(From here on, we'll assume you're receiving someone else's script and trying to convert it to your software.) You'lI need to select. rtf file a picture of what the original script looked like in the original application. Even though it won't be editable on the other end, this will give the person importing the.
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Both Final Draft and Movie Magic can save in. Or, if you're receiving a script from someone else, ask them to do this and send it along with the. If you're sending your script to someone else, save a. The best bridge between the two is a simple. Movie Magic has no idea what to do with a.
Final Draft will even offer you what it claims is a Movie Magic format called. Most of these are legacy formats that have probably just been picked up from previous versions of the programs dating back to the early '90s and they're no use to you. Under "Save As." both applications will give you a lengthy list of possible formats. If copying and pasting isn't an option, you're going to have to export your script into another file format. If you've just opened up Final Draft to try this, it will be set up for Scene Heading, and so it will treat the entire pasted script as a long (very long) sequence of Scene Headings. If you paste text into Final Draft, the program simply applies the currently selected element formatting to the entire thing. Unfortunately, if you're going to Final Draft, this won't work. You'll have to double check it, of course, but you shouldn't find too many mistakes, if any. Movie Magic's aggressive interpretation is usually very good. The default values are to import the text as a script and to use its "most aggressive interpretation of the source text." Go ahead and hit OK. Movie Magic will give you its standard text import dialog box. You can simply select the entire script in Final Draft, copy it, and paste it directly into a blank Movie Magic script. IF you have BOTH applications, AND you're going from Final Draft to Movie Magic, you're in luck.
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