The File menu provides familiar functionality for managing files, including opening, saving, and printing.
New
Creates a new, blank screenplay document.
You can optionally choose a default template for new documents in Preferences > General.
Open
Displays a file browser to select an existing Fade In (.fadein) screenplay document to open.
To open a document from another format or application, see File > Import, below.
Open Recent
Presents a list of recently worked-on documents to choose one to open.
You can change the number of recent documents to be remembered in Preferences > General.
Close
Closes the currently open document. If the document has been modified, you will be prompted to save it before closing.
Templates
Templates are essentially documents that include settings, styles, layout, etc. plus optional content.
You can create a new document from a template, manage installed template (.fadein.template) files,
apply a new template to the current document, or save the current document as a template.
(Note that a saved template must then be installed using Manage Templates in order to use it.)
When selecting Save as Template, hold down the shift key if you would like to keep from saving element style fonts.
Save
Saves the currently open document in Fade In (.fadein) format.
Save As
Displays a file browser to choose a new filename under which to save the currently open document.
To save a file to another format, or for use with another application, see File > Export, below.
Save All
Saves all currently open documents. If a document has not previously been saved, you will
be prompted to choose a new filename.
Revert to Saved
If the currently open document has been modified, it will be reverted to the last-saved version.
Any changes since the document was last saved will be discarded.
Import
Imports a document from another format or application.
Currently supported formats are:
Rich Text Format can be particularly useful for importing from applications such as older versions of Final Draft, Movie Magic Screenwriter, or Microsoft Word.
Some formats, particularly .fdr and .pdf, are subject to formatting import limitations. Depending on the type and origin of the document, some formatting or content may not be imported.
Export
Exports the currently open document to another format or application.
Currently supported formats are:
EPUB export can be done in either a reformatted book format or a more screenplay-accurate script format. Some ereaders may not be able to properly display script format EPUB files.
Extract and Join
You can extract one or more pages or ranges of pages into new documents by specifying the range(s)
similarly to when specifying page numbers for printing. You can also join multiple documents by appending
one or more files to the currently open document, or by joining multiple files into a new document.
Find File on Disk
If the file has been opened from or saved to disk (including network locations), open the appropriate
file browser to its location (Explorer on Windows, Finder on Mac, etc.).
Recover Backup
Find and open a backup (.autosave) file, if one has been saved. Autosaving backups must be selected in
Preferences > General.
Create PDF
Saves a document in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Batch Watermark
Creates one or more PDF or printed documents, each with an individual, non-removable secure watermark
(such as a name) to help prevent unauthorized distribution or copying.
Print Setup
Sets page options for printing such as, depending on the platform and printer, paper size and orientation.
Print Preview
Displays a preview of the currently open document as it will look when printed.
Print
Prints the currently open document.
Please note that when printing, you will be presented with two print dialogs. The first dialog is Fade In's, and allows you to specify screenplay-specific printing options such as page ranges including A/B pages, revisions, character sides, element-specific highlighting, etc.
The second dialog is the standard system print dialog. You generally should not change or re-specify the page range in this dialog. For instance, when choosing to print the page range "1-2,3B-9A" in the first, Fade In print dialog, and the total number of pages included in that range is 10, the second, system print dialog will show a page range of 1-10, i.e., all 10 pages of the screenplay range specified.
This Session
Show statistics for the current session, including session time, words typed, and net new pages.
A timer can be set to a custom duration to time writing sessions.