How Do You Write Screenplays Using Microsoft Word?
Setup your work. Format page margins by clicking on the Page Layout tab, then Margins, then Custom Margins. The top, bottom and right margins should be set at 1″. The left margin should be set to 1.5″. Set font to Courier New, 12 pt (during the course of these instructions, the font should remain the same). • Display the Developer tab by opening the office button (the top left button), Word Options (at the bottom), under Popular check Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Set up your scene headings. Open the Page Layout tab. Click on the bottom right corner of the Paragraph section to open the dialog box. In the Indentation section make Before Text 1″ and After Text 1.5″. • Open the Developer tab. On the left side of the ribbon click Record Macro. Store the macro in Document 1 (instead of Normal, so that we can save it as a distinct screenplay template). Name the macro ‘Scene’ or ‘Heading’. Click the keyboard icon to assign the macro to a keyboard shortcut (in ‘Press New Shortcut Key’ box,
