Hollywood Screenwriter User Manual

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OVERVIEW ...... 1

The Spec Screenplay...... 1 BASIC INFORMATION...... 9 Hollywood’s Screenplay Format ...... 1 Elements of Screenwriting ...... 3 Binding ...... 6

Windows® Operating System...... 9 Selecting Screenwriter Commands ...... 9 Online Help...... 10 Menus...... 10 Editing Screen...... 14 Opening a Script ...... 15 Opening Multiple Scripts...... 15 TITLE PAGE ...... 19 Opening a Previously Saved Version...... 16 Opening a Timed Backup ...... 16 Saving a Script...... 17

Opening a Title Page ...... 19 Creating Text Elements...... 20 Moving a Text Element...... 20 Loading a Title Page...... 21 iii. Printing a Title Page...... 21 SCRIPT FORMATS...... 23 ONTENTS OLLYWOOD C H

Loading a Script Format ...... 23 Screenplay...... 23 WRITING THE SCRIPT...... 25 Stage Play...... 24 Other Formats...... 24 Word Processor format...... 24

Elements ...... 25 Creating Elements...... 25 Tab & Enter ...... 26 Fade In...... 27 Scene Heading...... 27 Location ...... 27 Time-of-Day ...... 27 Action ...... 28 Character Name...... 28 Character Extension ...... 29 Dialogue...... 30 Parenthetical...... 30 Transition...... 31 Shot ...... 31 Title (Centered)...... 31 Act Information (TV and Stage Play Format)...... 31 Scene Information (TV and Stage Play Format) ...... 32 Switch Elements...... 32 TEXT EDITING...... 37 Moving between Elements...... 33 User Lists ...... 35 Default User Lists ...... 35 iv. Moving the Cursor...... 37 CREENWRITER ONTENTS S C

Selecting Text ...... 38 Menu Selection ...... 38 Select All ...... 38 Turn off Block...... 38 Mouse Selection...... 38 Left-Click ...... 38 Double-Click ...... 38 Keyboard Selection ...... 38 Moving Text ...... 39 Cutting and Pasting with the Mouse...... 39 Copying and Pasting with the Mouse ...... 40 Cutting/Copying/Pasting with the Keyboard ...... 40 Dragging and Dropping ...... 40 Deleting Text ...... 41 Undo...... 41 Insert/Typeover Modes...... 42 Bolding Text ...... 43 Underlining Text...... 43 Italicizing Text ...... 43 Striking Out Text ...... 43 Applying Multiple Text Formats...... 44 PRINTING THE SCRIPT...... 47 SpellCheck ...... 44 Start SpellCheck...... 44 User Dictionaries ...... 45

APPENDIX A—IMPORTING SCRIPTS ...... 51

Printer Setup ...... 47 Print the Script...... 48

Preparing a Script for Importing ...... 51 v. Direct Import...... 52 ONTENTS OLLYWOOD C H

Cut and Paste Import ...... 53 Importing a WordPerfect 5.0 (for DOS)...... 55 APPENDIX B—EXPORTING SCRIPTS...... 59 Importing a Windows Word Processor script...... 55 Importing a non-Windows Word Processor script ...... 56 Cleaning up Imported Scripts ...... 56

Export ...... 59 APPENDIX C—MAIN!MENU!BAR ...... 63 File Type ...... 60 Importing a Screenwriter Export script...... 60 Cut and Paste Exporting...... 61

File Menu ...... 63 Edit Menu ...... 64 Load Format Menu ...... 65 Search Menu...... 65 Goto Menu ...... 65 APPENDIX D—COMMAND KEYS...... 69 Spell Menu ...... 66 Window Menu...... 66 Help Menu ...... 66

Special Keys ...... 69 APPENDIX E—UTILITY!PROGRAMS ...... 73 Cursor Movement Keys...... 69 Control-Keys ...... 70 Function Keys...... 71 INDEX...... 77

User Dictionary Editor ...... 73 vi. CREENWRITER ONTENTS S C

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CREENWRITER VERVIEW S Overview O

The Spec Screenplay

Your ticket to being discovered as a screenwriter and starting your career in Hollywood is the spec screenplay. “Spec” is short for speculative, which means you write it without any up front guarantee of being paid for your work. You can look at it as writing a sample script, one that demonstrates your screenwriting and storytelling talent. When this script is as professional as you can make it, you can enter it in screenwriting competitions. The better competitions are judged by people working in the film industry, who will read your script. You can also send a brief query letter—telling something about yourself and more importantly, the story in your script—directly to agents, producers, directors, actors, and other industry players, asking if they’d like to read your script.

If they do read it, here are the outcomes you’re looking for:

• A player buys or options your screenplay. Your career has begun.

• They like the writing but don’t want to make a movie based on your script. They may hire you to write another screenplay, based on an idea of theirs Hollywood’sor yours. Screenplay Again, your career Format has begun. • They like the writing but not the story. They ask to see something else you’ve written. This is great, too. Keep writing spec screenplays, keep improving your writing, and keep submitting.

An important part of making your script read like a professional script is the format. The special spacing, capitalization, margins, and page breaks are designed with one thing in mind—production. It’s all about money. If you use 1. the correct format, the screenplay page will take up about one minute of screen VERVIEW OLLYWOOD O H

time when filmed. So, the page count roughly equals the length of the movie in minutes. This is for the benefit of the Production Manager, who must break down the script and sort the scenes by location, day or night, and other criteria in order to create a shooting schedule. The idea is to shoot the film in the shortest time possible, thus saving money and reducing the budget.

When you submit your spec script, the first (and perhaps only) person who will read it is the Story Analyst or Reader. Their job is to read scripts and pick out the great ones. These are recommended to their boss, who is too busy to read everything that is submitted. Readers have come to expect all scripts to look the same—in the accepted professional screenplay format. Their reasoning is that if the writer can’t get the format right, how can they be Howexpected To Format to do justice Spec to the Scripts structure, Perfectlydialogue, plot, characters, or any other part of screenplay storytelling? If your script doesn’t look like a professional script, they won’t treat it like one. They may toss it in the trash without even reading it.

SceneYou’ve Numbers got this part of the process mastered already—this is exactly what Hollywood Screenwriter does! In fact, it goes even further—it won’t let you format the spec script incorrectly. You can concentrate your time, energy, and creativity on the story and the writing.

Q. Why doesn’t Hollywood Screenwriter number the scenes like the scripts of produced movies that I’ve read?

A. Because those were shooting scripts, used in the actual shooting of the film. Spec scripts don’t need scene numbers because your script will be rewritten many times before it is shot. They can be added later, usually by the studio’s script typing department. Putting scene numbers in a spec script achieves one thing—it clutters up the script, making it a more difficult read. And you don’t want to do anything to make your script harder to read for the creative person with limited time. That applies to Scene Continued’s, too. On shooting scripts, the bottom of almost every page and the top of the next one has the word Continued. This indicates that the scene is continued on the next page or continued from the previous one. In a spec script, this just takes up extra space and makes the 2. script longer. Margins CREENWRITER VERVIEW S O

cheat appear

Q. Why can’t I cheat the margins and/or spacing to make my script appear longer or shorter?

A. The key words here are and . When the script is retyped in the correct format—and if someone purchases it, it will be—the correct page length will be revealed. And you’ll have to delete from or add to the scenes. Cheating tries to fool the reader, and comes from the Elementsunwillingness of Screenwriting or inability of the writer to master screenplay form. You’re better off doing the adding or deleting beforehand, and developing the discipline of a tight, lean writer now. By the way, the ideal length for a spec screenplay is between 90 and 120 pages.

Act Information A screenplay is formatted using different elements—with different margins, spacing, capitalization, etc.—for each part of the script. A description of each element, with example text, is shown below. (Note that the examples are shown in boldface for emphasis only. Do not use boldface text in your scripts.) END OF ACT ONE ===ACT/SCENE BREAK======In a TV script, ends one act and starts another. Usually with a page break inbetween. ACT TWO SCENE A

Action

Shows what the characters are doing in the scene, and briefly describes where they’re doing it.

3. EXT. STREET - DAY

VERVIEW Uncle Billy is walking along the street, hummingOLLYWOOD O happily to himself. He sees some men decoratingH the Court House with banners and bunting -- there is a huge sign reading: Welcome Home Harry Bailey.

Character Name

UNCLE BILLY (calls out) Be sure you spell the name right.

DialogueIndicates who’s speaking. It is immediately followed by a Dialogue element (or a Parenthetical element).

UNCLE BILLY (calls out) Contains whatBe surethe character you says.spell It immediately the name follows right. a Character Name element (or a Parenthetical element). Note that you cannot create a Dialogue Parentheticalelement (or convert another element to Dialogue) without creating a Character Name element first.

Indicates how the characterUNCLE speaks, whenBILLY that’s not clear from the dialogue itself. It immediately(calls follows out)a Character Name element, and is immediately followed byBe a Dialoguesure you element. spell It can thealso be name placed right.in the middle of a Dialogue element. Note that you cannot create a Parenthetical element (or Sceneconvert Heading another element to Parenthetical) without creating a Character Name element first.

At the beginning of a scene, tells when and where the scene takes place. Indicates that the story has moved to a new location or time. Includes 4. INT./EXT., Location, and Time Of Day. EXT. STREET - DAY

CREENWRITER VERVIEW S Uncle Billy is walking along the street, hummingO happily to himself. He sees some men decorating the Court House with banners and bunting -- there is a huge sign reading: Welcome Home Harry Bailey.

Scene Information

END OF ACT ONE ===ACT/SCENE BREAK======In a TV script, ends one scene and ACTstarts another.TWO Usually with a page break. SCENE A

Shot

The door closes on Uncle Billy’s fingers. UNCLE BILLY’S EYES He’s trying not to cry, but the tears flow anyway.Indicates a camera angle, usually putting emphasis on one thing.

Title (Centered)

Used to center text horizontally on the page. Instead of using FADE IN:, some writers prefer to print the script title and their name at the very beginning of the script.

5. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

VERVIEW OLLYWOOD O by H Robert Riskin

EXT. STREET - NIGHT George, in the uniform of an air raid warden, is patrolling his beat.

Transition

TO: Uncle Billy remains sobbing at the table, his head in his arms. CUT TO: Emphasizes a change in time or location, between two scenes. Usually ends INT.with GEORGE'S Use sparingly. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Extension

George is walking along the sidewalk, reading a newspaper. JOSEPH (V.O.) Part of theThis Character morning, Name element. day Used before when the character speaking is offscreen orChristmas, in voice-over. about ten a.m. Bedford Falls time... George comes to where Ernie, the taxi driver, is standing on the sidewalk.

Binding

6. Your script should look like the scripts submitted by professional writers and their agents. Just like screenplay format, there is a standard way to bind CREENWRITER VERVIEW S O

scripts. Do not use spiral binding, fancy report covers, Velobind, or any other Papermethod that’s acceptable for documents that are not screenplays. Use only 3- hole punched white paper with plain cardstock covers, bound with 2 brass brads. Don’t write the title or anything else on the covers or side edges of the script.

Covers Use regular 8-1/2 by 11 white 20-pound paper, the kind sold for photocopying machines. Make sure it’s 3-hole punched, unless you have a machine for doing it yourself and endless patience.

Use 110-pound cardstock, in a plain solid color. These are usually not 3-hole punched, so you’ll need that 3-hole punch machine. Place 1 blank cover on the front and 1 blank cover on the back before binding everything together Bradswith 2 brass brads. Make sure your pages are in the correct order and that none are missing. Resist the temptation to put fancy drawings, photos, or designs on the covers—these tell the reader that you are an amateur. Instead, put all that creativity into your writing.

Use solid brass Acco #5 (1-1/4”) or #6 (1-1/2”) brads. They are sold in boxes of 100. Accept no substitutes. The cheap, brass-plated steel ones do not stay flat—they spring back, protruding enough to scratch people’s desks, laps, and Mailingcar seats. Put only 2 brads on your script, leaving the middle hole empty. On the back of the script, flatten the prongs of each brad against the back cover by bending them at 90 degrees. Brass washers are optional, but they do keep the brads from coming loose.

It’s polite, and good business practice, to send out a query letter before sending your script. If you write a good enough query letter, the reader will be intrigued and ask to see the script. If they receive your script without having 7. asked to see it, they will probably send it back unopened. This protects them from any accusations that they read the script and stole the ideas in it. VERVIEW OLLYWOOD O H

Alternatively, they will do what most people do with unsolicited junk mail—throw it in the trash unopened.

8. CREENWRITER ASIC NFORMATION S Basic InformationB I

Windows® Operating System

Using Hollywood Screenwriter and this manual assumes a basic familiarity Selectingwith Microsoft Hollywood Windows 3.11,Screenwriter 95, 98, or NT. TeachingCommands or supporting this operating system is beyond the scope of this manual. For help with Windows, go to your Microsoft Windows manual, Windows online Help, or contact Microsoft Corporation.

There is usually more thanSpeedBar one way Icon of performing a function in Hollywood Screenwriter. For ease of use, this manual shows you how to select commands using the Mouse and the Main Menu Bar. As you become more familiar with Hollywood Screenwriter, you many want to use Keyboard Shortcuts and SpeedBar Icons.

To see what command a represents, use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it.

A box of explanatory Hint text displays directly beneath the icon, and any Quick Key shortcut displays on the left of the Bottom Status Bar.

For a list of Main Menu Bar commands, see the Appendix chapter entitled Main Menu Bar.

For a list of Keyboard Shortcuts, see the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys. 9. Online Help ASIC NFORMATION OLLYWOOD B I H Help

Contents

Search for Help on...

WhenQuick writing Help your script, help with Hollywood Screenwriter is always available online, under the Menu:

brings up a Table of Contents for the helpcontext-sensitive file. help displays the help file’s searchable Index.

displays a sample script page. Get help information about any Element or item by clicking on it.

If you make a selection under the Main Menu Bar, is available. When the menu screen displays, click on the Help button or the ? button. Menus

MainHelpful Menu information, Bar explaining what each selection on that menu does, displays.Main Menu Bar Å Å P S p ell

—Hollywood Screenwriter’s Pull-Down menus are accessed from the at thePULL top DOWNof the screen. MENU Individual Menus may be selected with the mouse, or by pressing plus the underlined letter of the Menu (such as for ). + There are three types of menu:

S pell

10. Pull-down menus pull down from the Main Menu Bar. Each option has an underlined QuickSelect letter as part of its name, as in the Menu in the CREENWRITER ASIC NFORMATION S B I Â

example. With the Menu displayed, select an option using any of these W ord methods:

• Scrolling through the options with the arrow keys and pressing NOTE: • Use the mouseright to click on an option

• Pressing the appropriate QuickSelect Letter (e.g., “w” to select )

LIST MENU If there is a Windows Quick-key equivalent for a menu option, it displays to the of the Menu Item (as in Ctrl+L for Word in the example above.)

List Menus are scrollableÂ menus with text items selectable for input into your script without typing, such as the Character List in the example.

To select an item, you would:

• Type enough letters to match the item you want (typing Â“H” highlights “Helmer”, while typing “Helmer a” highlights “Helmer and Nora”). Then press

• Click on the item you want, using the mouse

• Scroll through the items with the arrow keys, and press to select the highlighted item More items can be viewed by clicking or dragging in the scroll bar on the right of the menu.

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Push Buttons, CheckBoxes, Radio Buttons, Text & Numerical Input Fields

† ß † Dialog boxes have different types of input options, including and . Most options have an Underlined QuickSelect letter. Select the option you want using any of these methods:

• Moving around in the menu by pressing orÅ R + • Clicking on it with the mouse

PushButtons• Pressing the QuickSelect letter on the keyboard (if you’re already in a Text or Numerical Input Field such as S elected Pages and want to move to another, such as Current P age, press to distinguishPrint from text input). Fax, OK, Cancel Help+

† Â

There are four PushButtons (displayed as rectangular boxes) on the dialog box in the example above: , and . Select a Push Button using any of these methods: OK • MovingCancel to it with the arrow or keys and pressing ;

• Clicking on it with the mouse

• Pressing its underlined QuickSelect letter (if any) from the keyboard.

Selecting always exits a dialog box, accepting all of the current settings. 12. Selecting always cancels a dialog box without changing anything. CheckBoxes CREENWRITER ASIC NFORMATION S B I Print Print the T itle Page.

† An example of a CheckBox (displayed as a small box, either blank or with a Checkmark in it) is shown on the example dialog box on the previous page, titled A CheckBox can be checked or unchecked using one of these methods:

• Moving to it with the arrow or keys and pressing the Space Bar

Radio• ButtonsClicking on it with the mouse

• Pressing the Underlined QuickSelect Letter from the keyboard (in this example, “r” for R un). Print Current P age E ntire Script one

TextThere or Numerical are many Radio Input Buttons Fields (displayed as a small circle, either blank or with a dot in it) on the example dialog box. The first two are: and . Radio Buttons are similar S elected to CheckBoxes, Pages N uexcept mber ofthat Copies only Radio buttonPrint in any given group may be checked at any one time.

Text or Numerical Input Fields (such as or on the example dialog box) allow you to enter text or numbers as appropriate. Depending on the particular field, spaces may be allowed and text may be automatically capitalized for you.

13. Editing Screen ASIC NFORMATION OLLYWOOD B I H

Main Menu Bar

Top SpeedBar Speed Buttons

The default editing screen has several bars on screen. The top most bar is the which gives you access to all of the Pull-Down Menus.

Beneath that is the Right with SpeedBar for frequently used tasks.inserts To see what any Speed Button does, move the mouse cursor arrow over it. A hint explaining its function appears immediately underneath the button. Bottom Status Bar Another explanation, often giving the Quick Key command, may also appear on the status bar at the bottom of the screen. Insert/ Typeover Button At the right of the screen is the . A Right SpeedBar icon button an element at the cursor position.

Across the bottom of the screen is the . On its left side it displays a “hint” about the item the cursor is currently over.

To the right of Linethat is the Position , which toggles between Insert and Typeover modes. In Insert mode, whatever you type is inserted before the cursor. In Typeover mode, whatever you type writes over the text after the cursor position, replacing it. Insert mode is in common use in most word processing and screenwriting programs.

Next to that is & , information, telling you where the cursor is 14. located onscreen. Opening a Script CREENWRITER ASIC NFORMATION S File Open B I

recently saved File Under the Menu, select . Select from the list of available files, changing the subdirectory, drive, or file type if necessary.

OpeningClick on Multiple to open Scripts the file.

To open a file you’ve , select one of the numbered files at the bottom of the Menu. Open File

Displaying Multiple Windows Hollywood Screenwriter allows you to have up to 9 files open at the same time. Window Cascade Tile To have more than one script open, them one at a time under the Menu.Tile Initially, they each open in full screen. To see several of them on screen at once, you can resize them and open multiple windows:

Cascade Under the Menu, select either or :

—shows all open scripts, each at full page width, stacked horizontally Switching between Windows above each other. Makes for easy cutting and pasting.

—shows all open scripts with reduced windows, overlapping each other. The most recently opened script is at the front, becoming the currently displayed file. Maximized

Window If all the windows are visible on screen, switch between them by clicking anywhere onÇ a script’s§ window.Ç † If the windows are (i.e. at full screen size,) then:

Select the script to display by clicking on its name at the bottom of the Menu.

Or, press or to cycle between the open windows. + , +

15. Opening a Previously Saved Version ASIC NFORMATION OLLYWOOD B I H

.BK

File Open When you tell Hollywood Screenwriter to save a script, it makes a backup copy of any previously savedFile version Type with the same name. The suffix .HWS isPrev. changed toSaved .BK for Script the previous version. If you need to go back to that previous version, load the file:

1. Under the Menu, select . OK 2. Change the from Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts to . Window 3. Select from the list of available .BK files, changing the subdirectory, drive, or file type if necessary.

4. Click on to open the file.

Now both versions of the file, the old .BK and the latest .HWS, are open. Switch between them under the Menu.

OpeningTo keep a a copyTimed of the Backup .BK version, save it under a different name (for example, if the filename is OSCAR.BK, save it as OSCAR1.HWS). Leaving its name with the suffix .BK allows it to be overwritten next time you save—which is not what you want.

File Open Hollywood Screenwriter makes an emergency backup of the currently File Type displayed script at timed intervals. This is in addition to the automatic .BK Timed Backup backup file created when you save a script, and is saved separately. To open a Timed Backup file: .TMB

1. Under theOK Menu, select . 2. Change the from Hollywood Screenwriter Scripts to .

3. Select from the list of available files.

4. Click on to open the file.

16. To keep a copy of the .TMB version, save it under a different name (for example, if the filename is SAVE2.TMB, save it as .HWS.) Saving a Script CREENWRITER ASIC NFORMATION S B I Window

File To save an open file, display it onscreen. (If you have multiple scripts open, Close select the file to display by clicking on its name at the bottom of the Menu . A checkmark appears next to its name, and it becomes the currently displayedSave file.) Under the Menu, select a save option: Save As... Save As... —exits the script, without exiting Hollywood Screenwriter. If you’ve made changes without saving, it prompts you to save the file. Exit —saves your script under its current name, or asks for a new name if you haven’t already named the file.

—goes to the Menu. You can change the script name, its subdirectory, or file format.

—closes all scripts and exits Hollywood Screenwriter. Prompts you to save any open scripts with unsaved changes.

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18. CREENWRITER ITLE AGE S Title Page T P

Title Page Publisher

A Title Page is placed before page 1 of the script. In a spec script, all it needs to contain is the script’s title, the author’s name, and an address and contact phone number. .

Hollywood Screenwriter’s allows you to create a title page with a WYSIWYG (“What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get”) page layout. Gridlines are displayed to help you position your text boxes, and do not print. The title page is automatically attached to the script and is saved with it, yet it stays out of your way while writing

Opening a Title Page

File Title Page Publisher

Full Page Zoomed

Under the Menu, select and you’ll see a screen like the one in the example above. You can enlarge or reduce the size of the title 19. page displayed onscreen with the and buttons at top right. Creating Text Elements ITLE AGE OLLYWOOD T P EditH Text

Double click anywhere on the title page to create a text element. The dialog box displays.

Bold Italics

Font Type your text. To change the text’s style, highlight the text then click on the appropriate style button. Left Justified Centered Right Justified The Left three buttons allow you to select Underline and respectively.

TheNOTE: next button lets you select the text’s .

The next three buttons allow you to select , , or text.

OK All the text in any given text element will have the same style (i.e. bold, underline, etc.), font, and justification. If you want the script’s Title to appear differently from the Author’s name (for example, underlined), use different text elements for each and align them as desired. Moving a Text Element

Click and the Edit Text window disappears, placing your text in a text element on the Title Page.

Select the text element by single-clicking on it with the mouse. You can now move it using any of these methods:

• Dragging it to where you want it to go.

• Pressing the arrow keys on the keyboard. 20. Horizontal Vertical

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• ClickingInches on the Centimeters and text alignment buttons at the right of the title page. Show Grid and axis displays at the upper right of the screen show how far from the left (X) and top (Y) margins of the page your text element starts. These measurement change as you move the text element, and are shown in your Savingselection a Title of Page or .

A Grid helps you position text elements on the page. Check to display it. Save .TPG

LoadingAs the Titlea Title Page Pageis saved as part of the script itself, there’s no need to save it separately. To save it as a template for use with other scripts, simply click on the button and give it a name. A file extension of is automatically added to a Title Page Template file you save. Load

Open Title Page .TPG Open

You can load a title page that is part of another Hollywood Screenwriter script, List files of type: Hollywood or was saved as a Title Page Template file. Click on the Button. Screenwriter Scripts .HWS Open On the dialog box, load an existing Title Page Template file Printingby selecting a Title a file Page ending in and clicking . To load a title page that is part of another Screenwriter script, click the Load Buttonwithin then change the from Title Page to Print The Title Page . Select a file ending in (or .SCW) and click .

outside Print. Print Title Page From Title Page Publisher, print the Title Page by clicking the Button.

To print from Title Page Publisher, under the File Menu, select On the Print dialog box, select which pages to print, and check .

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22. CREENWRITER CRIPT ORMATS S Script FormatsS F

Hollywood Screenwriter has pre-set format files for:

• Screenplay

• TV Templates

Loading• Stage a ScriptPlay Format As a default, Hollywood Screenwriter loads Screenplay format each time you open a blankLoad script Format file. However, you can easily switch to one of the other formats:

Screenplay Under the Menu, click on the format you want.

If you already have a script open and displayed onscreen, loading a different format applies the new settings to your existing script. NOTE: —the standard feature film format, also used for most MOW’s (TV Movies) including Miniseries, Episodic Dramas including Soaps, and Animation.

There is no one standard format for Television shows. It’s recommended that you get at least two scripts from the show you’re writing for and match the format before submitting your spec. Reading a show’s scripts also gives you a better feel for the characters and the kinds of stories that get made. Try to get scripts from the current season. (Templates for certain TV shows are supplied with Hollywood Screenwriter. See Television Templates, below.) 23. Stage Play—

CRIPT ORMATS OLLYWOOD S F H TV Templates—

based on the professional published formats used by Samuel French. Narrow Action margins with Parenthesis, wide Dialogue margins, and OtherAct Formats & Scene Information. based on the actual production scripts used by the TV shows, Wordthey have Processor the correct margins, formatting, character lists, act and scene breaks, and even sample text for the top Sitcoms, Soaps, and Episodic Dramas.

Edit Normal WP mode —can be used from within any other format. Puts you in a mode where Tab and Enter function as in normal word processing programs. Effectively switches off Hollywood Screenwriter’s script formatting features, though you can still insert script Elements. To switch to WP mode: ç W Under the Menu, select .

A checkmark appears next to Normal WP mode on the menu, and the left of the Bottom Status Bar displays a message in Red to remind you that you’re in WP mode.

To exit WP mode, repeat this command sequence or press + .

24. CREENWRITER RITING THE SCRIPT S Writing the ScriptW

Elements

Each part of a script is formatted uniquely, with different margins, capitalization, and spacing. Hollywood Screenwriter uses these elements: • Act Information • Action • Character Name • Dialogue • Parenthetical • Scene Heading • Scene Information Creating• ElementsShot • Title (Centered) • Transition

You can create Elements in a number of ways:

• Click on an element in the pull-down Current Element window (changes the current element)

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• Click on the element’s icon on the Right SpeedBar, if displayed (inserts Çthe element at the cursor position)

int. ext. • Press a -key shortcut for that element fade in: Â (See the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys for details) to: • Type an element’s text and it is automatically formatted in certain elements: Tab & Enter—type or in a new Scene Heading or blank Action element —type or press at the start of a new script, —type in Transition† text, Âending it with

You can easily go from element to element in Hollywood Screenwriter by pressing just two keys— and . Your fingers need never leave the keyboard (unlike using a Control-key shortcut, or using theÂ mouse,) enabling you to stay in the flow of writing your script.

Based on which Element the cursor’s in, Hollywood Screenwriter makes an informed guess as to what you’d like to do next. It places you in the logical next Element, and pops up a menu of possible choices. For example, if the cursor’s in a blank Character Name element and you press , a list of all the Character Names in your script pops up for your selection.

The following element instructions use the Tab & Enter method.

26. Fade In CREENWRITER RITING THE SCRIPT S Â W

FADE IN:

On the first line of a new script, press . SceneA Pop-up Heading list displays, with Initial Scene Heading Text options. Type "f" for F ade In, and is entered for you, correctly formatted. The cursor drops down to a new line and makes it a Scene Heading, which is the element that usually follows Fade In:

A Pop-up list displays, with Initial Scene Heading Text options.

LocationType in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection, and it’s entered for you. For example, type “e” for E XT to enter “EXT.” and the correct spacing following it. (Type “v” for Ne v ermind to Cancel, or press ) Next, enter a Location.

Time-of-Day To enter a Location, type it. For example, "detective's office". It will be automatically formatted as All Caps.Â Next, enter a Time-of-Day .

Enter a Time-of-Day by pressing after typing your Location. A Pop-up list displays, with Time-of-Day options.

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ActionType in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection, and it’s entered for you. For example, type “d” for D AY to enter “DAY” and the correct spacing and dashes before it. Your Time-of-DayÂ is entered, and the cursor moves to a new Action element. Â † Type your characters’ descriptions and activities in the Action element. CharacterPress Nameto go to a new paragraph of Action.

Press new twice to go to a new Scene Heading element. Press to go to a Character Name element. already been used Â

To create a Character Name, type it in.

To enter a Character Name that’s in this script:

1. Press . A Pop-up list of available Character Names displays.

2. Type the first letter of the character’s name you want. The name becomes highlighted.

3. Press . The Character Name is entered, and a Dialogue element is created.

To enter an existing Character Name by first letter:

1. Type the first letter of the character’s name, e.g. "h". A Pop-up list of Character Names starting with that letter displays.

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Â 2. Type enough letters until the name you want is highlighted and press . The Character Name is entered, and a Dialogue element is created. Character Extension 3. (To enter a Character Extension, press " "(left parenthesis) instead of . The Character Name is entered,( and a Character Extension Pop- up List displays.)

V.O.

An Extension is a modification to the Character Name, appearing directly after it in parentheses (or on the next line, if you prefer). It is commonly usedO.S. to indicate that the Character speaking cannot be seen speaking onscreen. The two most common Extensions are: • —meaning Voice Over, which tells the reader that the character is commenting on the onscreen action but is not part of it, or is narrating over the scene.( • —meaning Off Screen, which tells the reader that the character is not visible on screen but is nearby somewhere in the scene. To enter a Character Extension:

1. Press (left parenthesis) while the cursor is anywhere in a Character Name and a Character Extension Pop-up List displays.

(V.O.) Add as Text without

2. Type in the underlined QuickLetter of your selection, and it’s entered for you. ForÂ example, type “v” for ( V .O.) and is entered. ø ( —enters whatever you type as a Character Extension, adding it to the User List.

The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element. (If you pressed and the cursor’s already gone to a blank Dialogue element, press to return the cursor to the Character Name element. Then press (left parenthesis).) 29. Delete a Character Extension RITING THE SCRIPT OLLYWOOD W end ƒ H

anywhere (

With the cursor at the of a Character Name element, press to delete the Character Extension. DialogueOr, with the cursor in a Character Name element, press (left parenthesis). A Character Extension Pop-up List displays. Type “e” for No E xtension. The cursor moves to the Dialogue element following the Character Name.

A Dialogue element can only be created immediately following a Character Name (or its Parenthetical) element. Â 1. With the cursor in a Character Name or Parenthetical element, press The cursor moves to a new Dialogue element. . 2. Type your character’s dialogue. Second Dialogue Paragraph 3. Press . The cursor moves to a new Action element. 4. Å Â

ParentheticalTo split up a long paragraph of Dialogue into smaller chunks, you can enter it as two or more shorter paragraphs of Dialogue. To enter a second paragraph of Dialogue, press ( twice to put in two hard returns. +

With the cursor anywhere in a Dialogue element, press (left parenthesis) A Parenthetical element is created at the cursor location. . If the cursor is at the beginning of a Dialogue element, the Parenthetical is placed between the Character Name and the Dialogue. 30. If the cursor is in the middle of a Dialogue element, the Dialogue is broken by the Parenthetical. Â

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Transition Type the Parenthetical text, then press The cursor movesto: to the Dialogue element following. the Parenthetical.

With the cursorÂ at the beginning of any blank element, type Makeany Transition this a textT ransition ending in Hollywood Screenwriter automatically formats and spaces it correctly at the right margin. ShotA new Scene Heading element is created, and a Pop-up List of Initial Scene Heading Text displays. Or, pressÂ in a blank Action element and type “t” forMake this a S h ot . Â

Title (Centered) Press in a blank Action element and type “h” for . Then type any text for your Shot. Press and a new Action element is created.

Title (Centered)

You can create a centered title that doesn’t contain Act or Scene information. As an example, some writers prefer to start the first page of their script with Actthe Information script’s title underlined, (TV and instead Stage of Fade Play In: Format) First create a blank Action element. Then click on the Current Element Prologuewindow on theText Top SpeedBar, and select from the drop down Menu that displays.

TEASER PROLOGUE COLD OPENING

Type any valid Prologue Text at the beginning of a blank element (the only Prologue Text that Hollywood Screenwriter recognizes is , , or .) Hollywood Screenwriter automatically centers and capitalizes it. 31. New Act RITING THE SCRIPT OLLYWOOD W H NEWACT

ACT # not

SameTo start Acta New Act: Type (this is all one word,SAMEACT without a space) at the beginning of any blank element. Hollywood Screenwriter centers it and changes it to , where # is the new ACTAct Number. # (A forced page break will be entered.) End of Act END OF To continue the Same Act, type (this is all one word, without a space) at the beginning of any blank element. Hollywood Screenwriter centers it and changes it to , where # is the same Act Number. Scene Information (TV and Stage Play Format) To end an Act, type (this is two words, with a space) in a blank NewAction Scene element. The appropriate End of Act info is entered, followed by a forced page break.

NEWSCENE

SCENE # not

To start a ÂNew Scene: Act Info Type (this is all one word, without a space) at the beginning of any blank element. Hollywood Screenwriter centers it and changes it to Switch Elements, where # is the new Scene Number. (A forced page break will be entered.) Or, press while in an Line and Hollywood Screenwriter puts in the appropriate New Scene Info for you.

Current Element Window To convert one element to another (for example, Action to Shot):

1. Put the cursor anywhere in the Element to be changed. (Or, select a portion of the element to change.)

2. Click on the on the Top SpeedBar to display the Pull-Down List of elements. 32. 3. Select the element type to switch to by clicking on it. Moving between Elements CREENWRITER RITING THE SCRIPT S W

If you Type— Hollywood Screenwriter will—

Pressing Tab or Enter in one element either moves you to a new default element or displays a List Menu of available options:

If you Press Â Hollywood Screenwriter will— while in— FADE IN: display Scene Heading Initial Text menu or any Transition (INT., EXT., etc.)

blank Action, display Scene Heading Initial Text menu Transition, (INT., EXT., etc.) blank Scene Heading, Scene Info, or End of Act

Scene Heading display a List Menu of all unique Locations without Location already in the script

Scene Heading display a List Menu of Time-of-Day (DAY, with Location NIGHT, etc.)

End of Action add another Action Element

Character Name add a Dialogue Element (If the next element is Dialogue or Parenthetical, it moves to the beginning of that element)

End of Dialogue add an Action Element

Middle of Dialogue break the Dialogue and insert an Action Element.

Parenthetical add a Dialogue Element (if the next element is Dialogue, it moves to the beginning of that element).

Pop-up menus can be displayed manually by pressing the appropriate Control key combination: 33. If you While in— QuickType will— RITING THEPress— SCRIPT OLLYWOOD W H Ç O Ç Â Í Ç C any element add a Shot element + † any element add an Action element + ( Action or Dialogue element display a List Menu of + existing Character Names + ( any element add a Character Name element Ç T Character Name element display a List Menu of Character Extensions (V.O., Character Name in Dialog/Action O.S., etc.) Dialogue element add a Parenthetical element

Íany elementÇ C add a Transition element +

ForcedTo put anPage existing Break Character Name into Dialogue or Action without typing it in again, press . A Pull-Down menu displays,+ + with all the existing Character Names. Select one and it is entered as text at the cursor position. Edit Add Forced Page Break ß Â

RemoveTo end a page a Forced short and Page start a Break new page, enter a Forced Page Break at the cursor position. Under the Menu, select . Or, press . +

Remove a Forced Page Break using one of these methods: 34. Remove Forced Page Break CREENWRITER RITING THE SCRIPT S W following ı before • Put the cursor either before orƒ after the forced page break. Under the Edit Menu, select . Hard• ReturnOr, put the cursor at the beginning of the element immediately the Forced Page Break. Press the key. • Or, put the cursor at the end of the element immediately the Forced Page Break. Press the key. Edit Add Hard Return Å Â

To end a line short and start a new line, enter a Hard Return at the cursor Userposition. Lists Under the Menu, select . Or, press . +

While you write, Hollywood Screenwriter can recognize certain text you’ve typed as matching an item in one of its User Lists,Â and format it as the appropriate element automatically.

For example, typing “ext.” on a blank line tells Hollywood Screenwriter that you’re starting a new Scene Heading. It automatically formats your entry as “EXT.”

Typing a Location in your script and pressing pops up the Time-of- Day User List. Typing the first letter (or underlined QuickLetter) of a Time-of- Day enters it in your script and moves the cursor to a new Action element. NOTE: Transitions TO: These pop-up menus, or User Lists, contain text items that can be entered by typing the first letter or two instead of typing the whole text, saving you time and effort.

are an exception. Any text that ends with is recognized as a transition, whether or not the text is in the Transition User List.

35. Default User Lists RITING THE SCRIPT OLLYWOOD W H

User List Default Items

When you install Hollywood Screenwriter, all User Lists except for Character Names and Locations have default items which are used for all new and imported scripts:

Character Names Empty

Extensions “O.S.”

“V.O.”

Scene Heading Text “INT.” “EXT.”

Time-of-Day “DAY” “NIGHT”

Transitions “CUT TO:” “DISSOLVE TO:” “FADE OUT:”

Act/Scene Info “NEWACT” “SAMEACT” “NEWSCENE”

Prologue Text “TEASER” “PROLOGUE” “COLD OPENING”

Tag Text “TAG”

End of Act Text “END OF”

36. CREENWRITER EXT DITING S Text Editing T E

Mouse Main Menu Bar

There is usually more thanSpeedBar one way Icon of performing any text selecting or editing command in Hollywood Screenwriter. For ease of use, the method using the and the is emphasized. As you become more familiar with Hollywood Screenwriter, you many want to use Keyboard Shortcuts and SpeedBar Icons.

To see what command a represents, use the mouse to move the cursor over the icon without clicking on it. A box of explanatory Hint text displays directly beneath the icon, and any Quick Key shortcut displays on the left of the Bottom Status Bar.

For a list of Main Menu Bar commands, see the Appendix chapter entitled MovingMain Menuthe Cursor Bar.

For a list of Keyboard Shortcuts, see the Appendix chapter entitled Command Keys. Å ˜ Å ¿

UseÇ theÅ followingÓ keys to move the cursor around the script quickly:

Ç Å...Ì...... Previous Element + Ç G...... Next Element + ˘ ...... Goto Top of Script + + ¯ ...... Goto End of Script + + ...... Goto Page Menu + ...... Next character 37.

...... Previous character Ç ˘ EXT DITING OLLYWOOD T E Ç ¯ H Ó

Ì ...... Next Word + ˜ ...... Previous Word + ¿ ...... Beginning of current line

“ ...... End of current line

”...... Previous Line

Selecting.... .Text...... Next Line ...... Previous Screen

...... Next Screen Menu Selection Edit

Select All Hollywood Screenwriter uses the standard Windows methods of text selection. Turn off Block —place the cursor in the text to be selected. Under the Mouse Selection Menu, choose from:

—selects the entire script. Drag Select While—de-selects holding the the Left currently Button down selected block of text.

—Hollywood Screenwriter has these options for selecting text with the mouse:

—using the mouse, Left-Click directly in front of the text to beDouble-Click selected. , drag the mouse cursor across the text. Release the button when all the desired text is highlighted. (To continue selecting text that’s offscreen, move the Keyboardmouse Selectioncursor onto the top or bottom menu bar while still holding the button down—it ßcontinues scrolling and selecting in that direction.)

—place the cursor on the word to be selected. Double-Click the Left mouse button to select the Word .

—place the cursor on the word/sentence/element to be 38. selected. Press the key and hold it down. Press other movement CREENWRITER EXT DITING S T E Adjusting the Block Selection

keys, such as an arrow or page down key, to highlight the text. Release both keys when the desired text is selected.

If you’ve selected some text and then realized that you need to block less or more text, you don’tß have to start over. Instead: 1. Press the key and hold it down.

De-Selecting2. Extend orText reduce the selection, by using the mouse or the keyboard’s movement keys (up, down, right, and left arrow keys).

3. Release the key.

ß To de-select a selected block of text:

MovingLeft-Click Text the mouse anywhere on the page.

Or, press a movement key alone (up, down, right, and left arrow keys), without the key.

Cut and Paste removed

Copy and Paste Hollywood Screenwriter offers these methods of moving text around in your script: Drag and Drop —a two-step method. Text is from one location and placed on the Clipboard, then Pasted into a new location.

—a two-step method. Text is left in its original location and placed on the Clipboard, then Pasted into a new location.

—a one-step method. Direct movement of text without cutting or copying.

39. Cutting and Pasting with the Mouse EXT DITING OLLYWOOD T E Edit Cut H

after replaces

Edit Paste Select the text to be moved. Under the Menu, select .

Move the cursor to the place you want the text you’ve cut to appear, and click Copyingthere. Theand cut Pasting text appears with the the cursor Mouse position. If you select any text in the new position, the cut text it. Edit Copy Under the Menu, select .

after replaces

Edit Paste Select the text to be moved. Under the Menu, select .

Move the cursor to the place you want the text you’ve copied to appear, and Cutting/Copying/Pastingclick there. The copied text appears with the the Keyboardcursor position. If you select any text in the new position, the copied text it.

Under the Menu, select . Ç X Ç C Ç V ˚

Select the text to be edited. Dragging and Dropping Use to cut, to copy, and to paste. This is the Hollywood+ Screenwriter + default, equivalent to+ the (Command) keys in Apple Macintosh software.

1. Move the cursor to the start of the text you want to move.

2. Highlight the text to move, using your preferred selection method.

3. Using the Mouse, move the cursor anywhere over the selected text and press the Left Mouse Button down. Hold it down. The cursor changes from the normal text “I-Bar” to an Arrow with a page icon at its base (the Drag and Drop cursor.)

40. 4. While holding the Left Mouse Button down, “drag” this block across the page to its new position. With the arrow cursor at the place you want CREENWRITER EXT DITING S T E Breaking Elements

middle the text inserted, release the Left Mouse Button. The text block moves to the new position. Between

—Hollywood Screenwriter handles Drag and Drop text placedbeginning in the middle of an Element in these ways:Before • If the cursor is in the of an Element when you release the button,end Hollywood Screenwriter breaksAfter that Element at the cursor position. Dropped text is inserted the broken Elements. Deleting• TextIf you release the Left Mouse Button while the cursor is at the very of the Element, text is dropped the Element. • If you release the Left Mouse Button while the cursor is at the very without of the Element, text is dropped the Element.

Delete Left ø

TheDelete following Right delete commands remove theƒ selected text from your script, placing it on the Clipboard. To un-delete text you’ve deleted, select Delete to End of Line Ç Ì Undo before selecting any other editing command. Delete Current Word Ç ƒ of the cursor by character ...... Delete a Block Delete Block Button of the cursor by character ....

...... + of selected text by clicking on the+ on the Un-DeletingTop SpeedBar Text (the icon with a large dark red ). X before selecting any other editing command

Edit Undo

To un-delete text you’ve deleted, select Undo :

Under the Menu, select . 41. Undo EXT DITING OLLYWOOD T E before selecting any other editing commandH

Edit Undo Ç ø

To Undo a text edit, select Undo :

Under the Menu, select . Or, press + Hollywood Screenwriter has a multi-level undo, capable of undoing up to the last 10 text editing changes you made. It can undo cutting & pasting blocks, search & replace, and more. Hollywood Screenwriter recognizes three basic types of editing: Undo Edit • Adding text (including Pasting).

• Deleting text (including cutting/deleting blocks).

• Global processing (such as search/replace or reformatting). NOTE: If Hollywood Screenwriter can undo the changes, on the Menu is selectable. If Undo is grayed out, Hollywood Screenwriter cannot undo your text editing.

Redo For the purposes of Undo, each mouse click that you make is considered a text edit. The Undo function merely “un-clicks” it—which results in no change.

Edit Redo

Insert/TypeoverTo restore a text edit Modes you’ve just Undone: Under the Menu, select .

Redo can restore only one (1) text editing change.

Hollywood Screenwriter can deal with the typing of new text at the cursor position in two different ways. The current mode is displayed on the Bottom Status Bar. 42. Insert mode

CREENWRITER EXT DITING S T E Typeover mode

È—inserts new text at the cursor position, pushing existing text to the right. This is Hollywood Screenwriter’s default mode. Insert/Typeover —new text replaces existing text, typing over it.

BoldingTo Switch Text between Insert and Typeover : Press the key on the keyboard. existing text Or, click on the button on the Bottom Status Bar. Bold Button B

To format as Bold, select the text. Then: Ç B § Click on the (labeled with a ) on the Top SpeedBar. Underlining Text

existing text Or, press or on the keyboard. Underline+ , Button

To format as Underline, Select the text. Then: Ç U • Click on the (labeled with a ) on the Top SpeedBar. Italicizing Text U

existing text Or, press or on the keyboard. Italics+ , Button I

To format as Italic, Select the text. Then:

Click on the (labeled with an on the Top SpeedBar.) 43. Ç Y ª

EXT DITING OLLYWOOD T E H Striking Out Text

existing text Or, press or on the keyboard. ⁄ + ,

Removing Text Formatting To format as Strikeout, Select the text. Then:

Press on the keyboard. Normal Button

Select the Çtext toN remove formatting from. Click on the (labeled with an N) on the Top SpeedBar. Applying Multiple Text Formats

Or, press . on the keyboard + ß

You can apply multiple formats to existing text (e.g., make text both Bold and SpellCheckItalicized) without re-selecting it multiple times:

Hold down the key while applying any of the text formats above. The text remains highlighted, ready for you to apply the next format.

Hollywood Screenwriter’s built-in SpellCheck system allows you to check the spelling of your script by: • Word • Element • Page • Forwards from the cursor position 44. • Entire Script CREENWRITER EXT DITING S T E

Start SpellCheck SpellCheck can also: • SpellCheck in Foreignin Languages directly before • Create User Dictionaries for each script Spell —As SpellCheck begins checking relative to the cursor position, it’s not necessary to select the text to check. Word 1. Position the cursor the word or Element you’d like to check, or Element the word to start spellchecking at. Page 2. Under the Menu, select the checking method to use: Forwards —spellchecks the Word that the cursor is currently in.

Entire Script—spellchecks the Element that the cursor is currently in.

—spellchecksno misspelledthe current words Page. OK —spellchecks from the cursor position to the end of the script. a word it doesn’t recognize Found Unknown Word... —spellchecks all text in the script. Word: When SpellCheck finds Suggestion: , it displays a dialog box telling you how many words it checked. Click on to exit.

WhenReplace SpellCheck finds , it points to it onscreen with a large Red Arrow. It also displays the dialog box. This shows the unknown word in the window and offers a list of suggested alternatives in the window. Option Buttons down the Auto-Correct right side are:

—if you find the correct spelling in the Suggestion window, click on Learn it and it appears in the Word window, replacing the unknown spelling. Click the Replace button to replace it in your script also.

—adds the unknown word and its correct spelling to the User Skip Once Dictionary as a Typo which should be Auto-Corrected as you type.

—remember this spelling for future use by adding the word to the current User Dictionary (USER_US.LXA, unless you specify otherwise). All scripts that use that User Dictionary will recognize the word.

—skip over this appearance of the word, but stop at the next one. 45. Ignore

EXT DITING OLLYWOOD T E H Suggest

—skip over this word and all future occurrences. Ignores the word in all scripts you check until you Exit Hollywood Screenwriter, or Clear the User DictionariesIgnore List. —if none of the suggested spellings for your unknown word are correct, type a different spelling in the Word box and Click the Suggest button to have it checked. Spell Edit U ser Dictionary

SpellCheck Language Selection The User Dictionary Editor allows you to add, remove, or change words in any of your User Dictionaries. It can be selected underOK Hollywood Screenwriter’s Menu as , or run as a stand-alone program by Select User Dictionary clicking on it in the Hollywood Screenwriter program window.

The OK screen appears, asking you to select the language of the dictionary you’re going to edit. American English is selected as the default. Select a language and click on .

Next, you’re asked to . User Dictionary files end with the extension .lxa. User_us.lxa is selected as the default. Select a dictionary and click on . Add Word The User Dictionary Editor screen displays. If opening a User Dictionary for the first time, the file is empty and ready for you to addAdd words. Word Tab to the Word Editing window on the right of the screen. Buttons below it show your options: Auto-Correct —type in the word the way you want it spelled (Note: if you enter an incorrect spelling here, SpellCheck uses it. In effect, you’re telling SpellCheck that this is the correct spelling.) Click on and the word you entered appears in the Dictionary window on the left.

To allow Hollywood Screenwriter to a word as you’re typing in a script, enter both incorrect and correct spellings here, separated by a colon. For example, to Auto-Correct “Dramatica” when it’s spelled as “Darmatica”, type Delete Word in “Darmatica:Dramatica”. It’s not necessary to type a space either before or Delete Word after the colon.

The User Dictionary Editor does not distinguish between UPPERCASE and lowercase, adding all words as lowercase.

46. —in the Dictionary window on the left, highlight the word you want to Delete. Click on the button. You are prompted to Y es N o

CREENWRITER EXT DITING S T E Edit Word Edit Word

confirm the deletion. ClickEdit onWord to Adddelete, Word to keep the word in the User Dictionary.

Exit —in the Dictionary window on the left, highlight the word you want to Edit. Click on the button. Your word is moved from the Dictionary window to the Word Editing window. Make the desired changes, then click on either the or button to save them back to the Dictionary window.

—quits and saves the changes you made to the User Dictionaries. Returns you to either Hollywood Screenwriter or the Hollywood Screenwriter program window, depending where you launched it from.

47. RINTING THE CRIPT OLLYWOOD P S H Printing the Script

Printer Setup Before printing a script, you need to configure Hollywood Screenwriter to work with one specific printer. With only one printer connected, your Windows operating system automatically selects it as the default.

File Printer Setup

Name: Hollywood Screenwriter uses Windows’ Print Setup screen to let you choose default settings for all your printing in Hollywood Screenwriter.

Under the Menu, select .

The Print Setup screen displays, with the name of your currently selected printer in the window.

Name:

To select another printer, scroll through the list of connected printers in the 48. window and click on your choice. Size US Letter

CREENWRITER RINTING THE CRIPT S Source AutoSelect Tray P S Manual Feed

Select a Paper Orientation. Portrait is the standard 8-1/2 by 11 paper used for screenplays. Select a PaperProperties . looks forPaper paperGraphics in all your printer’sPostScript sources if the Cassette runs out. Select if your printer doesn’tOK have an automatic feed paperCancel Cassette. Select a Paper . is the standard orientation for printing 8-1/2 by 11 screenplay pages. Print theClick Script on the button to select default , , and options. Click on to save your default settings, to exit and discard changes. File Print Ç P

Printing in Hollywood Screenwriter is accessed through the Print dialog box.

Under the Menu, select . Or, press + .

You’ll see the following dialog box. Check one of the print selection radio buttons on the top half of the screen. Hollywood Screenwriter’s default is to select Current Page.

Current Page

Current Page through to End of Script

Entire Script —If checked, prints the page that the cursor is currently on.

—If checked, prints from the current page through to the end of the script.

—If checked, prints the entire script. 49. Blocked Text Only

RINTING THE CRIPT OLLYWOOD P S H Selected Pages

—If checked, prints the text block you’ve selected in your script. If no text is selected, this option is grayed out and unselectable.

—If checked, prints the Pages you select. Enter the page numbers in the same order they appear in the script (i.e. lower numbers first). Print Selection should Print in... Enter individual page numbers separated by commas (1,3,32) Enter a section of consecutive pages using a dash between the first and last pageNormal (45-78) Order or (89-end) (Forwards) Or combine the two methods (1,3,32,45-78,89-end)

—in this window, pull down and click on one Reverse order (Backwards) of these printing order options to select:

• - prints your selection in normal sequential order, starting with lower numbered pages/scenes. This is the default option. Number of Copies • - prints your selection in reverse order, starting with the highest numbered pages/scenes. Use for printers Print Title Page that output the pages face up (like the HP DeskJet and Canon BubbleJet). Fax —Enter the number of copies of your print selection to print. Acceptable values are between 1 and 99.

—If checked, prints the title page at the head of the script. OnlySetup available Options if you’ve created a Title Page in the Title Page Publisher.

—Click this button to Fax your print selection instead of printing it. Only available if you haveSetup a Fax Modem installed, with appropriate Windows Faxing software. Otherwise the button is grayed out and unselectable. Printer

At the top left corner of the Print dialog box is the Setup pull-down menu. Fax Modem Click on the word to access these options: Fax Via Internal—displays Spooler the Windows Print Setup window, where you can select a printer and change printing options (same as Printer Setup under the File Menu).

—displays a Fax Modem Setup window, where you can select 50. from among installed Fax software print drivers. Checking the box ensures the most efficient faxing. CREENWRITER RINTING THE CRIPT S P S

51. MPORTING CRIPTS OLLYWOOD I S Appendix H A—Importing Scripts

Hollywood Screenwriter can Directly open script files saved in these formats:

• ASCII (Text) • RTF (Rich Text Format)

• MS Word 5.5 for DOS • MS Word 2.0, 6.0 and 7.0 for Windows Preparing• WordPerfect a Script 5.1 & for 6.x filesImporting (for DOS and Windows) • WordStar for DOS Hollywood Screenwriter also supports Cut & Paste importing directly from other Windows programs. must

each script element must start on its own line script must be in a general script format No matter which format you import your script into Hollywood Screenwriter from, there are two simple rules which be followed:

• In the original file, (i.e. Character Name, Dialogue, Action, etc.) . • The (i.e. Character Names before Dialogue and so on). 52. NOTE: CREENWRITER MPORTING CRIPTS S I S

The following instructions assume that your Hollywood DirectScreenwriter Import script subdirectory is set to C:\Hollywood Screenwriter\Scripts. If not, type in the correct subdirectory where appropriate.

File Open

File Type To open an MS Word, WordPerfect, WordStar for DOS, ASCII, or RTF file:

1. Open the Hollywood Screenwriter program. All Files any 2. Under the Menu, select .

3. Select the for the type of file you’re opening. If the file you wantOK to import doesn’t have the appropriate File Extension (e.g. “.RTF” for Rich Text Format, etc.), selecting as the file type shows files with extension.

4. Select the file you want to import to Hollywood Screenwriter. (If necessary, change the subdirectory by double clicking on the Path Tree.) Click on . The Text Interpretation dialog box appears:

Import in Script Format

To import a script file, should be checked. 53. Import Text as Action Only MPORTING CRIPTS OLLYWOOD I S H Text Only (Non-RTF)

To import an outline or some other non-script text, check . Use Style Sheets —checking this CheckBox (if available) imports the file slightly faster, and may improve the accuracy of the import. It also loses any bold, italic, or underline formatting.

IfUse you’re most importing aggressive a interpretationfile with Embedded of the Style source Sheets text in Rich Text Format, such as a Final Draft script, a checkbox displays on the menu. Check it for better interpretation of paragraph elements. If Hollywood Screenwriter has difficulty interpreting any style sheet, it prompts you to identify it. Don’t use Capitalization Information for Element identification —causes Hollywood Screenwriter to normalize inconsistent line spacing and margins. In most cases this produces the most accurate import. However, it may cause Shots to be misinterpreted as Character Names, and vice versa. Ignore Margins for Element identification —some word processors lose Capitalization Information when exporting files. Checking this box tells Hollywood Screenwriter to ignore Capitalization when identifying Elements.

Action is in Parentheticals “(“ + ”)” —some script files have their script elements defined by their margins, others by codes or Hard Returns. If a script file is being imported incorrectly due to its margins not being OK what Hollywood Screenwriter expects, checking this feature may allow a more accurate import. File —check this if your import file has the Action Element in parentheses (such as certain TV or Stage Play scripts).

5. Click on to import the file.

6. Under Hollywood Screenwriter’s Menu, Save your imported file under a new name.

If your script doesn’t import successfully, try again with different options checked. You may have to experiment with these options to get the best results.

54. Cut and Paste Import CREENWRITER MPORTING CRIPTS S I S

Use this method if none of the other methods imports your script successfully. Edit Select All To import a Script from another Windows program on the same computer as Hollywood Screenwriter:

1. Open the otherEdit Windows program,Copy and open the file you want to import to Hollywood Screenwriter.

2. Under that program’s Menu, (or select all the text in the file using another method).

3. Under the Menu, select File. Once the Copy commandNew is complete, theEdit text will be on Pastethe Clipboard. Don’t cut or copy anything else.

4. Open Hollywood Screenwriter.

5. Under Hollywood Screenwriter’s Menu , open a file. Under the Menu, select . Instead of pasting the import text in your new empty document, Hollywood Screenwriter presents the following Text Interpretation dialog box:

Import in Script Format

Import Text as Action Only

To import a script file, should be checked.

To import an outline or some other non-script text, check . 55. Text Only (Non-RTF)

MPORTING CRIPTS OLLYWOOD I S H Use most aggressive interpretation of the source text

—checking this CheckBox (if available) imports the file slightly faster, and may improve the accuracy of the import. It also loses any bold, italic, or underline formatting. Don’t use Capitalization Information for Element identification —causes Hollywood Screenwriter to normalize inconsistent line spacing and margins. In most cases this produces the most accurate import. However, it may cause Shots to be misinterpreted as Character Names. Ignore Margins for Element identification —some word processors lose Capitalization Information when exporting files. Checking this box tells Hollywood Screenwriter to ignore Capitalization when identifying Elements.

Action is in Parentheticals “(“ + ”)” —some script files have their script elements defined by their margins, others by codes or Hard Returns. If a script file is being imported incorrectly due to its margins not being OK what Hollywood Screenwriter expects, checking this feature may allow a more accurate import. File Save —check this if your import file has the Action Element in parentheses (such as certain TV or Stage Play scripts).

6. Click on to paste the imported text.

7. Under Hollywood Screenwriter’s Menu, your imported file Importingunder a WordPerfect a new name. 5.0 (for DOS) or earlier script If your script doesn’t import successfully, try again with different options checked. You may have to experiment with these options to get the best results.

Ç ∞ Save As, To import aGeneric script written in WordPerfect 5.0 or earlierC:\Hollywood for DOS: Screenwriter\Scripts\