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Script Order—First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order, then in the order they appear in the document (without any sorting). |
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Interior VS. Exterior—First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order, then sorts all Exterior scenes before Interiors within each group. |
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Location—First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order, then sorts all Locations alphabetically within each group. |
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Time-of-Day—First groups all scenes in the Primary sort order, then sorts alphabetically by Time-of-Day within each group. |
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Calculate Eighths by...—Specifies how Screenwriter should define an 1/8th of a page. Historically, an 1/8th of a page was one inch (6 lines). Nowadays writers are allowing more than 48 lines on a page, so Screenwriter gives you a choice between the standard 1/8th or a “truer” 1/8th. |
Standard- 6 lines = 1/8th of a Page—If checked, defines an eighth of a page as 1” (6 lines). If you have more than 8” of text on a page, however, it's possible for a page to calculate as longer than 8/8ths—giving inaccurate page counts.
Adjusted - 7 lines = 1/8th of a Page—If checked, defines an eighth of a page as the total allowable lines on a page divided by eight. When rounded, this equals 7 lines.
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Display Eighth Totals...—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.
