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Build a writing room that feels like yours. A few

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thoughtful settings can make every session easier. On a Mac

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the settings are in the menu Federio Dramatize, then Settings,

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on Windows and Linux in the menu Edit, then Settings.

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The shortcut on all systems is Command or Control plus

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comma. A window opens with three groups: Language and appearance,

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Saving and safety, New documents. Under “Language” you choose the

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language of the menus, buttons and dialogs. Federio Dramatize speaks

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German, English, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Persian, Arabic, Urdu and

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Hebrew. This setting has nothing to do with the language

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your screenplay is written in; you set that later for

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the project. Federio Dramatize saves your project automatically as soon

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as you stop typing for a moment. This is called

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autosave. Under “Autosave after typing pause” you set how long

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that pause should be: two, five, ten or thirty seconds.

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“Default paper size” determines which sheet size Federio Dramatize suggests

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when you create a new project: A4 (usual in Europe)

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or US Letter (usual in North America). Both are screenplay

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standards; they differ in sheet height and therefore slightly in

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page count. Projects you have already created are not changed

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by this setting. Two things that are not in the

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settings but also concern your working environment: in the menu

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Window, then Sidebar Tabs you can hide individual tabs of

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the sidebar if you never use them. And with Window,

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then Tool Palette (Command or Control plus Alt plus P)

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you show or hide the small tool bar at the

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left edge. Chapters 8 and 9 describe both in more

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detail. Try these tools on a copy of your screenplay.

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Keep what helps your writing, and return to the guide

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whenever you need the details.