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Features

What's New in version 8

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“Final Draft is an amazing piece of software, and the only program around that allows me to instantly get rewrites of a script no matter where I am shooting, from the most remote film location in the Moroccan desert, to the frozen landscape of Montreal's countryside during one of their harshest winters. ”

Mace Neufeld — Producer
Invictus, Sahara, The Sum of All Fears, The General's Daughter, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear & Present Danger, No Way Out, The Omen...

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CLICK FOR LARGER	Scene Navigator Manage and view all the important details of your scene in this sortable floating pallet. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Send to Script Send copy from the Index Card Summary directly to your script. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Pagination Now you will be alerted about your printable area before you print. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Text Highlighting Select and highlight text quickly and easily with this new toolbar button. FIND OUT MORE

	Remember Workspace No more searching for the correct draft you were just working on. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Scene Properties Inspector (SPI) Add scene titles and colors to track your story lines, characters, etc. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Scene View Outline your script ideas and reorder scenes in this high-level overview. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Page Count Management Now you have even more control about what fits on a page. FIND OUT MORE

CLICK FOR LARGER	Spotlight Search Use the Spotlight feature on Mac and find any version 8 (.fdx) or version 8 template (.fdxt) files containing your searched words. FIND OUT MORE

	File Format (now XML) Our new file format works seamlessly with third-party applications. FIND OUT MORE

Script Compare

Compare two drafts of the same script with more granularity.

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Index Cards

Easily outline your story and restructure your script by dragging and dropping multiple scenes at a time.

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Templates

Jumpstart your writing by using one of our built-in templates.

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Final Draft Courier Font

Improved appearance at high magnification is easy on your eyes during those long rewrite sessions.

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Revisions/Page Locking

Necessary tools for handling script changes once you go into production.

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Toolbar and Menus

Enjoy a fresh toolbar, icons, and menu options to help you navigate version 8’s new features.

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	The Panels System Keeps your script in sync with Index Cards and Scene View. FIND OUT MORE

	Built-in Spell-Checking and Thesaurus Ability to select a second language spell-checker and copy your version 7 user-dictionary to version 8. FIND OUT MORE

	Final Draft Tagger 2 Breakdown your script and prep it for scheduling applications. FIND OUT MORE

	Title Page, Cast Pages, and Locations Pages Cover pages come preformatted to industry standards. FIND OUT MORE

	Printing Greater flexibility, more options, and an improved printing interface put you in the driver's seat. FIND OUT MORE