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From: thomas@dartvax.UUCP (Thomas Summerall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: A Word Processor for Screeen/Play writers...
Message-ID: <5802@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Mar-87 21:04:27 EST
Article-I.D.: dartvax.5802
Posted: Mon Mar  9 21:04:27 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Mar-87 23:21:01 EST
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Keywords: WP, word processor, screenwriting



     Does anyone know of a good word processor to use for screen/playwriting?
It would need the ability to set a "smart tab" which would both indent from
the left margin like a stndard tab, but would also set a right margin allowing
for justification, etc.  One would then be able to type in the indented area
and then outdent.  For screenplays there need to be at least four different
"smart" tab settings.

     I am currently using MacWrite 4.5 and setting four different tab stops.
This is a real pain, because the thing screenwriters do most is re-write.
With MacWrite I am forced to re-align the margins and remove tab stops by
hand each time each time I make a change.  It's still better than a typewriter,
but just barely...

     I am also an amatuer programmer, and I know that this feature would be
fairly easy to add to an existing word processor.  It is basically a highly
specialized ruler insertion.

    Are there any packages which exist specifically for this purpose?  Are
there any which can be used for this?  (I've heard Word 3.0 has a lot of
fancy features...)

    This is an application for which there is a large market.  Maybe some
software company will read this and do something about it...

Thanks in advance.

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