Screenwriter automatically formats while you write so you can focus on what you're writing, not where it goes on the page.

It also formats for television, stage, novels and comic book scripts so you've got an all in one package for any story you want to write.

With a massive set of features designed to make the rewriting process fast and simple you can get from FADE IN: to FADE OUT effortlessly.

Online collaboration, integrated outlining, the ability to compare drafts of screenplays and the most comprehensive production features of any screenwriting software all make Movie Magic Screenwriter the clear choice for getting your stories from concept

Here are some key features of "Movie Magic Screenwriter":

· Integrated outlining lets you create and manipulate outlines up to thirty levels deep.
· The NaviDoc technology lets you navigate through your document effortlessly and has four panels: the Outline panel lets you add, remove, and rearrange outline elements, the Scenes panel lets you navigate and sort your scenes at the click of a button, the Bookmarks panel lets you set bookmarks to jump to any place in your document and the Notes panel lets you create and sort color-coded notes & note categories.
· Over 30 new templates for a total 104 templates and 12 sample files.
· 25 new TV show templates for a total of 86 TV templates.
· 2 new sample files (comic story arc & radio play) and 2 updated sample files (screenplay and stage play) for a total of 12 sample files.
· 3 new Instructional templates (classic film structure outline, screenplay, & sitcom structure) for a total of 8 instructional templates.
· 4 new blank templates (generic comic, Gossett-Kayle comic, radio play, & radio show) and 1 modified template (stage play) for a total of 10 blank templates.
· Courier MM Screenwriter custom-made font for superior onscreen display and printing-not available anywhere else on the market.
· Improved tool bars & context menus.
· Fit width zoom automatically adjusts the text size of your script as you resize the window.
· Redesigned look and feel to accommodate the latest versions of Windows and Mac.
· Menus reorganized for easier use.
· Send documents as email attachments in RTF or Adobe Acrobat PDF formats
· Retain previous versions of documents.
· Makes back up copies of documents.
· Automatically checks for Updates.
· Advanced word processing.
· Real-time spell checking and spelling auto-correction.
· Automatically checks for formatting errors.
· Formats for screenplays, TV, novels, stage plays, comic book scripts etc.
· Fully editable index card view.
· Compare two documents.
· Customizable user links.
· Text-to-speech.
· Name bank.
· Thesaurus.
· iPartner online collaboration.
· Official formatting software of Writers Guild of America, East and preferred file format of WGA, West.
· Password protect documents.
· Import files from any word processor.
· Export to many file formats.
· Selective export to PDF.
· Storyboard linking (Windows only).
· Comprehensive production script management.
· Full production breakdown reports.
· Industry standard revision draft colors.
· Revision tracking for shooting scripts.
· Integrated script tagging for export into Movie Magic Scheduling & others.
· Generate set lists and rundown sheets.
· Real-time scene renumbering.
· Free Internet and email support.
· Free phone support.

Requirements:

· Power PC G3, G4, G5 or Intel Core Duo processor.
· 25 MB of Hard Disk Space.
· CD-ROM drive (network installation not supported).
· iPartner requires Internet connection, optional microphone and speakers for voice chat.

Limitations:

· 2-day or 20 uses trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Previous versions of Mac Screenwriter only permitted 27 character filenames. This version allows LONG Unicode filenames.
· By “long” we mean greater than 64 characters and less than 225 characters. Unicode filename support allows for non-Latin characters in filenames.
Long Unicode filenames are supported in these areas:
· Opening Files.
· Double-Clicking files / drag file onto program icon.
· Print from Finder command.
· Recently Opened Files list (in FILES menu).
· New files - Save, Save As - Save a Copy (including in different formats)
· Import.
· Export (all formats).
· Send as Email Attachment.
· Print to PDF (always supported long filenames).
· Backup files (.bk Previous Version files).
· AutoSave / Timed Backup (.tmb) - Templates (all operations).
· Load Style from Screenwriter Document.
· Load User List from Screenwriter Document.
· Cut / Copy to New File / Existing File / Scrap.
· Paste From...
· Window Titles.
· Window menu names.
· Various Dialogs and Alerts that display filenames.
· Compare Scripts.
· iPartner.

Corrected Issues:
· When you attempt to connect to another machine using iPartner and then cancel the connection, the program crashes.
· Cut or PASTE to Scrap file crashes when attempting these operations on an unsaved file.
· Weird (and incorrect) background color on Intel Mac when Windows iPartner shows file.
· In iPartner when you send a file with a long name from PC to Mac or from Mac to Mac, the file name gets stripped down to 31 characters.
· Page Up/Page Down double arrow buttons below vertical scrollbar are not working (affected Intel Macs only).
· Screenwriter crashes when you open and then immediately close Streamline. (occurred rarely, and only when Streamline was checking for updates).
· There was a problem deleting stale .bk backup files. Stale .bk files are backups that are the oldest backups that exceed the maximum number of backup copies the user wishes to retain. The bug was that “stale” .bk files with the same base name located in the same Previous Versions folder would erroneously get deleted. For example, Script 001.bk and Script Revision 001.bk might both be deleted, when it was intended for only one to be deleted. It probably didn’t affect many users and certainly didn’t cause anyone to lose material.

Enhancements:
· Made maximum width of Screenwriter’s FILE menu wider, so if long filenames appear in the “Recently Used” area of the File Menu, they won’t be likely to be abbreviated to be shorter.
· Re-Wrapped with new PACE 5.7.1. This version supports the upcoming “Snow Leopard” (OS X 10.6).
· Previous version limit raised from 99 to 999.
· Courier MM Screenwriter is now the default font used in the default template.