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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

The bottom buttons


At the bottom of Celtx's main window, the script window (except when working on a Storyboard) is a row of buttons, as shown in the following screenshot (we've covered all of these already, but a quick review is always good):

  • The Script tab or button returns us to the script in progress from any of the other tabs.

  • TypeSet/PDF generates a final script (looks like the next screen) ready to be saved as a PDF file and sent to the market or used in a production you or your company is doing. Full details on this process are in the Getting the script out of your computer section in Chapter 2.

  • Of the other four tabs, Title Page helps us construct a title page for our script and the remaining three—Scratchpad, Index Cards, and Reports—are assistants to enhance writing and producing scripts. All are also covered in Chapter 2.

Whew! Lots of information so far, but we've now covered all the tools and menus on Celtx's main screen, the stuff you'll be using most in creating all those great...