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Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's Guide

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Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
List of Recommended Books on Screenwriting and Productions and Online Resources
Celtx's New Web Look and Smartphone Apps
Future Development of Celtx

Time for action - saving a project


  1. 1. Click on File, and then click on Save Project or just use Ctrl+S.

  2. 2. The dialog (similar to the following screenshot) pops up. In the input box next to File Name at the bottom, change Untitled to your desired title. Click on the Save button.

What just happened?

The project is now saved and we are ready to continue.

Okay, let's continue. In the Project Library box on the left, double-click on Master Catalog. In the following example, I have my script-in-progress Portals:

Being up to page 42 already on my script, there are ten characters in the Master Catalog. It looks like the following screenshot:

Yours, being a new script, is empty. Create a new character by clicking on the Add button, located just below the Screenplay. This latter button, if clicked, returns you to the screenplay view. Clicking on the Master Catalog button gives you the characters and other categories listed for this project. See how easy it will be to refer to your characters as you write...