| ![Final Draft 7 Professional Scriptwriting [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5145HC6P2SL.jpg) | From: Final Draft
Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 1723
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Me, Mac OS X, Mac, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT 4
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows NT 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: fd7
UPC: 603121840014
EAN: 0603121840007
ASIN: B0001XNGZ2
Release Date: April 1, 2004
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 This program sucks May 20, 2008
A. Snow (Los Angeles)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a professional screenwriter who started on FD back in the day and then converted to Movie Magic. I'm having to use FD 7 on a project I'm collaborating on and it's crashed 5 times now. I hate the interface, it's glitchy, and it doesn't have cool MM features. I do like the format when you print, but man, it ain't worth it. Wish I'd talked my partner into going w/ Movie Magic.
 Much better than no software at all May 19, 2008
Kim D. (Sunny Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't tried any other scriptwriting software but this one worked well for me. It's time-saving and makes your script look the way it's supposed to. It's easy to use and I like the format check it will do for you before you print. I think the voices feature is a cool idea but in reality the voices are useless because they don't sound human or have a clue as to inflection. There are more applications and features that are probably awesome but I haven't checked them out yet. Overall,I do recommend it.
 Final Draft for the Geek-Speak Challenged May 9, 2008
ET (Canadian Border, WA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
My screenwriting coach advised me to bump up my work by converting to the industry standard, which I did: Final Draft V7.3.1.
The product works exactly as expected.
As a long-time geek, familiar with software documentation, I found theirs seriously lacking -- obviously written by programmers. (Limited English, abundant screenshots, third-person, talk-down-to-you voice.) That's okay, if you speak geek, they don't change the interface and you don't mind being talked-down-to.
This means that their customer service team must work harder than necessary, holding hands with people learning how to use product features.
Be prepared for first-tier contact challenges that infer you might be a pirate 'user', who has innocently 'borrowed' a friend's copy of their product. (Even if this is not true.)
Ultimately, the contact experience that we developed left me with a sweet taste for a company that works hard at catering to and handling creative types.
I'm smart enough to work my way around faux file-save challenges; to crank up automatic saves and e-mail myself a daily copy of my work. And generally, I can hack my way into features and discover how they work.
Only TWO Computers can use it... May 5, 2008
Andrew Signore (Sherman Oaks, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is THE SCREENWRITING program... its awesome... and Amazon is actually one of the cheapest places to find it (Retails $229) but even at Amazon's lower price its still too darn expensive... While I'm not admitting pirating software - FinalDraft as solved the problem - by charging a LARGE amount of money to get their serial code, which you MUST register online to unlock and use - and worst of all - You can only do it TWICE.
So I was quite frustrated to shell out that large amount of cash - only to discover that I can't use this on my two home computers (my G4 Desktop and my MacBook Pro) in addition to my computer at work - I have to pick two computers to load it on.
So bah humbug to you Final Draft 7 creators - it's a great program - but If we buy it - we should be able to load it on AT LEAST Three computers.
 Horray for Final Draft! May 4, 2008
C. D. Flores (Texas, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a first time screenwriter I needed a program that was easy to learn and great to work with and I found it. Final Draft.
I love this program! It has eveything I need even index cards to keep my ideas on.
The only draw back, and I found out about it AFTER I purchased the program, is that the part where it reads the script back to you doesn't work on vista computers so I had to install the program on an old compter but it still works great!
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