One view for typing. Another view for formatting.


The Editor

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To help you stay focused on writing instead of formatting, Highland keeps the writing (Editor) and formatted presentation (Preview) of your document separate.

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To see what your document looks fully formatted, click this toggle in the menu bar or press ⌘ E.

To learn more about the Editor, take a look at these links:

The Navigator

The Shelf

Fountain Syntax

Preview

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Preview shows you the actual PDF that Highland exports from your text file. Highland can format your writing using these included templates:

Scripts

Literary

Professional

Academic & Unformatted

Exporting and Printing

The friendly blue button at the bottom of the Preview exports your formatted document as a PDF. You can also go to File > Save as PDF...

You can also select File > Export as to convert your document to another format, including Final Draft’s .fdx and .rtf

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You may occasionally get an error when opening a copy of your script exported to Final Draft’s .fdx format. An unexpected or irregular character in the document can cause this. Double check this with a free XML Verification tool, which shows if something in the document created the error.

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Printing works like any other application. Press ⌘ P or File > Print… from the File menu to open the printer dialog box. Any settings you select in the Preview will carry over.