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Final Draft Writer™ app for iPad
Inspiration can strike at any moment...
It hits you at a coffee shop, while waiting in line, or on the train to work. Create new scripts or edit existing ones anytime, anywhere with core Final Draft features specifically designed for the iPad.
Watch the Final Draft Writer in action
Where has this been all my career?!? I put it through its paces doing a rewrite on the go-go-go. Does a great job. This is a real step forward! What more do you need on the road? (Maybe a chauffeur?)
David Seidler – Writer / Academy Award® winner
The King's Speech, By Dawn's Early Light, Tucker: The Man and His Dream...
No Other Screenwriting App Has So Many Features
Just a few
key features
- Tab and Enter Navigation
Write a new script or edit your current one with quick and easy shortcuts. - ScriptNotes™
Share notes with someone or make notes for yourself to edit your script later.
- FDX Compatible
Send or share your file in FDX format with any user of Final Draft version 8. - SmartType™
Don’t waste time retyping the same elements over and over. SmartType remembers and types them for you.
Utlilize Core Final Draft features like SmartType
Format your script perfectly to industry standards
- Professionally formatted TV, Film and Stageplay templates to help get you started
- Automatic More's and Continued's
- SmartType remembers your Character Names, Scene Headings, and more
- Quickly change elements with Tab and Enter quick-navigation
- Add, categorize, and edit ScriptNotes
Keep track of your script throughout production
- Character Highlighting allows you to keep track of your characters for table reads or character development
- Shows Active or Collated Revisions with Colored Pages
- Includes production features like Scene Numbering and Locked Pages
- Quickly switch from one revision set to another
Includes a full set of production features
Create new scripts or choose from pre-formatted TV/Film templates
Manage all your writing anywhere and anytime
- Go paperless and carry all your scripts with you everywhere you go
- Easily add text and paragraph styles to your script
- Track key information with Cast Reports, Scene Reports, Location Reports, and more
- Export scripts to PDF via email or Dropbox
The Buzz About Our App
“Amazing!”
Thank you for bringing this amazing software to the iPad. I’ve been using other tools but Final Draft is the only software I trust to get the formatting 100% correct.
m10000001, iTunes Store
“Really, really great.”
Now, THIS is exactly what I have been waiting for. So feature rich...I don’t really know where to start. Just awesome.
jonathan williams, iTunes Store
“Best Screenplay App!”
Hands down the best iPad App for writing movie scripts. I tried all the others available on the App Store and found them weak in the features and full of bugs. Yes it costs more than the other apps, but none compare in features.
iPadNews, iTunes Store
“Worth the Wait!”
I’ve been waiting for some time, and actually I must say, it was worth the wait. I’ve found the program to be intuitive and so far I’m very pleased. It’s an incredible help having this program on my iPad as I can now write wherever life takes me.
A.M. Lear, iTunes Store
Final Draft Writer app — FAQs
When you launch the Writer application, you will see your list of scripts. Slide one to the right and you'll see three icons (Delete, Rename, Duplicate).
These commands will enable you to keep your script list current and accurate.
To start a new script, touch the plus sign at the upper left and choose the template you want.
To create a test or alternate copy of a script, duplicate it and rename it.
NOTE: Final Draft v.8 has a much larger selection of script types and templates to choose from.
1. Through email:
- Open the iPad's Mail program;
- Touch the email with the script attached;
- Touch the script icon;
- Touch Open in FD Writer.
2. Through iTunes filesharing:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4094
- Open your Dropbox folder;
- Touch the script name on the left;
- Touch the Export icon at the upper right;
- The Open In... menu will open; touch FD Writer;
- The FD Writer launches automatically. Your script will be added to the Scripts screen and will open.
IMPORTANT: Only FDX files (ones created in Final Draft v.8) are openable in this application. It cannot open FDR (Final Draft v. 7 / 6 / 5), PDF, DOC, HTML, TXT, RTF or any other kind of file.
-- Tab
-- Scene Heading
-- Action
-- Character
-- Parenthetical
-- Dialogue
-- Transition
-- More Elements
-- Styles
-- Mark / Clear Revised (only visible when script is in Revision Mode)
No. These old versions of Final Draft use the .FDR file format, which is over 15 years old. The Writer and the Reader can only open .FDX files, which are created by v.8.
Yes. You can send FDX files from the iPad Writer to Final Draft v.8 for Windows and vice versa without any problems.
No, the Writer only exports as PDF, not as any other format. If you need to save a file as some other format, you can do so in v.8.
If you have a colleague who needs to view a script created or edited on the Writer, they can download the free Final Draft v.8 Demo, which opens all FDX files, or the Final Draft Reader app for iPad / iPhone, available free from the Mac App Store.
The other option is to export the script as a PDF. Information on the PDF export is HERE.
The only file type the Writer app can open is FDX, the format used by Final Draft v.8. It does not open FDR (Final Draft v. 7 / 6 / 5), RTF, DOC, TXT, HTML or PDF files.
Some other screenwriting programs can save as FDX, but these files are not written in genuine Final Draft FDX and the scripts may not look or behave as expected when opened in Final Draft v.8 or Final Draft Mobile apps.
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.
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