What's new in Final Draft 13.0.0
Jan 10, 2024
- Writing Stats
- Typewriter
- Midnight Mode
- Emoji
- Navigator 2.0
- Enhanced Outline Editor
- Custom Color PDFs
- Structure Lines
- Custom Beat Views
New in Final Draft 12.0.10 (Jan 9, 2024)
New in Final Draft 12.0.9 (Sep 29, 2023)
- Support for macOS Sonoma
- Minor Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 12.0.8 (Feb 23, 2023)
- New Chinese templates (simplified and traditional)
- BIZ UDPMincho font for writing in Japanese
- Minor Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 12.0.7 (Dec 14, 2022)
New in Final Draft 12.0.6 (Dec 7, 2022)
- Support for Grammarly
- Windows - Support for JAWS screen reader
- Mac - Support for Voice Control
- Track Changes - Navigate changes through the toolbar
- See revision marks in Dual Dialogue
- Minor Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 12.0.5 (Apr 21, 2022)
- Mac - Native Support for Intel and Apple Silicon
- Mac - Enhanced support for VoiceOver screen reader
- Reads a paragraph's element
- Reads current page number
- Reads Dual Dialogue
- Press ESC to exit Focus Mode
- New York Film Academy Comic Book template
- Enhanced Treatment template with Beat Board, Track Changes, Outline Elements, and other script features
- Dynamic Outline Body element adopts prior paragraph's indent
- Minor Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 12.0.4 (Apr 14, 2022)
- Sprint Timer
- Start, pause, and reset writing sprints
- Tweet completed sprints
- Better Accessibility on Mac using Apple's VoiceOver
- Support for screen reader in script editor
- Navigate "Welcome to Final Draft" window
- Enhanced application security
- Minor Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 12.0.2 (Apr 14, 2022)
- New Click-to-Edit Dual Dialogue
- Clicking on Dual Dialogue opens edit state at intended cursor position
- Clicking out of Dual Dialogue closes edit state
- Find/Replace in Dual Dialogue
- Spell Check in Dual Dialogue
- Accept/Reject individual Track Changes to Dual Dialogue
- New Template Chooser with previews
- Move around Beat Board with mouse
- Remove Non-Speaking Character from script
- Shortcut for Hide/Show Outline in Script
- Minor Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 12.0.1 (Apr 14, 2022)
- Optimization to improve performance on Mac and Windows
- Print/PDF for trial versions
- Track Changes popovers more persistent
- Outline Editor - click to show previews
New in Final Draft 12.0.0 (Apr 14, 2022)
- Track Changes
- ScriptNote Enhancements
- Beat Board Flow Lines
- PDF Import
- Beat Board Spell Check
- New improved Revision Dialog
New in Final Draft 11.1.4 (Nov 14, 2020)
- Improved Tamil Language support
- Dual Dialog in Text to Speech
- Improved Collaboration
- Improved Export as RTF
- Big Sur support
- Other Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 11.1.3 (Jul 19, 2020)
- New Speed View
- Synonyms as context menu
- Save As PDF export allowed for 60 days Trial
- Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 11.1.2 (Feb 11, 2020)
New in Final Draft 11.1.1 (Feb 11, 2020)
New in Final Draft 11.1.0 (Nov 5, 2019)
- Now create an Inclusivity Report
- Scene Report can include Tags
- Scene Report can sort by Production order
- Bug Fixes
New in Final Draft 11.0.2 (Mar 29, 2019)
- Character Traits
- Inclusivity Analysis
- Combine files
- Text file import improvements
- Move to previous revision sets
New in Final Draft 11.0.1 (Mar 1, 2019)
- Tags improvements
- Night mode improvements
- Further support for high resolution monitors
- New preference on Mac to turn on/off trackpad zoom
New in Final Draft 11.0.0 (Mar 1, 2019)
- Real-Time Collaboration
- Images
- Beat Board Improvements
- Multilingual Support
- Tags
- Improved Color Palette
- Night Mode
New in Final Draft 10.0.8 Build 63 (Aug 28, 2018)
New in Final Draft 10.0.7 Build 62 (Jul 26, 2018)
- Mac 64-bit support
- Defect fixes
New in Final Draft 10.0.6 Build 59 (Jan 25, 2018)
New in Final Draft 10.0.5 Build 58 (Dec 20, 2017)
New in Final Draft 10.0.3 Build 53 (Jun 22, 2017)
- Bug fixes
- Performance enhancements
New in Final Draft 10.0.2 Build 49 (Feb 16, 2017)
- Reformat Tool has new shortcuts for Delete and Escape
- Beat Board drag image now shows correctly after using Trackpad to zoom
- File opening optimization regarding ScriptNotes and Cast List
- Beat Title fields show … for long titles
- Pasting multiple beats at once now retains relative positions
- Mac spellcheck list now includes Dutch
- Revision mode fixes
New in Final Draft 10.0.1 Build 44 (Dec 19, 2016)
- Beat Board can now be zoomed in and out
- Script can now be zoomed using Command and +/-
- Story Map now features a location indicator to show where you are in your script
- Speed View is now compatible with the Story Map, locked pages, and the navigator
- Dragging beats and changing colors on your Beat Board is now even easier. Right-click anywhere – the beat doesn’t even have to be selected.
- Right-click your Story Map for new options
New in Final Draft 10.0.0 Build 38 (Sep 12, 2016)
- NEW Collaboration:
- Work on your script remotely in real time with your writing partner(s).
- NEW Story Map Feature:
- This new pre-writing tool gives you a high-level view of your story that allows you to easily lay out and structure your script.
- NEW Beat Board & Structure Points:
- Gives you total freedom to organize your ideas and structure completely within your Final Draft file.
- New Alternate Dialogue Feature:
- Store alternative lines of dialogue within the script for easy reference while preserving accurate pagination.
- IMPROVED Scene Numbering Options:
- Number your scenes the way you want and in line with current industry standards.
- IMPROVED Header & Footer:
- Add your file name to your Header & footer automatically.
- IMPROVED Revision Menu Options:
- This improved production feature allows you to add bold text to your revision sets.
New in Final Draft 9.0.9 Build 200 (Jun 30, 2016)
- Improved text drawing
- PDFs now show colored pages for full draft in revision mode
New in Final Draft 9.0.8 Build 190 (Nov 19, 2015)
- "Open Backup Folder” button added in the Preferences dialog
- Fixed a crash when going full screen with Text Documents
- Fixed dictation on Retina displays
New in Final Draft 9.0.7 Build 184 (Jun 2, 2015)
- Faster Typing Speed
- Fixed a case of upside-down text in Full Screen mode
- Fixed bug involving Index Cards and Printing
- Printing Page Range now works in Text Documents
- Support links added to “Get Help” menu
- Fixed crash caused by empty scene headings at the end of your script
New in Final Draft 9.0.5 (Jan 6, 2015)
- Clickable ScriptNotes for easy editing
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite bug fixes
New in Final Draft 9.0.4 (Aug 13, 2014)
- New Features:
- Auto-update: After 9.0.4 is installed, the user will be notified of future updates as soon as they are released and the update will be installed with one mouse-click.
- Profanity: Swear words have been incorporated into the spell-checker.
- Auto-scroll: The program will automatically scroll up to the middle of the page as typing reaches the bottom of the page.
- Defects addressed:
- Changing the font through the Elements menu no longer affects the space-before settings.
- Changing zoom level now immediately redraws the document window.
- Disabled “Edit Page Number” when A-Pages are not locked, which prevents page-numbering issues.
- Documents now open to the correct “last-saved” cursor position.
- Drag-and-drop cursor size now consistent with the regular cursor.
- Dragging and dropping a character name + dialogue no longer changes the character name if dropped after an action element.
- Dragging and dropping text between panels in split view now works correctly.
- Dragging text between documents now works correctly (Windows only).
- Fixed crash in text documents when the set-font command issued.
- Ignore All command in the spell-check now works for all elements.
- Removed problematic highlighting function as an option from the Elements Setup > Font panel.
- Split-View drag-and-drop now shows the drag-select image while text is dragged.
- Status bar “page of page” now displays correctly.
- Unnecessary blank lines no longer appear in the ScriptNote report.
- User now prompted to save a file normally after exporting it as some other format.
New in Final Draft 9.0.3 (Jul 22, 2014)
- This update addressed many functionality and feature improvements including:
- Page colors now match their Revision ID.
- Scripts with few or no Scene Headings are now responsive.
- Drawing in text, status bar, toolbar, scroll slider and others drawing as expected with no issues.
- Text no longer disappears when the Undo command is issued after pasting large amounts of text.
- Script and Character reports can now be generated quicker.
- Highlighting is now confined to the selected paragraph(s), no spillover.
- The revision page color is now displayed immediately if text is deleted.
- Dragging selected text to the grey area no longer impacts pagination and elements.
- The entire context menu is now visible no matter where the cursor is.
- All changes made to Summary Cards are now saved when the view is changed.
- Scene Numbers in the Status Bar now update when the script is scrolled.
- The URL for the automatic update check has been corrected.
- All characters now retain their Arc beat after a scene is omitted.
- Replace Character now changes Non-Speaking characters too.
- Undo Dual Dialogue works as expected.
- The cursor now correctly remains static when typing or changing insertion points.
- Exporting a script to FDR now displays only one progress bar.
- Pasting a selection no longer adds a blank space or blank element to the end of that pasted selection based upon on how the text was selected (left to right or right to left).
- The General Note menu item is now available in the Index Card views and Scene View.
- The Add ScriptNote button in the Navigator is now disabled in Index Cards and Scene Views.
- The Remove ScriptNote button in the Navigator is now disabled if the script has no ScriptNotes.
- A script can now be numbered / renumbered with a custom number.
- Default colors (white background and black text) or revision page colors are output even if the Page Layout colors have been changed.
- Statistics Reports now include page number and scene information about non-speaking characters.
- The Status Bar now displays “Page X of Y" (i.e. "Page 5 of 10") in text documents.
- Files now open at their last saved screen position.
- Clearing revisions now clears both asterisks and revision page colors for all pages (A pages too).
- Cursor vs. Mouse Arrow -- when a selection of text is clicked on the cursor now correctly turns into a mouse arrow and when it's released it goes back to a cursor.
- Character and Dialogue no longer remain highlighted when you change the Character name.
- Deleting a hyperlink in a ScriptNote no longer turns other text into a weblink.
- A hyperlink in a ScriptNote can now be selected without opening the web page.
New in Final Draft 9.0.2 (Jan 8, 2014)
New in Final Draft 8.0.3 (Nov 11, 2011)
- New Features:
- Scene Navigator: Manage and view all the important details of your scene in this sortable floating pallet.
- Send to Script: Send copy from the Index Card Summary directly to your script.
- Pagination: Now you will be alerted about your printable area before you print.
- Text Highlighting: Select and highlight text quickly and easily with this new toolbar button.
- Remember Workspace: No more searching for the correct draft you were just working on.
- Scene Properties Inspector (SPI): Add scene titles and colors to track your story lines, characters, etc.
- Scene View: Outline your script ideas and reorder scenes in this high-level overview.
- Page Count Management: Now you have even more control about what fits on a page.
- Spotlight Search: Use the Spotlight feature on Mac and find any version 8 (.fdx) or version 8 template (.fdxt) files containing your searched words.
- File Format (now XML): Our new file format works seamlessly with third-party applications.
- Improved features:
- Script Compare: Compare two drafts of the same script with more granularity.
- Index Cards: Easily outline your story and restructure your script by dragging and dropping multiple scenes at a time.
- Templates: Jumpstart your writing by using one of our built-in templates.
- Final Draft Courier Font: Improved appearance at high magnification is easy on your eyes during those long rewrite sessions.
- Revisions/Page Locking: Necessary tools for handling script changes once you go into production.
- Toolbar and Menus: Enjoy a fresh toolbar, icons, and menu options to help you navigate version 8’s new features.
- The Panels System: Keeps your script in sync with Index Cards and Scene View.
- Built-in Spell-Checking and Thesaurus: Ability to select a second language spell-checker and copy your version 7 user-dictionary to version 8.
- Final Draft Tagger 2: Breakdown your script and prep it for scheduling applications.
- Title Page, Cast Pages, and Locations Pages: Cover pages come preformatted to industry standards.
- Printing: Greater flexibility, more options, and an improved printing interface put you in the driver's seat.
New in Final Draft 8.0.0 Build 81 (May 5, 2009)
- Scene Navigator - Manage and view all the important details of your scene in this sortable floating palette.
- Page Count Management - Now you have even more control about what fits on a page.
- File Format (now XML) - Outline your script ideas in story development software and seamlessly read them into version 8.
- Scene Properties Inspector (SPI) - Add scene titles and colors to track your story lines, characters, etc.
- Scene View - Outline your script ideas and re-order scenes in this high-level overview
- Remember Workspace - No more searching for the correct draft you were just working on.