Screenwriter 6 User Manual for Windows
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MOVIE MAGIC® Screenwriter™ Software for Writing Screenplays, Teleplays, Stage Plays, Novels, Comic Scripts, Animation Scripts, Multimedia Scripts, & more User’s Manual for Windows® & Macintosh® Write Brothers, Inc. 348 East Olive Avenue. • Suite H Burbank, CA USA 91502 • +1 (818) 843-6557 24-hour Web Technical Support: support.screenplay.com E-mail Technical Support: [email protected] Fax Technical Support: +1 (818) 843-8364 Phone Technical Support: +1 (818) 843-7819 9:00 am—5:00 p.m. PST The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used only in accordance with the terms of such license. Disclaimer Write Brothers Incorporated, Ken Schafer and ScriptPerfection Enterprises make no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Movie Magic Screenwriter™ for Windows and Macintosh is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Write Brothers Incorporated, Ken Schafer and ScriptPerfection Enterprises shall have no liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused by Movie Magic Screenwriter™ for Windows and Macintosh including, but not limited to, any loss of profits, interruption of service, loss of business or consequential damages resulting from the use of such programs. Copyright Notice Manual written by Kevin Hindley, Chris Huntley and Stephen Greenfield. Copyright © Write Brothers, Inc. 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009. Portions © Ken Schafer 1993-2000. All rights reserved. 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All others are trademarks of their respective holders. 073009001 Table of Contents Tutorials .....................................................................................8 Ten Minute Tutorials for Movie Magic Screenwriter .................................. 10 Windows Users ..................................................................................... 10 Launch .............................................................................................. 10 Write .................................................................................................. 10 Macintosh Users .................................................................................... 12 Launch .............................................................................................. 12 Write .................................................................................................. 12 Tutorials for Using the NaviDoc ................................................................ 15 Opening and Closing the NaviDoc ............................................................ 15 The Outline Panel—Creating an Outline ............................................... 15 Notes Panel—Add and Delete Notes .................................................... 17 Bookmark Panel—Add and Delete Bookmarks ..................................... 18 Scenes Panel—Sorting Scenes ............................................................ 18 Tagging for Script Breakdown and Export to Movie Magic Scheduling ..... 20 Print Breakdown Sheets from Screenwriter .............................................. 21 Export to Movie Magic Scheduling ............................................................ 21 Amazing Import for Dramatica®* Users! .................................................... 22 Basic Information ...................................................................23 Windows & Macintosh ............................................................................... 23 Selecting Screenwriter Commands ........................................................... 23 Screenwriter Help ...................................................................................... 24 Menus ........................................................................................................ 24 Pull Down Menu .................................................................................... 24 List Menu ............................................................................................... 25 Option Menu .......................................................................................... 26 Push Buttons ............................................................................................. 26 Check Boxes ............................................................................................. 27 Radio Buttons ............................................................................................ 27 Text or Numerical Input Fields ................................................................... 27 Opening a Document ................................................................................ 30 Reopening Recently Opened Documents ............................................. 30 Opening a Document automatically at Startup ...................................... 30 Document Formats .................................................................31 Create a New File from a Template ........................................................... 31 Loading A Template ................................................................................... 31 Television Templates ................................................................................. 32 Creating Your Own Template ..................................................................... 32 Restoring an Overwritten Template ........................................................... 33 3. Title Page .................................................................................35 Opening a Title Page ................................................................................. 35 Creating Text Elements ............................................................................. 36 Moving a Text Element .............................................................................. 37 Exporting a Title Page ............................................................................... 38 Importing a Title Page ............................................................................... 38 Printing a Title Page .................................................................................. 38 Importing Scripts ....................................................................40 Preparing a Script for Importing ................................................................ 40 Direct Import .............................................................................................. 41 Cut and Paste Import ................................................................................ 42 Importing a Windows Word Processor Document ..................................... 43 Importing a non-Windows Word Processor Document ............................. 43 Cleaning up Imported Scripts .................................................................... 44 Writing A Script .......................................................................45 Elements ................................................................................................... 45 Inserting Elements ................................................................................. 46 FADE IN: Elements ............................................................................... 46 Scene Heading Elements ...................................................................... 47 Location Elements ................................................................................. 47 Time-of-Day Elements ........................................................................... 47 Action Elements .................................................................................... 47 Character Name Elements .................................................................... 48 Character Extensions ............................................................................ 48 Dialogue Elements ................................................................................ 49 Parenthetical Elements ......................................................................... 49 Transition Elements ............................................................................... 50 Shot Elements ....................................................................................... 50 Titles ...................................................................................................... 50 Act Break Elements ............................................................................... 51 New Scene ............................................................................................ 51 Switch Elements .................................................................................... 52 Character Name in Dialog/Action .............................................................