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Tech Tip: Applying a Final Draft Template

May 18, 2018

Congratulations! You’ve just completed the first draft of your screenplay and you’re ready to go out into the world with hopes of turning it into a visionary cinematic experience. But wait! You just realized the story would work better as a stage pla...

Tech Tip: Deleting a Character from the SmartType Menu

May 3, 2018

The SmartType feature is a helpful function designed to streamline the screenwriting process by auto-completing certain elements of your script, including Characters, Character Extensions (VO or O.S.), Scene Intros (Int. or Ext.), Times and Transitio...

Tech Tip: Highlight Characters

April 20, 2018

A handy and lesser-known tool in Final Draft is Highlight Characters. The Highlight Characters tool is used to color-code individual characters and their dialogue, making table reads and scheduling and prepping for performances a breeze.

Tech Tip: Importing from Another Word Processor to Final Draft 11

April 13, 2018

A question we often get asked is, “how do I import my script from another word processing program?” This is a good question because if done improperly, it can create significant issues within your script.

Tech Tips: Beat Board vs Index Cards

March 12, 2018

We get this question quite a bit: When should a writer use the Beat Board and when should he or she use the Index Cards?

Tech Tips: Go To

January 26, 2018

In this crazy, hectic, fast-paced world of ours, shouldn’t we remember to maybe go a little slower sometimes, not get there quite so fast, enjoy the journey a bit more, take the time to stop and smell something or another?

Color My World

January 19, 2018

If your eyes are starting to bleed because you’ve been staring at a stark white screen covered with little black letters all night, you pretty much have two options. The first, and your mother/spouse/roommate will agree, is go to bed already, for Pet...

Tech Tips: The Format Assistant

January 5, 2018

Congratulations! You finally finished your script and like a proud but nervous parent, you’re now ready to send it off into the world!

Tech Tips: Customizing a Print Job in Final Draft

December 22, 2017

Going to File > Print > Print (Mac) or > OK (Windows) prints the full script with an option to include or exclude the title page. If you need to output a particular subset of the entire document, use the additional commands at the bottom of ...