I'm not entirely sure if this is in the correct section, so I appologize beforehand. I was a celtx user for a few months, but lately I've been experiencing a lot of problems with syncing, sharing, converting to PDF, etc (I'm not technologically inclined). The fact that I've read on this forum how celtx warps page counts is also a big turnoff. I would use final draft, but I'm a broke 17 year old With that being said, I've opted to try a simpler solution; using Word 2010 to write a script. If anyone has had any experience with this, here's the link to the tutorial I used to set up the template - http://www.awn.com/blogs/screenwriti...riting-program
Now, I found that I couldn't get the quickstyles just right. What I wanted to do was configure things so that I could use both the TAB and ENTER keys for going from action, to dialogue, to character and vice versa. I also wanted to have multiple shortcuts between each line (for example, in celtx pressing enter after the action line leads to more action, but hitting tab from that point on leads into a character line. The biggest problem I've faced with the Word program in trying to set up my template is that I can't figure out how to assign tab as a shortcut, and it also seems as if you can only have one shortcut per quick style (for example, after you write an action line, you have to decide whether or not you want an action line or a character line to appear by hitting enter. Unlike celtx, where you could use a second command of tab for shortcuts, this problem leads to constantly needing to re enter the longhand shortcut of which line you want. There are no multiple options
I'm sorry if this was confusing! If what I've posted above is confusing, has anyone figured out a way to set up a screenwriting template in Word that works for them? If I could get any tips on setting up Word for screenwriting, that would be amazing. This is something I'd really like to try
Thank you!
Now, I found that I couldn't get the quickstyles just right. What I wanted to do was configure things so that I could use both the TAB and ENTER keys for going from action, to dialogue, to character and vice versa. I also wanted to have multiple shortcuts between each line (for example, in celtx pressing enter after the action line leads to more action, but hitting tab from that point on leads into a character line. The biggest problem I've faced with the Word program in trying to set up my template is that I can't figure out how to assign tab as a shortcut, and it also seems as if you can only have one shortcut per quick style (for example, after you write an action line, you have to decide whether or not you want an action line or a character line to appear by hitting enter. Unlike celtx, where you could use a second command of tab for shortcuts, this problem leads to constantly needing to re enter the longhand shortcut of which line you want. There are no multiple options
I'm sorry if this was confusing! If what I've posted above is confusing, has anyone figured out a way to set up a screenwriting template in Word that works for them? If I could get any tips on setting up Word for screenwriting, that would be amazing. This is something I'd really like to try
Thank you!
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