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>> Change DOC. Files to PDFs, Please << (currently 2353 views) |
RayW |
Posted: November 10th, 2010, 6:33pm |
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Old Timer Freedom
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No one likes downloading DOC. files onto their computer. Doesn't matter why. Everyone hates it. Deal with it. The alternative is to submit your screenplay as a PDF file, which is pretty easy to do with the right FREE software. Did I mention it was FREE? FREE SOFTWARE >> CLICK ME AND GET IT!<<It's called Celtx. Many of us (cheap bastards) use it. It works fine. Down load it. Learn proper spec screenplay formatting. Save yourself a lot of wasted time fabricating some uncle-daddy-inbred monstrosity. And then save yourself a lot of wasted time listening to us b!tch about it. It's no big whup. Then follow the guide below. Read the attached PDF (made with celtx). Keep yourself out of basic trouble. Get useful feedback. Good luck! |
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RayW |
Posted: November 10th, 2010, 6:34pm |
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Old Timer Freedom
LocationAbout a thousand years from now. Posts1821 Posts Per Day 0.36 |
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RayW |
Posted: November 10th, 2010, 6:35pm |
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Old Timer Freedom
LocationAbout a thousand years from now. Posts1821 Posts Per Day 0.36 |
If anyone wants to send noobs and doc. files thissa way - GOPHERIT! |
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greg |
Posted: November 10th, 2010, 6:38pm |
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Old Timer Oh Hi
LocationSan Diego, California Posts1680 Posts Per Day 0.24 |
Ray, you crack me up. |
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Murphy |
Posted: November 10th, 2010, 6:51pm |
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khamanna |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 9:44am |
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January Project Group
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Pdf is free too if it's not an abnormally huge file. I used to convert some of my shorts from doc. to pdf when I was in a midst of switching computers and lost my final draft. Free, no hassle, easy... Here: http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/ |
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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 9:59am |
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AdministratorWhat good are choices if they're all bad?
LocationNowhere special. Posts3064 Posts Per Day 0.57 |
Back in the day, Alffy told me about PrimoPDF. Never had a problem with that in a year and a half. It's also free and works in conjunction with Final Draft if you use that over CeltX. PrimoPDF |
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JonnyBoy |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 10:05am |
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January Project Group
LocationLondon, England Posts994 Posts Per Day 0.18 |
Somebody tranquilize him. |
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George Willson |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 1:03pm |
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Of The Ancients Doctor who? Yes, quite right.
LocationBroken Arrow Posts3591 Posts Per Day 0.51 |
Of course, while a screenplay format editor may be nice, it does NOT teach you anything about how to format. That's the point of it doing it for you, right? So you don't have to really learn it? I actually have Final Draft, and guess what? You still have to know how to format to use it. All it does is remove a little bit of tabbing here and there, but that's replaced by having to select what you're doing at the time. Honestly, I think formatting software just exchanges one piece of work for another. I write pretty much all of my scripts in Word and convert them using either PrimoPDF or Adobe Acrobat Pro. Don't let a program take the place of actually learning your craft. Spit out a perfectly formatted script in Word, and then you'll be ready to let something else do it for you. |
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jayrex |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 1:37pm |
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Old Timer Cut to three weeks earlier
LocationLondon, UK Posts1420 Posts Per Day 0.22 |
You can just simply get a converter and change the DOC file into PDF.
And save yourself the energy and time reading all this. |
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Don |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 7:03pm |
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AdministratorAdministrator So, what are you writing?
LocationVirginia Posts16438 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Ray,
This is freaking awesome!
Don
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Sandra Elstree. |
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 7:12pm |
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Of The Ancients What if the Hokey Pokey, IS what it's all about?
LocationBowden, Alberta Posts3664 Posts Per Day 0.60 |
Ray,
This is freaking awesome!
Don
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Love the BURN IN HELL doc files part, too! Ray-- the mano-man! Sandra |
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RayW |
Posted: November 12th, 2010, 11:20am |
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Old Timer Freedom
LocationAbout a thousand years from now. Posts1821 Posts Per Day 0.36 |
Greg - Glad to bring a smile to your face. Murphy - It's reciprocal! Khamanna & Sean - Wow! Cool! More toys! Thank you. I still gotta download someone's STD infested doc. file to my puter before upload-converting it to PDF in these, right? JonnyBoy - You can't catch me because I'm the gingerbread man! George - Being an affirmed neo-Luddite, I've never learned how to drive stick-shift, manual transmission because... automatic transmissions work just fine. Celtx kills two birds with one stone: Format + PDF capabilities. It's a tool for beginners. The beginners are not learning format before they submit here. Repeatedly. With this they can concentrate on story construct and dialog. Javier - See above & "Ouch!". Sorry to have offended you. Thank you for providing something useful to the noobs. Boss - Just trying to earn my keep around here. Thank you. Sandra - Glad you like that. It was fun! |
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