Screenwriting Software
Various screenwriting software packages are available to help screenwriters adhere to the strict formatting conventions described above. Such packages include BPC-Screenplay, Celtx, DreamaScript, Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software, Final Draft, Montage, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Movie Outline, Scripped, Movie Draft SE and Zhura. Mobile applications like Fade In Mobile and Scripts Pro have become a must for traveling screenwriters, allowing them to write on mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad (and, in the case of Fade In Mobile, Android devices).
The first screenwriting software was SmartKey, a macro program that sent strings of commands to existing word processing programs, such as WordStar, WordPerfect and Microsoft Word. SmartKey was popular with screen writers from 1982–1987, after which word processing programs had their own macro features.
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