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4. Print to PDF Need to e-mail your Final Draft script to an agent or a friend? No problem. Simply print your script to Acrobat PDF and e-mail it away. Its included free. 5. New Index Cards Write on both sides of cards. The Script side lets you write your script. The Summary Side lets you type in notes, ideas, and comments to organize your story. 6. Ask the Expert An interactive problem-solver with legendary screenwriting teacher Syd Field, television writer Larry Brody, playwright Jon Dorf and WGAws The Creative Rights Handbook. 7. MAC & PC Compatible
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Reading well-written screenplays is critical. Here are ten you should read. 1. Chinatown: Robert Townes script is often rated as the best ever. Casablanca: Actually adapted from a play. Die Hard: A great action script; as fun to read as to watch. Finding Nemo: A non7. typical road movie. 5. Breaking Away: A classic American ensemble script (but written by a European.) Groundhog Day: A perfectly structured screenplay. Annie Hall: Ever been a film with better dialogue? Citizen Kane: Holds up 9. well 50 years later. Some Like It Hot: A great comedy script (also see, Animal House.)
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How to Start a Screenplay with Final Draft
When Final Draft arrives, take a deep breath. Its time to get to work. First, keep all boxes, paperwork, manuals, and CD ROM cases. Second, please register Final Draft. If you want to upgrade Final Draft in the future, Final Draft needs to know who you are. Third, decide if you want to install Final Draft on your hard drive. You can install Final Draft on two computers and you wont need the CD-ROM in the drive. (You can install Final Draft on more computers but youll need the CD in the drive of those computers.) Fourth, put Final Draft away and read the manual cover to cover. It wont take you more than 30 minutes. Fifth, if you dont completely know the rules of screenplay formatting, read a book such as Dave Trottiers excellent book The Screenwriters Bible. Sixth, start writing. If you get stuck, dont give up. Work on your story in an outline, index cards, or in a program such as Power Structure. Seventh, dont give up.
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ASK THE EXPERT Within Final Draft, you can always Ask the Expert. Simply click your mouse and Syd Field will offer advice on dialogue, character development, plot structure, and script format. No other software offers you Syd Field in your computer. SYD FIELDS SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP Syd Field and Final Draft have produced a 2 -hour DVD that closely follows Syds world-class screenwriting workshop. Watch it again and again to truly learn screenwriting. Part I: Getting Started Part II: Creating Character Part III: Writing the Screenplay Part IV: Rewriting Syd Fields Screenwriting Workshop is $29.95 if purchased separately. However, you can buy it with Final Draft for just $15.00.

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Use the new Script Compare feature to write your screenplay while simultaneously looking at your script outline, earlier notes, or even an earlier draft. No longer will you have to switch back and forth between your notes or index cards and your screenplay. your first draft will become your final draft much quicker when you use script compare.
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Common Final Draft FAQs

Weve heard every comment and question about Final Draft. Here are the most popular. Can I use Final Draft on my computer at home and work? Yes. You can authorize two computers to use Final Draft without the CD in the drive. You can install Final Draft on more computers but it will require the CD in the drive. Final Draft does this to minimize piracy and keep your costs down. What if I lose my CD or my computer crashes? Register your software with Final Draft. They will have a record of who you are. In the event that something happens, Final Draft will work with you. They want to keep our customers happy. Visit The FD Knowledge Base at Final Draft.com
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Remote Activation

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Introduction
The Final Draft Remote Activation is intended for use by IT or MIS personnel for multi-user-license Final Draft and Final Draft AV to provide a secure method for activating and deactivating copies of Final Draft products and to permit activation/deactivation of computers that are not connected to the internet or that are placed in a remote location. With a Final Draft product multi-user license, you will have received a Customer Number that can be used to activate seats purchased in the license. You should have given Final Draft Sales or Support the names of the people on the IT/MIS staff and they will be registered with the Customer Number. NOTE: Only these registered individuals will be entitled to technical support.
You should have also given Final Draft a Login Name and Password that you wish to use with Remote Activation.
NOTE: You cannot change the User Name or Password yourself. This must be done by Final Draft personnel. IMPORTANT NOTE: If the program has been installed on a computer with a Customer Number other than the one from the multi-user license it should be deactivated and uninstalled prior to installing and using the multi-user Customer Number.
After the program is installed on a computer, the computer must be activated in order to run for more than 15 days. Any computer that has been activated can be deactivated at any time. When a computer is deactivated the total number of available seats in the license will be incremented by one. WARNING: If a hard drive is reformatted before removing an activation, that activation will be lost. If this occurs, contact your Final Draft representative.

Using Remote Activation

Overview
The remote activation/deactivation process consists of installing a Final Draft product on the users computer, then going to the Internet and logging onto the Remote Activator URL where you will enter a code generated by the program on the users computer. The Activator will return a second code which is entered into the users program.
NOTE: It doesnt matter what type of computer the Remote Activator is running on or what type of computer is going to be activated. Correct codes will be generated for both Windows and Macintosh computers.

Activation

NOTE: The Remote Activator does not have to be run on the computer being activated (though it can be). However, someone needs to be operating the computer to be activated.
To activate a computer using the Remote Activator:
1 On the computer to be activated, install and then run Final Draft or Final Draft AV. 2 Enter the Customer Number when prompted. 3 When prompted to Activate, click Yes. 4 In the Activation dialog, click Manual Activation. On the following screen, a Challenge Code is

generated.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure the Challenge Code remains onscreen. If the Challenge Code is no longer onscreen it is no longer valid. WARNING: You cannot activate online. This prevents unauthorized use of your site license. If Activate Online is chosen, the copy of the program will not be activated.
NOTE: Either program will run for 15 days without activation once the Customer Number is entered. If you need to activate from within the program, choose Help> Activate and then click Manual Activation.

5 Launch your or any computers Internet Browser. 6 Go to: http://remote.finaldraft.com 7 Enter your Login Name and Password and click Login.
NOTE: You should have given Final Draft a Login Name and Password that you wish to use with the Remote Activation.
The Remote Activator screen appears:
8 Enter the Challenge Code in the appropriate field. Click Activate. A Response Code appears. The number
of Remaining Activations is decreased by one.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure the Challenge Code is still onscreen. If the Challenge Code is no longer onscreen it is no longer valid.
9 Enter the Response Code in the appropriate field on the computer that is to be activated and click

Activate.

10 The program will be activated and will run without restrictions.

Deactivation

To deactivate a computer using the Remote Activator: 1 On the computer to be deactivated, run the program.
2 Choose Help > Deactivate. 3 In the Deactivation dialog, click Manual Deactivation. On the following screen, a Deactivate Code is
generated. WARNING: You cannot deactivate online. This prevents unauthorized use of your site license. If Deactivate Online is chosen, the program will not be deactivated.
4 Launch your computers Internet Browser. 5 Go to: http://remote.finaldraft.com 6 Enter your Login Name and Password and click Login. The Remote Activator screen appears (see

previous).

NOTE: You should have given Final Draft a Login Name and Password that you wish to use with the Remote Activatior.
7 Enter the Deactivate Code in the appropriate field. Click Deactivate. Unless there is a problem, the
number of Remaining Activations is increased by one.
NOTE: If there is a problem, an error message will appear in the Deactivation Status area. Call your Support Representative and report the message.

8 Click Deactivate.