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Final
Draft: The screenwriter’s choice
There’s
good news for people connected to the entertainment industry.
Final Draft, the word processor dedicated to the art of creative
writing is here.
Final Draft is the number-one among Hollywood’s professional
writers. Specifically designed for writing movie scripts,
TV episodes, and stage plays, it combines powerful word processing
with professional script formatting in one self-contained,
easy-to-use package. There is no need to learn about script
formatting rules — Final Draft automatically paginates
and formats your script to industry standards as you write.
Final Draft’s interface is easy to understand and operate.
There are no style sheets to build, no complicated commands
to learn. For a beginner, the built-in settings will make
the first script look professional. For the working writer,
producer or director, Final Draft is packed with powerful
features geared for the rigors of production.
Importing turns files created in just about any word processing
programme into professionally-formatted scripts with just
a click of the mouse.
Text to speech has your script read back to you by assigning
different voices to different characters. It’s like having
a live script reading in your computer.
There’s a built-in spell checker/Thesaurus, a 120,000
word spell-checker and thesaurus that includes synonyms, antonyms
and related and contrasting words. You can also build script-specific
dictionaries to add your own terminology. Additionally, Final
Draft can be fitted with specialised foreign-language spelling
and thesaurus files upon request.
With smart type you find a database of character names, scene
headings and transitions that requires you to enter just the
first few letters. The rest will be typed by Final Draft instantly.
The industry standard mores and continueds are created and
placed automatically as you write and edit your script.
Beneath the surface of Final Draft is a world-class word processor
with all the font, style, size, justification and alignment
control you have come to expect from your general word processor.
In Final Draft, your script will always be paginated correctly
while providing unparalleled flexibility and text-formatting
features.
Scripts look and operate identically on either Windows or
Macintosh platforms. Formatting and pagination, commands and
keystrokes match completely.
There are A and B pages, unlimited revisions and printing
of character sides to name a few of the production features
in Final Draft.
Script Notes are hideable note windows that can contain anything
from comments about a scene to fully-formatted script sections
for later use.
Label the top or bottom of each page with page number, revision,
date, title, episode anything you need.
Final Draft’s Bookmark function lets you mark any spot
in your script and jump to it with just a click of the mouse.
Every television show has its own unique format and your episode
won’t even be looked at unless it’s in that format.
Final Draft gives you the templates for television’s
top 50 shows, complete with all the characters and locations.
Final Draft takes rearranging and rewriting to a new level
with Scene Navigator, an index card and outlining feature
that lets you restructure your script interactively as you
write. View the scenes in your script on simulated index cards
or in a move traditional outline format. Scene Navigator is
completely interactive, moving or adding scenes in the script
as they are manipulated in the Navigator window.
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