<s>
Screenwriting	B-Application
software	I-Application
are	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
specialized	O
to	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
writing	O
screenplays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
add-ins	O
and	O
macros	O
for	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
Script	O
Wizard	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
screenplays	O
,	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
dedicated	O
screenwriting	O
programs	O
arises	O
from	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
certain	O
peculiarities	O
in	O
standard	O
screenplay	O
format	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
handled	O
well	O
by	O
generic	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
page-break	O
constraints	O
imposed	O
by	O
standard	O
screenplay	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
screenwriting	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Celtx	B-Application
and	O
Sophocles	B-Application
,	O
also	O
incorporate	O
production	O
scheduling	O
and	O
budgeting	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
class	O
of	O
screenwriting	B-Application
software	I-Application
includes	O
those	O
that	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
act	O
as	O
specialized	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
attempt	O
to	O
direct	O
the	O
writer	O
's	O
storytelling	O
process	O
by	O
utilizing	O
story	O
theory	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
planning	O
of	O
a	O
screenplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
program	O
includes	O
Dramatica	B-Application
and	O
Index	O
Card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screenwriting	B-Application
software	I-Application
often	O
also	O
provides	O
functions	O
that	O
allow	O
writers	O
to	O
analyze	O
their	O
scripts	O
for	O
various	O
characteristics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Highland	O
2	O
,	O
WriterDuet	B-Application
and	O
the	O
forthcoming	O
Final	B-Application
Draft	I-Application
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screenwriting	O
programs	O
exist	O
for	O
all	O
varieties	O
of	O
platforms	O
and	O
environments	O
including	O
traditional	O
standalone	O
desktop	O
applications	O
that	O
run	O
directly	O
on	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
,	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
run	O
solely	O
within	O
a	O
browser	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
apps	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
phones	O
,	O
tablets	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
portable	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fountain	B-Language
markup	O
syntax	O
,	O
co-developed	O
by	O
screenwriter	O
John	O
August	O
,	O
facilitates	O
formatting	O
screenplays	O
directly	O
from	O
plain	O
text	O
,	O
be	O
it	O
in	O
dedicated	O
writing	O
software	O
,	O
email	O
programs	O
,	O
or	O
text	O
generated	O
through	O
OCR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
formatting	O
package	O
for	O
LaTeX	B-Application
called	O
screenplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
screenwriting	B-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
a	O
standalone	O
script	O
formatter	O
,	O
Scriptor	O
,	O
from	O
Screenplay	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
generated	O
by	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
inserted	O
the	O
proper	O
page	O
break	O
tags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
terminate-and-stay-resident	O
program	O
such	O
as	O
SmartKey	B-Application
or	O
ProKey	O
—	O
keyboard	O
utilities	O
that	O
assigned	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
commands	O
to	O
keystroke	O
combinations	O
—	O
the	O
"	O
dot	O
commands	O
"	O
that	O
Scriptor	O
required	O
could	O
be	O
inserted	O
semi-automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
keyboard	O
macros	O
could	O
be	O
programmed	O
to	O
properly	O
indent	O
and	O
enter	O
abbreviations	O
—	O
allowing	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
working	O
of	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartKey	B-Application
was	O
popular	O
with	O
screenwriters	O
from	O
1982	O
–	O
1987	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
word	O
processing	O
programs	O
had	O
their	O
own	O
macro	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
to	O
Scriptor	O
understood	O
the	O
style	O
sheets	O
used	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
for	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scriptor	O
's	O
limitation	O
was	O
that	O
once	O
formatted	O
it	O
was	O
difficult	O
to	O
re-import	O
the	O
resulting	O
text	O
back	O
into	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
for	O
further	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
generation	O
of	O
screenplay	O
software	O
hooked	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
updated	O
for	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
circa	O
1988	O
.	O
gScript	O
,	O
a	O
shareware	O
script	O
formatter/template	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
via	O
CompuServe	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
disk	O
accompanying	O
the	O
book	O
Take	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Edge	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Ziff-Davis	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
third	O
generation	O
of	O
screenplay	O
software	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
standalone	O
script	O
writing	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Movie	O
Magic	O
Screenwriter	O
,	O
Final	B-Application
Draft	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Cinovation	O
's	O
Scriptware	O
.	O
</s>
