Display Eighth Totals by...—Specifies how Screenwriter should calculate the totals for each Sort grouping. If the displayed totals for each scene are added, their rounding accumulates too—leading to an inaccurate total.
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Totals of All Rounded Eighths—If checked, rounds the displayed totals for each scene into eighths before adding them. |
For example, a group has Scene 5 with 39 lines and Scene 7 with 50 lines in it. You have specified 6 lines per eighth. For Scene 5, it calculates 39 divided by 6 = 6.5/8ths, which rounded upwards becomes 7/8ths. Scene 7 is calculated as 50 divided by 6 = 8.33/8ths or 1 and 0.33/8ths, which rounded upwards becomes 1-1/8ths. The total of Scenes 5 & 7 calculates as 7/8ths +1-1/8ths = 2-0/8ths.
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True Total of All Lines—If checked, the actual numbers of lines in each scene are added, then rounded into eighths to give a more accurate total. |
In our previous example, the total of the lines from Scenes 5 & 7 is 89. And 89 divided by 6 is 14.83/8ths—or 1-6.83/8ths—which rounded upwards comes out to 1-7/8ths.
