Celtx - Getting Started

For the next three posts I am going to explain about how to use s certain script-writing program - Celtx. This is a guide so you get stated on Celtx. I found this website very helpful in getting me started on useing this program:

When you first click on it, it acts as a menu, a base for the media pre-production work. It does not only script these days, but also storyboard, novel and comic books which involves how to draw on this program - a bit like th PAINT program.

 

Celtx includes five dedicated industry standard editors for writing:

• Screenplay
• Stageplay - International and US standard
• AV scripts - including documentaries, music videos and advertising.
• Audio Play - including radio plays and podcasts.
• Comic Book
• Novel

Celtx includes the essential features that writers need to keep their fingers moving - like intuitive formatting, text auto-complete, page breaks, dual column dialog, scene management, scratchpad, embedded notes, title page generation, pagination, printing, spellchecker, keyboard shortcuts, find and replace, script importing and exporting, PDF and HTML script reports, and collaboration.

Getting Started - Options Tab

Start a New Project

Name and Save your Project

• To start a new project simply select one of the template types under the list of Templates.

• You now have the option to start writing your script or add additional items to your project.

Customizing Your Project

Preferences / Advanced Add Item Options
Depending on the nature of your project, there are a number of different Celtx documents that you can add to your project to help flesh it out.
Select one item or select them all. By default, each Project starts with a Catalog and a Script.

Open an Existing Project

To open an existing project single click browse option from the Splash Page. This will launch the Open Project dialog.

You can also open a Project directly from a Celtx file icon.


REFERENCES (To find out more)
http://wiki.celtx.com/