Customizes Microsoft Word into a versatile tool kit
for writing film and video scripts. Available for Mac or Windows
"I've used Script Werx daily for work on Fox
Television
syndicated series, documentaries for Arts &
Entertainment and the History Channel, and with
multimedia projects for Dendrite Forest. Now my
computer won't leave home without it!"
--Patric Hedlund, Los Angeles writer/producer
NBC's Saturday Night Live Chooses Script Werx for their Writers
Not long ago Saturday Night Live called to ask about Script Werx, our script
formatting program for MS Word. After I was sure this wasn't a hoax, I asked
why they were considering what is one of the least expensive script
formatting programs. She explained that the writers seemed to all use MS
Word rather than those specialized script formatting programs. But if you've
ever tried to format a two column script with Word, you know it's not
designed for script writers.
That's where Script Werx comes in. You install it into Word and then you can
always choose any one of 11 industry-standard script templates. If you
already use MS Word, you'll find that there's virtually no learning curve
for using Script Werx.
After buying one copy of Script Werx from us, the Saturday Night Live
writers were so happy they bought a license so everyone in their shop could
use it. And then they had us customize it just their show! If you already
use MS Word, Script Werx will be very easy for you. It's professional and
less than half the cost of other script software. See for yourself.
Use the world's most popular word processor
(Microsoft Word™) to write film or video scripts. With point-and-click
ease, you can choose between using Word unmodified or using a Script
Werx template designed to write any one of six different script
formats.
A Better Choice Than
Stand-Alones
Stand-alone script processors force you to pay several
times more for
features seldom used by a writer and needed only during complex,
big-studio productions. Script Werx...
Minimizes new learning curves: What you already know about Microsoft
Word still works with Script Werx
Creates standard Microsoft Word files that ensure compatibility with
virtually any studio, ad agency, client or colleague-as well as most
stand-alone script processors
Your Best Choice in a Templates
Package Script Werx lets you continue using your own customizations and makes
it easier to modify Word for your way of writing. Built-in industry standard
formatting lets you start writing right now...
No fussy rituals of selecting options...
No additional formatting steps...
No separate printing files
Clear User's Guide
Over 130 pages of easy how-to's and helpful tips; written for scriptwriters
by scriptwriters.
One of three toolbars provided with each of
the four screenplay templates-
More Than Style Formats Script Werx is
a package of 12 templates, each of which customizes Microsoft Word™ far
beyond the styles and recorded macros that are the limit of how Word is
typically customized. Every template
provides up to 3 new toolbars, a Script Werx menu and dozens of new
shortcuts and tools, most of which are complete with dialog boxes and
on-screen instructions. Each of the six script templates makes it easy to:
Enter character cues with a single click or key combination
Compile often-used words or phrases that can then
be used in your script by pressing a single key combination
Customize templates with headers, footers and cover sheets that will
then be automatically included on every script you create
Have scripts generate their own:
List of Templates Script Werx
provides a package of twelve templates. For more details, click the name of
the format that interests you.
The twelfth template
is a "backup" template, which is used by the Script Werx tools that
create documents such as shot lists and teleprompter files.
Character Names--Names can be
easily added to a Character Toolbar and/or menu. Once on the toolbar, simply
click the appropriate button or press a key combination to have the
character name entered into your script--properly formated--at the current
cursor position.
In the Add Character Cue dialog box, simply type in a character name.
Automatically, the name will be added to the Character Toolbar and a key
combination will be created using the first letter of the name. This dialog
also provides several over-rides that let you:
Enter a shorter name to appear on the toolbar
Chose a different letter for the key combination
Chose different modifier keys for the key combination
Add the name as an AutoCorrect entry
Control the abbreviation for the new AutoCorrect Entry
New Character List Feature--
This new feature creates a separate
document listing all characters in a
screenplay format script, along with
the number of lines they speak and
the pages on which they have
dialogue.
Often-Used Words--Script
Werx makes it easier to assign keyboard shortcuts to often-used words or
phrases.
In the Often-Used Words dialog box, simply type in a word or phrase.
Automatically, a key combination will be created using the first letter of
the name. This dialog also provides several over-rides that let you:
Chose a different letter for the key combination
Chose different modifier keys for the key combination
Add the name as an AutoCorrect entry
Control the abbreviation for the new AutoCorrect Entry
Follows Industry
Standards Whether you're writing
a screenplay or a corporate video, you won't have to worry about margins,
styles or formatting. Script Werx ensures that your script projects a
professional image.
The screenplay and teleplay formats are based on Guidelines from the Writers
Guild of America and The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, by
Cole/Haag (the defacto standard for the entertainment industry). The
corporate video formats are based on over 20 years of experience writing
video scripts for the corporate market.
How It's Used Script Werx is
a set of 12 templates that install themselves in your Word folder. Then,
simply select New from the File menu. A list of all templates will appear.
Double click on the one you want and start writing. All of the styles and
formatting are built in. Shortcuts are available from a special Script
Werx toolbar and menu. Dozens of keyboard combinations provide
additional options for using shortcuts. The more comprehensive shortcuts
include on-screen instructions and help screens to walk you through the
procedures without having to resort to the user's guide.
Fully Compatible--Any script
created with Script Werx is a standard Microsoft Word™ file,
which can be opened and edited on any computer (Mac or Windows) using the
appropriate version of Word. All styles stay with the script itself, so the
recipient sees exactly what you created on your computer and any revisions
made will be in the correct format.
Revisions--Using Word's revision
features, revisions can be made in a distinctive color, giving you the
ability to easily spot every revision and accept or reject revisions on an
individual basis.
Who Needs It Anyone using Microsoft
Word™ to write scripts for feature films, teleplays, speaker support,
documentaries or corporate video.
System Requirements Any computer
running Microsoft Word™ version 6 or above (supported on US/Canadian
English versions
only). Separate versions for Macintosh and Windows. Windows
version works with 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP and NT operating systems.
Uses no additional
memory over what is required for Word. Disk storage needed is 2 MB for
Macintosh and WinWord versions 6 and 7 (Word 95), and up to 11.2 MB for
Word 97 and above.
Script Werx has been
thoroughly tested with Microsoft
Word 2001 on Macintosh and
updated as needed.
Script Werx has been
thoroughly tested with Microsoft
Word 2002 (also called XP) on
Windows and updated.
Macintosh: Power Mac with 64 MB RAM or above
recommended.
Windows: Pentium with 64 MB RAM or above recommended.
"..all a writer needs is a program like Script Werx that will accomplish
this task (script formatting) simply and efficiently."--Frank Leroy, NY
Screenwriter
NBC's Saturday Night Live is Now
Using Script Werx
All staff writers and the SNL script
department now use a customized
version of Script Werx that helps
them accommodate a weekly ritual
of continuous rewrites under intense
deadline pressure.
Script Werx developer John
Morley spent three days on site at
the SNL studios helping to ensure
that the customized software
minimized learning curve, conformed
to formatting standards that have
evolved over the show's 25-year
history and made it easy to track
changes made on specific pages
within a sketch.
Other challenges included a
process that links all sketches into a
master script while still allowing each
sketch to continue through the
rewrite process individually.
Additional features facilitate entering
writer names and sketch titles so
that they appear properly formatted
in all appropriate places in a sketch,
a toolbar of cast-member names and
a preferences dialog box that lets
writers select from among several
options.
A motivating factor in selecting
Script Werx was its smooth
integration within Microsoft Word.
This helps minimize learning curve,
which in turn helps to keep the
current team working at full
productivity and eases the disruption
of turnover, since Microsoft Word
remains the most widely used word
processor.
