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Movie Magic Screenwriter

Tab Key—Puts in Character Names regardless of where the cursor is in the document.

RETURN Key—Takes you from one element type to another (i.e. pressing <RETURN> while in Character Name will take you to dialogue; while in Transition will take you to Scene Heading, etc).

Left Parenthesis Key—Puts you in a Parenthetical when pressed while in Dialogue. This key adds a Character Extension if pressed while in a Character Name.

CTRL+ B—Turns Bold on/off.

CTRL+ E—Puts you into a Scene Heading with EXT. and a space already typed in for you.

CTRL+ I—Puts you into a Scene Heading with INT. and a space already typed in for you.

CTRL+ O—If you aren't in a Shot, then it puts you into one.

CTRL+ R—Forces a refreshing of the screen.

CTRL+ S—If you aren't in a Scene Heading, then it puts you into one.

CTRL+ T—If you aren't in a Transition, then it puts you into one.

CTRL+ U—Turns Underlining on/off.

CTRL+ Y—Turns Italics on/off.

CTRL+ RETURN—Puts you into Action.

SHIFT  + RETURN—Puts in a Forced Page Break.

OPTION + RETURN—Puts in a Hard Return.

CTRL+ - —Puts in a Soft-Hyphen.

CTRL+ SHIFT - —Puts in a Hard-Dash.

CTRL+ SHIFT ( —Puts in a "(" into Dialogue without making it a Parenthetical.

CTRL+ OPTION+ SPACE—Puts in a Hard Space.