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ScreenplayExport a script as PDF, Final Draft, Fountain, Word or text
Save the screenplay as a file in the format you need.
Before you start
- A screenplay is open.
Steps
Click Export in the toolbar.
The Export Screenplay dialog opens. It asks what you are exporting, which version, in which format and where it will be saved.
Under SOURCE, check the Draft to export. Under FORMAT, choose PDF, Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain or DOCX.
SOURCE shows the draft (for example Second Draft (current)) with its state and number of scenes. PDF is professional and printable, and DOCX is editable. Under SCOPE, Entire draft is the default. Clean script, Revision-marked version, Title page, Scene numbers, Revision info and Include notes are the options.
Click Additional formats… to see more.
Plain text (.txt) appears, which keeps the screenplay layout in plain characters. The Additional formats… button goes away once the list is open.
Choose the options you want. Leave Include notes off unless you want the script's notes in the file.
A message says Private notes excluded. Export creates a snapshot; your project does not change.
Click Export…, then choose where to save the file in the Windows window that opens.
Preview… shows the pages first. Cancel closes the dialog without writing a file.
What you get
The file is saved where you chose and the project is unchanged.
Watch out for
- Screenplay files carry no OpenFrame branding.
- Text in some scripts, for example Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Arabic, cannot be put into a PDF. The export says so instead of printing empty boxes.