MS Word screenwriting plug in/template?

1. NewbsNetwork
   Member

   

   Evening, all.

    I have a copy of FD, but it's an ancient version. However, some of my writing team do not have even that. All of us, however, have a copy of Word.

   Before I go buy multiple licenses for Final Draft, does anyone know of any plug-ins or templates that allow Word to easily format scripts? Doing it by hand is a chore, it drives me nuts. I remember reading about some MS Word add-on once, but I never tried it and can't remember what it was called. I can google it, but I'd rather hear about something that someone here has actually used and recommends, if possible.

   Chris - you're the king of cheap/free downloads... what do you recommend?

   Thanks in advance for the help!

   -Jeff

   Posted 3 years ago #

2. Don
   Member

   

    Chris already listed one really good freeware peice...in the other thread.

   can you not just layout a page the way you want it and save it as a template? 

   Posted 3 years ago #

3. Rob Grauert
   Post Production Host

   

    I would only recommend using MS Word for creating split page scripts. It's easy to create a 2-column table for audio and video.

    If you're writing a narrative and want to follow WGA format, use Final Draft or what I use, Celtx, which was a free download and works great. It's similar to FD in the idea that you can simple press TAB to shuffle between character, dialogue, parenthetical, INT or EXT scene, scene description, etc. It automatically formats your script to WGA standards.  

   Rob Grauert, Jr
   http://www.robgrauert.com
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   Posted 3 years ago #

4. Don
   Member

   

    celtix! that's the one Chris mentioned! It's available for Mac also!

   Posted 3 years ago #

5. NewbsNetwork
   Member

   

    Celtx looks amazing... I love open-source! ;)

    Thanks for the head's up!

    -Jeff

   Posted 3 years ago #

6. ralck
   Member

   

   Celtx has a bunch of collaborative tools built into it as well, so this might be a good thing to look into for you and your other writers to all work on and view the project.

   Posted 3 years ago #

7. NewbsNetwork
   Member

   

   Celtx has a bunch of collaborative tools built into it as well, so this might be a good thing to look into for you and your other writers to all work on and view the project.

    I saw that, which is perfect as one member of my writing team is based in NYC and we're in CA.

   -Jeff

   Posted 3 years ago #

8. film814
   Member

   

   Celtx is great.  You can also try Cinergy Script Editor.  Cinergy Production Software is very expensive, but the scriptwriter is free.   I have used both.

   Jeremy

   Posted 3 years ago #

9. cdanddvdpublisher
   Member

   

    Celtx is both free and fantastic.The more that i use it, the more impressed i am

   Posted 3 years ago #

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