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Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's Guide Celtx won't write your script for you, but it will ensure it has the format and features demanded by the film industry. Learn to use Celtx along with insider secrets of screenwriting and script-marketing into the bargain.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
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ISBN-13 9781849513821
Length 376 pages
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
1. www.PacktPub.com
2. Preface
1. Obtaining and Installing Celtx FREE CHAPTER 2. All those Wonderful Writing Features 3. Visualizing Productions Ahead of Time 4. Tools for Getting Organized 5. Tooling Up for Scriptwriting 6. Advanced Celtx 7. Writing Movies with Celtx 8. Documentaries and Other Audio-Visual Projects 9. Raising the Curtain on Plays 10. Audio Plays, Podcasts, and Other Great Sounds 11. WAP! POW! BANG! Writing Comic Books with a Punch 12. Marketing Your Scripts List of Recommended Books on Screenwriting and Productions and Online Resources Celtx's New Web Look and Smartphone Apps Future Development of Celtx Pop quiz—Answers

With a little help from our friends


The last menu on the top menu bar is the Help menu (as follows). So, continuing our exploration of the many wonderful tools on the main Celtx screen, here's where we find some help. The following screenshot shows the options under the Help tab:

The various options under the Help tab are as follows:

  • About: Clicking on About Celtx on the Help menu gives us the version of Celtx we're running. In my case—as I pound away at my trusty keyboard writing this book in July, 2010—the latest version is 2.7 (released in December, 2009). Other information on this mini dialog box includes a nice movie-style scrolling credits list of folks who worked so hard to bring us Celtx. Let's give a shout out to all those great guys and gals. Thanks!

  • Splash Screen: Clicking on the Splash Screen selection brings up the same screen we see when first starting Celtx. It's another way to open a new project—there's always more than one way in Celtx.

  • Online Support: The Online Support...

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