
120. cally 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 E Note The text of the script cannot be changed from within Tagger NOTE Tagger can import scripts written in Final Draft Version 8 or higher ped 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 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 324 Tagger Launching Tagger Note Tagger is installed when Final Draft is installed IMPORTANT NOTE Tagger can be only be launched on a computer that has an activated copy of Final Draft installed on it Windows 1 Click the Start button Choose Programs from the Start menu or Windows XP
121. cene Navigator you navigate to that scene in the active panel If the active panel is a Script panel then the insertion point moves to the start of the scene heading of the scene you clicked on in the Navigator and the panel scrolls so that the scene heading appears at the top of the panel If the active panel is an Index Card panel then the card corresponding to the scene you clicked on becomes selected and the panel scrolls so that the selected card appears at the top of the panel If you double click on a scene in the Scene Navigator the Scene Properties Inspector appears If the Scene Properties Inspector is already visible it comes to the front and becomes active FINAL DRAFT 280 Scene Navigator Scene Properties Inspector Like the Scene Navigator the Scene Properties Inspector is also a floating palette 900 Scene Properties Heading INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY Color 4 amp 9 Red H Summary meet the girls they re reading the fairy book fight about something The Scene Properties Inspector is visible by default the first time you start Final Draft To hide the Scene Properties Inspector Choose Tools gt Hide Scene Properties or a Click the close border icon of the Scene Properties Inspector window To show the Scene Properties Inspector Choose Tools gt Show Scene Properties The Scene Properties Inspector contains properties of the currently selected scene or scen
122. ch Catalan no thesaurus Danish Dutch Finnish no thesaurus FINAL DRAFT 292 Spelling amp Thesaurus French German Italian Norwegian Polish no thesaurus Portuguese Continental no thesaurus Portuguese Brazilian no thesaurus Spanish Swedish Swiss German Macros FINAL DRAFT 294 Macros Macros are key combinations for entering text Final Draft comes with 20 built in macros for entering the most frequently used scriptwriting terms INT EXT DAY CUT TO etc When you type a macro the associated text is automatically inserted into the script You can also make macros to create specific element paragraphs before and after their text is entered You can modify the keystrokes that activate existing macros and change their behavior Final Draft for Windows and Final Draft for Macintosh offer slightly different versions of the Macros feature with a few different functions They are 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 Macro text INT SUNRISE Transition to Alias Alias Activate in EET Scene Heading Action Smart replace Character C Confirm macro Parenthetical C word only C Match case Apply Macros from Name The Name edit field contains the name of the macro which is displayed in the status bar at the
123. check mark appears next to its name in the Window menu Cascade Windows The Cascade command allows you to view all the currently open document stacked upon one another This makes it easy to cut and paste text between different documents Tile Windows The Tile command allows you to view all the currently open documents tiled on screen Similar to Cascade it makes it easy to cut and paste text between different documents nore NOTE The size of each tile depends on the number of open documents Zoom Mac OS X The Zoom command resizes the active document window Choose Window Zoom and the active document window toggles 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 X The Minimize Window command minimizes the active document window into the dock Bring All to Front Mac OS X The Bring All to Front command places all Final Draft windows in front of any others that are open Help Menu Help Menu FINAL DRAFT 200 Help Menu Help Menu Note The Windows and Mac OS X Help menus may offer the following commands in a different order but all functionality is identical Final Draft Help The Final Draft Help command opens the Final Draft User Guide On Windows it appears in Adobe Acrobat Reader if you have it installed it is a free download available form
124. clicking on a scene in the Index Card panel or Scene panel In other words when you double click on a scene both pan els sync so that the same scene is in view in both panels FINAL DRAFT Split Horizontally Vertically Divides the script into two panels Some examples EXT PARK SLOVE BROWNSTONE DAY It s spring and the trees are full of blossces INT APARTMENT LIVING MOON DAY CAMA 8 a i ber sister ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa reading to Allie from a book about fairies of the vor Caer ira EA fairy seo You ViIT teow a puan 18 Cor if it das 914 Jewelry Caer comes from rar T ta in Delaware aie Oh Mead about the pixies Cara throws the book on the floor CANA 3 read you the pixtes yesterday L A oek of pinieet Anyway pixies are So are They re for little giria 17 a big girls EXT PARK SLOPE MACWNSTCHE DAT It s spring aed the trees are full of blossoms 265 Panels FINAL DRAFT 266 Panels To Split panels 1 Choose View gt Split Horizontally or View gt Split Vertically Whichever View is currently on screen Script or Index Cards will now appear in two panels For example if Script Page View was on screen choosing View gt Split Vertically would result In INT APARTMENT LIVING ROON CARA 8 and her sister ALL reading to Allie from a boo CARA Caer is a beautif disguises herself will know a swan gold jewelry Ca land It s in De ALLIE Oh
125. color see Coloring Scenes on page 262 FINAL DRAFT 254 Panels Scene Panel The Scene panel also enables you to develop a script in a traditional way in which you flesh out and annotate each scene Each row in the Scene panel contains one scene When you show the Scene panel for the first time in a script each row contains the scene heading the first line of the scene s action the scene title and the first line of the scene summary This section describes functionality that is specific to the Scene panel For discussion of func tionality common to both the Index Card panel and the Scene panel see Scene Panels and Index card Panels on page 259 Scene Panel Fields You can choose to hide or show the scene title summary and or action in the Scene panel Hid ing one of the Scene panel items makes each row of the Scene panel shorter which allows more scenes to become visible on the screen To hide the scene title Select View Hide Scene Title from the main menu Or Select Hide Scene Title from the Scene panel context menu SCENE PANEL SCENE TITLE HIDDEN The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY p 1 It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms establish beautiful street INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY p i CARA 8 and her sister ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa Cara s reading to Allie from a book about fairies of the meet the girls they re reading the fairy bo
126. creen scrolls to it and any text at that location is selected When finished Click the Close box Find Selection The Find Selection command takes the currently selected text and performs a Find Next with out having the Find Replace dialog appear View Menu 5 View Menu FINAL DRAFT 116 View Menu Script Commands Script Normal View The Script Normal View command displays the text of the script with all active components page breaks as a line page numbers dialogue breaks mores continueds headers and footers The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx BAE gonna play wit Teenager dolls PAGE BREAK ALLIE You can t stupid I tabs deletes indents vith t it still doesn t lock right MOMMY Time to take the girls to the park DADDY I m writing MOMMY No you were writin now you taking the girls to the park DANDY FINAL DRAFT 117 View Menu Script Page View The Script Page View command displays the text of the script on realistic looking pages with all active components page numbers dialogue breaks mores continueds headers and foot ers Script Page View is the default view for new scripts and text documents The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx 2 E Teenager dolls PAGE BREAK ALLIE I wanna play with the Cool American Teenager dolls toc CARA You can t You re too little and stupid I INT APARTMENT O DADDY late 30s is playing Sclitaire on
127. cript The narrator is the voice that reads the text for specific elements like action FINAL DRAFT 150 Tools Menu To set the actor for the narrator and to set which elements the narrator reads 1 Click the Narrator tab Assign Voices pol NN Characters Narator Actors Narrator voice Narrator reads Man 1 v General Man 2 Scene Heading Woman 1 v Action Woman 2 y 1 Boy 1 Character Boy 2 Parenthetical Gir 1 Dialogue de Men v Transition Old Woman Shot 2 Select the actor to be the narrator 3 Check the elements that the narrator will narrate If desired click the Preview button to hear the narrator audition You can modify the actual voices an actor uses in the Actors tab Actors voices can be modified from voices that are stored in your computer s system FINAL DRAFT To set an actor s voice 1 Click the Actors tab Assign Voices pe Characters Nametor Actors Name Woman 2 Boy 1 Boy 2 Gir 1 Gir 2 Old Man Old Woman Ce Ce 151 Tools Menu Voice Microsoft Mike Pitch LJ Low Speed LJ Slow Fast cane 2 Select the actor whose voice you want to modify 3 Select a voice from the Voice drop down 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 Reports Submenu Final Draft s various reports prese
128. d 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 1 Make sure the current insertion point is at the end of the text 2 Press the keystroke shortcut Ctrl 6 Windows or Command 6 Mac OS X A new transition is created and the insertion point is now correctly positioned for entering the transition text 3 Type C it is automatically capitalized The SmartType window appears showing all of the transitions that begin with the letter C qur TO The item s in this window come from the SmartType Transition list A number of commonly used transitions are in the list when you create a new script As you can see when a 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 4 Press Enter Return to approve the match and move on to the next scene The SmartType window disappears the gray text changes to black and a new scene heading paragraph which naturally follows a transition is created FINAL DRAFT 25 Tutorials 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 macr
129. d on 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 were not changeable then separate files would be needed for each act to ensure that the proper act number would appear at the top of each page This problem is solved by using Labels When Act I 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 on the page in the script where you want the header footer label text to begin 2 Choose Document Insert Label The Insert Label dialog box appears Insert Label Label name 3 Enter the text you wish to appear in the header or footer FINAL DRAFT 230 Header amp Footer 4 Click OK If the insertion is not at the top of the page the label text appears in the header or footer beginning with the following page To go to a Label 1 Choose Edit gt Go To 2 Select Header Labels from the Go To list Windows or Go To popup menu Mac OS X 3 Click Next or Previous The script scrolls to the label s location and the Label dialog box appears To change the label text 1 Use Edit gt Go To to find the label text desired or 1 Position the insertion point where the label text was placed 2 Choose Document gt Insert Label
130. de Show Scene Title The Hide Show Scene Title command hides or shows the scene title in the Scene panel Hide Show Summary The Hide Show Summary command hides or shows the summary in the Scene panel FINAL DRAFT 125 View Menu Panels Commands Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Panels Swap Panels These commands determine how different panels are displayed and arranged on screen They are all parts of Final Draft s Panels System For complete details see the Panels chapter The contents of each panel is determined by the View Menu commands Script Index Card and Scene View Any two panels can be displayed at once The exact size and position on screen of the panels can 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 FINAL DRAFT 126 View Menu To Split panels 1 Choose View gt Split Horizontally or View gt Split Vertically Whichever View is currently on screen Script or Index Cards will now appear in two panels For example if Script Page View was on screen choosing View gt Split Vertically would result In INT APARTMENT LIVING ROON CARA 8 and her sister ALL reading to Allie from a boo CARA Caer is a beautif disguises herself will know a swan gold jewelry Ca land It s in De ALLIE Oh Read about t Cara throws the book on the
131. depending on the setting chosen Note that the setting chosen here applies to the entire document 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 Checking this option 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 Break Dialogue and Action at Sentences Checking this option instructs Final Draft to not disrupt a sentence in dialogue and action paragraphs with a Page Break whenever possible FINAL DRAFT 135 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 1 INT LIVING ROOM DAY CAST LIST JIM CHERYL DANA RUBY GRACIE JIM CHERYL DANA RUBY AND GRACIE ARE WATCHING TV To generate a Cast List for each scene 1 Create an element to contain the Cast List 1 Choose Format Elements 2 Click New Enter any name for this element though Cast List is best 3 Set the Shortcut Enter Key to action 2 Optional Change the Enter Key shortcut for scene heading 1 Select Scene Heading from the Elements List 2 Set the Shortcut Enter Key to this newly crea
132. ditable area those changes are applied to the script When you select a scene the editable fields display ghosted grey text that indicates where you can type Scene Panel Context Menu You can access the Scene panel context menu by right clicking anywhere in the panel It has the following menu items Hide Show Scene Title The Hide Show Scene Title menu item hides or shows the scene title field in the Scene panel see Scene Panel Fields on page 254 Hide Show Summary The Hide Show Summary menu item hides or shows the scene summary field in the Scene panel see Scene Panel Fields on page 254 Hide Show Action The Hide Show Action menu item hides or shows the action field in the Scene panel see Scene Panel Fields on page 254 Insert New Scene Allows you to create a new Scene row see Insert New Scene on page 262 Scene Colors The Scene panel context menu also contains menu items for changing the selected scene s color see Coloring Scenes on page 262 Printing the Scene Panel Like the Index Cards you can also print the Scene panel To print the Scene Panel 1 Choose File gt Print 2 Choose print settings FINAL DRAFT 258 Panels 3 Click OK or Cancel FINAL DRAFT 259 Panels Scene Panels and Index card Panels Both the Index Card panel and the Scene panel share many functions that work exactly the same In this section we describe those functions for both types of panels
133. e 337 File Meri cu ders pec t exe HH EB ey ERU ete E Xe edid 337 Print Menu sex me eme ups aoe ee UESTRE DURO ROTE r4 ego cw EROR aDegun 339 Alternativeto lagging une prebere es er D ac ee DUE RENE 340 FINAL DRAFT xiv Table of Contents Shortcuts ce Menus sacas oo at coe anions eee Ate rs s e epi es 343 Medic ewan Eee dis ess eae ace eee gt cet al 344 Adding Paragraphs with the Enter Key Return Key 0 eee e eee e 344 Element Shorteuts crei lt pe eye ell i eee dea E E UR eae 345 Manual Carriage Returns 0 0 cece eect ett ae deia iiaa 345 Tab Key aariaa A Een A ae ad Pe Ee ae ea 345 Other Keyboard Shortcuts mian rani eave pec ER REP ue Re A eds 346 Reformattihg secre A UUW DOE Ue ROO eats ELE PLUR eee ee 346 Context Menus ose dcs cuetnenyepyekRebh Ba e E EE atr fu Dy VPE ER 346 Smartlype eror ERG SD ESRACOREG A few EU PORA ERR 346 Windows Keyboard Shortcut Summary 2220 nunnana nenna nnana 347 Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcut Summary 000 020 e cece eee eens 349 lod m A A A bat 351 Installation Installation FINAL DRAFT 2 Getting Started Welcome to Final Draft version 8 Final Draft the number one selling software specifically designed for writing movie scripts television episodics stage plays and new media combines powerful word processing with pro fessional script formatting in one self contained easy to use package There is no need to learn about script format
134. e Marker area and click OK 3 Position the insertion point where the ScriptNote Marker should be placed 4 Choose Document gt 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 7 Continue to annotate the rest of the script 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 in a production To perform an Export for use in GoldPocket Interactive s Event Matrix FINAL DRAFT 106 File Menu nore 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 File gt Export and the standard Save dialog appears 2 Select ScriptNote Export from the Save as type drop down Windows or the Format popup
135. e Swans of Brooklyn script fdr xz TIP This features allows you to recover a previous version of your script when you have w saved a script and realized that you did not mean to do so To change the maximum number of copies Final Draft saves to your backup folder Enter a number in Backup A Maximum Number Of Once Final Draft reaches the limit you specify as it creates backups older backups are automat ically deleted so that you do not accumulate too large a number of files To change the location of your backup folder 1 Click on the Backup Folder button Windows Select New Folder button Max OS X to open the Select Folder dialog box 2 Navigate to the new location and Click OK Tablet This option allows Tablet PC users to set where the scroll bar is positioned Production Menu Production Menu FINAL DRAFT 172 Production Menu 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 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 TIP We suggest that all writers become familiar with the functions that production S scripts require Experiment with the commands in this menu to experienc
136. e a free float ing toolbar window by Toolbars Mac OS X The toolbar in Mac OS X is part of the document window Untitled Screenplay ee ied Sergel Toolbar button 1 4 gt 1 E aS BD ics J Ems Q Save Print Spelling ScriptNote New Scene Title Page Split Scene Properties Navigator o 1 2 2 E 3 10 4 5 1 6 FINAL DRAFT 309 Toolbars Toolbar Commands Show Hide Toolbar Displays or hides the toolbar in the current document window To Hide or Show the toolbar Select the View gt Hide Toolbar or View gt Show Toolbar menu item a or die Click the Toolbar button on the document window title bar Customize Toolbar Allows you to change which buttons appear on the toolbar and the appearance of the toolbar To customize the set of commands that appear on the toolbar 1 Choose View gt Customize Toolbar Or 1 Right click on the toolbar and choose Customize Toolbar from the toolbar context menu FINAL DRAFT 310 Toolbars The Customize Toolbar sheet appears Drag your favorite items into the toolbar O E eee f wa Navigator Scene Properties Title Page Revision Mode Revisions Reformat ScriptNote B 6E mQ Gib gt M New Scene Spelling Thesaurus Bookmarks Bookmark Styles zz 9 9 c X o Elzias A A 1 lus Alignment Revert Paragraph Dual Dialogue Find Find Next Invisibles Split De gt A A EM d aS x R T Save Print Cut Copy Paste Undo Redo
137. e bottom of the Category List FINAL DRAFT 337 Tagger To modify an existing category 1 Double click the category to be edited and the Edit Category dialog appears Edit Category E Color M Bold C Underline C Italic 2 Make any changes desired to name color or type style 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 Tagger Menus Apple Menu Final Draft Tagger Menu Mac OS X Commands include About Final Draft Tagger and Preferences see Print Menu below File Menu Open File Choose the Open File command to open a script written in Final Draft Version 8 or higher FINAL DRAFT 338 Tagger nore 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 Save Saves any changes mad
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139. e from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement This Agreement is deemed accepted executed and performed in Los Angeles County California U S A This Agreement is subject to the substantive laws of the state of California U S A without reference to choice of law principles You and Final Draft Inc consent to personal and exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the state and federal courts within Los Angeles County California U S A and waive any objection to jurisdiction or venue or based on forum non convenience or similar doctrines THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A CIVIL JURY TRIAL Copyright 2009 C amp M LLC Copyright 2009 Final Draft Inc All rights reserved rev111208 FINAL DRAFT v Table of Contents Installation oes ee oa caer ole Saas catenins e oss dee pilates ean alas ees 1 Welcome to Final Draft version 8 0 26 000 cece teen nee es 2 nstallati 21s pace DUET It RR Ei Sg tle o OI EE 2 WINDOWS 2 ox mh REED daa ada a ES ELE weed a a dees ahs 2 Macintoslt headset ius ptg aO ERI UNDO T Hex o Mex Mc pos bp bud ee 3 Launching Activating Registering Final Draft version 8 for the First Time 4 Windows duse bemus hec cod aaa sine itn QU A P ex oe rr ed tet 4 Macintosh eser cy eae eee pe ear a Der Gps KT Ra eR oe bala wor noy 5 Manual Activation erue yt eg eee pn eee Me D UR ER Vu 6 Deactivati
140. e 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 FINAL DRAFT 346 Shortcuts amp Menus 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 Reformatting Occasionally a paragraph will be accidentally added as the wrong element You can easily cor rect this problem by typing appropriate Ctrl Shift combinations Windows or Command Option combinations Mac OS X You can type a Ctrl 4 key Windows or Command key Mac OS X combination to insert a new element You can type a Ctrl Shift 4 Windows or Command Option 4 Mac OS X to reformat the current paragraph Context Menus When the Context right mouse button is pressed Windows or the mouse button Control key Mac OS X are pressed special context menus appear Right click on a word that Final Draft
141. e last revision on the page To position a placeholder field in the header or footer text area 1 Position the insertion point where you wish the field to appear 2 Click the appropriate button The placeholder field appears at the insertion point position For example this setup Header and Footer Header eal XL ft i Er act ERE IS VOL CE UL Puce gt produces this header for the script named The Swans of Brooklyn shooting script fdr on Page 5 The Swans of Brooklyn ist Rev Blue 03 06 2009 N To remove a field in the header or footer text area 1 Click the field 2 Press the Delete or Backspace key FINAL DRAFT 229 Header amp Footer Or m 2 Choose Edit Clear Note All placeholder fields are available for both the header and footer Label Field The Label placeholder field links text to the header or footer at any point in the script From that point forward in the script this label text appears in the header or footer Place the Label field in the header or footer text area where you wish the label text to appear When you insert a Label on a particular page via the Insert Label command in the Document menu see Insert Label on page 145 its text is used in the header or footer until another label is encountered on a subsequent page The difference between labels and regular text typed directly in the header or footer text area is that label text can be change
142. e last template with which you created a new document Auto Save Every You can choose to have Final Draft automatically save the document you are working on at a time interval you specify You can also choose to have a confirmation message display before Final Draft automatically saves your document To enable Auto Save Check Auto Save Every Now Final Draft will automatically save your document every 15 minutes To change the Auto Save time interval Select a different number of minutes from the Auto Save Every drop down Note Even if the time has expired Final Draft does not interrupt your typing to save your script It waits for approximately five seconds of inactivity before triggering an Auto Save To have Final Draft display a confirmation message before it automatically saves you docu ment Check Ask Before Auto Save Auto Backup You can choose to have Final Draft automatically create a backup copy of your document every time is saves You can specify the maximum number of backup copies Final Draft keeps in your backup folder and you can change the location of your backup folder To have Final Draft automatically create backups of you document Check Auto Backup FINAL DRAFT 170 Tools Menu When Final Draft creates a backup copy it is named date time filename fdr For example if you saved the script The Swans of Brooklyn script on June 15 2005 at 1 37pm the backup is named 200506151337Th
143. e since the last save Close If any changes have been made since the last time the script was saved 1 Choose File gt Close and the Save Changes dialog appears 2 Click Yes Windows or Save Mac OS X to save all changes Import Tag File This command should only be used if you have a script written in a previous version of Final Draft together with a Tag file that you created from that script in a previous version of Tagger Opening the old script in Final Draft 8 will convert it to a Final Draft 8 file Opening that new script file in Tagger 2 and importing the Tag file will apply those tags to the newly converted script 1 Choose File Import Tag File to import the Tagger file 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 Note f you are using Movie Magic Scheduling 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 crea
144. e the scene heading paragraph The new paragraph is an action because that is the type that is automatically created after a scene heading 7 In the new action type The office is dark Hunched over the desk staring intently at a computer sits a WRITER 8 Press Tab to complete the action paragraph and create a new action 9 Press tab again to change the new action paragraph to a character 10 Type WRITER in the character 11 Press Tab to complete the character paragraph The new paragraph is a parenthetical with the parentheses already added and the insertion point positioned between the left and right parentheses The character name WRITER has been automatically added to the Character SmartType list 12 Type excited in the parenthetical between the parentheses 13 Press Enter Return to finish the parenthetical As you can see when you are in a character element Final Draft automatically enters paren theses for you Also you do not have to move or type beyond the right parenthesis in order to be able to press Enter Return to create a new dialogue paragraph 14 In the new dialogue type I sure hope my bid for that old manuscript on eBay was accepted FINAL DRAFT 22 Tutorials As you typed Final Draft automatically placed the text in proper script format Your screen should appear as IN DARK OFFICE NIGHT The office is dark Hunched over the desk staring intently at a comput
145. e what can happen to a script as it goes into production We also suggest that you use the sample The Swans of Brooklyn shooting script 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 changing 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 reflow 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 cre ated to
146. ecial page on Final Draft s website 2 Follow the instructions on the page FINAL DRAFT 103 File Menu Recent Files Windows The bottom of the File menu lists the Final Draft documents that you have previously opened The maximum number of files listed is determined in Tools gt Options Mac OS X users have the same command See Open Recent Submenu Mac OS X on page 95 Choose File filename The selected document opens If the script is no longer where it was initially saved the program indicates that the script can not be found nore Note This response 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 X These commands close all open scripts and documents and quit Final Draft To quit Final Draft 1 Choose File gt Exit Windows or Final Draft gt Quit Final Draft Mac OS X Any script which contains unsaved changes displays the Save Changes message 2 Click Save to save changes to a script About Final Draft Templates The Final Draft Template format allows a 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 hooter mores and continueds title page SmartType lists and macros in one file A number of Templates are included with Final Draft see New From Stationery on page 91 Templ
147. eferred to as a voice over FINAL DRAFT 80 Tutorials Off Screen 0 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 Scene Panel A view in which each row contains one scene Page Break Where one page ends and another begins Final Draft simulates this break on screen with a line Parenthetical Indicates dialogue should be delivered in a certain way an element in Final Draft Should be no more than a few words 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 Reformatting FD The process of changing element paragraphs from one to another 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 Revised 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
148. ements Header and Footer Header and Footer FINAL DRAFT 226 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 that appears and is printed at the bottom of each page The header and footer might contain custom text the page number today s date the scene number a spe cial label the active revision or the name of the last revision on the page You can customize the look of the header and footer 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 All adjustments to the header and footer are made in the Header and Footer dialog box To view the Header and Footer dialog box Choose Document gt Header and Footer The Header and Footer dialog box appears with the Header tab active Header and Footer pag Header ift m D ae E 3 up 5 6 ore NoTE The header contains just the page number by default The special page number field is replaced page by page with the appropriate page number This field is a placeholder for the appropriate information The same is true for the other spe cial fields the characteristic they represent is variable but once set the position in the header is not To view the footer Click the Footer tab FINAL DRAFT 227 Header amp Footer The foot
149. en 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 chapter FINAL DRAFT 137 Document Menu Mores and Continueds The Mores and Continueds command shows the Mores and Continueds dialog box which enables you to set the text and options for dialogue and scene continueds Mores and Continueds Dialogue breaks Bottom of page MORE Top of next page CONTD Automatic Character Continueds Scene breaks C Bottom of page CONTINUED C Top of next page CONTINUED CI CONTINUED tt 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 the Top of Next Page text cont d If either the Bottom of Page or the Top of Next Page check boxes are not checked the respec tive text is not displayed or printed Automatic Character Continueds If this option is checked Final Draft automatically places the Top of Next Page text after the character s name if the same character speaks repetitively during a single scene This fe
150. ent name or to a different location This command is also used to assign a name to a new script that was created with File gt 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 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 This choice saves the document in the Final Draft 8 format fdx extension Final Draft Template This choice saves the document as a Final Draft 8 template fdxt extension See About Final Draft Templates on page 103 FINAL DRAFT 96 File Menu Final Draft 5 7 Document This choice exports the document to the older file format fdr extension Final Draft 5 7 Template This choice exports the document to a template in the older file format fdt extension Rich Text Format This choice exports the document to a formatted text file including all paragraph indents and element styles Most word processors can read and edit the file in a script like form rtf exten sion Plain Text This choice exports the document to a standard plain text file with no formatting txt exten sion Text with Layout This choice exports the document to a plain text file that uses spaces to simulate script format ting txt extension HTML Document This choice exports the document to the HTML format wh
151. entered in the Start ing Number field the default is one and incrementing by one ES Numbers Tab Elements popup You can specify which element type to number Only one element may be numbered at a time Note f the Keep Existing Numbers option is unchecked and numbering has previously occurred a confirmation message appears when OK is clicked Starting Number You can specify what number to begin numbering with Number From Current Scene You can specify whether or not to begin numbering with the scene at the current insertion point position Keep Existing Numbers You can specify whether or not to lock existing scene numbers If you check this option new scenes which have been inserted between previously numbered scene headings are assigned A and B scene numbers To use the Numbers Options 1 Set any Numbers Options that are applicable FINAL DRAFT 175 Production Menu 2 Click OK Paragraphs of the element type selected in the Element popup are numbered according to the settings To delete numbers 1 Click the Remove Numbers check box 2 Choose the element desired from the Element popup menu 3 Click OK A confirmation dialog appears 4 Click Yes Numbers are erased from paragraphs of the selected element type Options Tab Click the Options tab and the following appears Scene Numbers n Numbers Options Show numbers on left Show numbers on right Location Location n 75 2 729 0 75
152. 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 match ing item FINAL DRAFT 26 Tutorials 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 3 Type Backspace to delete the D then type STUDIO LOT followed by Ctrl Alt 4 Windows or Option 4 Mac OS As soon as the letter S is typed the SmartType window disappears because SmartType cannot find a match for S in the list This allows us to enter a new location The macro enters the text DAY for us and creates an action paragraph since action normally follows a scene head ing 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 names character extensions times or transitions are entered See the SmartType chapter of the User s Guide for more details 1 Vd y TiP You can alter any macro and its behavior at any time See the Macros chapter 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 4 Backspace to the T in LOT 5 Press Tab The Time SmartType list appears 6 Type D FINAL DRAFT
153. er 2 Hold down the right mouse button and drag the splitter to the left or right FINAL DRAFT 51 Tutorials When you have adjusted the size of the Final Draft window and its panels the screen should appear similar to EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY CARA 8 and her sister ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa Cara s reading to Allie from a book about fairies of the world CARA Caer is a beautiful fairy who disquises herself as a swan You will know a swan is Caer if it has gold jewelry Caer comes from Ear It s in Delaware ALLIE Oh Read about the pixies Cara throws the book on the floor CARA I read you the pixies yesterday O I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not you re a little girl and you re stupid ALLIE No I m not CARA imitating her No I m not MOMMY 0 5 Girls Cara stop being mean to your sister I can t stand it anymore 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 5 Transition 7 Shot 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
154. er Fl Tab key transitions to character extension Scene Heading matching Transition matching Show Smart Type window C Alphabetize Smart Type window SmartType color By default matching for all of the SmartType Lists is enabled To disable character scene heading or transition matching Uncheck the option for the SmartType list you want to disable If matching for a SmartType list is disabled and you create a new paragraph of that type the popup SmartType window does not appear SmartType still automatically adds any new entries to the appropriate list however Automatically Guess Next Character Checking this option causes Final Draft to track 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 which is useful when a scene contains multiple conversa tions between two individuals Tab Key Transitions to Character Extension By default pressing the tab key after entering a character automatically creates a parentheti cal paragraph Check this box so that pressing tab will create a character extension instead Show SmartType Window Check this option if you want the SmartType window to appear when you type FINAL DRAFT 211 SmartType Alphabetize SmartType Window Check this option if you want the items in the SmartType window to appear in alphabetical order Auto Position SmartType Window Mac
155. er sits WRITER WRITER excited I sure hope my bid for that old manuscript on eBay was accepted INDICATES MISSPELLED OR UNKNOWN WORD 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 properly spaced for screenplay use than the standard Courier or Courier New fonts As an added benefit it looks identical on Windows and Macintosh computers la N WARNING The reliance on Courier font 12 point size plain text style represents a hold over 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 different font They feel you may be cheating the length of your script or worse are unprofes sional Note Final Draft automatically informs you about possible misspelled or unknown words as you type and underlines them FINAL DRAFT 23 Tutorials 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 Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS X Element short cuts can be used to per
156. er text area is visible and is empty by default Header and Footer pcm ue Footer L C E Y Be gr The available fields for the footer are identical to those of the header NoTE Header and footer margins are set in the Margins tab of the Page Layout dialog box Text in the Header and Footer You can type text directly into the header and footer text areas Initially text is right justified and appears at the insertion point position You can place text anywhere in the window and before or after any of the special fields You can change any of the font attributes type style size etc via the appropriate menu commands Changing font attributes in the header or footer does not affect the font used in the script Placeholder Fields Placeholder fields for the header and footer include Page Date Scene Label Active Revision and Collated Revisions Page The Page placeholder field displays the current page number Date The Date placeholder field displays today s date FINAL DRAFT 228 Header amp Footer Scene The Scene placeholder field displays the current scene number If the scenes are not num bered nothing appears Label The Label field contains text which may be varied throughout the script see next topic Active Revision The Active Revision placeholder field contains the name of the active revision style Collated Revisions The Collated Revisions placeholder field contains the name of th
157. eri z oi aaa roe DE SE IDE user eU EAD eS 184 Relock Pag s sacs eec see ea EX ee ede ee eye USE Po Rus ERG ee 184 Adjust Eocked Page onset t exeo peer eke rem Pb OUS CER OE RTOERI CR 185 Edit Page Numb t eder A E Re Led by I EE 186 Lock New Page ceLeebeensesstacelenreg kg bec e ey FUR FRU Fa ed de Dr nas 186 Unlock PAGE uo A Eton ended 187 Format Men a tee oe i a E Mu eda 189 Elements Commands zoe v wane etek Seen eue dicare aua A eec a ete rera MER 190 Elements eor ty Ed eur rhe POE ded Sock Dodo bare Dine EL d ee shear A rd 190 Element Submenu Mac OS X 1 0 0 0 eee eee eee eee eee lll 190 Font Commands cu oett es ota tS Rede M UU CD E euentu t Lc E 191 Font Windows iu eecer Sh erecto rere ERE EDU DEP RERO De e e eve 191 Font Style Size Submenus Mac OS iia RR RE NER RR HN NOR RN 191 FINAL DRAFT x Table of Contents Color Submenu 1 ns teer eres ERA IA UA CAR Reba e Erud as ciu 191 Highlight issir A 192 Paragraph Format Commands 0 0 e eee 193 Alignment Submenu censu trei ia cies sede wan RO GRU RUNE Ra RA panes ces ERO HRS 193 Spacing Submenu cR ea IRR Se Roane GER I EI BIO 193 Space Before Submenu snr nriieopio ii ea a Dee eak a eh 193 Leading Submenu n ien e D Eee A a a a a 193 Insert Page Break 2e RE a wh aa dad o d too 193 DualDialogue rien poe A A a E ti ds ii 194 Window Men csi 197 Window MENU cxt aet te REP e a Wud t es UAE MOI OI o o Rcs 198 Cascade Windows 198 Tile
158. es 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 The ScriptNote window appears 3 Enter or paste text into the ScriptNote window You can move and or resize the ScriptNote window You can also change the font size or style of the ScriptNote text To close the ScriptNote window Click the Close box or pa Click anywhere in the script and the window closes automatically To open an existing ScriptNote Double click the ScriptNote marker The ScriptNote window appears containing the text of the note FINAL DRAFT 272 ScriptNotes To delete a ScriptNote and its marker 1 Select the ScriptNote marker or 1 Place the insertion point just after the ScriptNote Marker 2 Press the Backspace Delete key The ScriptNote is deleted ESTO NoTE This operation can be reversed with Edit gt Undo FINAL DRAFT Managing ScriptNote Markers Choose Document gt ScriptNotes and the ScriptNote dialog appears ScriptNotes Marker name Marker appearance importan Symbol i E Information coo MN Suggestion Active marker Important v 273 ScriptNotes The Active marke
159. es in the active panel Properties the Scene Properties Inspector allows you to view and change include Like the Scene Navigator Scene Properties Inspector s visibility and its size and position are stored as an application preference scene heading scene title scene summary scene color FINAL DRAFT 281 Scene Navigator The Scene Heading text area contains the text of the scene heading of the currently selected scene If the scene heading is too long to fit in the Scene Properties Inspector you can move the mouse over it in the Scene Properties Inspector A tool tip then appears that displays the entire scene heading The title text box contains the title of the currently selected scene You can give a scene a title that is different from the actual scene heading The title does not appear anywhere in the text of the script it just helps you identify scenes when using the Scene Navigator or a Scene panel The title of a scene is initially blank until you provide one The summary text box contains the summary of the currently selected scene You can give a scene a summary that provides additional information about the scene that is too long to be appropriate for a title The scene summaries do not appear in the actual text of the script but they do appear in the Index Card panel The summary for a scene is initially blank until you provide one The color chooser shows the color of the current selected scene or scenes
160. essed the appropriate text is entered and a new scene heading paragraph is added after the existing paragraph Transition To popup 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 element type for the paragraph that is to be added 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 Edit the name in the text field 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 FINAL DRAFT 300 Macros 4 Set the behavior by selecting the element paragraphs desired from the Preferred Element and Transition To popup lists When finished Click OK Text Documents Text Documents FINAL DRAFT 302 Text Documents Though primarily designed for writing screenplays Final Draft can be also used for writing reg ular word processed documents treatments letters resum s etc To create a text document 1 Choose File New From Template and the New Document
161. essing Enter Return see below except in the case of a character Following industry standard guidelines once a character 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 through only the character related elements Type or auto enter a character then press Tab to create a new parenthetical after the char acter then press Tab again to change the parenthetical to dialogue If a dialogue is typed Press Tab to create a new parenthetical after the dialogue then press Tab again to change the parenthetical to dialogue If you do not type some text in either a parenthetical or dialogue Tab will keep switching between them until either one gets some text or Enter Return is pressed X Tip Press Shift Tab to cycle through the elements in reverse order Enter Return Key As a writer you normally use the Enter Return key when you have finished a paragraph In Final Draft when you type the Enter Return key to start a new paragraph the element type of the new paragraph depends on the type of paragraph you just completed FINAL DRAFT 18 Tutorials At the end of a scene heading typing Enter Return creates a new action At the end of an action typing Enter Return makes another new action At the end of a character typing Enter Return creates a new dialogue At the end of a parenthetical Enter Return creates a new dialogue At
162. ewelry Caer comes from Ear land It s in Delaware INDICATES A CARRIAGE RETURN dd A check mark on the menu indicates that invisible characters are shown Note Ifyou print your document while the invisible characters are visible they are not printed and don t affect the script length Choose View Invisibles again to hide the invisible characters Index Card Commands The Index Card panel mimics 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 The Index card panel has two display modes The Summary display mode initially is blank and is available for text to be entered for development ideas notes sequence or act markers com ments locations blocking anything you feel is applicable The Script display mode contains the actual text of a particular scene You can change the Index Card panel display modes by using the two Index Cards Commands see below mere 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 You can add scenes in the Index Card panel FINAL DRAFT 121 View Menu 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 see V
163. f screen and press Enter Return A new dialogue paragraph is created 7 Typeinsome text like Don t do that or anything you d like If you choose Document SmartType again to view the Character SmartType list you will see that KIRSTEN has been added A character extension may alternately be added via the script context menu For example 8 Right click in a character name FINAL DRAFT 32 Tutorials The script context menu appears MARCI Style 9 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 33 Tutorials Names Database To help you name your characters Final Draft includes a 90 000 entry names database To Find a name in the Names Database 1 Choose Tools gt Names Database The Names Database dialog box 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 Let s say we wanted to find some name that started with Fr 2 Type Fr in the text field area 3 Press the Look Up button A list of alternatives appears If one is acceptab
164. f the scene heading in the SmartType dialog see Scene Heading Separators on page 211 Extensions appear after a character to indicate where the speech is coming from off screen voice over etc For example CHARACTER EXTENSION CHARACTER MMARC V O When the bulls were released we Extensions are always abbreviated in all capital letters and enclosed in parentheses nore Note The Screenplay template contains a few default items in the Scene Intro Time Extension and Transition SmartType lists 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 FINAL DRAFT 205 SmartType The Character SmartType List from the sample script The Swans of Brooklyn script is used as an example in the following see the Tutorials section All the functions described are applica ble to the Extensions Locations Times and Transitions SmartType Lists The Character SmartType List for The Swans of Brooklyn script initially consists of SmartType Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name ALLIE DADDY CAER MOMMY CARA AND ALLIE GIRL MOTHER Mi When you start an empty character paragraph and type a letter key if any items in the Charac ter SmartType start with that letter the SmartType w
165. f the script window in the area where Page Numbers appear in the other views WINDOWS MAC OS X SPEED Ne Scene View Scene Heading L AAA VIEW INDICATED To change the display mode of the Script panel Select View gt Script Normal View View gt Script Page View or View gt Script Speed View from the main menu FINAL DRAFT 242 Panels Whichever Script View Normal Page or Speed is active when you save a script is the view in which it appears when you reopen it Keyboard Navigation You can move the insertion point or select text by typing various keys and key combinations Definition The anchor point is the original character position from which the selection is extended to make a non empty selection EE se Definition The insertion point is the character position at the other end of the selec tion from the anchor point or just the point the caret is at if the selection is empty pee When we refer to extending the selection what we mean is that we navigate to the indicated character position and select the range of characters between the anchor point and the new position and un select all other characters Arrow Keys The Left Arrow key moves the insertion point one character to the left The Right Arrow key moves the insertion point one character to the right The Ctrl Left Arrow or Ctrl Right Arrow key combinations Windows or Command Left Arrow or Command
166. fault sort order ascending by the Order column You can change the width of a column and the order the columns appear in the Scene Naviga tor To change the width of a column 1 Hold down the left mouse button over a column boundary in the header 2 When the mouse cursor changes to a resize cursor drag the mouse left or right to change the width of the column Now The width of each column is saved as an application preference so if you quit Final Draft the Scene Navigator column widths will be what you changed them to the next time you run it To rearrange columns 1 Hold down the left mouse button on the header of a column 2 Drag it to another location You will see the new location highlight 3 Release the mouse button FINAL DRAFT 279 Scene Navigator nore The column order is saved as an application preference so if you quit Final Draft the Scene Navigator column order will be what you changed it to the next time you run it Sorting the Scene Navigator You can sort the rows of the Scene Navigator by any column in either ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header To sort by a column Click on the header of the column you wish to sort by The rows in the Scene Navigator rearrange so that they are sorted by that column in ascending order If you click again on the same column the rows rearrange in descending order Navigating to a scene If you click on a scene in the S
167. ferent versions have different restrictions on the number of permitted simultaneous users and the number of computers the Program may be loaded onto These license restrictions are as follows Single User Version A Single User Version of the Program is usable in two modes each of which has different limits on your right to load and use the Program The modes are 1 Demo Mode which permits you to open and view files and offers limited additional functionality and 2 Activated Mode which requires you to enter a customer number into the Program then contact Final Draft Inc s activation server via the Internet automated process as part of installation or by telephone In Demo Mode you are permitted to load and concurrently use the Program on as many computers under your ownership or control as you wish In Activated mode you may load the Program on two computers that you own and use but are only permitted to use the Program on one computer at a time As an example you are not allowed to load a single copy of the Program on one computer that you own and on another computer that is owned by or that you lend to a friend or writing partner In this situation your friend or writing partner must purchase their own copy of the Program Also you and your employees and agents if any must not electronically transfer the Program from one computer to another over any network including but not limited to the Internet and local area networks And you are
168. 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 1 Select Help gt Ask the Expert The Ask the Experts application is launched and the main window appears SPSS ASK the Expert k Screenplay Syd Field Stageplay Jonathan Dorf Teleplay Larry Brody Creative Rights Handbook 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 FINAL DRAFT 40 Tutorials 2 When you are done click Exit from any window and the Ask the Expert application will be closed and return you to Final Draft FINAL DRAFT 41 Tutorials Using the Format Assistant Final Draft is designed to automatically format a script correctly But because formatting errors may accidently 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 The Swans of Brooklyn script i
169. form the same functions as the Tab and Enter Return keys and more For these element shortcuts you press the Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS X plus another key simultaneously To view the current element shortcuts Hold down the Ctrl key Windows or Command key Mac OS X 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 6 Transition 7 Shot The numbers e g 1 2 represent the keys to be pressed while simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Command key These element shortcuts cause a new paragraph of the element type indi cated to be added 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 24 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 type
170. g content on individual pages in order to merge pages 1 Place your cursor in front of the first contents at the top most position of the page you wish merge with the prior page 2 Select all the contents on the page including the page break below the last line of text on the page This will be noted by a selection that highlights the remaining empty space on the page down to the bottom margin 3 Select Edit Cut or Control Command X to cut the contents from the page you wish to delete 4 Select Edit Paste or Control Command V to paste the contents onto the prior page Your contents appear on the prior page as revised text 5 Select all the revised content 6 Select Production Clear Revised Your contents no longer display as revised text Notice that your page number now displays the prior page number as well as the deleted page number separated by a dash example 3 4 FINAL DRAFT 71 Tutorials Renumbering Pages You may be required to manually renumber pages on occasion due to numbering schemes used that are outside the business rules of Final Draft To manually renumber a page 1 Place your cursor at the top of the page you wish to change 2 Choose Production gt Locking Tools gt Edit Page Number 3 Change the page number to the desired number 4 Click OK Full Revisions A full revision often described as Full Color Name e g Full Pink occurs when a script has revisions on 50 or more of t
171. gger 10 Choose File gt Open File 11 Navigate to where you just saved the The Swans of Brooklyn script2 script Click Open The screen now appears with the first scene selected as QUICK SAVE BUTTON De Sanas of Brocton zargi dd Tay igt Page Length Category M alameta in the CGTU d Ar Y i 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 each instance of it FINAL DRAFT 327 Tagger will be tagged when it appears in action elements i e even if that cast member doesn t have a speaking role in a scene AUTOMATICALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CAST MEMBER AUTOMATICALLY TAGGED AS CAST MEMBERS ELEMENT S COLOR Members in current scene LIE CARA ALLIE Oh Read about the pixies Cara throws the book on the floor CARA I read you the pixies yesterday I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls ALLIE I m a big girl CARA No you re not you re a little girl and you re stupid ALLIE No I m not CARA a imitating her v Add Element Delete Element If a Cast Member is present in a scene but it is not explicitly written into the script it can be tagged in the scene too see Adding Elements Not Explicitly in a Scene below Scene List The Scene List displays all the scene headings
172. ghlighted selection letter at a time Extends highlighted selection word at a time Extends highlighted selection word at a time Deletes entire paragraph FINAL DRAFT Index A accelerator keys changing or adding 307 action element e pP aa 215 hiding showing in Scene panel 256 257 actor text to speech 0000 08 57 adding See also inserting accelerator keys oooooooooooo o 307 command to a toolbar Windows 305 scene numbers ooo 61 adjusting locked pages cece eee eee eee 185 paragraph indents 000 ee 53 alignment paragraph format style 193 anchot POINTS 3c xe eet emere 242 anchor SCENE occ 260 A pages abOUt c eoe ese eee ee ets 173 lOCKING s oc recorte eren 183 UNIOCKING 22 err TREES IAS 184 A SCENES ci oona e cer ee ALES Lampes 173 Ask the Expert 000 0005 39 200 assigning voices 6 eee eee eee 56 148 Auto Backup enabling cm res 169 OPONE 169 preferences uo dada id 89 169 automatic tagging of cast members Tagger 326 Auto Save about La ida 60 OPUS aa rh etu een 169 preferences ceca IE a eie 88 Tadget u sees c e eee ERE ETIN 340 Avid Script Based Editing format saving a script DS Sis Like EE 96 Avid XML Export 2005 97 103 B backing up ascript 00 02 ee 72 bookmarks Creating ooo aee t hee ee A ae 143 deleting 2 2 4 sea ect IIS 142 editing sos o I PS
173. he Home key scrolls the panel to the start of the document and the End key scrolls the panel to the end of the document The Ctrl Home or End key combination Windows or the Command Home or End key com bination Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is checked selects the first or last scene The Shift Home or End key combination Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is checked extends the selection to the first or last scene Page Up and Page Down Keys On Windows or on Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference checked the Page Up key scrolls the panel up one view and selects the scene one view up from the current scene A view in this context is as much vertical space that is visible in the panel The Page Down scrolls the panel down one view and selects the scene one view down from the current scene On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference checked the Page Up and Page Down keys scroll the active panel up or down one view without changing the selection On Windows or on Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference checked the Shift Page Up key combination scrolls the panel up one view where a view is as much verti cal space that is visible in the panel and extends the selection to the scene one view up from the current scene The Shift Page Down key combination scrolls the panel down one view and extends the selection to the scene one
174. he cards appear 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 Send to Script You can copy the summary text of a scene into the scene s script text The text becomes new action right after the scene heading To copy a scene summary into the scene s script text 1 Select the scene you want to copy the summary from You can select more than one scene 2 Select the Document Send to Script menu item The summary text for each selected scene becomes action text after that scene s scene head ing Index Card Context Menu You can access the Index Card panel context menu by right clicking anywhere in the panel It has the following menu items FINAL DRAFT 253 Panels Summary View Script View These menu items allow you to toggle between the Summary and Script display modes of the Index Card panel see Index Card Panel Display Modes on page 247 They also indicate which display mode is active If the Summary View menu item is checked then the Index Card panel is in Summary display mode if the Script View menu item is checked then the Index Card panel is in Script display mode Insert New Scene Allows you to create a new Index Card see Insert New Scene on page 262 Scene Colors The Index Card panel context menu also contains menu items for changing the selected scene s
175. he pages At that point it is preferable to issue a script where every page is the same color the header label on every page displays Full Pink and the pages that have specific revisions on them have revision marks next to the specific changes Revised Pages are just that individual pages and A pages created during a particular set of revisions To make the current revision set a full revision 1 Select Document gt Revisions to open the Revisions dialog box 2 Select the current revision set in the revisions list 3 Check Full draft and click OK Now the Collated Revisions header label displays the current revision on all pages revised or not FINAL DRAFT 72 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 backups 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 ca
176. he scene heading Editing the Scene Heading You can edit the scene heading of a scene in either display mode of the Index Card panel To edit a scene heading on an Index Card 1 Click the scene heading in an Index Card The insertion point appears in the scene heading text area of the Index Card 2 Edit the scene heading 3 Click anywhere else in the panel to apply the changes to the script Changing Fonts and Font Size Index Cards can use any font and font size available on your computer E Note The default font for the Index Card panel is Veranda 9 NOTE Changing the font font size of the Index Cards does not affect the font font size 4 of the script sere IMPORTANT NOTE f you transfer your script to another computer the font font size might change due to unavailability of a particular font font size FINAL DRAFT 249 Panels To change the font font size of Index Cards Choose Format gt Font Windows or Format gt Font or Font Size Mac OS X The Index Cards appear in the selected font and size The font changes for all the text in all the Index Cards in the script You cannot change the font for individual index cards or ranges of text in the summary Printing Index Cards You can print the Index Card panel to actual index cards regular paper or special card stock made by Avery and other vendors The card stock can be purchased from most office supply stores To Print Index Cards 1 C
177. hem Dialogue Dialogue represents a character s speech It is always preceded by a character which identifies the speaker Transition A Transition marks the end of a scene and may indicate how the passage between scenes takes place They are always written in capital letters FINAL DRAFT 216 Elements Shot A shot is used to indicate a camera angle camera movement or direction within a scene Shots are always written in capital letters and 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 General elements are used for any text which does not fall within any of the standard ele ments Modifying Elements and Creating New Elements Most scripts can be written with just the default set of elements However Final Draft gives you the ability to modify existing elements and create new ones which allows complete cus tomization of the look of any script To modify the list of elements and element properties 1 Choose Format Elements and the Elements dialog box appears Elements Element name Basic Font Paragraph Behavior Scene Heading C Start new page Action Character Paginate as Parenthetical Dialogue Shortcuts Transition Shot
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179. his computer MOMMY late 308 pops her head in immediately svi his screen to A WORD PROCESSOR vhich is a attempt at a screenplay The format s a mess tabs deletes indents with the spacebar backspaces and it still doesn t lock right MOMMY Time to take the girls to the park DADDY I m writing MOMMY No you were yritin y you taking the girls to the park DADDY Script Speed View The Script Speed View command 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 FINAL DRAFT 118 View Menu 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 OS X SPEED ft Scene et Speed oce Heading Lamm seen gentes s VIEW INDICATED Note Whichever Script View Normal Page or Speed is active when a script is saved will be the view in which it appears when it is reopened ScriptNotes The ScritpNotes command hides or shows ScriptNote markers ScriptNotes are popup note win dows that can contain ideas suggestions notes or script fragments without taking up space in the script These markers indicate where ScriptNotes are located Cara throws the book on the floor CARA bj
180. hoose File gt Print Cards Windows or File gt Print Mac OS X 2 Set the options as desired see Print Cards dialog box on page 250 3 Click OK The standard Print dialog appears 4 Choose the number of copies to print page range etc 5 Click OK Note The current display mode of the Index Card panel Summary or Script prints FINAL DRAFT 250 Panels Print Cards dialog box The Print Cards dialog box allows you to configure how the cards will print Print Cards Layout 9 Index Cards O Index card paper O Custom Across Down Options C Selected cards only Layout Index Cards Selecting this option allows you to print on actual index cards You can choose to print on either 3x5 or 4x6 index cards Index Card Paper This option allows you to print to pre cut perforated index cards Custom This option allows you to print to plain paper When you choose this option the Across and Down adjustment popup lists become available Since all printers are different some experimenting and test prints may be necessary to get the desired results You can choose File gt Print Preview to view how cards will be printed Windows only Options Selected Cards Only If you select this option only the selected cards in the panel print FINAL DRAFT 251 Panels Frame Cards If you select this option each card prints with a black border around it Print Gray Background If you select this o
181. hould be saved 3 Click OK Repeat this process any time before major changes are begun Make sure you make backup copies of all versions FINAL DRAFT 74 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 making 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 The Swans of Brooklyn scripts 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 8 folder in Adobe Acrobat PDF format You can easily access the Final Draft User Guide by selecting the Help Final Draft Help command You may find these features invaluable as you develop write and eventually rewrite you
182. ht 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 FINAL DRAFT 323 Tagger In addition Elements from the script may be added to a category within a scene or many scenes at once An element which is not in the text of the script may be added to a category within a scene or many 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 automati
183. ia peek ER S DEUS 145 FINAL DRAFT 354 Index launching Final Draft eoe Ies 13 E et te eke oe Sh PER r9 324 leading paragraph format style 193 learning a word eene 285 Levels of Undo option Windows o o 168 preference Mac OS X o o o 87 line spacings ano ensem hrs at 134 linking elements Tagger 333 location LA a 16 204 215 Location column in Scene Navigator 277 Location iS Es beret mms 68 204 E 5 seen amy can sey ons oe ay 152 locked pages adjustirig els e ett 185 locking Aspages xc ehmRPI URS RS 183 NEWAD AGE co vr e ERE EORIHERTUM 186 A e met e tne 183 locking Pages acido a rta 66 M macros creating new elements oooo ocooo o o o 25 A e T a aa onlay 140 tutos pea dar 25 magnification 28 128 245 MAIN e 132 marking text as revised 0004 182 merging pages ssssssss IA 70 modifying element list 0 cece eee eee eee 216 Enter key element transitions 344 mores and continued setting up for production 62 mores and continueds dialogue breaks 0 2 00 eee 137 OPTIONS rrr vetet bed earns C 137 mores See mores and continueds Movie Magic Scheduling saving a script as 96 N Names database finding anamein 00 00s 161 TULOM al ec Nate cote Ge Ra nt TD 33 narrator text to speech
184. ich is readable by web browsers html extension File Converter Format You can export your script to the File Converter format which is readable by Final Draft AV and older versions of Final Draft prior to Final Draft 5 Export The File Export command allows you to export your script to formats usable by some third party programs Scheduling Export This choice exports your script to a format readable by Movie Magic Scheduling a production management program sex extension Avid Script Based Editing This choice allows you to export your script to a format readable by Avid s professional editing systems txt extension FINAL DRAFT 97 File Menu Avid XML Export This choice exports your script to a series of files that can be used by Avid editing systems equipped with Avid MetaSync See Avid XML Export on page 103 ScriptNotes Export This option enables you to export an annotated script to a series of files usable by GoldPocket Interactive s ITV Interactive Television technologies See ScriptNotes Export on page 104 Save As PDF You can select Save As PDF command to save your document in PDF format To save your document as a PDF file 1 Select File Save as PDF The Save As dialog box opens 2 Select where you want the PDF document to be saved and enter a name 3 Click OK A PDF file of your document is created Backup The File Backup command allows you to save a backup copy of your
185. ick the Options tab to view spelling options Spelling Spell Check Options User Dictionary Language Egeeh CoB c CJ v Check capitalization Check repeated words Automatic spell checking Language popup menu If other spell checkers have been installed you can choose which one to use Check Capitalization When this option is checked the spell checker checks for correct capitalization of words For example in the paragraph fragment They drove up he got out of the car the spell checker flags the word he as incorrectly capitalized Check Repeated Words If this option is checked the spell checker looks for duplicate occurrences of words and flags them as repeated For example entries like the the or a a would be caught Automatic Spell Checking If this option is checked the spell checker automatically scans the script and underlines any misspelled words For example the word gonna is not known CARA I m not reading your dumb stupid INDICATES MISSPELLED stupid head book anymore I m gonna play with my Cool American OR UNKNOWN WORD Teenager dolls FINAL DRAFT 287 Spelling amp Thesaurus When Spelling Options are set Click the Close box The Spelling dialog box closes User Dictionary In the User Dictionary tab you can manually add words to the User Dictionary delete them or edit existing ones Select the User Dictionary tab Spelling Spell Check Options User Dictio
186. ides If you select this option pages that only contain a specific character s dialogue print To print character sides 1 Choose the character s name from the popup menu 2 Select the Print character name on page to have the name printed at the top of each page FINAL DRAFT 101 File Menu Scan for Script Formatting Errors default is enabled If you select this option the Format Assistant asks if you want to have the script examined for common formatting errors and fix them if desired or bypass the error s and print the script as is If any errors are found you have the choice of correcting them first or printing without correcting 3 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 or xd Click Print Now to bypass any scanning and the script will be printed If Scan for Script Formatting Errors is not enabled the script is printed as is If the header and or footer margins of your script are smaller than the corresponding margins of the printer you selected you receive a warning that the text in the header or footer might get clipped You then have the option to have Final Draft automatically adjust the header and or footer margins of your script so no clipping occurs You can also create a PDF document of your script from the Print
187. iew Split below The number of col umns of cards viewed at any time may be 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 nore 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 122 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 EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY p i establish beautiful street EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY p i It s spring and the trees ara full of blossoms r INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY For complete details see the Panels chapter Index Cards Summary The Index Card Summary command switches the current panel to Index Cards with the sum mary displayed The cards are initially blank and are available for text to be entered for devel opment ideas notes sequence or act markers comments locations blocking anything you feel is applicable Index Cards Script The Index Card Script command switches the current panel to Index Cards with the script displayed These cards contain the
188. ils Thesaurus The Thesaurus command opens the Thesaurus dialog box 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 antonyms etc Refer to the Spelling and Thesaurus chapter for details Text To Speech Commands Speech Control The Speech control command shows the Speech Control toolbar which contains a set of but tons to direct the playback of the script being read WINDOWS Mac OS X ch X Speech Control RM na Qu gt gt m Read Along Status Stopped Assign Voices The Assign Voices command shows the Assign Voices dialog box which allows you to specify different voices for each character for playback with Tools gt Speech Control FINAL DRAFT 149 Tools Menu The Character Tab displays the current SmartType Character list along with the names of all actors available see below Assign Voices Characters Actors Man ALLIE Man2 DADDY Woman 1 CAER Woman 2 MOMMY Boy 1 CARA AND ALLIE Boy 2 GIRL Gid 1 MOTHER Gid 2 JILL Old Man Old Woman 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 In the Narrator tab you can set the actor for the narrator of the s
189. indow displays and contains all the matching items in the list The rest of the first matching item text appears in a light gray color after the insertion point For example in the character paragraph below suppose you type the letter A CARA 8 and her sister ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa Cara s reading to Allie from a book about fairies of the world ALLIE Only one entry matches ALLIE because that is the only item starting with the letter A The rest of Allie s name appears in gray allowing you to accept SmartType s choice or continue typ ing to add a new character FINAL DRAFT 206 SmartType As another example there are a few characters in the The Swans of Brooklyn script script that begin with the letter C In a new character paragraph if you type the letter C the fol lowing appears SmartType CARA CAER CARA AND ALLIE You can now choose a name from the SmartType list If more than one item begins with the same letter and the name initially suggested is not the item you want Press the same letter again to advance to the next name in the list or Continue to enter more letters As you enter more letters SmartType narrows the items in the list to contain only those that match what you have typed Or Use the Arrow Keys to move up or down between items in the SmartType List popup window to select the desired name ie or RE Click the item with the mouse Regardless of the
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191. is blank and is available for text to be entered for development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments loca tions 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 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 A 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 Keystroke Shortcut A keystroke or combination of keys that initiates a command or other function Location The actual physical setting for a production a part of a scene heading which describes where the scene takes place 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 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 r
192. ith Final Draft s built in preprocessing intelligence some files may require additional reformatting after conversion See Tools gt Reformat FINAL DRAFT 94 File Menu nore 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 different name similar to using File gt Save As FINAL DRAFT 95 File Menu Open Recent Submenu Mac OS X The File gt Open Recent submenu lists the Final Draft files that you have previously opened You can choose the maximum number of files to list in the Preferences panel See Application Preferences Tab on page 86 Close The File gt Close command closes the front most window If any changes have been made since the last time the script was saved 1 Choose File gt Close and the Save Changes dialog appears 2 Click Yes Windows or Save Mac OS X to save all changes before closing the script Save The File Save command saves any changes made to the document since the last time it was saved 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 The File Save As command allows a copy of the current script to be saved under a differ
193. k the Options tab in the Header and Footer dialog box and the following appears Header and Footer Header Footer Options Show header C Show header on first page E Show footer Starting page number 1 Show Header The Show Header option determines whether the header is visible Header on First Page The Header on First Page option indicates whether or not the header is visible on the first page Show Footer The Show Footer option determines whether the footer is visible Footer on First Page The Footer on First Page option indicates whether or not the footer is used on the first page Starting Page number The Starting Page Number specifies the number for the first page of a document FINAL DRAFT 232 Header amp Footer When you have made all changes to the Header and Footer options Click OK Reformat FINAL DRAFT 234 Reformat Most of the time there is no need to reformat text As you type a script Final Draft places the text into proper format and paginates it according to industry standards You can use the reformatting feature to take text which is not formatted properly and trans form it into correct script format For example you can use reformatting if you paste unfor matted text 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
194. lbar 2 2202 SO aae Dites aida dudes cad eben pee RS 303 Toolbars Windows cx E E ERE RE CR E ICH I DRXIERERGRG E REERECER 304 Toolbars Submenu ine se E xS ae ae eee Pca Ies 304 Customize Dialog Box ssssseesseeseeee eee Hmm 305 Commands Tab s eee eae m e e mee pe E ERR RR RU eR DU a xe 305 Toolbar Tabs oerte RE A exea Cb E he 306 Keyboard ab iii a las ek ere ex HER E RE RD DR enean 307 Options Tab iaa RES 308 Repositioning and Resizing Toolbars 0 cc cece cette eet tte 308 Toolbars Mac OSX Lt Ua EE S eoe rca e tae eti te E d UIT Der p wale 308 Toolbar Commands iesus eR e ER ERR RR ERE RR Rana PAG E 309 CollaboWrter saari o RE abe id a RESu EIE EE Eee EUER 313 ipse cp c n cc MT eee ee 321 OVEIVIE WO 3c sce expe ep quet bo sene vete eee me em e P M nets 322 Launching Tagger i seicecieriink A bea eee deere whe UR RU E RC 324 WINKOWS EET 324 Macintosh ah A Dem Eg Puck eon 324 Managing Elements iiss pee enoa pinn i ra eer eee Eire int ila eae 324 Numbering SceneS sc e creer eee oe Pa ea ee ee eee 325 Automatic Tagging of Cast Members 0 326 Scene TSE it A EE LER a a Ges Me GG e UAR adi 327 Tagging Element y oia eer Rer e eese Miia Sanka Duc den e Da 328 mkinga Elements Lom DER DESEE Iw er tb edi ee ERE EE 333 Managing Categories vicio is eR rr RR Ux DURER EO Rn Rn ne 336 Tagger M nus sz cs A DI nre RISK epEbP s ER ER E S 337 Apple Menu Final Draft Tagger Menu Mac OS X ssssssesssesssesssee
195. le then 4 Click to select the desired name 5 Click the Add to SmartType button The name is added to the Character SmartType list and it can now be used in the script 6 Click Close when finished FINAL DRAFT 34 Tutorials Spell Checking Let s check the spelling of the tutorial script Put the insertion point at the beginning of the script To begin spell checking 1 Choose Tools gt Spelling The Spelling window appears and spell checking of the script begins immediately When a mis spelled or unknown word is encountered it appears in the Misspelled Word area along with a list of possible alternatives In the tutorial script the word the spell checker finds the unknown misspelled word gonna Spell Check Options User Dictionary Misspelled Word gonna Ignore Change to gonia Ignore All Suggestions ENN A nns Replace All Leam Let s suppose we want gonna 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 1 Click Learn The word in the Misspelled Word area is added to the User Dictionary Spell checking resumes 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 you had started spell checking in the middle of the script this option would allo
196. lects the scene immediately to the left of the current scene and the Right Arrow key selects the scene immediately to the right of the current scene The Shift Right Arrow key combination extends the selection one scene to the right The Shift Left Arrow extends the selection one scene to the left On Mac OS X when the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is unchecked the Command Right Arrow key combination selects the last scene in the current row the row that the current scene is in and typing Command Left Arrow selects the first scene in the current row The Up Arrow key selects the scene one row up In other words typing the Up Arrow key selects the scene in the same column as the current scene in the previous row Similarly the Down Arrow key selects the scene one row down FINAL DRAFT 261 Panels On Mac OS X when the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference is unchecked the Command Up Arrow key combination selects the first scene and the Command Down Arrow key combi nation selects the last scene The Shift Up Arrow key combination extends the selection up one row and the Shift Down arrow extends the selection down one row Home and End keys On Windows or on Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference checked the Home key selects the first scene on the current row and the End key selects the last scene on the current row On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS Word preference unchecked t
197. lete a whole paragraph FINAL DRAFT 245 Panels Zoom You can zoom the Script panel to different levels of magnification On Windows the Zoom drop down on the toolbar displays the current magnification level and on Mac OS X the Zoom popup in the status area of the Script panel displays the current magnification level To change the current magnification level Select an item from the from the View gt Zoom submenu ens Select an item from the Zoom drop down on the toolbar Windows or s Select an item from the Zoom popup on the Script panel status area Mac OS X On Windows you can type in any magnification level you want into the edit field on the Zoom drop down although nothing less than 50 or greater than 300 is accepted FINAL DRAFT 246 Panels Index Card Panel The Index Card panel is designed to mimic the traditional way in which scripts have been developed fleshed out and annotated Each card represents one scene Cards are ordered in a left to right top to bottom fashion This section describes functionality that is specific to the Index Card panel For discussion of functionality common to both the Index Card panel and the Scene panel see Scene Panels and Index card Panels on page 259 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
198. ll pages following the current page are unlocked and repaginated normally then locked again Adjust Locked Page You can use the Adjust Locked Page command to change the starting position for a single locked page This can be useful when you need to move a particular locked page up or down a paragraph or two to match a printed draft To adjust locked pages 1 Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph where you want the locked page to start 2 Choose Production gt Adjust Locked Page A confirmation dialog appears 3 Click Yes The Adjust Locked page dialog box appears Adjust Locked Page FINAL DRAFT 186 Production Menu 4 Select the page number where you want the current paragraph to begin 5 Click OK The script repaginates to reflect the new starting position for the specified locked page Edit Page Number You can use the Edit Page Number command to manually change the number of a page that displays in the header or footer To modify a page number 1 Position the insertion point in the page whose number you want to edit 2 Choose Production gt Edit Page Number The Edit Page Number dialog appears Edit Page Number Change page number to 3 Enter the new page number 4 Click OK The current page s number changes Lock New Page You can use the Lock New Page command to create a new locked page at the current insertion point position This should only be necessary if a
199. lly set the margin to that of the default printer Color In the Colors tab of the Page layout dialog box you can change the Text color background page color and the color of the invisible characters if you choose to show them Click the Page Layout dialog Colors tab and the following appears Page Layout Margins Colors Options Invisibles n C Use system colors The default colors are white for background black for text and gray for invisibles 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 X The standard Color Picker appears 2 Choose the color desired and click OK The new color will be displayed as the color swatch FINAL DRAFT 134 Document Menu Options Click the Page Layout dialog Options tab and the following appears Page Layout Margins ll Colors Options Line spacing EN v Enable smart quotes v Break dialogue and action at the end of sentence on the last line of a page Automatic cast list generation C Automatically generate cast list Line Spacing popup menu Very Tight Tight Normal amp Loose The Line Spacing setting controls how tightly the lines of text are spaced together in the docu ment Typographers and designers refer to this as leading As a result the length of the script will vary
200. logue SmartType displays the choice CARA in gray The Auto Guess Character feature causes Smart Type to choose CARA If you read the preceding text in this script you will see that CARA and MOMMY are having a conversation MOMMY has just spoken so Final Draft s Auto Guess presumes that CARA is going to speak again This is another optional function intended to save you unnecessary typing see Document SmartType Options If you did want him to speak again we d press Enter Return to accept the match 2 Instead type M FINAL DRAFT 31 Tutorials The SmartType window appears with all the names that start with M Notice that MOMMY is entered in light gray If you did want her to speak you could press Enter Return to accept the match If you wanted another M name you could type the first few letters like MOT for MOTHER and that name would be typed in or you could use the Up and Down Arrow keys to choose the character from the list Instead we want to enter a new character named KIRSTEN 3 Type K The SmartType window does not appear because there are currently no K matches 4 Continue typing KIRSTEN 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 Kirsten is speaking from off screen 5 Type The Character Extension SmartType list appears 6 Choose O S for of
201. low 1 Click Manual Deactivation The deactivation code appears 2 Call our free activation line at 818 789 6281 9AM 5PM M F PST after business hours call Customer Support at 1 888 320 7555 U S and Canada 24 7 or 1 818 906 8930 International 24 7 toll fees may apply in order to receive a Response Code to activate your software Or mail the deactivation code to deactivate finaldraft com You must include in the email he deactivation code Your name as you entered it when you registered Your customer number Once customer support processes your deactivation request you will receive an email confir mation and be able to activate your Final Draft software on another computer FINAL DRAFT 8 Getting Started Contact Customer Support Note You must first register in order to receive customer support Support Options Troubleshooter go to troubleshooter finaldraft com This interactive step by step tool may answer many of your questions Knowledge base FAQs go to www finaldraft com faq This online resource contains more than 800 articles dealing with technical issues how to s troubleshooting tricks and tips Email go to www finaldraft com help and choose Ask a Question You should receive a reply within one business day Chat go to www finaldraft com chat Live chat is available Monday Friday between 9 30am and 4 30pm PST Phone Telephone support is available 2
202. ly update each time you print the script CE enter the date manually rather than using the Date label Issuing Script Revisions Once you have distributed the Production Draft the script is considered locked and all sub sequent changes should be made as individual revised pages This cuts down on paper and it cuts down on work for the on set staff Before you can make any new changes to your script you will need to do the following 1 Setup your revision colors 2 Setup your Page headers 3 Lock your Script Setting Up Revisions Now we are going to set up our first revision You can edit the settings of all of the revisions a script will go through in the Revisions dialog box FINAL DRAFT 64 Tutorials To edit revision settings 1 Select Production gt Revisions to open the Revisions dialog box Revisions Active revision set Blue mm dd yyyy v Edit revision set labels Revised text appearance Blue mm dd vyy Color E nce Pink mm dd yyyy dedos Yellow mm dd yyyy C Word underline Green mm dd vyyy Goldenrod mm dd yyyy C Dotted underline Buff mm dd yyyy Salmon mm dd yyyy I Stike out Cherry mm dd yyyy Revision mark Tan rim dd yyyy 2nd White mm dd yyyy Mark 2nd Blue mm dd yyyy 2nd Pink mm dd yyyy Full draft Revised pages only Options OK Cancel Opions o The Revisions dialog contains a list of revision colors the script can go through The firs
203. m 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 FINAL DRAFT 82 Tutorials 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 extension time and transition in the script used to avoid repetitive typing Text File See ASCII Text Document FD This mode eliminates all screenwriting related options and functions so that Final Draft may be used as a normal word processor 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 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 FINAL DRAFT 83 Tutorials
204. m of the window there is also a text area called the Element label FINAL DRAFT 222 Elements On Mac OS X the Elements popup is in the status area of each panel WINDOWS ELEMENT DROP DOWN scene Heading x ELEMENT LABEL Ho Scene toft Scene Heading Mac OS X 100 y 1 of 1 NoScene Scene Heading v ELEMENT POPUP Changing a Paragraph s Element Occasionally you might need to change a paragraph s element after you enter it 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 On Mac OS X 2 Choose the new element from the Format gt Elements submenu or 2 Choose the new element from the Element popup in the status area if the window On Windows 2 Choose the new element from the Element drop down in the toolbar On both 2 You can type a Ctrl Shift 4 Windows or Command Option to reformat the current paragraph Adding Paragraphs Final Draft offers a variety of methods for adding new paragraphs and switching elements so that you may choose the method that works best for your own typing style You can create a new paragraph by Ctrl 4 Windows or Command Mac OS X key combination FINAL DRAFT 223 Elements The Tab key The Enter key Windows or Return key Mac OS X Refer to the Shortcuts section FINAL DRAFT 224 El
205. m the Element List 2 Click the Font tab 3 Click Set Font The Font dialog box appears 4 Make any desired changes and click OK To set font and size for all elements 1 Change these font attributes for one element 2 Click Apply Font Size to All elements All the elements are set to the same font and size FINAL DRAFT 221 Elements Paragraph Tab You can go to the Paragraph tab to set additional attributes for an element Basic Font Paragraph Spacing 1 v Space before 0 v indents Left 1 50 3 Right 7 50 E lt Alignment The Alignment drop down contains the options Left Centered Right and Justified Spacing The Spacing drop down contains the options 1 1 5 2 and 3 Default is 1 Space Before The Space Before option allows you to set the spacing before a paragraph The options include 0 1 2 and Other where you can enter a value up to 30 Left and Right Indents These settings control the indents of the selected element and are measured in inches from the left edge of the page 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 Elements in a Script The Element popup list and Element label Windows or Element popup Mac OS X indicate the element for the current insertion point position There is an Element popup list in the top toolbar on Windows On the status bar at the botto
206. mand which opens a dialog with a text field Enter the number of spaces you want and click OK Leading Submenu The Leading submenu allows you to slightly shrink or expand the height of the lines of a para graph You can use the leading paragraph style to cheat individual paragraphs in order to shorten or lengthen a script s page count A paragraph s leading style can be loose normal tight or very tight The tighter the leading the shorter in terms of the amount of space taken up on a page the paragraph is Insert Page Break You can use the Insert Page Break command to insert a page break at the current insertion point which causes the paragraph containing the insertion point or the beginning of the selection range to move to the top of the next page This command is often used just before a script is finalized before submission The goal is to affect how the script is paginated by overriding Final Draft s default pagination so a custom ized look and length can be created on a page by page basis You can uncheck the Insert Page Break command to remove an unwanted forced page break FINAL DRAFT 194 Format Menu To remove a forced page break 1 Position the insertion point just after the page break you want to remove 2 Uncheck Format gt Insert Page Break Dual Dialogue You can use the Dual Dialogue command to take any two consecutive speeches and place them next to each other in a special side by side dial
207. mands Fie l ae E dl Ne View amp l New from Stationery Format Document Gi Open Tools Ci Production as q Save New Menu Save As All Commands Export DE Description You can change the commands in any visible toolbar when the Commands tab of the Custom ize dialog box is selected To add a command to a visible toolbar 1 Select the Category that contains the command you wish to add to a toolbar 2 Drag the command you wish to add from the Commands list and drop it at the desired position on the toolbar FINAL DRAFT 306 Toolbars To remove a command from a visible toolbar 3 On the toolbar click and drag an item off the toolbar 4 Release the mouse button Toolbars Tab The Toolbars tab contains options for showing and hiding toolbars and resetting toolbars back to their default configuration Customize qr Commands Toolbars Keyboard Options Toolbars c O C Edt Bre E Format IE Production IC Script C Speech Standard E Tools View C Show text labels The Toolbars list shows all the toolbars available in Final Draft A check next to the item indi cates that the toolbar is currently visible To show or hide a toolbar Check or uncheck one of the items in the Toolbars list You can immediately see the effect in the main window To reset a toolbar back to its default configuration Select the toolbar in the Toolbars li
208. ment Menu You can view change reorder and alphabetize the characters extensions scene intros loca tions times and transitions used in your script You can rebuild any list by instructing Final Draft to scan the entire script and reconstruct it from the script s 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 chapter Macros The Macros command shows the Macros dialog box The Macros dialog box contains controls for managing and defining macros which are shortcut key combinations for text which is entered repeatedly throughout any script Macros Action Name Shortcut Macro element INT Ctrl Alt 1 Scene Heading Macro text INT NIGHT SUNRISE J Transition to Activate in Smart replace C Confirm macro C Word only C Match case Apply Macros from FINAL DRAFT 141 Document Menu The macro name is an abbreviation displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the script win dow when either the Ctrl Alt number Ctrl Alt Shift number keys Windows or Option number Option Shift number keys Mac OS X are pressed For example CTRL ALT OPTION _ AJINT 2 EXT 3 E 4 DAY 5 NIGHT 6 SUNRISE 7 MAGIC 8 CONT 9 INTER 0 CTRL ALT SHIFT OPTION 1 CUTTO 2 FADEIN 3 FADEQUT 4 FADETO 5 DISSLV 6 BA
209. ments fds extension see below and templates fdxt extension Although you can open a Final Draft template through the File gt Open command you are still essentially creating a new document as if you had selected a template through the File New From Stationery command You might want to do this if you created a new template and stored it in a location other than where the New Document dialog box looks for templates Final Draft 5 7 Documents You can import documents created in earlier versions of Final Draft fdr and fdt extensions Plain Text Documents You can import standard plain text files with no formatting They typically have a txt exten sion Rich Text Documents You can import Rich Text Format RTF files which are created by other word processing pro grams with formatting retained They typically have an rtf extension File Converter Files You can import File Converter files fef extension File converter is an intermediate format used to pass files between really old versions of Final Draft before Final Draft 5 and Final Draft AV and later versions of Final Draft If the selected file is not a Final Draft file a dialog box appears asking whether the file is to be converted to a script document or a text document e Click Script to have the file imported and converted as a script document or e Click Text to import the file as a text document The document appears in a new window nore Note Even w
210. n it will be lost See the Getting Started chapter for complete details FINAL DRAFT 201 Help Menu Customer Support The Customer Support command provides information about your copy of Final Draft and your computer About Final Draft Windows Select the About Final Draft command to view information about the current version of Final Draft your customer number and other information Mac OS X users should refer to Final Draft gt About Final Draft FINAL DRAFT 202 Help Menu Smartlype Smartlype FINAL DRAFT 204 SmartType To ease the frustration of having to repetitively type the same names and phrases Final Draft provides an automatic type ahead function called SmartType SmartType maintains lists of all the character names character extensions scene intros locations times and transitions in your script When the insertion point is positioned in a character scene heading 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 You can use the Scene Intro Location and Time SmartType lists to enter portions of scene headings For example INT PENTHOUSE APARTMENT NIGHT SCENE INTRO LOCATION TIME SCENE HEADING SEPARATORS You can change the characters used to separate sections o
211. n accelerator key to The current accelerator key if any appears in the Current Keys list A brief explanation appears in the Description area 5 Type the new accelerator key in the Press New Shortcut Key text field For example if you wand the accelerator for File gt Backup to be Ctrl O you would hold down the Ctrl key and type Q 6 Click Assign The new accelerator key appears in the Current Keys list To remove an accelerator key from a command 1 Select the Category of the command in the Categories drop down 2 Select the command in the Commands list 3 Click Remove The accelerator disappears from the Current Keys list Click Reset All to revert all the commands in Final Draft to their default accelerator keys Options Tab In the Options tab of the Customize dialog box you can set some general toolbar options Show Screen Tips on toolbars determines whether or not a Screen Tip displays when you hover the mouse over a toolbar button Show shortcut keys in Screen Tips determines whether or not the accelerator key for the command appears in the Screen Tip Check Large Icons to have the toolbar button icons display in a larger size Repositioning and Resizing Toolbars You can reposition a toolbar by dragging it anywhere on the toolbar area If you drag it off the toolbar area it undocks and becomes a free floating window Dragging the toolbar back to the toolbar area and releasing the mouse causes it to dock again You can resiz
212. n and drag the selected scene s FINAL DRAFT 260 Panels An indication appears showing you where the new scenes will be dropped if you release the mouse button 3 Release the mouse button The selection moves to the desired location The other scenes shuffle to reflect the new order You can also rearrange scenes with the standard Cut Copy Clear and Paste commands available in the edit menu The Clear command removes all the selected scenes The Cut command removes the selected scenes and puts them on the clipboard Windows or pasteboard Mac OS X The Copy command puts the selected scenes on the clipboard or pasteboard but does not remove them from the script The Paste command inserts the scenes on the clipboard pasteboard after the current scene which is the last scene you selected Keyboard Navigation You can use the keyboard to navigate among the scenes in the Scene panel or Index Card panel just as you can in the Script panel for words and characters Definition f you have selected multiple scenes then the current scene is the last scene that you added to the selection and the anchor scene is the first scene that you selected see When we refer to extending the selection we mean that you change the current scene to the scene indicated then select all the scenes in between the anchor scene and the current scene including both and un select all other scenes Arrow Keys The Left Arrow key se
213. n continue writing Note Making backups of your files should not be confused with the File gt Backup com mand 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 USB drives other hard disks network drives CD R Ws or other removable media The important point is to make sure backups get made fre quently 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 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 gt Backup function 1 Choose File gt Backup The standard Save dialog appears with the file s name plus today s date added FINAL DRAFT 73 Tutorials 2 Navigate to where the script s
214. n manually Thesaurus Hep Cut Copy Paste Clear Select All Ignore Learn Ignore All gonia goanna Genoa donna Gina Gana gena Genua genua Choose to have the spell checker ignore or learn the word You can use the thesaurus find related words To select a word and to find related words 1 Select the word generic for example On his screen is a his screenplay in the generic word processor He labors to add More s and Continueds after various dialogs It s still a mess FINAL DRAFT 290 Spelling amp Thesaurus 2 Choose Tools gt Thesaurus The Thesaurus dialog box appears Thesaurus Synonyms plain vanilla unbranded 2 ADJ amp cing 2 wide or universal range Synonyms across the board all embracing all inclusive all round broad based catholic comprehensive cosmic down the line encyclopedic general generalized global inclusive universal wide ranging worldwide Related broad encyclopaedic wide Antonyms specialized 3 ADJ relating to a given taxonomic level Swnanvms class familial ordinal nhvietic enecifie varietal Language Engish United States Y 3 Select an alternate It appears in the text field above the alternatives 4 Click Replace The Thesaurus dialog closes and the alternate replaces the selected word in the script If no alternate is acceptable Click Close To manually enter a word to find alternatives 1 Position the insertion poin
215. nSplit Panels 2 rte EE E ten ore to e D RH us 268 Swap Panels a oie lene SUME UE Meera PANS aloe REUS EP RUE 268 Additional Script Views and Panels Notes sssssssssseeee m 268 SGEIDINOLES 2i ea pta esa bins Beaupre a E aa te p a ae 269 Adding Inserting ScrptNotes iso o ei ER ING ONCE RA v 271 Managing ScriptNote Markers ssssssssse III MI 273 Scene Navigator A emi ad ate eee theres See E eS 275 Scene Navigator css cveseeriirh tilo Rer et rante cs 276 Scene Navigator Columns 0 eee 277 Scene Properties IHspector ss 1rses ete ee oko goo gta prp POE e Ea ER CR 280 Spelling et Thes aulis ds tiles 283 SpelleCh ecking t timen i ec t co rr Te kie e ER aden Ed d RR 284 Spelling Options eiiis yx m pt DD E E E ERR E E EPI ia E ag 286 User DICHONALY eR Inc ay Nodes rex ce ege ede e est Reka D dd 287 Spell Checking with Contextual Menus ssssssseeeee I 288 IBI 2 vic nate Nn 289 Additional Thesaurus Options lssssesseesesssee n 291 Foreign Language Spell Checkers and Thesauri 000 c cece eee eee eee eee 291 FINAL DRAFT xiii Table of Contents MacOS 122002 acosa ups obio Bana eee a o LO pm pnr strap a E DEA NT 293 WINDOWS 5 er rte A Ete Beedle a artes 294 Advanced Features t rcp oe LI uae tie A Sony 295 Mat OS X oi in dd cede eta CR PRO TE ose pe eee ee LIA TUO ate tus 298 Text DOCUMENTS 2d uc De eran eee aeta utate deo Du aed 301 Too
216. na wana 215 Character erase anne ender ee an ees eet NA 215 Paremthetical i ites inthe pat ule n eb eb Rte stus ere gle gee da Feb be ls 215 Dialogue csi ird T ERIS eae Sta tae UR ee EURO RESKRIRER RIS ER 215 TraNnSttiOn a ee ha tks ag it stag ai rads Hara 215 SHOU iot A A AO OE UE NL C ted 216 General ui A bak repr br ud ade a o A ad 216 Modifying Elements and Creating New Elements 0 00000 eee eee eee eee 216 Basic Tab s eee a 217 Font Lab coser noi rcp e eae es Pia tea pee eae DG aie peat be c ras 220 Paragraph Tab irte ia ti RA RRA ie eet 221 ElEMENES ANA SEFPE oos a A a eka a ee pate EE 221 Changing a Paragraph s Element ooccccccccccccoooo 222 Addirig Paragraplis ceerssrteestiree toana ER E Wed ode oid DR et t es 222 Header and FOOLER arestar Say See Sweet oe de pi XXe PETRI DUE REIS 225 Text in the Header and Footer 0 eee eee eee 227 Placeholder Fields IRE OP eR oe dob 227 label Field iera eui e Ebr e ERE TEE Rt rete To e acr dede ote ech 229 Collated Revisions Eield uero cry enn t or e ds 230 Page Numbers on the Title Page 0 cece eee eee eet teenies 231 Header and Footer Options 0 0 cece eee nn 231 RETOMAR as 233 Reformatting a Single Paragraph oooococcccoccrrr naaraan nean 234 Reformatting Many Paragraphs 0 eee 235 PAS mee c MEE 237 Script P riel oe LEE eee Re E eee es 240 Script Normal VIEW 2 52 25 pixeiebgksbkdmeddbedasfuss dan ERU Ux DOCU ET D RR 240 Scrip
217. narrative usually confined to one location at one particular time FINAL DRAFT 81 Tutorials Scene Breaks When 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 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 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 Popup windows that contain your ideas notes or messages about a script These notes can be placed anywhere in the script Sequence A group of connected scenes that moves a story forward A feature script usually has between 7 and 10 sequences Sitco
218. nary 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 Type the word you want to be in the User Dictionary Any changes are reflected in the list Note When you learn a word from the Spelling dialog box or the script context menu it is automatically added to the User Dictionary NOTE To change an existing entry in the list 1 Select the item to change The word appears in the text field above the list FINAL DRAFT 288 Spelling amp Thesaurus 2 Click in the text field 3 Edit the word Any changes are reflected 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 When finished Click the Close box Spell Checking with Contextual Menus You can access spell checker functionality from the script context menu For example here is some sample text with the misspelled word gonna CARA I m not reading your dumb stupid stupid head book anymore I m gonna play with my Cool American Teenaqer dolls FINAL DRAFT 289 Spelling amp Thesaurus To access the spell checker commands in the context menu 1 Right click on a misspelled word and the context menu appears 2 Select any of the alternative words Or Or 2 Make the correctio
219. nes INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY page 1 4 occurrences EXT BROWNSTONE APARTMENT DAY page 6 4 occurrences INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM NIGHT page 7 2 occurrences INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY page 9 1 occurrence FINAL DRAFT 160 Tools Menu Here is an example of a Statistics report that includes scene statistics THE SWANS OF BROOKLYN SCRIPT STATISTICS REPORT GENERAL STATISTICS Number of words 2144 Number of paragraphs 304 ELEMENT STATISTICS Element Number Percentaqe General 0 0 Scene Heading 18 55 Action 50 47 Character 107 55 Parenthetical 13 15 Dialogue 109 38 Transition 1 0 Shot 6 0 SCENE STATISTICS EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY Page 1 15 words 0 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY Page 1 175 words 8 Characters ALLIE CARA MOMMY Other scenes at same location INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY on Page 6 NIGHT on Page 6 on Page 7 DA on Page 9 Names Database The Names Database command shows the Names Database dialog box which is an interface to Final Draft s Names database The Names database offers over 90 000 names and is useful in helping you choose alternative names and finding unique or interesting names as well as determining their correct spelling FINAL DRAFT 161 Tools Menu To find a character name 1 Choose Tool
220. nfirm tagging each element Element Searching Do not search other scenes Always search other scenes Autosave Autosave On scene change O Evey 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 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 FINAL DRAFT 341 Tagger The file created includes the following information for each scene e Interior Exterior information e Set Description e Day Night information e The scene number e The Page Count in eighths of a page e The first sentence of action in the scene MacToolkit file only This serves as a synopsis of the scene e A list containing each character who has a speaking line To save a Final Draft sc
221. ngs as they are 3 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 62 Tutorials Following standard screenplay format scene numbers are assigned to the scene headings only 1 EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY 1 It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms 2 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 2 he ter ALLIE 4 sit on the sofa d her sister Ca Allie from a book about Zairies of the world NOTE You can number any type of element such as shots or characters Setting Up Mores and Continueds To add mores and continueds 1 Choose Document Mores and Contimueds The Mores and Continueds dialog box appears Mores and Continueds Dialogue breaks Bottom of page MORE Top of next page CONT D Automatic Character Continueds Scene breaks C Bottom of page CONTINUED C Top of next page CONTINUED CI CONTINUED tt Font Courier Final Draft 12 2 In the Scene Breaks section check Bottom of Page Top of Next Page and Continued 3 Click OK FINAL DRAFT 63 Tutorials Updating the Page Header To display the draft information in the header 1 Select Document gt Header and Footer to open the Header and Footer dialog box Header and Footer MM Header HE E sae 4 uae 2 Inthe dialog put your cursor in and add the draft details Typically Production Draft mm dd yyyy or Production Draft White mm dd yyyy wee NOTE Unless you want the date to dynamical
222. nt 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 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 FINAL DRAFT 152 Tools Menu A Text Document window containing the report appears The standard Text Document menu commands are available so the report may be modified as desired See the Text Documents sec tion Scene Report Use the Scene Report command to generate a Scene report for your script The 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 box appears Scene Report Sort report by Mp Rr Font Courier Final Draft 2 Choose how you want to sort the information 3 Choose the font to use and click OK THE SWANS OF BROOKLYN SCRIPT SCENE REPORT SCENE HEADING PAGE LENGTH EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY 1 1 8 INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY 1 1 1 8 CARA ALLIE 4 MOMMY 1 ANT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY 2 5 8 MOMMY 3 DADDY 2 EAT PROSPECT PARK DAY 2 2 8 EXT PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE DAY 2 3 2 8 DADDY 8 CARA
223. ntentionally contains a few formatting errors Let s check the script make sure The Swans of Brooklyn script is open To check for common formatting mistakes 1 Choose Tools gt Format Assistant The Format Assistant appears and searches for errors It initially finds that there is an extra space at the beginning of an action element Format Assistant Rule violation Elements should not start with spaces Correction Delete the starting spaces Rules An element should not start with a blank space An element should not be empty character should have dialogue character should not have two consecutive dialogues A character should precede a dialogue FINAL DRAFT 42 Tutorials The paragraphs of the script that has the error is selected He pn 2 Click Fix The error is corrected Since there are no additional errors the Format Assistant dialog now indicates Rule violation No more errors found 3 Click Close Note By default the Format Assistant automatically scans your script whenever you print You can disable this feature from the File Print dialog or from the Tools Format Assistant Options dialog See Format Assistant on page 162 for complete details FINAL DRAFT 43 Tutorials Printing the Script To print the script 1 Select File gt Print Depending on the printer you are using the appropriate print dialog is displayed There
224. o 2 Click Delete there is no confirmation When finished Click OK Mac OS X To view or modify macro settings Choose Document Macros and the macros dialog appears INT Macro Text INT Macro Element Scene Heading Fed Transition To None Fd Cancel C ok gt The list displays the key combinations and the macro names Macro Name The edit field contains the name of the macro which is displayed in the status area at the bot tom of the script window when you press the appropriate keys FINAL DRAFT 299 Macros Macro Text The Macro Text edit field contains the actual text that is inserted into the script when the macro is invoked Additional behaviors for each Macro may be set via the Preferred element and Transition To popup lists Macro Element The Macro Element popup menu determines what type of paragraph the insertion point should be in when you type the macro text 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 pr
225. o 252 description 20 000s 120 246 printing Liers eh pene TUO 249 251 Script display mode 00 122 Summary display mode 122 switching display modes 253 index cards printing ON ess ro wert atch cette bees Tea 251 inserting bookmarks 0 00 cee eee ee eee 143 carriage return ee eee 345 fields in header and footer 228 label on a page 229 labels 5 sss A 145 page breaks osmena o ae a Chie oes 193 paragraphs 222 344 SCENES ed sede eer pr ed APR UA S 146 262 ScriptNotes 0 0 eee eee eee ee 271 insertion point 14 15 242 installing Final Draft 000 2 interactive television export for 104 Intro column in Scene Navigator 271 invisibles Showing and hiding 119 K keyboard navigation Scene panels scc Rb 260 261 Script panel 0 eee eee 242 244 keyboard shortcuts See also accelerator keys cycling through elements 345 Enter key transitions for elements 17 344 for creating elements 00 23 for reformatting 0000 346 L label changing text of aunan anaana 230 for header and footer 229 going t0 cc catan ces nO UIS S 230 inserting on a page 000 ee 229 labels Creating take edd ote d 145 in header and footer 228 ISORA Scot
226. o make a number of copies of the user documentation not to exceed the number of activations you have purchased and have the right to use BACKUP Once installed onto a computer you may make one copy of the Program from the files from that computer solely for backup purposes You must not delete the copyright notices on the backup copy TRANSFER If you purchased the Single User Version of the Program you may transfer this Agreement your license to use the Program to another party if the other party agrees to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and you complete and submit the Final Draft Inc Transfer of Ownership form available online at http www finaldraft com support transfer of ownership php at the time of the transfer of ownership If you transfer your license you must at the same time transfer the Program itself that is all original materials and destroy all copies of the Program and documentation that remain in your possession If you have purchased upgrades at discounted upgrade pricing of the Program you must transfer those later versions as well Likewise if the Program was purchased as an upgrade you must also transfer the earlier version s of the Program from which you upgraded Multi User Version licenses are not transferable except in connection with a change of control including the sale of substantially all assets of the organization that purchased the Multi User Version license The transferee must agree in wri
227. oduction management programs Shortcuts lists all the keystroke shortcuts and combinations available FINAL DRAFT 76 Tutorials Glossary A and B Pages Scenes Refers to any additional pages added to a 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 A 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 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 Activate FD Allows Final Draft to be used on a specific computer without restrictions 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 Backup Copy To guard against total loss of important information a duplicate copy of a computer file usu ally saved in a separate location and placed in a safe separate place Making two backup cop ies of important data should be a regular part of any computer use Breakdown Breakdown Script Detailed analysis of a screenplay which is used
228. og appears 2 Choose Avid XML Export form the Save as type drop down Windows or the Format popup Mac OS X 3 Navigate to where the files are to be saved 4 Click Save ScriptNotes Export You can annotate your script with content for interactive television programming Interactive elements annotated with ScriptNotes can be exported for use with GoldPocket Interactive s ITV Interactive Television technologies which enables television producers and networks to rap idly 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 FINAL DRAFT 105 File Menu T TextBlock Note You do not need to use the special ITV template You can use any ScriptNotes 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 gt ScriptNotes and the ScriptNote dialog appears 2 Choose the appropriate Marker in the Activ
229. ogue format To place two speeches side by side 1 Type in both speeches one after the other For example MOMMY No you were writing now you re taking the girls to the park DADDY Now I m taking the girls to the park right 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 MOMMY DADDY No you were writing now Now I m taking the girls to you re taking the girls to the park right the park wore NoTE You cannot edit dual dialogue text directly To edit dual dialogue text or to revert to normal single column format 1 Select all the dual dialogue text or 1 Double click the dual dialogue 2 Choose Format gt Dual Dialogue The text reverts to the original format After editing the text of either or both of the speeches FINAL DRAFT 195 Format Menu 1 Place the insertion point in the first character 2 Choose Format gt Dual Dialogue to place the dialogues side by side FINAL DRAFT 196 Format Menu Window Menu FINAL DRAFT 198 Window Menu Window Menu The Window menu contains commands for displaying the currently open documents The bot tom of the Window menu contains a list of all currently open documents To make a document the front most active Select the document title from Window menu The document window is brought to the front and a
230. oint is already at the start of a para graph then it moves to the start of the previous paragraph The Ctrl Down Arrow key combi nation Windows or Command Down Arrow key combination Mac OS X if the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference is checked moves the insertion point to the end of the current paragraph If the insertion point is already at the end of a paragraph then it moves to the end of the next paragraph On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked Command Up Arrow moves the insertion point to the start of the document and Command Down Arrow moves the insertion point to the end of the document The Shift Up and Shift Down key combinations extend the selection up or down by one line The Shift Ctrl Up Arrow key combination Windows or the Shift Command Up Arrow key combination Mac OS X if the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference is checked extends the selection to the start of the paragraph the insertion point is in If the insertion point is at the start of a paragraph then the selection extends to the start of the previous paragraph The Shift Ctrl Down Arrow key combination Windows or the Shift Command Down Arrow key combination Mac OS X if the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference is checked extends the selection to the end of the paragraph the insertion point is in If the insertion point is at the end of a paragraph then the selection extends to the end of the next pa
231. ok INT APARTMENT OFFICE DAY p 2 DADDY late 30s is playing Solitaire on his computer MOMMY late 30s pops her head in He immediately mommy and daddy daddy writes EXT PROSPECT PARK DAY p 2 Daddy Cara and Allie turn a corner and walk to the park entrance Cara pirouettes and leaps her version of walking to the park more meanness EXT PROSPECT PARK THE LAKE DAY p 2 Daddy s laying on picnic blanket and pecking away at a laptop On his screen is a his screenplay in the cara gets a time out move her away from the blanket The View Hide Scene Title menu item now changes to View Show Scene Title and the Scene panel now has a Show Scene Title command instead of a Hide Scene Title command FINAL DRAFT 255 Panels To hide the scene summary Choose View gt Hide Summary from the main menu 0r Right click on the Scene panel and choose Hide Summary from the context menu SCENE PANEL SCENE TITLE AND SUMMARY HIDDEN a EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY p 1 It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms A INT APARTMENT LIVING ROOM DAY p 6 Cara Allie and Daddy enter Cara heads straight for the bookshelf finds the fairy book and flips through it The View gt Hide Scene Summary menu item now changes to View gt Show Scene Summary and the Scene panel now has a Show Scene Summary command instead of a Hide Scene Summary command FINAL DRAFT 256 Panels
232. on 2222 pr pk REG RI asa eae bedded dio peas 6 Manual Deactivation er sca Bad Ed ECRIRE eile 7 Contact Customer Support 0 0 cece e 8 Support Options einer bens en tn EE RE ERE oat ect ge e e ee e a aar RR Roe tes 8 Frequently Asked Questions lslssseesseeeseseseee He 9 Tutorials ii M 11 o 4 Sie kaneis Jie CERE tan eh Sab a Fad i PAGS eels Eee Cae ERE E 12 Starting Final Draft ocio eae See Tes eR RE ban CLIE ape VO tetas 13 WindOWS usse ere A Take EE te ee eb DDR OR e eka 13 Macintosh neueren dee ee la oe ye pe e dex De UY RE bas RUNE haa 13 Using the Tab and Enter Keys ie cece eee II 17 TD ssi a oh 9G 25S bark IA Dad Ea ee ae RB NUR CEREREM 17 Enter RETO Reyes oc aucate siena vrac tein E T a rs bina wh caches De eas 17 Typing a Sample Script neigi e a ne 20 Using Element Shortcuts ueneno be bed ia eee teed ee vi d d te 23 Easing Repetitive Typing With SmartType Lists and Macros sssssssslseeesss 24 Zoom Magnitication 224 25 ioo ec dette ob e boe ebd et rae owes reas 28 SmartType Character List n 30 Names Database sehe hee Ee lp toi tra LL GE ee RU DR Roe p e Date 33 Spell Checking cerrada rra 34 Hi A RA A daa 36 Getting Help Tona ai ini ao ed ia 38 Ask the Expert use ceret Dach eee ee AAEE 39 Using the Format Assistant 0oooooccccoooooo eee In 41 Printing the Script 52 hee baw apis dae Ae R
233. on 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 Preparing a Script For Production Final Draft s production features are meant to offer you the necessary tools as you transition into shooting your project FINAL DRAFT 61 Tutorials Before your script goes into the shooting phase there are several items that need to be added to the script in order for the production team to keep track of necessary information on set You will need to do the following before you send a Production Draft out 1 Number your scenes 2 Turn on scene numbering mores and continueds 3 Add the appropriate information to your script s page header NOTE Turning on scene numbering mores and continueds will likely change your script s page count but is necessary for your on set staff to have in order to keep track of what scene they are in Numbering Scenes To number scenes 1 Choose Production gt Scene Numbers The Scene Numbers dialog box appears Scene Numbers AAA Numbers Options C Add numbers C Remove numbers 2 Check Add Numbers Windows or Number Renumber Mac OSX Leave the other setti
234. ontain ideas suggestions notes or script fragments ScriptNotes do not take up space in the script ScriptNotes Marker name Marker appearance Symbol Information coo MN Suggestion Active marker 1 Important v The ScriptNote Marker chosen in the Active Marker drop down is used when you insert an new ScriptNote For more information see the ScriptNotes chapter Insert Commands Insert Bookmark the Insert Bookmark command inserts a new bookmark 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 FINAL DRAFT 144 Document Menu 2 Choose Document gt Insert Bookmark and the New Bookmark dialog box appears Insert Bookmark Bookmark name HINT APARTMENT OFFICE The first few words up to 32 characters or any selected text of the paragraph up to 32 char acters the insertion point is in become the default name of the bookmark Leave it as is or edit the text to name it 3 Click OK to insert the new bookmark Insert ScriptNote The Insert New ScriptNote command creates a new ScriptNote which is a popup note window that can contain ideas suggestions notes or script fragments without taking up space in the script To insert a new ScriptNote 1 Position the insertion point where you want the ScriptNote marker to be placed 2 Choose Document gt Insert ScriptNote A ScriptNote
235. or example MARKER MOVED EFFIIFENEFFIYETET IIYKENEXEIIEXXNEEIIEXXEEEXZEE Y EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY It s spring and the trees are full of INDENT CHANGED blossoms 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 Uy eeesereeg eere EXP JWNSTONE DAY FIRST LINE INDENTED It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms To revert a single paragraph or all paragraphs in a selection to their original margins Manually adjust the indent markers Invisibles The Invisibles command shows or hides hidden characters such as carriage returns spaces and tabs to be displayed or hidden Normally these characters are not visible on screen since they FINAL DRAFT 120 View Menu affect the formatting of the text e g carriage returns which cause the text to move down to the next line To show invisible characters Choose View gt Invisibles For example here is how the text looks with invisible characters shown INDICATES A SPACE _____ CARA Caer is a beautiful fairy who disguises herself as a swan You will know a swan is Caer if it has gold j
236. or script formatting errors CPoFv Preview Supplies Alow Cancel Sprint Odd Pages Only If you select this option only the odd numbered pages print Even Pages Only If you select this option only the even numbered pages print Entire Script If you select this option entire script prints FINAL DRAFT 100 File Menu Revision If you select this option only pages that have revisions of the selected revision print All Revised Pages If you select this option only pages that are revised since the last full draft print Unrevised Pages If you select this option only pages that have no revisions on them print Backwards Windows Back to Front Mac OS X If you select this option the script prints in reverse order Print Title Page If you select this option the title page prints in addition to any specified pages of the script Print Revisions In Color If you select this option any revised text prints in the color of that revision requires a color printer Print Text In Color If you select this option any colored text prints in color requires a color printer Print Which Windows or Page Range Mac OS X If you enter a range in this field that range is used and the All or From and To 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 S
237. or the new element for the paragraph or 3 Press the appropriate key shown in brackets for the new element for the paragraph The paragraph is reformatted Mommy walks towards the subway entrance the girls follow her dancing and leaping Allie pirouettes and is about to fall but Cara catches her before she hits the ground Cara kisses Allie s cheek and takes her hand as they start down the stairs CORRECTLY p E FORMATTED FADE OUT y TIP Ifa large block of text needs to be broken up as well as reformatted break it into e many paragraphs first Reformat cannot be used to break up a large block of text Reformatting Many Paragraphs To change the element type of many paragraphs 1 Choose Tools gt Reformat The Reformat dialog appears The paragraph containing the insertion point is selected see above 2 Click the appropriate button for the new element for the paragraph or 2 Press the appropriate key shown in brackets for the new element for the paragraph The paragraph is reformatted and the next paragraph in the script is selected FINAL DRAFT 236 Reformat 3 Continue reformatting each paragraph as needed Click Next to skip a paragraph without any reformatting Click Previous to select the previous paragraph Click Delete to delete the current paragraph A WARNING There is no confirmation dialog and the deletion cannot be undone NE 4 When done click Close Note Yo
238. orate 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 Note 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 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 Note Though CollaboWriter will work on any Internet connection for best results a broadband high speed connection is recommended Note CollaboWriter may have difficulty connecting if the host s computer connects to the internet via a hardware broadband router and or a software firewall is enabled The ro
239. ortcuts see keyboard shortcuts Shotelement ccoo ie tree a eed 216 Show Contextual Menus After Long Click preference cios onec ose vir ds 87 showing hiding Scene Navigator eee eee 276 Scene Navigator columns 278 Scene Properties Inspector 279 280 A AA 304 306 slug line see scene heading smart quotes enabling 134 SmartType abOUE s o s a uat A s 204 Character list 30 entering items in the script 204 Location liSt oo o 68 204 managing lists 139 O ard edis C cd 210 Scene Intro list 0 eee ee eee 204 SmiartIvpe lstS i attese se tase aes 207 Time list omo cria dba Ren 204 t torlala zr m dea daa et gere eee ede 20 sorting Scene Navigator 2 279 space before paragraph format style 193 spacing paragraph format style 193 speech control 200 o 58 148 See also text to speech Speed View display mode of Script panel 117 241 spell checkers foreign languages 291 spell checking contextual menu 00 0c eee 288 ignoring a misspelled word 285 ignoring all instances of a misspelled word 285 learning a word 285 OPTIONS esee erret bade ees 286 replacing a misspelled word 285 Startitig eser ara bed P er 284 t torlal ect epe cete ua Fecit etes 34 FINAL DRAFT splitting panels
240. os they can be modified if you wish Macros are invoked by holding down the Ctrl Alt key or the Ctrl Alt Shift keys plus a number Windows or the Option key or Option Shift keys plus a number Mac OS X To view all the current macros Hold down the Ctrl and the Alt keys Windows or the Option key Mac OS X 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 I E 4 DAY 5 NIGHT 6 SUNRISE 7 MAGIC 8 CONT 3 INTER 0 Release all keys Hold down the Ctrl Alt Shift keys Windows or the Option Shift keys Mac OS X 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 6 BACKTO 7 MATCHCUT 8 JUMPCUT 3 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 1 Press the Ctrl Alt keys Windows or the Option key Mac OS X and then type 2 The macro text EXT inserts automatically into the script 2 Type D The following appears EXT DARK OFFICE SmartType DARK OFFICE Q_ gt _ gt __ OOCAL AD ODCLOLLL LILALI The phrase EXT has been automatically entered SmartType has recalled the location DARK OFFICE which we entered previously in gray and the SmartType window appears containing the Location list There is only one
241. ot CARA imitating h No I m not INT APARTME p 7 r E MOMMY Girls Cara st your sister I anymore CARA I m not reading stupid head book pn RESIZE 100 y 1 of 13 No Scene Scene Heading 10 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot B 4 Box FINAL DRAFT 268 Panels The contents of the left panel have changed to the chosen view 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 NOTE When a script is saved the current panels configuration will be saved as well whether it is a single panel or multiple 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 gt 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 Scrip
242. ot Shortcut key Cti v Enter key General When you add a new paragraph to the script it takes its characteristics from the specifications in the Elements dialog If you make changes to one or more elements characteristics all para graphs of that type e g all action paragraphs update to reflect the 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 chapter Element Submenu Mac OS X Use the Element submenu to reformat an individual paragraph to a different element The Ele ment submenu contains all the elements currently defined for the script Choose Format Ele ment element type and the paragraph the insertion point is in is reformatted accordingly FINAL DRAFT 191 Format Menu Font Commands You can use these commands to change the font size style color and highlight color of the text NOTE Though Windows and Mac OS X programs present these options differently their functions are the same Windows contains all these items in a single dialog Mac OS X offers them as submenus To change font attributes Choose Format Font Windows or Choose Format font attribute Submenu Mac OS X Font Windows This command opens the Font dialog box Font Style Size Submenus Mac OS X All standard options for the font type point size and font styles are available from these s
243. ot start with spaces Correction Delete the starting spaces Rules n element should not start with a blank space An element should not be empty character should have dialogue character should not have two consecutive dialogues character should precede a dialogue In this case the Format Assistant found an element with a space at the beginning Text in the Violation area informs you of which formatting rule was broken Text in the Correction area informs you of how the error will be corrected To correct an error Click Fix The error is corrected The search for additional errors continues To disregard an error and continue checking for more errors Click Ignore FINAL DRAFT 164 Tools Menu 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 check box next to the desired Rule wore Note The Rules are changed and retained for the current script only When there are no additional errors the Format Assistant dialog indicates Rule violation No more errors found When finished Click Close Format Assistant Options You can change to Format Assistant option by clicking Options in the Format Assistant window These options determine whether and how to use the Format Assistant before printing From the Tools Format Assistant dialog click Options and the Format Assistant O
244. page is incorrectly numbered To create a new locked page 1 Place the insertion point exactly where the new locked page is to begin 2 Choose Production gt Locking Tools gt Lock New Page A confirmation dialog appears FINAL DRAFT 187 Production Menu 3 Click Yes The page becomes locked Unlock Page The Unlock Page command unlocks a single page You would normally only use this command if a page is incorrectly numbered or is improperly numbered as an A page To unlock 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 becomes unlocked FINAL DRAFT 188 Production Menu Format Menu 9 Format Menu FINAL DRAFT 190 Format Menu Elements Commands Elements The Elements command shows the Elements dialog box which contains controls and options for defining script elements Elements are Final Draft s version of what many word processing programs call style sheets They contain the font size style indents and other characteristics for all the different types of paragraphs specific to a screenplay scene headings action dia logue etc Choose Format gt Elements and the Elements dialog appears Element name S Basic Font Paragraph Behavior Scene Heading C Start new page Action Character Paginate as Parenthetical Dialogue Shortcuts Transition Sh
245. plore three aspects of a production script A 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 can cause a problem because the rest of the script would have to be reprinted to accommodate the new pagination Final Draft can lock the pages of the script which prevents the beginning of every page from changing If an added paragraph causes a page to overflow a new page is created to contain the overflow text without affecting the pages that follow This page is 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 fol lowed 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 producti
246. previous ver sions so that every page begins with its original text as long as the pages remain locked To lock script pages 1 Choose Production Lock Pages 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 you choose Final Draft goes through the script and marks down where each page begins When you add new text so that text is pushed to another page the new text pushes to an A page instead of changing the pages break positions off all subse quent pages Also when you delete or omit text from a locked page the text from the next page does not flow back onto the current page 3 The menu command changes to Lock A Pages and other locking and unlocking commands are enabled see below Lock A Pages You can lock pages for each revision separately For example pages have been locked so there is now a 21A 21B etc If you choose the Lock A Pages command Final Draft locks all existing A and B pages which then act just like any other locked page retaining their starting position etc When you add new text to a locked A page that causes an overflow to a new page it becomes an 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 reflects the page range that you deleted such as 7BB 9A FINAL DRAFT 184 Produc
247. ption a gray background prints behind the cards Printing Adjustments Click Printing Adjustments to open the Printing Adjustments dialog box which 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 a Horizontal Vertical 0 00 To print on index cards 1 5 Select the Index Card layout option Select 3x5 or 4x6 from the Card Size drop down Click OK and the standard Print dialog box appears Make sure you place the index cards in the manual feed tray of your printer See your printer s documentation for instructions on using the manual feed tray to print small paper sizes Click OK Print in the Print dialog box Some printers are unable to print on paper as small as 3x5 or even 4x6 index cards FINAL DRAFT 252 Panels 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 INDEX CARDS 2 ACROSS INDEX CARDS 4 ACROSS Note Keep in mind that the more cards that are displayed the smaller t
248. ptions dia log box appears Format Assistant Options v Scan for formatting errors before printing Always ask me before printing Ce Con Scan for formatting errors before printing Check this option to have Format Assistant to check scripts before they are printed 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 FINAL DRAFT 165 Tools Menu Printing and Format Assistant By default Final Draft asks 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 X and the following appears Format Assistant Format Assistant can scan your script for any formatting errors so you can correct them before printing What do you want to do O Do not ask me this again but always scan before printing Ll Turn Format Assistant off To run the Format Assistant Click Scan Now and the Format Assistant begins scanning Note Any Rules you have previously changed for the current script are in effect If the Format Assistant doesn t find any errors the script prints If the Format Assistant does find errors the Format Assistant window appears asking if you wish to correct them wore NOTE n order to print the corrected script you have to choose File gt Print again To print without running the Format Assistant Click Print Now To run the Format
249. r 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 include e Menus explains all of Final Draft s menu commands e Elements describes how to modify the standard script elements and their indents and how to create new ones e SmartType Lists further details about this feature and how to use it effectively e Header and Footer explains how to change the text in the header footer e Reformatting shows you how to change the elements that may have been entered incorrectly FINAL DRAFT 75 Tutorials ScriptNotes describes how to create and use handy notes without taking up space in the script Panels details how to interactively rearrange scenes and views as well as annotate Index 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 Internet Tagger describes how to take the data in the script mark it and transfer it to pr
250. r is the one inserted when you choose Document gt Insert ScriptNote To have a marker item used when a new ScriptNote is added Choose the marker item from the Active Marker popup To change a marker s name 1 Select the item The marker s name appears in the text field above the list 2 Edita name The name in the list changes accordingly To change a marker s symbol 1 Select the item 2 Click in the Marker Appearance Symbol field 3 Replace the current character with any character you want You can only enter one character To change the Marker color 1 Select the item FINAL DRAFT 274 ScriptNotes 2 Click the Marker Appearance Color swatch On Windows the standard Windows color palette appears Choose a color or click Other to open the standard color picker On Mac OS X the standard color picker appears 3 Choose a color and click OK The new color displays as the color swatch for that marker To create a new marker 1 Click New 2 Edit the marker s name symbol and color as described above When all changes have been made Click OK Scene Navigator Scene Navigator FINAL DRAFT 276 Scene Navigator Scene Navigator The Scene Navigator is a floating palette which means that when it is visible it floats on top of the document windows even when it is not active 000 l Navigator pa Order Title Intro Location Time Color Page Scene Length 1 EXT PARK SLOPE BR
251. r right marker and drag it to the left or right until positioned appropriately Although the paragraph in question is still considered an action paragraph it now has margin settings that override the action element s margin settings As with most operations in Final Draft you can undo changing a paragraph s margin settings 3 Choose Edit gt Undo Paragraph Indent You can change the margin settings for all paragraphs of a given element type by using the Elements dialog To change the margins of a particular element throughout the script 1 Choose Format gt Elements The Elements dialog appears It contains the controls for all aspects of each element type It contains a list of the current elements as well as all the general font and paragraph format information for each element 2 Click to select the dialogue element in the elements list FINAL DRAFT 54 Tutorials 3 Select the Paragraph tab Elements Element name Basic Font Paragraph Genera j l Alignment MEN y Scene Heading e Action Spacing Character Parenthetical Dialogue Transition Shot 4 Select Dialogue in the Elements list 5 Change the Left indent to 2 00 by clicking the down arrow four times 6 Click OK All the dialogue margins have been changed If you wish choose the Elements dialog again and set the dialogue Left Indent back to 2 50 FINAL DRAFT 55 Tutorials Text Document Though primarily de
252. racter Boy 2 M Parenthetical Gid 1 Dialogue Gir 2 Eo gu Old Man v Transition Old Woman Shot Preview 2 Click the actor whose voice will be used for narrator 3 Check the elements that will be read by the narrator By default the narrator is set to read all elements except character and dialogue Now you are ready to have the text to speech system read the script To have the script read from the beginning 1 Scroll to the beginning of the script and click the insertion point 2 Choose Tools gt Speech Control to show the Speech Control toolbar WINDOWS Mac OS X Status Stopped FINAL DRAFT 59 Tutorials 3 Click Play to have the script read FINAL DRAFT 60 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 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 xz Tip 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 ex
253. ragraph On Windows the Alt Up Arrow and Alt Down Arrow key combinations scroll the screen up or down without moving the insertion point Home and End keys The Home key Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked moves the insertion point to the start of the current line On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked the Home key scrolls the panel to the start of the docu ment FINAL DRAFT 244 Panels The End key Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked moves the insertion point to the end of the current line On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked the End key scrolls the panel to the end of the docu ment The Shift Home key combination Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked extends the selection to the start of the current line On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked the Shift Home key combination scrolls the panel to the start of the document and extends the selection to the start of the doc ument The Shift End key combination Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked moves the insertion point to the end of the current line On Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference unchecked the Shift End key combination scrolls the panel to the end of the document and extends the selection
254. re Reto ec EDS e ce Ag e ge gan 91 BD MEE TC CET 92 Open Recent Submenu Mac OS X i ook te ty raisins at Eu 95 CLOSE BA ostra E ud e oro ra V ns DM CM Ae E ARCA a ee Rk RA DAL T BU E Cb cA 95 ED A Sina Ble ETT 95 SEN ICM EL 95 EXPOTE eats aide Gig Gio ied ok weasel Wada a ae eae DEEP 96 Backup cepe beer peer tese eos ate ea baat T Te Np ad etc P erede 97 Mad MM MR C 97 Page Setup MacOS X curra od aie eed s duo A2 eA ac catio Vx VR te Mu Gta 98 PETIEIPTEVIGWAE S aet A Ra lu pet ie ae ete d ate oer flea Tra EA T Ed 98 udin pec p M I 99 EMMA 3 36 3 08 a EA e e rer a reb ede d o 102 Register Script uz et br ER Rer ERE ERE T e D n re Tor cR Re a AR D Lg Rd 102 Recent Files Windows 0000 cece cee RR tlIlll 103 Exit Windows Quit Mac OS X 0 0 0 ccc RR RRRRRRRRRRRIRR III 103 About Final Draft Templates o o oooooocococcocc e Ea E a TEETE EE 103 Avid XML Export coke A eee T eel A eee 103 ScriptNotesiEXport n e rra Eel eed ne a ld pupa nba pk GE RE RR pap d 104 FINAL DRAFT vii Table of Contents Edit Mehl 222i icm amma ahd deine tegi noo a was Pin a coo SE ME Pel eee 107 Edit Commands a eek serata erar ah aed AN 108 UNO met ctae aeter nra el ets cir Pes A E e rua A DER La Ld E 108 ROO ua eed e ert e eee da de ec ode dee ave d qe ta Bac A 108 CUD MM 108 COPY i ehpeSR LP URP CU EU E
255. re 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 CHARACTER 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 17 Tutorials Using the Tab and Enter Keys You can automatically change element type of paragraphs by using the Tab and Enter keys Windows or Tab and Return Enter keys Mac OS X This feature allows you to type without worrying about proper formatting Each element is in proper script format including font styles margins and spacing wore Note n the following the Enter key Windows key Return key Mac OS X are repre sented by Enter Return Tab Key When a paragraph is empty typing the Tab key changes the element type of the paragraph to the next element in the Tab transition cycle The cycle goes from scene heading to action to character to transition and back to scene heading again Another cycle goes from dialogue to parenthetical and back If a paragraph is not empty and the insertion point is at the end of the text typing Tab is the same as pr
256. ri an derer eia 95 103 printing eren oa Sanne adi 43 reverting changes to 0000 97 SAVING at vee ie A eene URL LTEM 95 drag and drop 0 e eee eee ee eee 109 dual dialogue creating os irem hood ER ok rbd 194 editing o E eee edit ie 194 reverting 1 ngewe hed eL prm Ren 194 E COILING ze RESP eeu handles 64 See also changing modifying color in Scene properties Inspector 281 dual dialogue eee eee eee 194 element properties 00005 216 label text ssi sn A 230 FEVISIONS iro extentte n ISTE mei 64 scene numbers ooo 176 title in Scene properties Inspector 281 Element report Tagger 339 elements ACTION E E EE 215 character A et een 16 215 creating with macros 00005 25 cycling through 0 eee 345 dialoque eet m 16 215 editing properties 0 2 o 216 Enter key transitions 17 344 IA A en oc ate sets 216 ifia SCEIDE us corsarios pend deja 221 keyboard shortcuts 0 0005 23 modifying list Of 0 2 ee eee 216 parenthetical 0 000 16 215 reformatting paragraphs as 190 234 scene heading 2 cece e eee eee 214 selecting in Elements window 18 shortcut keys eesse e eera unetan 345 SNOT ete kis EARE AE EEE EERE 216 Tab key transitiOnS oooo o ooo oo 345 tagging Tagger
257. ript so a scheduling program can use it 1 Choose File gt Save As The standard Save dialog appears 2 Navigate to where the file is to be saved 3 From the Save As list choose either Movie Magic or Mac OS X MacToolkit file for Production Manager 4 Click Save The file will be saved in the format specified ready for use FINAL DRAFT 342 Tagger Shortcuts amp Menus Shortcuts amp Menus FINAL DRAFT 344 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 When the insertion point is at the end of a paragraph typing the Enter key Windows or the Return key Mac OS X causes a new paragraph to be created with an element type that depends on the previous paragraph The default transitions are e From scene heading to action e From action to action e From character to dialogue e From parenthetical to dialogue e From transition to scene heading e From dialogue to action e From general to general e From shot to action To modify these transitions 1 Choose Format gt Elements and the Elements dialog is displayed 2 Select the desired element in the list 3 Set the shortcut via the Enter key Return key popup list set NOTE The reason Enter Return doesn t change elements after typing action is because
258. rocess Note For ordering and pricing information for additional languages check Final Draft Inc s website www finaldraft com or call 1 800 231 4055 or 1 818 995 8995 5 Continue following the on screen instructions A message appears stating that installation was successful Macintosh 1 Place the Final Draft Install Disc in the CD ROM drive 2 Double click the Final Draft Installer nore Note You will be asked for the Administrator password to install Final Draft version 8 If you are not an Administrator contact the individual in your organization responsible for maintaining your network or computers 3 The Installer Welcome window appears Read and follow the on screen instructions 4 You will be asked to chose a spell checker and thesaurus in addition to English during the installation process Note For ordering and pricing information for additional languages check Final Draft Inc s website www finaldraft com or call 1 800 231 4055 or 1 818 995 8995 5 Continue following the on screen instructions A message appears stating that installation was successful FINAL DRAFT 4 Getting Started Launching Activating Registering Final Draft version 8 for the First Time Windows 1 Click the Start button Choose Vista Programs from the Start menu or Windows XP All Programs 2 Choose the Final Draft version 8 icon from the Programs submenu 3 The Welcome screen appears Enter your cus
259. roperties Inspector see Scene Properties Inspector on page 280 CollaboWriter CollaboWriter allows you to collaborate and discuss a script with other Final Draft users any where in the world via the Internet vere Note Though you can use a dial up connection DSL or better is strongly recommended for best results FINAL DRAFT 167 Tools Menu NETWORK NOTE f your computer is behind a firewall CollaboWriter may not function properly See the CollaboWriter section for complete details Customize Windows This command opens the Customize dialog box that allows you change what toolbars are visi ble and which buttons appear on each toolbar Refer to Customize Dialog Box on page 305 for details Options Windows The Options command opens the Options dialog box which contains settings that allow you to control the way a number of Final Draft for Windows features operate Settings are saved between sessions For similar functionality in Mac OS X refer to Final Draft Preferences The General tab is specific to this dialog box 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 FINAL DRAFT 168 Tools Menu To set Options 1 Choose Tools gt Options and the Options dialog appears Header Footer Scene Numbers
260. ropriate revisions on them will display the Collated Revisions label in the header To make a revision a full draft 1 Select the revision you wish to designate as a full draft 2 Select the Full draft option To add a new revision style 1 Click New A new revision is added at the end of the list and the default name is selected in the Name text field 2 Edit the name as desired 3 Select an appropriate color and font style 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 are no longer marked as revised Note that you cannot delete the active revi sion When all changes are complete Click OK Revisions Options You can set various options for revisions To view or change revision options 1 Windows Click Options in the Revisions dialog to set options for all revisions Or FINAL DRAFT 181 Production Menu Mac OS X Click the Revisions Settings tab in the Revisions dialog Revisions Options pp Revisions 7 Revision mode Revisions shown Show active revision set Mark location 7 75 15 Show collated script O Show all revision sets 2 Select the option s you want to change Show Active Revision Set If you select this option only the revisions from the active revision set appear as revised text on the page Show Collated
261. s Spelling amp Thesaurus FINAL DRAFT 284 Spelling amp Thesaurus Final Draft contains a complete spell checker which can identify misspelled words provide alternatives and maintain a User Dictionary with custom entries The interactive thesaurus contains hundreds of thousands of synonyms antonyms and related or contrasting words WARNING Do not move the spell checker and thesaurus files from their installed loca A tion or their commands in the Tools Menu will not be enabled 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 the Final Draft website or call the Sales Department at 800 231 4055 or 818 995 8995 Spell Checking To begin spell checking 1 Choose Tools gt Spelling The Spelling dialog appears and checking begins As with most word processors when spell check reaches the end of the script it asks if you want it to continue from the beginning of the script If you started spell checking in the mid dle of the script you can 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 displays informing you that the whole script has been checked 3 Click OK
262. s bis Sia Cancel New FINAL DRAFT 92 File Menu 2 Select the type of document you want to create from the list of document of categories Scripts Script templates are formatted for screenplays sitcoms and stageplays Text Documents Text Documents are generic text documents such as treatments letters resumes etc See the Text Document chapter TV Templates TV templates are formatted for television sitcoms and episodics 3 Select the template you want your new document to be based on from the list of templates in the selected category 4 Click OK New 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 The File Open command opens an existing Final Draft file or an old Final Draft File Converter file or imports and automatically converts other types of files To open an existing file 1 Choose File Open and the standard Open dialog box 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 you select a Final Draft file a window containing the document opens up ready for editing or printing The types of files you can open are listed below FINAL DRAFT 93 File Menu Final Draft Documents Final Draft documents include script and text documents fdx extension as well as secure docu
263. s gt Names Database to show the Names Database dialog box 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 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 you want 5 Click the Add to SmartType button to include the selected name in the Character SmartType list 6 When finished click the Close box Reformat The Reformat command shows the Reformat window You can use the Reformat window to transform text that is not formatted properly into correct script format Normally you don t need to reformat text As you type a script Final Draft places the text into proper format and paginates it according to industry standards FINAL DRAFT 162 Tools Menu However you might need to reformat paragraphs when you paste unformatted text into Final Draft from another word processor or when one or more paragraphs are not formatted prop erly dialogue accidentally formatted as action etc You may also need to reformat text after you import a text document written on another word processor The built in formatting logic should turn most if not all of the text into a correctly formatted script Choose Tools g
264. s for Undo Redo using the Levels of Undo popup menu Recent Items popup menu You can set the number of recently opened files displayed in File gt Open Recent using the Recent Items popup menu On Launch If you select Open last documents the documents you have open when you quit Final Draft open automatically the next time you launch Final Draft If you select New docu ment a new document opens with the last template with which you created a new docu ment FINAL DRAFT 88 File Menu Auto Save Backup Preferences The second tab of the Preferences dialog is Auto Save Backup preferences Application Auto Save Backup Format Assistant M Auto Save Every 15 F Minutes M Ask before Auto Save M Auto Backup Enabled Backup Folder File Count 50 Users milici Library Application Support Final Draft Final Draft 8 Backup Select New Folder Came GOD Auto Save Every When you check the Auto Save Every option Final Draft automatically saves scripts after the time indicated in the Minutes drop down has elapsed Ask Before Auto Save Checking this option causes a confirmation message to appear when Auto Save is trig gered FINAL DRAFT 89 File Menu If you have made changes to your document since the last time you saved it and the Ask Before Option is checked see below a confirmation message appears before Final Draft automatically saves your document Auto Save Do you wish to save
265. s in complete not partial words only FINAL DRAFT 113 Edit Menu Match Case Checking this option means that searches need to match upper and lower case letters exactly 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 General Scene Heading Action Character Parenthetical Dialogue Transition Shot 2 Check the element s you want to search in Searches are now performed in the checked elements only To hide the additional options Click Less The options disappear When you finish all searching and replacing Click the Close box Go To The Go To command is used to jump to another location in the script To access the Go To options 1 Click the Go To tab The Go To options appear FINAL DRAFT 114 Edit Menu 2 Choose Edit gt Go To and the Find dialog box appears on the Go To tab Find Goto Find Replace Go to Go to what Enter page number Page Scene i Previous Paragraph Header label ScriptNote 3 Choose which item to go to from the Go to what list Windows or Go To popup menu Mac OS X Options change to be more specific for the item chosen 4 Click the direction to move in Next Previous or 5 If offered type in a specific location in the text field The Go button appears 6 Click Go If the desired location is found the s
266. s name and or use the Category List to change the item s category 4 Click Update when done 5 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 FINAL DRAFT 334 Tagger To link one element with another 1 Both elements need to have been previously tagged or added to their respective categories For example ALLIE IS A Cast Members in current scene Props in current scene ALLIE bag of crumbs CAST MEMBER CAER laptop CARA picnic blanket WHITE CANE DADDY white cane IS A PROP 2 Double click on the first element you want to link For example double click ALLIE and the Link Element dialog appears When ALLIE appears in a scene these n should also appear du AND ALLIE DADDY JILL MOMMY MOTHER gt bag of crumbs book about fairies computer laptop picnic blanket white cane WORD PROCESSOR SWAN v Done FINAL DRAFT 3 Select the category and element to be linked similar to When ALLIE appears in a scene these should also appear 335 Tagger 00 Elementimfojlinks ________________ Props bag of crumbs book about fairies computer laptop picnic blanket WORD PROCESSOR lt 4 Click the left pointing arrow button The selected element moves to the Link List lE Cu
267. s these unique paragraphs elements The specifi cations for all elements are defined in the Format gt Elements dialog Other word processing programs may refer to them as style or style sheets Whenever you create a new paragraph in your script its gets its characteristics from the speci fications in the Elements dialog which gives the script a consistent professional look You can alter the entire script by changing the settings for one or more elements For example if you change the indents for the dialogue element every paragraph of dialogue is reformatted accordingly which might cause the script s length to change Standard Elements The basic screenplay elements except shot include SCENE EXT STUDIO PARKING LOT DAY HEADING 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 Scene Heading Slug Line A scene heading marks the beginning of a scene describing where and when the scene takes place Scene headings are always written in all capital letters Traditionally scene headings are the only element that
268. sides Toolbar Commands Toolbars Submenu Windows Located above the script window the default toolbars Windows or toolbar Mac OS X con tain buttons and popup 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 spe cific functions For further details see the Toolbars chapter Show Hide Toolbar Mac OS X The Show Hide Toolbar command shows or hides the toolbar on the current document window Customize Toolbar Mac OS X The Customize Toolbar command displays the Customize sheet See the Toolbars chapter for more information Zoom Submenu The commands in the Zoom submenu allow your document to be displayed at various magnifi cations FINAL DRAFT 129 View Menu ore Note The zoom function is useful for working on laptop computers and computers with high resolution monitors FINAL DRAFT 130 View Menu Document Menu Document Menu FINAL DRAFT 132 Document Menu Page Layout The Page Layout command opens the Page Layout dialog box which contains options that con trol the display both on screen and in printouts Margins To change the page margins of your document Choose Document gt Page Layout and the Page Layout dialog box appears Page Layout lt Margins Colors Options Text margins Top oo Text margins arethe distances between the edges of
269. signed 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 gt Open The standard Open dialog appears 2 4 5 Navigate to the Final Draft 8 folder Open the 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 56 Tutorials Text to Speech The text to speech feature allows a script to be read back to you by different characters voices It is powered by the text to speech engines built in to the Windows and Mac OS X operating system 1 Make sure The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx is open and your computer s speakers are turned on 2 Choose Tools gt Assign Voices to open the Assign Voices dialog Assign Voices Characters Narator Actors Characters Actors Manto Man 2 Woman 1 Woman 2 Boy 1 Boy 2 Gid 1 Gir 2 Old Man Old Woman J The list on the left indicates the current characters in the script and the list on the right indi cates the different actors available to play those charac
270. st and click Reset FINAL DRAFT 307 Toolbars The toolbar immediately reverts back to its default configuration which means it contains only its default set of buttons Reset All reverts all of the toolbars visible or not back to their default configuration You can check Show Text Labels to show captions in the toolbar buttons under the toolbar button icons E Final Draft Untitled Screenplay tolta File Edit View Format Document Tools Production Window Help amp ll 8 H ej uh E A B di Uu Scene Heading L1 i New Open Save Print Mugen Cut Cop Paste Undo Typing Can t Redo Bold Italic Underline Set Element Unsplit To show toolbar button captions 1 Select the toolbar you want to have captions 2 Check Show text labels The effects are immediately visible on the selected toolbar Keyboard Tab The Keyboard tab of the Customize dialog allows you to set or change accelerator keys for all the menu commands and some others Customize Commands Toolbars Keyboard Options Category Set Accelerator for 9 Dear J Commands Curent Keys CN Close Email Press New Shortcut Key Description Save a backup of your document To add or change an accelerator key 3 Select a category from the Categories drop down The Commands list changes to show all the commands that are available in that category FINAL DRAFT 308 Toolbars 4 Select the command you wish to add a
271. stified The page number is automatically added to the header The special page symbol appears in a little rectangle This symbol lets you know that this is a special character and is not just text that was typed into the Header window 2 Click the insertion point to the left of the page symbol and type The Swans of Brooklyn FINAL DRAFT 37 Tutorials Since the header is currently right justified any text already present moves to the left as you type The Header and Footer window now appears as Header and Footer EA _ Header mI mw SES FEDER E y OE GG The Swans cf Brooklyn Pass 3 Click OK 4 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 To see the header scroll down a couple of pages FINAL DRAFT 38 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 1 Select Help gt Final Draft Help FINAL DRAFT 39 Tutorials 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
272. t Reformat and the paragraph where the insertion point is located is selected and the floating Reformat window appears Reformat 0 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical 5 Dialogue 6 Transition 7 Shot mM To change the paragraph to a different element type press the proper key corresponding to the desired element or click the appropriate button NOTE You cannot type while the Reformat dialog is open For more information refer to the Reformat chapter Format Assistant The Format Assistant command opens the Format Assistant which you can use to check your script for formatting errors Final Draft is designed to automatically format a script correctly However because formatting errors may unintentionally occur while you are writing the Format Assistant can alert you if a script has e Elements that begin with a blank space e Empty elements e Characters with no dialogue FINAL DRAFT 163 Tools Menu e Characters with two consecutive dialogues e Adialogue without a character preceding it You can run the Format Assistant at any time You can also set it to run automatically before you print To use the Format Assistant Choose Tools Format Assistant The Format Assistant begins to search for errors If it finds an error the Format Assistant win dow appears and highlights the paragraph containing the error Format Assistant Rule violation Elements should n
273. t 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 the Index Cards Views ScriptNotes FINAL DRAFT 270 ScriptNotes ScriptNotes are popup windows which can contain ideas suggestions notes or script frag ments without taking up space in the script You can be position them anywhere in the script You can also print ScriptNotes see Tools gt Reports gt ScriptNote Report When you insert a new ScriptNote a ScriptNote marker appears in the script as a square box with a single identifying character that indicates where the ScriptNote has been placed The ScriptNote marker can represent the importance of the note the sender or some other perti nent 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 Cara throws the book on the floor CARA I read you the pixies yesterday Q I m sick of pixies Anyway pixies SCRIPTNOTE are stupid So are fairies They re for little girls MARKERS ALLIE I m a big girl Nove Note ScriptNote markers do not get printed with the script and do not affect script length or pagination NOTE You can choose to show or hide ScriptNote markers see ScriptNotes on page 118 NOTE FINAL DRAFT 271 ScriptNot
274. t revi sion color is blue 2 Select the first revision color in the list and enter today s date where the placeholder text mm dd yyyy is 3 Click OK Note All the television and feature script templates are pre populated with standard revision colors but you may adjust them to fit the needs of your production wwe NOTE It is expected that each revision set display an asterisk in the right margin next to where information has been added or deleted We advise that this revision fea ture not be removed or changed Setting Up Page Headers You will want to display the revision color for each page of the script that changes as you make various script revisions There are two options for this the Collated Revisions placeholder label or the Active Revision placeholder label FINAL DRAFT 65 Tutorials If you intend to keep a master script that includes all the revisions the script goes through then you will want to use the Collated Revisions label As pages get revised the placeholder label will update to display the most recent revision color for a given page So for example if a page is 1st Revised Blue and then you make changes again to it in Pink revisions the header will read 1st Revised Pink and so on If you need to change the entire script and want to issue a colored draft OR if you intend to keep a separate draft for each revision color you go through then you can choose to use the Active Revision label
275. t where the word is to be inserted 2 Choose Tools gt Thesaurus The Thesaurus dialog appears Co Type the word you want to look up in the text field above the alternatives 4 Press the Enter Return key Any definition s synonyms alternatives etc are presented 5 Select any alternative FINAL DRAFT 291 Spelling amp Thesaurus 6 Click Replace The Thesaurus dialog closes and the alternate replaces the selected word in the script If no alternate is acceptable Click Close Additional Thesaurus Options Language If any other thesaurus has been installed choose the one to use from the Language drop down History popup list The History drop down contains a list of up to the last 10 words that were searched for To take a word from the History list and move it into the text field Select the word from the list It is transferred into the text field and the corresponding thesaurus entry is displayed 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 the Final Draft website or call the Sales Depart ment at 800 231 4055 or 818 995 8995 wore NOTE A few of the languages have spell checkers but no thesaurus The following languages are available British English Canadian English Canadian Fren
276. t you will type in the IP field when you host or join a CollaboWriter session Now you need to enable port forwarding on your router for Port 5001 to internal IP address First you need to obtain your computers non routable IP address and your router s IP address To obtain your computer s non routable IP address and your router s IP address on Mac OS X 1 Goto System Preferences and select Network 2 Find the non routable IP address it most likely starts with 192 172 169 or 10 3 Get the gateway router IP address To obtain your computer s non routable IP address and your router s IP address on Windows 1 Open the Network Connections Control panel 2 Select the Support tab 3 Find the non routable IP address it most likely starts with 192 172 169 or 10 4 Get the gateway router IP address FINAL DRAFT 316 CollaboWriter Now you need to set up you router to enable port forwarding To enable port forwarding on your router 1 Open a browser and type in your router s IP address and log into the router 2 Find the Port Forwarding control panel 3 Enable port forwarding for Port 5001 and your computer s non routable IP address 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 wore NOTE CollaboWri
277. te data that can be imported into the Synopsis field which most scheduling programs contain A workaround is to create a separate FINAL DRAFT 339 Tagger 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 Exit Windows Quit Mac OS X Closes Tagger file and quits Final Draft Tagger 1 Choose File gt Exit Windows or Final Draft gt Quit Tagger 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 Note Mac OS X 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 X This command appears in the Final Draft Tagger Menu Windows This command appears in the File Menu FINAL DRAFT 340 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 Preferences amp Confirmation Do not co
278. ted element 3 Click OK 4 Set Final Draft to automatically create a Cast List 1 Choose Document gt Page Layout gt Options 2 Choose this new element from the Cast List Elements popup menu NOTE Note If you name the new element Cast List the Cast List element is set automatically 3 Click OK 5 Enter a scene heading in the script 6 Press Enter if scene heading s shortcut was changed 0r FINAL DRAFT 136 Document Menu 6 Press Enter twice if scene heading s shortcut was not changed and select the Cast List element for the Elements List 7 Press Enter or other shortcuts to continue writing the script As characters are entered into the scene their names automatically appear in the new Cast List element When a character is removed from a scene it is removed from the Cast List for that scene When finished Click OK Header and Footer The Header and Footer command shows the Header and Footer dialog box Header and Footer um Header LEX i Y 5 The document s header and footer contain text which can appear at the top and or bottom of every page of the document When a new script is created the default header contains a right justified 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 scre
279. template 1 On Windows click Apply a Template and the following appears Apply a Template Please select a template s elements to apply to your script x Graphic Novels E Scripts Text Documents E TV Templates Cancel 2 A list of files available in the Stationery folder appears or 2 Click Browse and navigate to where scripts or other Template files are stored 3 Choose the file desired The elements from the file are loaded and can be edited for use with the current script On Mac OS X to load the elements from another script or template 1 Select a template from the Apply a Template popup menu or 1 Select Other from the popup menu to open the Open dialog box 2 Browse to a script or template and click Open FINAL DRAFT 220 Elements Font Tab The Font tab indicates the current font and size setting for the selected element Set Font Apply Font Size to all Elements over 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 different font They feel you may be cheating the length of your script or worse are unprofes sional PA WARNING The reliance on Courier font 12 point size plain text style represents a hold NZ To set font and size for an element 1 Choose the element desired fro
280. ter SmartType list contains a character named BOBBIE and you want to type BOB 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 SmartType matching off so you can type any name without SmartType automatically selecting a name you do not want Or The Esc key escapes from SmartType so you could type BOB Esc to get BOB Managing SmartType Lists You can view and modify all SmartType lists in the SmartType dialog box FINAL DRAFT 208 SmartType 1 Choose Document gt SmartType and the SmartType dialog appears with the SmartType Character List displayed For example the Character List from the sample The Swans of Brooklyn script script appears as SmartType Characters Extensions Scene Intros Locations Times Transitions Name CARA AA gt ALLIE DADDY CAER MOMMY CARA AND ALLIE GIRL MOTHER v 2 Choose the list to view or modify by clicking the appropriate tab Windows or by selecting from the SmartType popup menu Mac OS X 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 Although new items are automatically entered into the appropriate list as you type in the script you can also add them manually in the SmartT
281. ter does not work with the demo version of Final Draft 3 The host must open the script to be viewed and discussed Note 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 317 CollaboWriter To begin and host a CollaboWriter session 1 Choose Tools gt CollaboWriter gt Host Session The Host Session dialog appears Enter your name in the appropriate field Erik in the example N O 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 30 129 Port 5001 Cancel C ok 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 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 FIREWALL NOTE The address shown may be inaccurate Contact the person in your organi zation responsible for maintaining your network Note Change the port number only if you know that there is some conflict with
282. ter 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 A transition from one scene which fades out as another simultaneously fades in Dissolves are also used to indicate a lapse of time and or of place FINAL DRAFT 78 Tutorials 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 Elements FD The types of paragraphs styles used in a screenplay scene heading action character char acter dialogue transition and shot Exporting The process of converting translating a Final Draft document so the information
283. tered development ideas notes sequence or act markers comments locations block ing anything you feel is applicable Also note that some of the cards are colored You can assign a scene a color and it will display as that color in the Index Cards view In addition to the Summary display mode the Index Card view also has a Script display mode where the body of the card contains part of the scene text rather than the scene summary FINAL DRAFT 47 Tutorials To view the Index Cards in Script display mode Choose View gt Index Cards Script The Index Card panel now appears as EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY pi It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms 10 General 1 Scene Heading 2 Action 3 Character 4 Parenthetical S Dialogue 16 Transition 7 Shot A The Index Cards contain a part of the actual text of a each scene You can edit the scene heading and summary of each card directly in the Index Card panel FINAL DRAFT 48 Tutorials Scene Panel To view the Scene panel Choose View gt Scene View E Broo EXT PARK SLOPE BROWNSTONE DAY It s spring and the trees are full of blossoms establish beautiful street INT APARTMENT OFFICE Cara Allie and Daddy enter Cara heads straight for the bookshelf finds the foey book and fips through R cara checks the book the swan woman from the park is the woman in the picture in the book 0 Gener
284. ters Let s audition some actors by listening to them Unlike normal auditions you can also modify the actors voices FINAL DRAFT 57 Tutorials 3 Click the Actors tab and the following appears listing the actors and voices available Assign Voices z e Characters Narrator Actors Name Man 1 Voice Microsoft Mike Ment lt gt Man 2 Woman 1 A Woman 2 Boy 1 Boy 2 Gir 1 Gin 2 Old Man Old Woman L j Fast To audition the actors and set their voices 1 Click any of the actors in the list and click Preview The Actor will introduce him herself To change the Voice assigned to an Actor 1 Select a voice from the Voice drop down 2 Adjust the voice pitch and speed using the slider controls 3 Click Preview to hear the adjusted voice You can also create new actors or delete them To assign an actor to a character 1 Click the Character tab 2 Select a character from the list 3 Click the actor to speak the character s lines Click Preview to listen to the actor s voice FINAL DRAFT 58 Tutorials The narrator is typically 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 1 Click the Narrator tab Assign Voices gt Characters Narrator Actors Narator voice Narrator reads Man 1 V General ane 1 v Scene Heading Woman 2 v Action Boy 1 DCha
285. the physical paper and the body of the script ortext Bottom 1 00 document Header Footer margins Header Footer margins are the Y distances between the edges of the physical paper and the Header and Footer 10 50 Footer w Header 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 If you set the text margin so that it overlaps the header or footer Final Draft automatically adjusts the text margin so that the text fits in between the header and footer and there is no overlap 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 FINAL DRAFT 133 Document Menu If you set the header or footer margin to a value that is less than the header or footer margin of the default printer the text in the header or footer will get clipped You will receive a warn ing to this effect and get the option fix it i e to automatica
286. thinks is misspelled and alternatives appear in a list Right click in a character paragraph to add or change extensions Windows only Typing Shift F10 brings up the context menu Windows only When the context menu is displayed each item has one underlined character Pressing the cor responding key invokes the command In this way you can use context menus directly from the keyboard without a mouse SmartType Right Arrow for Match Completion If you are in a character name 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 FINAL DRAFT 347 Shortcuts amp Menus First Letter Method of Finding the Desired Text When at the beginning of a character name character extension location time or transi tion pressing the same first letter e g i i i will 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 Windows Keyboard Shortcut Summary KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS GENERAL ELEMENT CONTROL 0 SCENE HEADING CONTROL 1 ACTION CONTROL 2 CHARAC
287. ting rules Final Draft automatically paginates and formats your script to industry standards as you write Final Draft can take you smoothly from idea to out line to first draft to final draft to production script Installation When you install Final Draft you may choose one additional language spell checker and the saurus English American will be installed automatically The following languages are avail able Catalan German Swiss Danish Italian Dutch Norwegian Bokmal English British Portuguese Brazilian English Canadian Portuguese European French Spanish French Canadian Swedish German Includes thesaurus Windows Nore NOTE You must be logged in as Administrator to install Final Draft version 8 If you are not an Administrator contact the individual in your organization responsible for main taining your network or computers 1 Place the Final Draft Install Disc in the CD ROM drive on Note If the CD ROM contents are not displayed automatically use Windows Explorer to locate and open the folder on your CD ROM drive Double click the executable file to launch the installation program FINAL DRAFT 3 Installation 2 Double click Install Final Draft 3 Thelnstaller Welcome window appears Read and follow the on screen instructions 4 You will be asked to choose a spell checker and thesaurus in addition to English during the installation p
288. ting to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and you must complete and submit the Final Draft Inc Transfer of Ownership form You may not transfer delegate or assign this Agreement or any portion thereof except as described in this paragraph COPYRIGHT The Program and related documentation are copyrighted property of C amp M Software LLC You may not copy the Program or its documentation except for backup purposes solely as expressly permitted in this Agreement and to load the Program into the computer as part of executing the Program All other copies of the Program including software that has been modified merged decompiled disassembled reverse engineered or included with other software and of its documentation are in violation of this Agreement LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER FINAL DRAFT INC WARRANTS THE MEDIA IF ANY ON WHICH THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO BE FREE FROM DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP FOR 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE DEFECTIVE MEDIA MAY BE RETURNED FOR REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE DURING THE 30 DAY WARRANTY PERIOD UNLESS THE MEDIA HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY ACCIDENT OR MISUSE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE PRECEDING TWO SENTENCES THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM FINAL DRAFT INC MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENTS HEREOF AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT MERCHA
289. tion Menu Unlock A Pages The Unlock A Pages command reverts one level of page locking It becomes enabled only after you lock A pages To unlock A pages 1 Choose Production gt Unlock A Pages A confirmation dialog appears 2 Click Yes The last level of locking is overridden and the appropriate pages are unlocked wore NOTE This command may be chosen multiple times if applicable wore NOTE No matter how many times A pages are unlocked the menu still indicates A Unlock All Pages You can use the Unlock All Pages command to completely unlock the script and renumber the pages removing all A and B pages To unlock all pages 1 Choose Production gt Unlock All Pages A confirmation dialog appears 2 Click Yes All pages are unlocked and the script repaginates so that the pages are renumbered consecu tively Locking Tools Submenu Relock Pages The Relock Pages command relocks the pages of the script from the page containing the inser tion point to the end of the script You would typically use this command when the locked FINAL DRAFT 185 Production Menu 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 To relock pages 1 Place the insertion point on the page from which relocking is to begin 2 Choose Production gt Relock Pages A confirmation dialog appears 3 Click Yes A
290. tive Revision set drop down 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 X The standard Color Picker appears 2 Choose a color and click OK The new color displays in the color swatch To change the font style of the selected revision style Check each font style you want the revised text to have 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 weve NOTE Traditionally and in the Screenplay template the revision mark is an asterisk NOTE pe You can indicate that the revision style is a full revision set by selecting the Full draft option This means that if you have the Collated Revisions label set to display in the header See Last Revised Field on page 230 any pages that do not have revisions on them will display the label for the last Full revision style See Preparing a Script For Production on page 60 for more information about revision styles and how they are used in a script during production If you FINAL DRAFT 180 Production Menu select the Revised pages only option then only the pages that have the app
291. 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 Caret Insertion Point On a computer screen the flashing blinking vertical line I beam that indicates where the next character that is typed will be placed 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 FINAL DRAFT 77 Tutorials 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 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 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 Courier Compu
292. to the end of the document The Ctrl Home key combination Windows or Command Home key combination Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked moves the insertion point to the start of the document The Ctrl End key combination Windows or Command End key combina tion Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked moves the insertion point to the end of the document The Shift Ctrl Home key combination Windows or Shift Command Home key combi nation Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked extends the selec tion to the start of the document The Shift Ctrl End key combination Windows or Command End key combination Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked extends the selection to the end of the document Page Up and Page Down keys The Page Up and Page Down keys scroll the panel up or down one panel full respectively In addition on Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked the insertion point stays in the same position relative to the top of the panel On Windows or Mac OS X with the Scroll keys mimic MS word preference checked The Shift Page Up and Shift Page Down key combinations scroll the panel up or down one panel full extend the selection so that the insertion point stays in the same position relative to the top of the panel Other Keys Mac OS X only Shift Command Delete will de
293. tomer number ex 8FD 123 456 789 012 4 Click Continue NOTE Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet If you do not have an inter net connection follow the manual activation steps on the following pages 5 Click Online Activation A confirmation window will appear after your computer is activated 6 The Registration window will appear Click Register nore NoTE Only registered Final Draft customers are entitled to the many services we provide including access to customer support upgrades to new versions of Final Draft free updates to version 8 of Final Draft as well as discounts on other Final Draft products and services There are three ways you can register your software Register during installation Launch Final Draft and choose Help Register Online Visit www finaldraft com register NOTE ven if you registered earlier version s of Final Draft you will need to register Final Draft version 8 7 A browser window will open displaying Final Draft s online registration page Complete and submit the Online Registration Form 8 Final Draft will open ready for you to start writing FINAL DRAFT 5 Installation Macintosh 1 Double click Macintosh HD 2 Select the Applications folder 3 Select the Final Draft folder 4 Select the Final Draft version 8 icon E 5 The Welcome screen appears Enter your customer number ex 8FD 123 456 789 012 6 Click Continue e NOTE
294. ts Page VIEW elsi yn LER Re EE EIA RE Ea ibe a ER E EE 241 Script Speed View 2 eee mmm 241 Keyboard Navigation ssssssesssee RI 242 LOON ees so rages tee RR tere Had ice x e eue EX erbe Y D CY UR RU EORR RO ot 245 Index Card Panel 5 renuit ek EG RORRRAERGERVRLIBO RES E EEFUCRE UR DR RR 246 Index Card Panel Display Modes ssssssess III 247 Editing the Scene Heading caprin araea g b eft ctc Y E Rs 248 Changing Fonts and Font Size 00 ee eects 248 FINAL DRAFT xii Table of Contents Printing Index Cards iei c RE EUR YU bag Ce XS ACE Race g 249 Send tO Script eta o Meee Pett at oe oe aT CE CMS 252 Index Card Context Menu sssrin re yar pa ia RR 252 Scene Panel tard e eto tisdale Fate BAN EX FUR Da aye adts 254 Scene Panel Fields iio zo na ead al Se ee See eet S E RI RR 254 Scene Panel Context Menu 0 cece mem 257 Printing the Scene Panel 0 cece eect tet A 257 Scene Panels and Index card Panels 0c cece eect tee e e 259 Selecting Scenes vo pes eRe Soa th eA eru da EATER 259 Rearranging Scenes aviva pace Rp Ue Fa a gu sa aware 259 Keyboard Navigation se Teisi aa c Ree Piacibadnce n ns 260 Insert New Scene xs ence wre siu rp aaa ae i RUE UAR Vo E ear 262 Double Click to Go To Scene sssssssssseee III 262 Coloring Scenes i c 2p Iu A ida 262 Split Horizontally Vertically UnSplit Swap 264 Sphr Horizontally Verticallyb sen ea ree ct cov RR ER RE E QUEE 265 U
295. u cannot type in the script while the Reformat dialog is open Panels FINAL DRAFT 238 Panels In the Panels System you can display the Script panel Index Card panel and or Scene panel individually or two at a time by splitting the screen vertically or horizontally SCENES amp SCRIPT INDEX CARDS t SCRIPT Rl Comes T Ve atq I Ae ui 2 PANELS WITH THE SCRIPT cae 3H Camera ns mating Aen 1 Charme 14 Parwata V Cuius NI Trams 7 har The Panels feature 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 For example you can use Index Cards in the Summary display mode 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 dialog is consistent You can easily rearrange Script Index Cards via drag and drop because many are viewed at once As a director you might use Index Cards to indicate possible locations blocking or shooting notes etc FINAL DRAFT 239 Panels 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 use it for the way you work
296. u resize the Navigator window and quit Final Draft it will appear in the new size the next time you start Final Draft Scene Navigator Columns The Scene Navigator contains a table of the scenes in the active script Each row of the Scene Navigator table corresponds to a scene in the script The highlighted row in the Scene Naviga tor corresponds to the currently selected scene in the active panel If multiple scenes are selected in the active panel then the highlighted row corresponds to the last scene you added to the selected scenes If you make another script active the Scene Navigator content changes to reflect the new active script The Scene Navigator table contains the following columns Order Title Intro Location Time Color Scene Length Page The Order column displays the numerical order each scene appears in the script e g the first scene in the script has a 1 in the Order column the second scene in the script has a 2 in the Order columns etc Note that the Order is not the same thing as the scene number See Scene Numbers on page 173 The Title column displays the title of each scene The title is a short text label you can assign to a scene in addition to the scene heading and summary to make it easier to identify See the section below on the Scene Properties Inspector for how to enter and edit a scene title The Intro Location and Time columns display parts of the scene heading for each scene See Scene
297. ual dialogue 0 eee eee eee 194 revision mode 0 0008 66 181 182 PEVISION Ss et GS Ate DAR 64 clearing cce ere oe ord Beg 182 in header and footer 228 making a full revision 71 179 MANAGING Ser esa cete ur bete Rein ps 178 marking selected text as revised 182 355 INDEX revision marks 0005 67 172 179 revision mode 0 00 eee 181 182 SHV nt 179 Rich Text Format exporting documents to 96 importing files 0 e cee eee eee 93 RTF see Rich Text Format ruler indent markers 0000 0c eee 118 t torlal 4 cessa euet cuece NEUE ems 118 S saving See also exporting asa templates 2 oce o i Meade 95 documents seco Grabeel enced 95 documents as PDF 97 101 Scaling i 354 hot nha ete ve ne os 28 128 245 scene renumbering 0 cece eee e 67 A ER MES ER 138 scene heading editing in Scene panel 256 element scone eee beat has EID eR Rex 214 in Scene Properties Inspector 280 281 location 00 cee eee 16 204 215 Scene INTO esee als So dea ee 204 scene intro csse eese 16 215 time See time in scene heading scene intro 0 eee esses 16 204 215 Scene Intro list 2 0 0 0 a renea eee 204 Scene Navigator changing the width of columns 278 columns oe eR erre 277 279 moving COlUM
298. ub menus WARNING The reliance on Courier font 12 point size plain text style represents a hold A over 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 unprofes sional On Mac OS X if the WYSIWYG Menus preference is checked the font names appear in the sub menu in their actual typeface Color Submenu You can change the color of text by selecting an item from the Color submenu To change text color Mac OS X Select the color from the submenu To change text color Windows or other colors for Mac OS X 1 Click the color swatch On Windows the standard Windows color palette appears Choose a color or click Other to open the standard color picker FINAL DRAFT 192 Format Menu On Mac OS X the standard color picker appears 2 Choose a color and click OK The new color displays as the color swatch ES Highlight The Highlight submenu allows you to change the background color of the selected text which you can use to highlight text NoTE To change the color of the page background use Document gt Page Layout gt Options To highlight text in the script 1 Select the text 2 On MacOSX select the color from the
299. us page Lock commands control how new A and B pages are numbered Scene Numbers The Scene Numbers command allows you to number or renumber scene numbers or other ele ments vc TIP Traditionally scenes are not numbered until pre production begins If you are sub e mitting a script we suggest that you do not number the scenes Note Final Draft does not automatically assign scene numbers as you create or delete scenes Instead you must use the Scene Numbers command to number or renumber scenes In standard screenplay format you would normally assign scene numbers to scene headings only If the script requires that a heading will not be assigned a scene number you should use the shot element or general element instead of the scene heading element Final Draft also contains options for nonstandard numbering by permitting any element to be numbered Nonstandard numbering is used in animation interactive multimedia and other scripts To number scenes using the default settings 1 Choose Production gt Scene Numbers 2 Check Add numbers or Number Renumber Mac OS X FINAL DRAFT 174 Production Menu By default the scene heading element is selected Scene Numbers o Numbers Options Add numbers C Remove numbers Element Scene Heading Starting number 1 C Number from current scene Keep existing numbers 3 Click OK Every scene heading is assigned a scene number starting with the number
300. uter will deliver an unusable IP address to Final Draft and the firewall will block traf fic though the port CollaboWriter is trying to use If you use a router you must get your computer s real world IP address and if your firewall is on you must open Port 5001 If you do not know how to do this we recommend that you get help from a knowledgeable person or follow these directions carefully Refer to your router s and or firewall s documentation for more precise information Opening Port 5001 on your computer s firewall If your computer s firewall is on you need to open Port 5001 in the firewall To open Port 5001 in the firewall on Mac OS X 10 4 1 Go to System Preferences gt Sharing 2 Add Port 5001 To open Port 5001 in the firewall on Mac OS X 10 5 1 Go to System Preferences gt Security FINAL DRAFT 315 CollaboWriter 2 Select the Firewall tab 3 Add Final Draft To open Port 5001 in the firewall on Windows XP 1 Go Control Panel gt Windows Firewall 2 Select the Exceptions tab 3 Add Port 5001 and Final Draft To open Port 5001 in the firewall on Windows Vista 1 Go to Control Panel gt Network amp Internet gt Windows Firewall gt Allow a Program through Windows Firewall 2 Select the Exceptions tab 3 Add Port 5001 and Final Draft Hosts Computer Connected to a Modem Connected to a Router You need to get got to www whatismyip com to get your computer s real world IP address This is wha
301. view down from the current scene FINAL DRAFT 262 Panels Insert New Scene This command is only enabled when the active panel is an Index Card panel or a Scene panel To insert a new scene Select Document gt Insert New Scene from the main menu or select Insert New Scene from the Scene panel context menu The new scene is inserted after the currently selected scene If no scene is selected the new scene is inserted at the end of the script Double Click to Go To Scene If you double click on a scene in an Index Card panel or Scene panel and the window is split you go the scene you clicked on in the other panel and the other panel becomes active e fthe other panel is a Script panel the insertion point goes to the beginning of the scene and the script panel scrolls to keep the insertion point in view e ftheother panel is a Scene panel or Index Card panel the scene corresponding to the one you clicked on is selected and the panel scrolls to keep the selected scene in view Coloring Scenes You can assign any scene in a script a color which makes the corresponding scene in the Scene panel or Index Card panel appear in that color By default a new scene has no color To color a scene 1 Click on the scene in the Scene panel or Index Card panel you wish to color 2 Select Tools Scene Properties to show the Scene Properties Inspector if it not is already showing 3 Select a color from the color chooser in the
302. w ALT Down Arrow Shift Right or Left Arrow Shift CONTROL Right Arrow Shift CONTROL Left Arrow SPECIAL KEYS Pages up or down one screen full of text Moves cursor to beginning of the line Moves cursor to end of the line Moves cursor to beginning of the document Moves cursor to end of the document Moves cursor to beginning of next word Moves cursor to beginning of previous word Moves cursor up a line Moves cursor down a line Moves screen up a line but leaves cursor as is Moves screen down a line but leaves cursor as is Extends highlighted selection letter at a time Extends highlighted selection word at a time Extends highlighted selection word at a time FINAL DRAFT 349 Shortcuts amp Menus NUMERIC KEYPAD active when Num Lock is off Arrow Up 8 key Arrow Down 2 key Arrow Left 4 key Arrow Right 6 key Page Up 9 key Page Down 3 key Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcut Summary MAC KEYBOARD COMMAND SHORTCUTS NEW Command N OPEN Command O SAVE Command S SAVE AS Command SHIFT S PAGE SETUP Command SHIFT P PRINT Command P UNDO Command Z REDO Command SHIFT Z CUT Command X COPY Command PASTE Command V SELECT ALL Command A SELECT CURRENT SCENE Command SHIFT A FIND Command F GO TO Command G ELEMENTS Command E DUAL DIALOGUE Command D SMART TYPE Command L INSERT BOOKMARK Command Y INSERT SCRIPTNOTE SPELLING Command EQUAL SIGN Command
303. w lines of text Afterwards it guides you through a number of features and functions common to writing any script It also introduces you to a few of its many features some of which are unique to Final Draft that have made Final Draft the number one choice for scriptwriters throughout the world There are several different methods from which you can choose to perform most of the func tions in Final Draft which 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 scripts and treatment FINAL DRAFT 13 Tutorials Starting Final Draft Windows 1 Click the Start button 2 Choose All Programs from the Start menu 3 Choose Final Draft from the All Programs submenu Macintosh 1 Open the Final Draft 8 folder 2 Open launch Final Draft note IMPORTANT NOTE You can activate your computer so that you can run Final Draft without restrictions See Launching Starting Final Draft for the First Time in the Getting Started guide FINAL DRAFT 14 Tutorials 3 Anew blank Screenplay appears ready for you to start typing WINDOWS TOOLBAR RULER INSERTION POINT ELEMENT DROP DOWN ZOOM DROP DOWN ELEMENT LABEL PAGE NUMBER SCENE NUMBER TOOLBAR RULER INSERTION
304. w you to wrap around to the top of the script and continue checking the rest of the script 2 Click Yes to continue spell checking from the beginning of the script FINAL DRAFT 35 Tutorials When the spell checker finishes checking the entire script a message displays informing you that the whole script has been checked 3 Click OK to end checking 4 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 the script by clicking Close FINAL DRAFT 36 Tutorials Header The header contains text that appears at the top of each page of the script Though screenplays rarely have anything more than a page number and title in their header most sitcoms and epi sodics require more information Open to the script The Swans of Brooklyn script fdx if it is not already open 1 Choose Document gt Header and Footer The Header and Footer dialog box appears Header and Footer RR Header a D a Brotes 5 IESE STIS 2s 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 specific information By default text in the header is right ju
305. y in dia logue paragraphs To exclude an element Click on the element s to exclude Click again to activate Smart Replace Check the Smart Replace option 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 is capitalized 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 does not add a second space as part of text that is entered Confirm Macro Check the Confirm Macro options to display the macro text for the alias in a popup win dow when the macro is invoked This gives you the option to execute the macro by press ing Enter or not execute it by continuing to type FINAL DRAFT 298 Macros Word Only Check the Word Only option to have the alias used only when you type a a complete word That is you must enter a space a punctuation or press Enter after the alias text before the macro is invoked Match Case Check the Match Case option 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 macr
306. ype dialog Note Editing an item in a list does not change it in the script To change an item in the script use Edit Find Replace To add a new item to a SmartType list 1 Click New FINAL DRAFT 209 SmartType 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 To reposition an item within a Smartlype list Drag and drop the item to a new position To rebuild the list Click Rebuild SmartType scans the script and rebuilds the list WARNING Any items you have manually entered into the list that do not yet appear in the script are deleted A To view the list in alphabetical order Click the Alphabetize button es The order if the items in the SmartType dialog is the same as the order they appear in the J SmartType popup window in the script 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 Now NOTE Deleting an item from a list does not remove it from the script To delete an item from the script use Edit gt Find Replace Once all changes have been made Click OK FINAL DRAFT 210 SmartType SmartType Options Click the Options tab of the SmartType Dialog to view SmartType options SmartType Options Smart Type v Character matching Automatically guess next Charact

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