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From: clive@druhi.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Word Processor for Screeen/Play writers...
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Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 22:19:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 22:19:01 1987
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in article <5802@dartvax.UUCP>, thomas@dartvax.UUCP says:
>      Does anyone know of a good word processor to use for screen/playwriting?


I just came into possession of a shareware item called QuickScript,
$30 from Dantz Software Development, 1510 E1 Walnut Street, Berkeley,
California 94704.

It looks like it would do what you want and maybe more, but in a
different way. 

You need Microsoft Word and a Laser-Writer.  Imagewriter won't be
usable at all, as will be clear.  Expensive, but the results seem impressive.

You write fairly normally in Word, and include QuickScript formatting commands
enclosed in curly {} braces.

When you're finished, you dump the PostScript (Laser-Writer) commands
for the entire file, and run them through QuickScript.  It prints,
rearranging things in a fancy and (I presume since he says so)
industry-standard way for scripts.  This is multicolumn, with audio
and video cueing, different fonts per function, time marks, etc.

There's online help, and a doc package you get for the $30.

If there's interest, I'll ask felix!macintosh to put it up in
comp.sources.mac.  Or mail if only one or two want it.


Clive Steward
ihnp4!druhi!clive