Scriptwriting Software Now Designed for Windows XP and Carbonized for Mac OS X

Encino, CA - January 23, 2002

Final Draft, Inc., (www.finaldraft.com) today announced the availability of Final Draft Version 6.0, a major upgrade to its top-selling scriptwriting software, which is used to write scripts for movies, television and the theater. Final Draft Version 6 is designed for Windows XP and Carbonized and compatible with Mac OS X. Final Draft Version 6 unveils many new features including the interactive Ask the Expert (with noted scriptwriting guru Syd Field), which guides the writer on story development, character, plot or structure questions, ScriptCompare, a Format Assistant, a revamped interface and much more. In addition, Final Draft is now a preferred file format and the exclusive scriptwriting software integrating the Writers Guild of America west’s online script registration. Availability is immediate at a retail price of US$249.00 from Final Draft, Inc. and resellers worldwide. Registered users may upgrade for US$69.00 (until April 30, 2002) and US$99.00 thereafter. Final Draft Version 6 comes with both Windows and Macintosh versions included. To order, or for more information, visit www.finaldraft.com.
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“Final Draft 6 continues our long-standing tradition of designing our software using suggestions from our users. This upgrade incorporates numerous asked-for features and some great additions to the process of scriptwriting. It has also been designed to take advantage of the latest operating systems, in this case Windows XP and Mac OS X,” said Marc Madnick, President of Final Draft, Inc.

Syd Field, regarded by entertainment industry professionals as the foremost authority on the craft of scriptwriting, stated “The new Ask the Expert feature is going to create new possibilities for scriptwriters everywhere.” Chuck Slocum, Strategic Planning Director of the Writers Guild of America west said, “The WGAw has been a leader in protecting content rights for seventy-five years. Now we can facilitate script registration via the Internet and especially directly from within Final Draft.”

Requirements

Windows
Windows 98/ME/NT/2000 or XP32 MB of RAM
15MB of Available Hard-Disk Space
CD ROM Drive

Macintosh
Mac OS 8.6-9.x or OS X
24MB of RAM
15MB of Available Hard-Disk Space
CD ROM Drive

About Final Draft Inc.

Writer Marc Madnick and software engineer Benjamin Cahan founded Final Draft, Inc. in 1991. They recognized the need for a scriptwriting 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 150,000 units sold since its introduction. Final Draft Inc. was named one of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in 1998 in Los Angeles by Deloitte & Touche. Final Draft won the 2000 Golden Satellite Award for Best Interactive CD-ROM.

Final Draft scriptwriting software is the leading scriptwriting program and is used worldwide by professional film and TV writers to create such Oscar®-winning hits as American Beauty and The Usual Suspects. Final Draft is endorsed by industry talents such as Oliver Stone (JFK, Any Given Sunday), James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets, Jerry Maguire), Tom Hanks (That Thing You Do, Castaway) Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) and Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor, Armageddon).

Final Draft, Inc. has two locations:

USA
16000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 800
Encino, CA 91436
Phone: (818) 995-8995
Toll-Free Sales: (800) 231-4055
www.finaldraft.com

Europe
56 rue Dombasle
Paris, France 75015
Phone: 33-145-332525
www.finaldraft.com/fr

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Windows and Windows XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).