FINAL DRAFT RELEASES HIGH TECH 5.0 TO HOLLYWOOD:
Best-Selling Screenwriting Software Company Unveils Major Technological Upgrade At ShowBIZ EXPO

Los Angeles, June 25, 1999

Final Draft, Inc. (formerly B.C. Software, Inc.) today announced the release of Final Draft Version 5.0, unveiled at Final Draft booth # 1701 at ShowBiz Expo, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center (June 25-27). The industry-acclaimed software, used by top screenwriters such as Oliver Stone, Lawrence Kasdan and Sydney Pollack, and television shows like "Friends","Dawson's Creek" and "Frasier" has been re-engineered from the ground up, utilizing state-of-the-art development tools and offers many totally new features, including a text-to-speech feature that allows the script to be read back to the writer in character-specific voices. Final Draft is the world's best-selling word processor specifically designed for screenwriters, television writers and playwrights on both Windows and Macintosh computers. With a user base of more than 100,000, Final Draft is considered the industry standard in screenwriting software, responsible for the writing and revisions of nearly every major motion picture screenplay and network television show script.

Marc Madnick, co-founder and CEO of Final Draft, Inc., said "The key to Final Draft's success remains its no-nonsense, "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" approach to the screenwriting process, empowering the creators of film and television entertainment to concentrate on the creative process. With these new enhancements, Final Draft 5.0 becomes an essential production tool that will serve writers well into the next century." Final Draft software formats screenplays and teleplays to industry standards, tracking pagination and organizing the storage of character names, scene headings and transitions. With its easy-to-use "plug and play" attributes, Final Draft has become synonymous with exceptional engineering and its 'whatever-it-takes' approach to customer support.

The upgrade is available for $79.00, simultaneously available for both Windows and Macintosh computers. It includes features requested by many of Final Draft's clients, which includes many of the entertainment industry's most prominent and prolific cinema and television writers, directors, producers and script coordinators.
 
Final Draft Version 5.0's New Features Include:

State of the Art Look and Feel - Both Windows and Macintosh versions have been redesigned to be in complete compliance with the latest operating system's look and feel. Writers will have no trouble moving from the familiar ground of Windows NT/98/95/2000/Me or Macintosh OS, to Final Draft.

Templates (Stationary Support) - Final Draft 5.0 will allow writers to set up stationary "templates",complete with customized settings, such as Margins, Elements or Character Names, then save them as templates for later use. The writer will then simply choose 'New' from the 'File' menu, choose the type of document or preset customized document desired, (such as a specialized network television show or a personalized feature-film format) and begin to write, without worrying about format preparation.

On-Screen User Manual - Help is just a mouse click away with Final Draft 5.0's new, completely indexed on-line user manual.

Text-To-Speech - Assign voices to each character and a narrator to read the action, and Final Draft 5.0 will read any selected part of the script to you. Much like a table read without having to hire the actors.

Built-in E-mail Capability - With Final Draft 5.0 and the user's internet connection, writers may E-mail a script and any messages to their agents, co-writers, producers or any destination directly from the program. This eliminates the need to produce and messenger a hard copy of a script, or to transport a script via traditional floppy or zip disks.

Built-in Standard Text Word Processor - Writers no longer need to launch another standard word processor to generate treatments, cover letters or any other type of documents which require full-functionality, such as control over font types, styles and margins.

Built-in Electronic Registration - With ProtectRite®, a universally recognized form of script registration. Final Draft 5.0 allows the writer to register directly from the program with their internet connection.

Character Sides - Print every page of a particular character's action and dialogue with just a few clicks. An invaluable tool for casting and actor's scene preparation.
 
Final Draft 5.0's Enhanced Features Include:

Customizable Floating Toolbar - enables the writer to place all the commands utilized the most wherever he or she wants them on the screen.

Spell Check On The Fly -Misspelled words are automatically underlined in red as you type.

Text Scaling - Allows writers to enlarge the size of their script as it appears onscreen from 25% to 150%.

Go To - Increased navigation throughout your entire script by page, scene, bookmark, revision or scriptnote.

SmartType - Now more user-friendly and useful. Separate the elements of a Scene Heading by INT/EXT, Location or Time of Day.

Headers and Footers - Enhanced tab features and the addition of Footers to Final Draft 5.0.
Enhanced Scene, Shot and Act Numbering - Final Draft 5.0 allows you to number any paragraph from traditional Scene Headings to individual Shots within the scene.

Final Draft 5.0 Minimum Requirements:

Final Draft 5.0 for Windows requires a 486 or Pentium-based IBM-PC processor, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows NT, 16 MB of RAM, CD-ROM drive and approximately 10 MB of hard drive space.

Final Draft 5.0 for Macintosh requires a 68030 processor or better, System 7.6.1 or higher, 16 MB of RAM, CD-ROM drive and approximately 10 MB of hard drive space and is PowerMac native.

About Final Draft, Inc.

Final Draft, Inc. (formerly B.C. Software) was founded in 1992 by writer Marc Madnick and software engineer Benjamin Cahan, who recognized the need for a screenwriting software package, which would eventually re-create and revolutionize the way an entire industry writes and revises its scripts. Final Draft has become the best-selling screenwriting program worldwide, with more than 100,000 units sold since its introduction. Final Draft was named one of the fifty fastest growing technology companies in 1998 in Southern California by Deloitte & Touche. With a name change from B.C. Software, Inc. to Final Draft, Inc. and a move from their West Los Angeles facilities to a bigger facility in the Los Angeles, Encino area, Final Draft, Inc. counts 25 employees and is currently expanding into the global software market. Final Draft, Inc. has also co-produced, with world-renowned screenplay instructor Syd Field, the first instructional video for screenwriters, "Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop." All Final Draft, Inc. products are available from leading software retailers, mail-order suppliers, online or directly from the company.

Final Draft, Inc. (formerly B.C. Software, Inc.) 16000 Ventura Blvd. Suite 800, Encino, California 91436 (800) 231-4055 (818) 995-4422 Fax info@finaldraft.com

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