Formatting Enter and Tab key behavior
You can customize the default behavior of the Enter and/or Tab key for a given element style under Format > Element Styles > ...
Formatting Inserting a page break
You can insert a page break by placing the insertion point on an element and selecting Format > Page Break ...
General How to make scene headings bold
Go to Format > Element Styles > Modify Element Style, select Scene Heading, then Font and make sure the Bold checkbox is checked.
If you ...
General Unicode/international language PDF output
The short answer
If you are writing in Unicode (i.e., a non-English language, using emojis, etc.) and experience problems with text ...
General Can Fade In open Final Draft screenplays?
Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software can open a wide range of documents format, including Final Draft.
Final Draft version 8 (.fdx) ...
Formatting Dual dialogue
To format dialogue by two characters as dual dialogue (i.e., simultaneously spoken), simply select/place the insertion point on the first ...
Formatting Creating a custom template
It's easy to create a custom template with your own setup, including element styles, customized autocompletions for Scene Intros, Scene ...
General Windows Alt+NumPad combinations aren't working
On Windows, you can use Alt+NumPad combinations to type accented or other Unicode characters.
If for this seems to not be working ...
Formatting How to override "(cont'd)" after a Character element
To remove all occurrences of "(cont'd)" to indicate the same character speaking again, you can turn it off under Document > More and Continued.
To ...