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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...