LetterBox for Windows

User Reviews

• CRAP - doesn't install on 64bit

  voiidz7/23/2012

  Pros

  don't know

  Cons

  doesn't tell you it's not 64 bit compatible until after it installs old .net files....

  Summary

  avoid.

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• Easy to get started, easy to use

  maryerclik1/31/2011

  Pros

  - Easy to get started - Easy to use - Don't need to know a lot about format to write a script - Doesn't cost much compared to other tools

  Cons

  - Could use more file export formats (apparently coming soon)

  Summary

  I like it. I was able to start getting my story down really quickly and feel like I am making immediate progress on my script. Good price for what you can do with it.

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• nice software, wish it had some more feautures

  rcopley7/12/2006

  Pros

  this was a very useful to me, I enjoyed the fetures and anyone looking for a program to format a script for you I would recomend this

  Cons

  I did not like that it does not let you preveiw your script before you print it, but despite this, it is still a decent program to download

  Summary

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• Does not Work

  NyteKnight6/11/2006

  Pros

  Cons

  The program installs but does not work. Keeps giving "The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS or Windows Applications." Can't evaulate the program if it doesn't work!

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• It works, but annoying interface

  ncalima3/1/2005

  Pros

  It knows what the format should be, and it has all the basics. After you choose various options it will automatically implement the industry standard abbreviations and such when you print. The download.com description of 3 stars begins, "This is a decent, solid program. It has no major flaws, but it didn't knock my socks off." This pretty much describes the LetterBox1.2 trial. <p> <p>Some major pros for the trial are that you *can* copy-paste out of it and you *can* print. (Apparently there are printing restrictions, but I haven't encountered them yet.) Of course, as described below, copy-pasting isn't very efficient.

  Cons

  The interface is rather annoying. If you look at the available screenshot for this, you can see "Element Control." Each line of dialogue, each bit of action, each writer's note, it complete and separate from all the others (it is one element). In other words, you can only see one character's one line at a time--no looking at the entire script and reading how it flows. You have to print it to do that. It's also hard to bang ideas out fast when it's so difficult to switch between characters and parts of the script. (This is why copy-pasting wouldn't work for the entire screenplay: you can only copy one line at a time.)

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