Getting Started: Differences between the Mac App Store and non-App Store versions Answer: Some small differences exist between the Mac App Store version and the non-App Store version of Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software.
The Mac App Store version ...
General: Unicode/international language PDF output Answer: The short answer
If you are writing in Unicode (i.e., a non-English language, using emojis, etc.) and experience problems with text rendering correctly when attempting to ...
Fade In Mobile: How do I print (or make a PDF) from the mobile app? Answer: Fade In Mobile does not currently include any built-in capability for printing or PDF generation.
The best way to print is to export to Dropbox, open ...
Formatting: An installed font isn't displaying properly Answer: If you haven't already done so, please try exiting the application and restarting it.
Uninstalling and reinstalling the font (i.e., removing it from your Fonts, then ...
Getting Started: I can't install the application Answer: If you have downloaded the installation package but cannot install the application:
Please ensure that you have quit any currently running copy of Fade In before ...
General: Full screen mode Answer:
To change to full-screen mode, or to change back from it (i.e., to have the application in a smaller, movable and resizable window), select View ...
Formatting: Non-standard title page formatting Answer: [Please note that this information is outdated as of version 2, and is retained here for archival/reference purposes only.]
It is possible to create a title ...
General: Turning on additional logging for troubleshooting Answer: If the build of Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software that you are currently using supports additional logging for troubleshooting, you can turn it on as ...
Formatting: How to type accents Answer:
Typing accents depends on the platform you're using. For more information see here: http://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/
Windows
You can bring up the Character Map utility and select the accented characters to ...
General: Can Fade In open Final Draft screenplays? Answer: Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software can open a wide range of documents format, including Final Draft.
Final Draft version 8 (.fdx) documents can be imported and ...
General: Can Fade In open Movie Magic Screenwriter screenplays? Answer: Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software cannot, currently, open Movie Magic Screenwriter (.mmsw) documents directly. Unfortunately .mmsw is a closed, proprietary format and the makers of ...
General: Printing in Linux Answer: If you are having difficulty printing from Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software under Linux, try installing the libgnomeprint and libgnomeprintui libraries. Fade In will automatically use these if ...
General: Keyboard navigation of dialogs on Mac Answer: In order to enable keyboard navigation of dialogs when using Fade In on Mac — particularly helpful with things like the Reformat dialog — you'll need to ...
General: Additional Table Read voices Answer: The virtual table read function under Document > Table Read uses the voices installed on your system for its built-in speech functionality. (These are different on ...
Formatting: Page numbers are missing Answer: If page numbers have disappeared from your document or are otherwise not showing up, check to make sure that there is a page number placeholder ("#" ...
Getting Started: Startup problems Answer: In the rare situation that Fade In has trouble starting up (such as a crash, etc.) it may be necessary to delete the application's saved ...
General: Where are autosave files located? Answer:
If you have backups enabled under Preferences > General, period backups will be saved of your work. Where they are saved depends on the operating system.
(Note: ...
Formatting: A font is not appearing when using Create PDF Answer: It is possible that a font which displays fine while editing and outputting using File > Print may not appear at all when using the built-in ...
General: Unwanted autocorrections Answer: Sometimes, due to interaction between Fade In, the dictionary used for the document, and the way something is typed, it may be "autocorrected" incorrectly, i.e., ...