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5 stars
Version: Sophocles Screenwriting Software 2003
"The Best"
Pros: Reasons this is better than Final Draft:
1. One of the most impressive features -- automatically formats parentheticals, which Final Draft doesn't do (you don't need to tab between them and dialogue).
2. If you have written a script in .rtf, .txt, or .html format, you can import it effortlessly into Sophocles and the program with format it perfectly (very cool).
3. One click to create perfect Adobe, .txt, or .rtf documents of your script of small memory size.
4. Great user interface -- avoids that clunky zoom feature in Final Draft. Edit in one window and Print Preview in another. More comfortable for those used to Word processing software like MS Word.
5. Lower cost. About half of what FD costs and a better quality product.
If you're looking for software that will create perfectly formatted screenwriting documents with little effort, this is easily your best choice.
Cons: Quibbles:
1. I wish it would allow you to insert notes in between the text, like on word processor, instead of just attaching them to scenes.
2. It could use a much more sophisticated Find/Replace feature, like in MS Word, but no screenwriting software has that, that I know of.
3. It runs perfectly in Windows XP. That previous reviewer didn't know what he was talking about. I have owned this program for several years and it has never crashed once.
4. Another reviewer complained about the watermark on printed pages??? Well, duh. This is not free software, so print output is disabled on the trial version.
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I totally agree, no crashes, ever with this software and yes, its not free nor should it be, great value anyway.
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