Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 Help for Mac OS X Version by Write Brothers, Inc. 2 Movie Magic Screenwriter Table of Contents Foreword 0 Part I Movie Magic® Screenwriter 6 Help 13 1 Welcome to ...................................................................................................................................Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 14 2 Copyright &................................................................................................................................... Trademark Notice 15 3 Running Movie................................................................................................................................... Magic Screenwriter 6 16 4 New Features................................................................................................................................... in Screenwriter 6.0 17 New Screenwriter.......................................................................................................................................................... 6.0 Icons (Mac OSX) 18 Screenwriter 6.0.......................................................................................................................................................... Menu Changes 19 New File Format—.MMSW.......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Opening Existing......................................................................................................................................................... Documents 23 Saving Documents......................................................................................................................................................... in 6.0 (MMSW) Format 23 Saving Documents......................................................................................................................................................... as SCW Files 23 Undo Levels .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Shortcut Key Changes.......................................................................................................................................................... in 6.0 24 5 Tutorials ................................................................................................................................... 28 Basic Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 10-Minute Tutorial......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Open the Program......................................................................................................................................... 30 How to Write ......................................................................................................................................... 31 1) Add Fade In ................................................................................................................................... 31 2) Add Scene Heading................................................................................................................................... 31 3) Add Location ................................................................................................................................... 32 4) Add Time of Day................................................................................................................................... 32 5) Type First Line ...................................................................................................................................of Action 33 6) Add Character ...................................................................................................................................Name 33 7) Add Character ...................................................................................................................................Extension 34 8) Add Dialogue ................................................................................................................................... 34 9) Add Another Character................................................................................................................................... 35 10) Add Dialogue................................................................................................................................... 35 11) Add Another Location................................................................................................................................... 35 12) Add Continuous................................................................................................................................... 36 13) Add Action ................................................................................................................................... 36 14) Add Character................................................................................................................................... Name 37 15) Add Dialogue................................................................................................................................... 37 16) Add Character................................................................................................................................... Name 37 17) Add Dialogue................................................................................................................................... 38 18) Add Action ................................................................................................................................... 38 19) Add Transition................................................................................................................................... 39 20) Add Scene Heading................................................................................................................................... 39 21) Add Location ................................................................................................................................... 39 22) Add time of Day................................................................................................................................... 40 23) Add Action ................................................................................................................................... 40 24) Add Character................................................................................................................................... Name and Dialogue 40 25) Add Character................................................................................................................................... Name 41 26) Add Parenthetical................................................................................................................................... 41 27) Add Dialogue................................................................................................................................... 41 28) Add Shot ................................................................................................................................... 42 Contents 3 29) Add Action ................................................................................................................................... 42 30) Add Contued ...................................................................................................................................Dialogue 42 31) Add Action. ................................................................................................................................... 43 32) Add More Action................................................................................................................................... 43 33) Fade Out ................................................................................................................................... 43 That's It ......................................................................................................................................... 44 Exporting to .........................................................................................................................................................PDF 44 Steps to Export to .........................................................................................................................................PDF (export only) 45 E-mailing a PDF File......................................................................................................................................... 45 Tutorials ......................................................................................................................................................... 46 NaviDoc .......................................................................................................................................................... 46 Opening and......................................................................................................................................................... Closing the NaviDoc 46 Common Controls......................................................................................................................................................... 47 Outline Panel........................................................................................................................................................