RELEASE NOTES FOR DRAMATICA WRITER'S DREAMKIT 4.1
August 2004

These Release Notes are organized as follows:

1.  Activating Your Software
2.  New Users
3.  New features in 4.1
4.  Troubleshooting -- FAQ
5.  Contact Info

1.  ACTIVATING YOUR SOFTWARE:

This new version of Writer’s DreamKit for Mac OS X uses a new license management system.  This new system is unique since it puts you, the user, in control.  If you have Movie Magic Screenwriter, it is similar in that allows you to install the program on 3 different computers simultaneously. However, it is quite different in that it is impossible to “lose” installs. Here is how it works:

When you activate your software you are asked to give a name for the computer on which you installed the program.  This name goes into one of three “slots”.  If you choose to install the program and activate it on a second computer (your own computer, e.g. a laptop, home or work machine) you would again be given the opportunity to activate in a second slot. If you were to install on a third computer, you then specify a computer name for the third slot.  This allows you to install and run the program on three separate computers.

Now what happens if you want to install it on a fourth computer?  You will be asked to remove the activation on one of the other computers so you can place it on the fourth one.  However, you do not actually need to uninstall the program on the older system.  The deactivation will take place automatically through the internet.

Each time you activate the program, you will receive an e-mail at the address you specified when you registered the program.  If you ever receive a software activation e-mail, and you did not activate your software recently, please contact us immediately so that we can address the issue.

Unfortunately, the wide spread piracy and selling of illegal copies of our products has necessitated moving to this license management system. While no system is perfect, we're confident our new license management system will reward our honest clients and reduce the problems seen in more prevalent "copy protection" systems.

For additional information, please visit our License Management FAQ page at www.screenplay.com/support/faqs/misc/WWLM_FAQ.html 

2.  NEW USERS:

Welcome to Dramatica Writer's DreamKit!  The quickest and easiest way to build your Dramatica story structure and start writing your story is by using a Structure Template in combination with the Level One path in the StoryGuide.  How?

1.  Launch Dramatica WDK.
2.  Click on the File menu, select New and then Story From Template.
3.  Select a structure template, e.g. Screenplay Template.
4.  The Desktop Tiles window disappears momentarily while the template loads.  Once it reappears, click on the StoryGuide/Start Here tile.
5.  The StoryGuide window displays.  Click on the StoryGuide button.  Start writing your story!

Be sure to visit our web site at www.dramatica.com for the latest Structure Templates.

3.  NEW FEATURES IN 4.1

• Writer's DreamKit is now Mac OS X native and makes use of Apple's Aqua user interface.

• Writer's DreamKit now has two new commands in the File menu:  New Story From Template, and Open Example Story.  These commands make it easy to open any of WDK example stories or to create a new story using one of WDK's structure templates.  It is no longer necessary to manually navigate to the Examples and Structure Templates folders.

• For users with a scroll-wheel mouse, Writer's DreamKit now supports scrolling with the scroll-wheel.

• Writer's DreamKit supports Mac OS X text smoothing for more readable onscreen text.

• Writer's DreamKit supports the Mac OS X Services menu, allowing other programs to operate on text selections in WDK.  For example, you can have the Mac OS text-to-speech engine read a portion of your story out loud.  You can also use the Services menu to look up selected text using Google's web search or Write Brother's Word Menu.

• Writer's DreamKit supports a wider range of picture files that can be used for Character Icons:  They are: PICT, MacPaint, Photoshop (2.5 & 3.0), GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TGA, TIFF, and  FlashPix .

• Writer's DreamKit uses a new license management system in which the software is activated over the Internet.  If your computer does not have an Internet connection, please contact our Technical Support department and we can walk you through the process of manual activation.

4. KNOWN PROBLEMS -- FAQ:

Opening or operating the Story Engine is slow:  This should only be a problem under Jaguar (10.2.x) and was corrected by Apple in Panther (10.3.x).  Also, users with faster machines running Jaguar may not even notice the problem.  The slowness is due to the time required to build all of the pop-up menus in the Story Engine window.  Also, once you start selecting items the speed of opening and operating the Story Engine will get faster.  

5. WRITE BROTHERS CONTACT INFO -- 8:30am-12pm & 1:30pm-5pm, Mon-Fri, Pacific Time

SALES:
	Web: www.write-bros.com
	Email: www.screenplay.com/contact/cs (recommended)
	Or sales@screenplay.com 
	Phone: (800) 84-STORY (International (818) 843-6557)
	Fax: (818) 843-8364

SUPPORT:
	Web: www.screenplay.com/support
	Email: for a reply, within one business day please use our web form at:
	www.screenplay.com/support/contact/emailsupport.html
	Or, you can send email to support@screenplay.com (serial number required).
	Phone: (818) 843-7819
	Fax: (818) 843-8364

THEORY: 
	Web: www.dramatica.com 
	Email form: www.dramatica.com/support/contact/emailtheory.html
	Email dramatica@screenplay.com 
	
POSTAL MAIL:
	Write Brothers, Inc.
	138 North Brand Blvd. STE 201
	Glendale, CA  91203