Compiling to Final Draft

[Marta]

@simeva

When I compile my screenplay to Final Draft format, Scriv successfully assigns the right FD element to most of the script - eg characters, dialogues, action lines, scene headings. But there are some it misses - eg act headings, script titles, end of acts. So each time I compile, I have to manually change these elements in Final Draft.

Are these transitions hard-wired into Scrivener? Is there a way I can set up either Scrivener or Final Draft so that act headings etc are automatically assigned the right element format in FD?

I don’t know if this will work for you but I found a list of tips through the Scrivener Facebook page

Tip of the Day Tweets

Hello All, Seeing as the initial Twitter announcement thread developed so maturely into a Monty Python homage, I thought I’d do another. Starting on Monday 26th October we will be sending out a ‘Tip of the Day’ tweet. These will be Scrivener related, not entirely random! (Although I do see potential for merriment there.) So if you would like to see our Scrivener usage tips, along with our general tweeting, please tune in: twitter.com/scrivenerapp All the best, David TIPS OF THE DAY POSTED …

Some tips apply only to MAC. but the one below-- which may apply to you works on my system

To use one of Final Draft’s script formats, choose “Load from Final Draft FDX file…” in the Manage… button at the bottom of the Text > Script Writing > Script Settings panel, & select a FD8 file from which you want to read the formatting.

I then went through all the settings, making sure that the font, alignment etc were to my specs, and adjusting the ones that were not–some settings had an MS Shell DLG 2 font (? )

Hope that helps